CD 1

1. Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All (07:16)
2. The Shire (02:29)
3. Bag End (04:35)
4. Very Old Friends (03:12)
5. Flaming Red Hair (02:39)
6. Farewell Dear Bilbo (01:45)
7. Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe (08:53)
8. A Conspiracy Unmasked (06:09)
9. Three is Company (01:58)
10. The Passing of the Elves (02:39)
11. Saruman the White (04:09)
12. A Shortcut to Mushrooms (04:07)
13. Strider (02:34)
14. The Nazgul (06:04)

CD 2

1. Weathertop (02:14)
2. The Caverns of Isengard (04:54)
3. Give Up the Halfling (04:49)
4. Orthanc (01:06)
5. Rivendell (03:26)
6. The Sword That Was Broken (03:34)
7. The Council of Elrond Assembles (04:01)
8. The Great Eye (05:30)
9. Gilraen's Memorial (05:01)
10. The Pass of Caradhras (05:04)
11. The Doors of Durin (06:03)
12. Moria (02:27)
13. Gollum (02:26)
14. Balin's Tomb (08:30)

CD 3

1. Khazad-dum (08:00)
2. Caras Galadhon (09:20)
3. The Mirror of Galadriel (06:21)
4. The Fighting Uruk-hai (11:32)
5. Parth Galen (09:13)
6. The Departure of Boromir (05:29)
7. The Road Goes Ever On� Pt. 1 (05:58)
8. May It Be (03:26)
9. The Road Goes Ever On� Pt. 2 (03:41)

24bit 48KHz 5.1 DVD-A [FLAC] - Download (http://mega.co.nz/#!9UoBUA7R!KbU-3mYXJcbrlZHSLgu2LFQUJfJhdqD3t-VyVTOEMDE)

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CD 1

1. Glamdring (03:50)
2. Elven Rope (02:19)
3. Lost in Emyn Muil (04:14)
4. My Precious (02:56)
5. Ugluk's Warriors (01:41)
6. The Three Hunters (06:12)
7. The Banishment of Eomer (03:54)
8. Night Camp (02:50)
9. The Plains of Rohan (04:14)
10. Fangorn (05:13)
11. The Dead Marshes (05:07)
12. Wraiths on Wings (02:07)
13. Gandalf the White (06:47)
14. The Dream of Trees (01:54)
15. The Heir of Numenor (06:50)
16. Ent-draught (02:53)

CD 2

1. Edoras (04:34)
2. The Court of Meduseld (03:10)
3. Theoden King (06:12)
4. The King's Decision (02:07)
5. Exodus of Edoras (05:42)
6. The Forests of Ithilien (06:37)
7. One of the Dunedain (07:13)
8. The Wolves of Isengard (04:22)
9. Refuge at Helm's Deep (03:59)
10. The Voice of Saruman (01:11)
11. Arwen's Fate (03:58)
12. The Story Foretold (03:58)
13. Sons of the Steward (06:02)
14. Rock and Pool (02:54)
15. Faramir's Good Council (02:20)

CD 3

1. Aragorn's Return (02:11)
2. War is Upon Us (03:35)
3. Where is the Horse and the Rider? (06:15)
4. The Host of the Eldar (02:50)
5. The Battle of the Hornburg (02:52)
6. The Breach of the Deeping Wall (03:03)
7. The Entmoot Decides (02:06)
8. Retreat (04:40)
9. Master Peregrin's Plan (02:31)
10. The Last March of the Ents (02:31)
11. The Nazgul Attack (02:45)
12. Theoden Rides Forth (05:47)
13. The Tales That Really Matter (12:01)
14. Long Ways to Go Yet (08:05)

24bit 48KHz 5.1 DVD-A [FLAC] - Download (http://mega.co.nz/#!xQhVSBSB!HsENlhYcWV16VqvHjnIlHg58Hwk_S1k9N4Jyq4q 7mlA)

Alternative link
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CD 1

01. Roots and Beginnings (06:31)
02. Journey to the Crossroads (02:17)
03. The Road to Isengard (02:18)
04. The Foot of Orthanc (04:45)
05. Return to Edoras (01:52)
06. The Chalice Passed (01:51)
07. The Green Dragon (00:35)
08. Gollum's Villainy (02:10)
09. Eowyn's Dream (01:24)
10. The Palantir (03:10)
11. Flight from Edoras (02:18)
12. The Grace of Undomiel (06:21)
13. The Eyes of the White Tower (04:34)
14. A Coronal of Silver and Gold (08:27)
15. The Lightning of the Beacons (09:03)

CD 2

1. Osgilliath Invaded (08:47)
2. The Stairs of Cirith Ungol (02:41)
3. Allegiance to Denethor (03:20)
4. The Sacrifice of Faramir (04:08)
5. The Parting of Sam and Frodo (04:04)
6. Marshalling at Dunharrow (04:57)
7. Anduril - Flame of the West (03:28)
8. The Passing of the Grey Company (04:12)
9. Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain (02:26)
10. Master Meriadoc - Swordthain (01:40)
11. The Paths of the Dead (06:22)
12. The Siege of Gondor (09:01)
13. Shelob's Lair (08:53)
14. Merry's Simple Courage (02:09)

CD 3

1. Grond - The Hammer of the Underworld (01:33)
2. Shelob the Great (05:13)
3. The Tomb of the Stewards (03:58)
4. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (04:10)
5. The Pyre of Denethor (02:59)
6. The Mumakil (00:57)
7. Dernhelm in Battle (02:06)
8. A Far Green Country (01:28)
9. Shieldmaiden of Rohan (05:07)
10. The Passing of Theoden (02:16)
11. The Houses of Healing (02:58)
12. The Tower of Cirith Ungol (04:41)
13. The Last Debate (04:21)
14. The Land of Shadow (06:30)
15. The Mouth of Sauron (08:15)
16. For Frodo (03:17)

