At Long Last

Good news via Ain't It Cool.

I've enjoyed the previous two releases immensley; the musical accomplishment of Howard Shore in these films is simply incredible. These deluxe releases are beyond complete, include nice documentation, and have a great case. Still, though, I sometimes wish for more detailed track notes, à la the "Star Wars: Special Edition" 2-disc sets from the 90's.

Luckily, though, "Lord of the Rings - Soundtrack.com" provides free PDF downloads that match that level of geekiness, and then some. Worth grabbing and paging through while listening to the over six hours of music the first two sets contain.

Amazon.com lists the "Return of the King" set (absent from the official page above) as being released on November 3th; you can pre-order here, which you'd better believe I did.

On a related note, the "Battlestar: Galactica" Season 3 Soundtrack CD is finally on sale, and it is awesome. Lookout, though, as it's backordered five to seven weeks on Amazon! I guess this has been one popular disc...