CD 4

1. Mount Doom (04:09)
2. The Crack of Doom (04:02)
3. The Eagles (02:24)
4. The Fellowship Reunited (12:18)
5. The Journey to the Grey Havens (07:35)
6. Elanor (01:28)
7. Days of the Ring (11:10)
8. Bilbo's Song (02:57)

24bit 48KHz 5.1 DVD-A [FLAC] - Download (http://mega.co.nz/#!QUZnkZAR!Wf71Xiy2XZVLUtUQQEurxm4hOo9c8r4BVjhXngL cfJw)

Alternative link (http://depositfiles.com/files/ke192vkhz)



Use Well the Days feat. Annie Lennox cue (not included in the scores) [FLAC] - Download
(http://www59.zippyshare.com/v/112013/file.html)
Howard Shore Use Well the Days (Part 1) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9YGGAvcZHw)

Howard Shore Use Well The Days (Part 2) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuUbou_RTGI)

Howard Shore A Composer's Dream - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NONDCA_dmHA)





Full booklets included.

Thanks a bunch for this collection, but... can someone PLEASE just upload the ac3 version? It would save me lots of downoad time, harddisk space, and I'm perfectly okay with 5.1 AC3...

I own these physically, but a BIG THANKS for sharing them :) They shouldn't be missed. I've thought about uploading these once the other links were dead, so others could enjoy, but just hadn't gotten to it. Great share!

WOW. Great post! Thanks SO much!

Wow in Flac, I have these physically also, and I hesitate to upload them (specially in FLAC) for the work, I know you must have been like 15 or 18 hours, maybe more, (plus the scans) so thank you very much for your hard work! :)

Dying to get these, but the website in question is not cooperating. Don't suppose you have them uploaded elsewhere? And thanks for the hard work regardless!

A question: These have a cue to be burned on a DVD? Or how is it supposed to be played? Forgive my ignorance.

I've just died and gone to heaven! Absolutely amazing post and thanks for all your hard work Lightdevil!!!!!

I own the originals, but thank-you for uploading this. I've never heard it in 24 bit as I don't have a DVD Audio player so this will allow me to listen and compare with the CDs.

Any chance for an upload in AC3? This is too huge to download...

I own these physically, but a BIG THANKS for sharing themhttp://www.odauto.com/song9-4.jpghttp://www.dutvs.info/a122.jpghttp://www.odauto.com/15.jpghttp://www.odauto.com/16.jpg

upload the ac3 version?

That implies there was an AC3 version to begin with, which there wasn't.

An AC3 version would require a conversion of the entire soundtrack collection. A very long process.
The original audio isn't AC3. It's either uncompressed PCM or losslessly compressed Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP).

Ah, damn...

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In that case, could someone re-upload on a site where those bloody captcha things are not necessary, because first, my braille display doesn't convert them, and second, I don't understand a single word of that stupid audio challenge...

In that case, could someone re-upload on a site where those bloody captcha things are not necessary, because first, my braille display doesn't convert them, and second, I don't understand a single word of that stupid audio challenge...

Try downloading and installing JDownloader 2 Beta (http://anonym.to/?http://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=37365).
Works better with captchas.

A lot of thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's amazing !

Thank ye kindly for this monumental upload...Although....

I don't want to be THAT guy, but I wonder if someone might be able to upload this in slightly smaller pieces. I don't know if it's just because DepositFiles is bad at estimating download times, or if it is accurate and my internet is just terrible but it says the expected download time for Return of the King is 2731 minutes, also known as 45 hours.

Anyway, thank you again, and I hope I can find a way to get at least Return of the King before the links all die.

Thanks for upload. Your efforts are appreciated - especially including the booklets.

Thank you so much!!! for this giant share ;D

Thank you very much. :D :) :D :)

PCM

Can someone convert their downloaded files to ac3 maybe? I don't mind downloading this, but 8 hours for every recording...

A question: These have a cue to be burned on a DVD? Or how is it supposed to be played? Forgive my ignorance.

I'm still wondering, people. Any answers?

I'm still wondering, people. Any answers?

I don't think there is a cue. Not for the FLAC converts, anyway.
None of the ones I downlaoded previously had cue files.

To play these back and get the full 5.1 effect, your audio card needs to support 5.1 audio and hooked up to 5.1 speaker system.
The computer should have a control panel for Speaker Setup for 5.1 speakers.
Or if you have HDMI on your computer, you can link it to a 5.1 surround sound receiver that supports HDMI audio. (7.1 sytems will work but no back channels unless matrix through receiver.)
Playback would be through media players that support mutlichannel playback without any downmixing. Media Player Classic - Home Cinema supports it, using Direct Show filters.

To burn to DVD, you would have to burn to a compliant DVD-Audio format. Note that is a completely different format than regular DVD's and requires your DVD player to be compatible with DVD-A formats. You would have to use a program to convert the 5.1 FLAC's to uncompressed PCM formats (and probably end up with 3 DVD's per soundtrack) or use the lossless compression format: Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP). There's expensive software to do this or try a freeware project. (I don't think the freeware project has been updated for a couple years.)

Or if your DVD/Blu-Ray machine supports it, convert them all to WAV and play them back on an external HDD, or burn them to DVD's as data discs. They'll play back the WAV files and you'll get your 5.1 surround sound out of it, too. Although, be warned that not all DVD/BD machines have the best buffering/latency specs to playback the music without some minor errors. This also applies to your receiver/amplifier speaker system as well. Some receivers have severe issues when tracks change. Some receivers will reset the buffer/decoders when a track changes and reinitialize the audio. This causes a second or two of silence and the music gets cut off. And some times the re-initializing will cause the audio stream to break and give you only static.

My very old Kenwood receiver is horrible for playing back music, even on retail CD's. When it changes tracks, I get the momentary silence or static if it's any music file.

Although, this might be limited only to the Digital Output from my BD machine. I haven't tried hooking the two up using the RC jacks (red/black; left/right).

I see. So short answer: don't bother. I got a Sony Home Theater with BD player and it can play a lot of formats, but I doubt it is included. Thanks for the answer, gonna check it out.

What is some good free oftware to burn FLAC files to an audio CD?

What is some good free oftware to burn FLAC files to an audio CD?

There isn't (any freeware that I know of) for 5.1 Audio CD.

For these 5.1 FLAC's on audio CD you would have to split each track into separate mono WAV files, one for each channel (6 channels; 6 mono wav files).
Minnetonka has a program to take those WAV files and conver them to a DTS CD.
SurCode for CD-DTS can do it. It's not freeware.
Your CD player would have to be DTS-CD compatible.

Can anyone upload the tracks "Bag End" or "The Nazgul" by themselves? I've heard that I can make entirely instrumental versions of these by removing the center channels.

Excellent!
Many thanks for your efforts, Lightdevil.

Uh, guys, do any of you know if I can buy these Complete Recordings 5.1 dvds somehwere seperately from all the other things that come with the recordings? For obvious reasons, I don't need the CDs and downloading this takes too long. Can I buy those three disks somewhere or am I expecting too much from Reprise now? :D

Uh, guys, do any of you know if I can buy these Complete Recordings 5.1 dvds somehwere seperately from all the other things that come with the recordings? For obvious reasons, I don't need the CDs and downloading this takes too long. Can I buy those three disks somewhere or am I expecting too much from Reprise now? :D

I've been hoping to find the DVD-A's separately too. Hasn't happened yet.

Your best bet is to probably scout eBay for just the DVD-A's or post an ad online somewhere.
Amazon has the boxset for starting around $60 (Canadian prices).
You could just sell the CD's and gain a profit from those.

Can somebody here tell me what kind of internet speed would be required to have any of these things downloaded in anything shorter than 36 hours? I mean, that's just ridiculous. I'm surprised that there is even a file host in this day and age that lets someone upload 6 1/2 GB of data in one file! I thought I'd try downloading RotK, because my internet speed is pretty fast here at school....I started it, oh, 3 or 4 hours ago, and it's 14% done with 2 days and 11 hours remaining. I can't leave my computer on for that long. I don't think I'm even going to be at school for that long (end of semester).

LIKE I ALREADY ASKED... Can someone please decode these huge flac files to ac3? Please don't start whining about how inferior ac3 would be to great brilliant devine FLAC... I have the soundtrack to Deathly Hallows 1 in AC3 and i sounds splendid and what's more, the size isn't ridicously big... So, please, someone who downloaded this, give us an ac3 version. I would buy the DVDA's myself, but seeing as I am forcedto buy a whole load of cds with them I don't want at all...

That implies there was an AC3 version to begin with, which there wasn't.

Unless the documentation is lying, DD 5.1 and DD 2.0 versions are included. Presumably in a DVD-V section so normal players can play it. This is standard practice for DVD-Audios.

In any case, these flacs can be very easily converted into Ogg Vorbis. I don't normally have any use for Ogg, but it does support 5.1, unlike MP3. Is everyone cool with Ogg or does it have to be AC3?

I too read that an ac3 version was available, but if you have a bunch of people jumping for FLAC... Well, I want to try and convert it,provided that I can download this faster than 140KBPS without paying. Say, can't someone make a torrent file of thes set and then we all seed and have it faster?

How can music be in 5.1?

Uh, because it's like mixed in 5.1 on every movie as well? :D

Uh, because it's like mixed in 5.1 on every movie as well? :DWhen I watch movies in surround, it seems like the front Left and Right channels do all/most of the work.

If this was the case, why would movie soundtracks be in stereo?

In every movie, the rear channels have less work to do, same goes for music.

ogg:

DepositFiles (http://depositfiles.com/files/qgdzh9nb7)

Unless the documentation is lying, DD 5.1 and DD 2.0 versions are included. Presumably in a DVD-V section so normal players can play it. This is standard practice for DVD-Audios.

Reading up more on DVD-A, yeah, hybrid discs do offer lossy audio.


...lossy...

:disgust:

I love you, El Cid. :D Oh, so now AC3 is lossy too? Honestly people, can anyone here HEAR the difference between ac3, dts and flac? I can't, and I have pretty good ears. It's all a quesiton of what you think you're listening to, I think. Do the test and ask someone to play you an ac3, dts or flac, and I swear you don't know which one is playing. These oggs sound wonderful, so if there lossy or not, I really couldn't care less.

It's not about hearing the difference.

Lossless audio is the preferred format for any sort of editing.
Also recommended for archiving, as a means of restoring damaged CD's. (rather than burning lossy MP3 to CD)

AC3 has always been a lossy format, fact.
DTS is also lossy, if it's the DTS core (in most cases it is, especially concerning DVD-V).
The only lossless DTS stream is DTS-HD Master Audio.
DTS-HD High Res is also lossy, despite the "High Res" naming.

by now, everyone knows if you do "BLIND ABX TESTING" (what it's actually called), you won't hear a difference between MP3@320/MP3@VBR-0/AC3@640/FLAC/DTS@768.

Your goal, stated earlier, is to edit a few tracks to make yourself an instrumental version.
Ideally, you want a FLAC rip to edit.

Lossless to lossless in editing and saved as any format you want.
Only 1 degree of lossy degradation.

Lossy to lossy in editing and saved as any format you want gives you 2, maybe 3 (depending on your work process), degress of lossy degradation.

Can anyone upload the tracks "Bag End" or "The Nazgul" by themselves? I've heard that I can make entirely instrumental versions of these by removing the center channels.

Not entirely - there's still some echo.

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It's not about hearing the difference.

Lossless audio is the preferred format for any sort of editing.
Also recommended for archiving, as a means of restoring damaged CD's. (rather than burning lossy MP3 to CD)

AC3 has always been a lossy format, fact.
DTS is also lossy, if it's the DTS core (in most cases it is, especially concerning DVD-V).
The only lossless DTS stream is DTS-HD Master Audio.
DTS-HD High Res is also lossy, despite the "High Res" naming.

by now, everyone knows if you do "BLIND ABX TESTING" (what it's actually called), you won't hear a difference between MP3@320/MP3@VBR-0/AC3@640/FLAC/DTS@768.

Your goal, stated earlier, is to edit a few tracks to make yourself an instrumental version.
Ideally, you want a FLAC rip to edit.

Lossless to lossless in editing and saved as any format you want.
Only 1 degree of lossy degradation.

Lossy to lossy in editing and saved as any format you want gives you 2, maybe 3 (depending on your work process), degress of lossy degradation.

If your editor converts the files to 32 bit first, there is no degradation, right?

If your editor converts the files to 32 bit first, there is no degradation, right?

That should be fine.

Depends on the editing chain after that.
What effects, filters you apply.
How you downsample back to 24 bit depth. (if you apply dithering and what algorithm of dithering is applied)

There's also 2 types of 32 bit depths: integer VS. float.
Floating point is mathematically more accurate.

32 bit depth will help the editing process from producing any clipping or sound distortion.

Never save as 32 bit integer/fp though.

Not entirely - there's still some echo.

Just tried with the .ogg files. You're right about the echo of course, but it's not bad enough that I mind it. At least not on "Bag End."

Does anyone know if you can convert the flac versions to wav and then use iTunes to stream to an Apple TV and still get 5.1? I've been looking for away that I could rip my DVD-A in 5.1 and use my computer to stream them to my audio system.

Alright, I've had it with this bullshit. Can somebody please mirror this upload in slightly smaller pieces? I only have 18 hours left of the fastest internet I can get for sometime and when some dummy uploads 6GB of data in one folder--what if my computer automatically turns off because of virus-checkers or because of its internal clock? What if the internet freezes? What if something happens to stall the download? Huh? What?

I started this download over 24 hours ago. It was 63% complete, then I noticed it was not advancing. So I paused it. And then it couldn't get restarted. Now I have to start the whole FUCKING thing all over again. I've torrented huge audio and video files that finished faster than this.

Is no one else experiencing this problem?

I cannot reupload it in smaller pieces, atleast not for a while. I have no access to my HD right now (i'm not at home). But make a gold account and use the speed is all I can think of. That should really help! I agree it's slow without gold.

To get a free gold account for some days you have to register here 3ost - Ost / Soundtrack / Score / Lossless Mp3 320 Kbps (http://3ost.com/) and then download a zip with the account details. It's under "free premium" or something like that.

Use the details you get in the zip to login and there you go.

ogg:

ring1.zip | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22742634/ring1.zip)
ring2.zip | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22742737/ring2.zip)
ring3.zip | Game Front (http://www.gamefront.com/files/22742577/ring3.zip)

Thanks to OP for the original upload, but it takes too long to download. El cid, thanks for the Ogg files, and I hope you decide to convert the rest soon! Will have this thread bookmarked in case you decide to :)!

Thanks to OP for the original upload, but it takes too long to download. El cid, thanks for the Ogg files, and I hope you decide to convert the rest soon! Will have this thread bookmarked in case you decide to :)!

The rest of what?

Just tried with the .ogg files. You're right about the echo of course, but it's not bad enough that I mind it. At least not on "Bag End."

One thing you can do is make a better version (imho) of "Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe". You can do a crossfade between both sources so that Bilbo's singing doesn't start abruptly.

OK I've never seen any of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, neither have I heard any of the score from any of them either. However, having done a google search out of interest (http://www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com/fotr_complete.html), this to me seems like an incredible series of releases for any film score fans, and why something similar is not/has not been done for other scores is totally beyond me! Anyway, I'm thinking of buying one of the box sets out of interest and to demo the complete surround score via my system. I could just download what's here instead. However, I've no idea how to re-create the audio DVD using them!

How can this be 5.1 if the CDs are stereo?

I own a copy of these and there is a DVD Audio disc in the box set.

BTW I've been trying to download this because I have no DVD Audio player, I want to play the 24 bit surround version on my computer but the download keeps failing towards the end of Two Towers and Return of the King, on 2 different computers, in 2 different countries, any ideas? I've managed to get the Fellowship one.

BTW I've been trying to download this because I have no DVD Audio player, I want to play the 24 bit surround version on my computer but the download keeps failing towards the end of Two Towers and Return of the King, on 2 different computers, in 2 different countries, any ideas? I've managed to get the Fellowship one.

1. Use jdownloader
2. Download will stop after 4GB, unless you enter a new captcha
3. Resume download

1. Use jdownloader
2. Download will stop after 4GB, unless you enter a new captcha
3. Resume download

I was able to download The Two Towers, now trying for Return of the King. I've listened to Fellowship of the Ring and it sounds glorious!

The resume download and new captcha trick only works using jdownloader?

Can someone upload the booklets separately, please?

The resume download and new captcha trick only works using jdownloader?

It worked great for me with jdownloader, I got Return of the King as well. A very big thanks again for posting these.

How can this be 5.1 if the CDs are stereo?

A 5.1 DVD came with the CDs.

Thank you. These albums are magical.

Okay, firstly Lightdevil thank you a million times for uploading these beauties, i've been after them for ages (I stupidly didn't buy them when they first came out), you are an absolute star :) Secondly, yes guys the DL time is a pain and I am having trouble downloading them. I live in the middle of knowhere and my internet is tetchy at best and keeps dropping out which is a pain as every time it does I have to restart. If by some miracle of mercy I do manage to DL them I do have a FLAC to MP3 converter and will be converting them for myself as my laptop only plays MP3 and the file size will be smaller. If I manage this would anyone want me to reupload in mp3? I know that the format will be lossy but the files will be smaller. Anyhoo if there is any ineterst in that i'll reup and if not then I won't ;) Lemme know guys x

Okay, firstly Lightdevil thank you a million times for uploading these beauties, i've been after them for ages (I stupidly didn't buy them when they first came out), you are an absolute star :) Secondly, yes guys the DL time is a pain and I am having trouble downloading them. I live in the middle of knowhere and my internet is tetchy at best and keeps dropping out which is a pain as every time it does I have to restart. If by some miracle of mercy I do manage to DL them I do have a FLAC to MP3 converter and will be converting them for myself as my laptop only plays MP3 and the file size will be smaller. If I manage this would anyone want me to reupload in mp3? I know that the format will be lossy but the files will be smaller. Anyhoo if there is any ineterst in that i'll reup and if not then I won't ;) Lemme know guys x


Working on downloading the FLACs right now. Will upload FLACs to zippyshare & will also convert to mp3 and upload those as well. hoping to have it all up tomorrow sometime, but may wait until Monday. Stay tuned.

MP3 doesn't support 5.1. Lossy version (Ogg format) in post #40.

Can someone upload "Days of the Ring" separately for me?

MP3 doesn't support 5.1. Lossy version (Ogg format) in post #40.

yup - aware. figured some people may still want mp3...

yup - aware. figured some people may still want mp3...

I don't get it. This is the 5.1 version. MP3 doesn't support 5.1. The only way to create an MP3 is to make your own custom stereo downmix, and why would you do that? Unless you're an audio pro and have identified some flaw in the official downmix?

MP3 doesn't support 5.1.

Actually, it can.
MP3 Surround - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3_Surround)
mp3 Surround - Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/bf/amm/download/software.html)
mp3licensing.com - Press Room (http://www.mp3licensing.com/press/index.html)

It's just not widely supported in most devices or software.
And you really have to look to find the proper encoders/decoders for them...

There's also a matrixed encoding you can use to simulate surround sound MP3, like Dolby Pro Logic.


The only way to create an MP3 is to make your own custom stereo downmix, and why would you do that?

You can end up with 48kHz MP3's rather than the 44.1kHz versions.

You can end up with 48kHz MP3's rather than the 44.1kHz versions.

You know the DVD-As include a stereo downmix, right?

You know the DVD-As include a stereo downmix, right?

Are those downmixes uploaded? Are they in 48kHz or resampled to 44.1kHz?

Working on downloading the FLACs right now. Will upload FLACs to zippyshare & will also convert to mp3 and upload those as well. hoping to have it all up tomorrow sometime, but may wait until Monday. Stay tuned.

Thank you speedfoot that's very kind. So far I have managed to get the first one to 98% before my internet crashed and died. I am literally on the verge of throwing my router through the damn window! It's a shame because I would have liked to have these in FLAC and I am going to try one last time. I don't mind waiting, the fact that lightdevil uploaded these in flac is awesome (thanks again, seriously I'm not complaining, it's no one's fault that my internet is a complete arse!! lol). I suppose this is the price you pay for country living. Still I do love the fields and hills and sheep and stuff so I guess I can't complain all together ;) I'm in the UK too and we must have one of the worst internet services out here. I have friends in Sweden who find how slow our internet is unbelievable. Ah well. God loves a trier I suppose so here we go again... ;) xx

Does anyone knows if Days of the Ring contains an instrumental version of Into the West in its front or rear channels?

1. Use jdownloader
2. Download will stop after 4GB, unless you enter a new captcha
3. Resume download

After trying to download Two Towers twice, and wasting 14 hours doing it, I've found your post. Without using Jdownloader it just stops at 3.93 GB, but does not ask for another captcha !!.

With Jdownloader it just fails with less that a Mb with the message "Server: Bad Request".

Any suggestions ?.

Update... following Sparktank's recommendation I've upgraded to Jdownloader 2, and at least now it starts to download.... Let's see what happens at the 3.93 Gb boundary !.

Bingo... it asks for a 2nd captcha... 2 Towers done.

Now I just have to wait 20 hours before being able to start The King Bounces Back.

Does anyone knows if Days of the Ring contains an instrumental version of Into the West in its front or rear channels?

I do not know, but the movie DVD does

I do not know, but the movie DVD does

Actually, I got the instrumental from your complete RotK soundtrack. Thanks for that.

ThanKs and hail'S lots of work went into these.....Thank you.....:-)

Could someone upload a sample of this?

Thank you for all the effort. The originals (non-complete issued at release time) that I bought can go into a storage bin.
Thanks again.

Thank you for all the effort. The originals (non-complete issued at release time) that I bought can go into a storage bin.
Thanks again.

Just to let you now, the one disc versions have alternates and early versions of some cues.

Could someone upload Long Ways to Go Yet in 5.1 Flac?

I'm seriously about to give up on this.

No matter how hard I try I simply cannot download The Two Towers. I've been trying for over a week now, under a free account, and the download always freezes at 3.9-4.0 GB. I eventually just broke down, said "Screw it!" and bought a gold account, thinking that would help me get it.

So, here I am, after another three days, struggling to get this soundtrack. Not only do I have to keep re-trying the download several times before I am even giving a god damn chance to download it in the first place, but even then, my DL speed is around 190-210 Kbps. On the very rare occasion that I do get the DL speeds I should be getting (2 Mbps), eventually the speed gets slower and slower as the download goes on, to the point where I get very close to the above download speeds once around the 3.0 GBs downloaded mark. On top of that the download STILL gets stuck at the same point as when I had a free account.

Yes I tried Jdownloader as some suggested in this topic. It doesn't recognize my gold account status at all, even after I put my account details into it. Depositfiles download manager doesn't even think I have an active internet connection, which is wrong.

I have absolutely no malware or any of that kind of junk on my pc, I'm very careful about what sites I visit and know how to avoid infection. I have a Fiber Optic Internet connection so I don't have a slow connection either. I haven't tried Return of the King, but seeing as how that soundtrack is even bigger than The Two Towers, I highly doubt I will see any more success with it than I have with The Twin Towers. As far as I'm concerned these links might as well be dead since they apparently cannot finish downloading no matter how hard I try.

I think I might PM the TC, and hopefully he will reupload 1 GB parts of The Twin Towers and Return of the King, so I may finally complete my LOTD soundtrack collection. I'd ask anybody here who has somehow managed to download these tracks to reupload them in 1 GB parts for me, but I think we all know how that usually turns out.

I'm seriously about to give up on this.

No matter how hard I try I simply cannot download The Two Towers. I've been trying for over a week now, under a free account, and the download always freezes at 3.9-4.0 GB. I eventually just broke down, said "Screw it!" and bought a gold account, thinking that would help me get it.

So, here I am, after another three days, struggling to get this soundtrack. Not only do I have to keep re-trying the download several times before I am even giving a god damn chance to download it in the first place, but even then, my DL speed is around 190-210 Kbps. On the very rare occasion that I do get the DL speeds I should be getting (2 Mbps), eventually the speed gets slower and slower as the download goes on, to the point where I get very close to the above download speeds once around the 3.0 GBs downloaded mark. On top of that the download STILL gets stuck at the same point as when I had a free account.

Yes I tried Jdownloader as some suggested in this topic. It doesn't recognize my gold account status at all, even after I put my account details into it. Depositfiles download manager doesn't even think I have an active internet connection, which is wrong.

I have absolutely no malware or any of that kind of junk on my pc, I'm very careful about what sites I visit and know how to avoid infection. I have a Fiber Optic Internet connection so I don't have a slow connection either. I haven't tried Return of the King, but seeing as how that soundtrack is even bigger than The Two Towers, I highly doubt I will see anymore success with it than I have with The Twin Towers. As far as I'm concerned these links might as well be dead since they apparently cannot finish downloading no matter how hard I try.

I think I might PM the TC, and hopefully he will reupload 1 GB parts of The Twin Towers and Return of the King, so I may finally complete my LOTD soundtrack collection. I'd ask anybody here who has somehow managed to download these tracks to reupload them in 1 GB parts for me, but I think we all know how that usually turns out.

As detailed in post number 74, Jdownloader 2 works fine for me. It matters not that you upgrade to a Premium account. Depositfiles asks for a 2nd capcha just before the 4 Gb mark, but most browsers do not handle that. Jdownloader 2 does. Not Jdownloader, but Jdownloader 2.

I have a gold account. I do not get any capcha images at all. That would also not explain why my DL speed is in the gutter, why I have to keep re-trying the link to even get the chance to download it in the first place, nor does it explain why when I DO get acceptable DL speeds for my internet connection, why it keeps going down and down until it gets ridiculously slow again.

If you happen to have the uploads from the first post of this thread, exactly as how the TC uploaded them and without any modifications to the files within, I would appreciate if you could reupload the latter two soundtracks in 1 GB parts.

Thank you very much.

I think I might PM the TC, and hopefully he will reupload 1 GB parts of The Twin Towers and Return of the King, so I may finally complete my LOTD soundtrack collection. I'd ask anybody here who has somehow managed to download these tracks to reupload them in 1 GB parts for me, but I think we all know how that usually turns out.

Fellow member i think if you use Bishtyboshty tip, about using beta version of Jdownloader 2 you will have no difficulty to achieve your goal. Yet if you meet difficulties still, what you have wished above was done in another thread
http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/%5Bmost-complete%5D-lord-rings-soundtracks-collection-dvd-83700/7.html#post2074031
If you go there you will find your splitted version by Holunder2. Hope this helps.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers: The Complete Recordings
24bit 48KHz 5.1 DVD-A (FLAC) / 3.93 GB

The one in this thread is 4.03 GB big. Are you sure that one is the same as this one or is it just due to more compression?

I can not tell you that these are exactly same files via crc hash, but my uderstanding is you need version 24bit 48KHz 5.1 DVD-A (FLAC) and they both are this kind. Concerning compression in this particular share its rar in another pointed thread its 7zip. 7zip has better compression algoritm, yet this thread uploader might add recovery ratio, or not used best compression algorytm, so my quess is compression difference this might be.

I have a gold account. I do not get any capcha images at all. That would also not explain why my DL speed is in the gutter, why I have to keep re-trying the link to even get the chance to download it in the first place, nor does it explain why when I DO get acceptable DL speeds for my internet connection, why it keeps going down and down until it gets ridiculously slow again.

If you happen to have the uploads from the first post of this thread, exactly as how the TC uploaded them and without any modifications to the files within, I would appreciate if you could reupload the latter two soundtracks in 1 GB parts.

Than you very much.

There are no guarantees in this world. I do not have a premium account, and I was able to get them all as described. I've no idea about your download speeds. Mine ran at 90 to 150 kbps for 8 hours plus. Follow my advice as you please, but I'm not spending days trying to split the files down and re-upload them.

I just checked the dates these were both uploaded and they are definitely uploaded by different people. I'm wondering if that other upload has the scans in them as well. Thanks for the link though. I guess I'll try Jdownloader 2 and see if that works and if it doesn't I'll try those files.

I just checked the dates these were both uploaded and they are definitely uploaded by different people. I'm wondering if that other upload has the scans in them as well. Thanks for the link though. I guess I'll try Jdownloader 2 and see if that works and if it doesn't I'll try those files.

If Jdownloader 2 stops before completion just highlight the line and right-click, selecting "other" and "Resume".

Trying Jdownloader 2 and it is not recognizing my premium account for Depositfiles when I try to download the files, even though I have entered in all the information and it verified my account as active. I then tried deleting the account and re-adding it but now whenever I go type in the password Jdownloader 2 always adds an extra character to the end of the password after I press the confirm button to have my account verified, which results in my account not being valid. So I looked up why this would be happening on the web, and one person said they needed to change their username and password from what the file host provided them for their account to be recognized. Only problem is I can't seem to go back to Depositfiles itself and change my username. Even though I enter in the correct password, my username stays the same.

This is just turning into one kick in the balls after the other and I'm really getting sick of it. Looks like I'll just have to stay stuck with the free download version even though I paid for the advantages of a gold account. What a waste of $12.00, for something I'm not even going to end up using.

What can I say. I have never paid for any hoster.

As i said then try the links from the thread i have mentioned. I have stong feeling that files from both thread are the same and none of them were originally ripped by FFS uploader. JDownloader2 is at beta stage. Updates and changes are mady on daily basis, you could try another day aswell.

Is there really any point in downloading this if you don't have 5.1 surround system? Will this sound better even on a two channel system because of the bit rate.

I don't think you'll hear a difference without a very good set of speakers but with a pair of DT770 Pros I was able to hear quite a bit of a difference from normal CD FLAC rip. The CD always sounded somewhat muddy to me, whereas this is much clearer. It's 24 bit as well so there's far more information being carried in the file which you might be able to hear if you have really good hearing and a very good setup, preferably headphones, though you'd probably need ones that are far more expensive then the ones I'm using. All in all I'd say it's worth it for me at least, who knows if at some point I will in fact own a surround system but to that point it does sound better than the CD, at least for me.

I'm seriously about to give up on this.

No matter how hard I try I simply cannot download The Two Towers. I've been trying for over a week now, under a free account, and the download always freezes at 3.9-4.0 GB. I eventually just broke down, said "Screw it!" and bought a gold account, thinking that would help me get it.

So, here I am, after another three days, struggling to get this soundtrack. Not only do I have to keep re-trying the download several times before I am even giving a god damn chance to download it in the first place, but even then, my DL speed is around 190-210 Kbps. On the very rare occasion that I do get the DL speeds I should be getting (2 Mbps), eventually the speed gets slower and slower as the download goes on, to the point where I get very close to the above download speeds once around the 3.0 GBs downloaded mark. On top of that the download STILL gets stuck at the same point as when I had a free account.

Yes I tried Jdownloader as some suggested in this topic. It doesn't recognize my gold account status at all, even after I put my account details into it. Depositfiles download manager doesn't even think I have an active internet connection, which is wrong.

I have absolutely no malware or any of that kind of junk on my pc, I'm very careful about what sites I visit and know how to avoid infection. I have a Fiber Optic Internet connection so I don't have a slow connection either. I haven't tried Return of the King, but seeing as how that soundtrack is even bigger than The Two Towers, I highly doubt I will see any more success with it than I have with The Twin Towers. As far as I'm concerned these links might as well be dead since they apparently cannot finish downloading no matter how hard I try.

I think I might PM the TC, and hopefully he will reupload 1 GB parts of The Twin Towers and Return of the King, so I may finally complete my LOTD soundtrack collection. I'd ask anybody here who has somehow managed to download these tracks to reupload them in 1 GB parts for me, but I think we all know how that usually turns out.

I had exactly the same problem a while back and just couldn't get jDownloader to work for me like everyone else could (i'm not very computer literate). I also have super slow internet which falls out quite a lot and everytime i'd get halfway through the internet would drop and I would have to start again. I was short of tearing my hair out when my brother (who's a computer whizz) put Gozzilla on my net book. I used that to download it and whenever the internet dropped I reset the captcha and just copied and pasted the new URL into Gozzilla. I had the whole thing within a few hours!! :) Try it see if it works xxx

I had exactly the same problem a while back and just couldn't get jDownloader to work for me like everyone else could (i'm not very computer literate). I also have super slow internet which falls out quite a lot and everytime i'd get halfway through the internet would drop and I would have to start again. I was short of tearing my hair out when my brother (who's a computer whizz) put Gozzilla on my net book. I used that to download it and whenever the internet dropped I reset the captcha and just copied and pasted the new URL into Gozzilla. I had the whole thing within a few hours!! :) Try it see if it works xxx

In this particular instance, Jdownloader doesn't work, but Jdownloader 2 does. It also allows re-starting, which most browsers do not.

very nice

Nevermind.. I failed.

Hi, thanks for these great uploads... I just want a 24 bit stereo version of this though... Is that something that I can easily do or will it sound bad - worse than the 16 bit regular cd? Can I just export it to stereo in audition or do I need to do something more? Im on a mac. Opinions greatly welcomed :)

I tried to re-uploaded the whole thing on Mega a few days ago but I failed. I couln't find The Return of the King on my drive :o So now it's another 10 hours before I can get it down from depositfiles.

I just re-uploaded Fellowship on Mega though, hopefully i'll get the two others up in a few days as well.

Here's Fellowship of the Ring:

http://mega.co.nz/#!9UoBUA7R!KbU-3mYXJcbrlZHSLgu2LFQUJfJhdqD3t-VyVTOEMDE

Here's The Two Towers:

http://mega.co.nz/#!xQhVSBSB!HsENlhYcWV16VqvHjnIlHg58Hwk_S1k9N4Jyq4q 7mlA

Here's The Return of the King:

http://mega.co.nz/#!QUZnkZAR!Wf71Xiy2XZVLUtUQQEurxm4hOo9c8r4BVjhXngL cfJw

I added the links on the first page.

New links up! All three are up on Mega now.

Thanks, Lightdevil

thanks so much!

Hi, thanks for these great uploads... I just want a 24 bit stereo version of this though... Is that something that I can easily do or will it sound bad - worse than the 16 bit regular cd? Can I just export it to stereo in audition or do I need to do something more? Im on a mac. Opinions greatly welcomed :)

It shouldn't affect it too much..foobar should be able to merge them all into stereo. I've done that with a few files and I think it sounds fine.

I have all three of these complete sets, they are great soundtracks, I hope they make sets like these for the Hobbit down the road

awesome quality!!!

Thanks!

thank you very much!! :)

this is the most beautiful collection i've ever downloaded thank you so much.

Sunderella, you came through when every other forum post and link I've found so far this evening has been a bust (for Two Towers). Thank you for taking the time to upload this massive amount of great music!

Thanks.

Thank you so much!! I just discovered this site!! I will be bookmarking it and visiting as often as possible. I appreciate your work in ripping and uploading these remarkable compositions.

Thank you very much!

For anyone else out there who's interested in converting these for home theater listening, here are the steps I followed. They work perfectly:

01. Extract each track into 6 mono wav files using eac3to.
02. Encode each 6-wav track into DTS-HD MA 5.1 using DTS-HD Master Audio Encoder Suite.
03. Drag and drop the entire tracklist (now in .dtshd format) into AudioMuxer and check "Export To AVCHD", making sure "4Gb Split" and "8.3 File Format" are both checked. Press the "Mux To" button and that's that.

The AVCHD folder you're left with can be burned to a DVD-R or loaded into the root directory of a USB thumb drive or external drive drive for PS3 (or other blu-ray player) playback. If you know what you're doing, the entire process takes maybe 30 minutes. Enjoy!

many greatful and eternal thanks Sunderella!!!

Wow! Thank you so much for all your time on this

Can anyone provide a link to just the booklets? I don't want to download these sets as I already have them, but it would be nice to have digital copies of the booklets :)

Godly. Thank you!

Merci bien

Thank you so very, very much for the share Sunderella!

BIG THANKS TO YOU MAN!

How complete are the "Complete Recordings"? From looking at the tracklists, they don't appear to be in individual cues but rather long compilations of cues. Do we have the sessions for any of the films? If so, how do they compare? Having not yet seen the films, but being a LotR fan, I'd be interested to know...

Thank you

great work thanks a lot for this!

Hi, Is this really lossless? I see it because the spectrum analysis shows frecuencies under 16KHz, not above 20KHz :/

Massive stuff :)

To Sunderella, This is precious....! Thank you.

May someone re-up the cue "Use Well the Days"? Link is dead :/

Thanks for the great quality

Awesome collection. Really thanks. Big kiss for you :*

Thanks

Why files looks so ugly in spectrum?

This has to be one of the best posts I've seen on The Shrine.

My biggest thank you to you Sunderella, you included everything here :-D

I own these cds but THANKS A LOT for your job.

Thanks a lot!

Thanks! :)

Nobody has posted in this thread for a year, but the links are still alive (the other 2 Hi-def LOTR threads have expired linqs). Thank you for sharing such large files.

I managed to find another working mega link on Reddit with the unconverted DVD's, if anyone is interested and wishes to do the conversion themselves: https://www.reddit.com/r/megalinks/comments/5lur6v/music_the_lord_of_the_rings_the_complete/?st=j7n3ny5q&sh=dfeff6a4
You need to put the parts together to get a complete link eg https://mega.nz/(firstpart)(second part)
People post like that to reduce the likelihood of automated DMCA takedowns.

Glorious! Thanks so much

The link for
"Use Well the Days" feat. Annie Lennox cue (not included in the scores) [FLAC]
in the first page is not working.
Can anybody make a re-up?
Thanks.

Thanks! Use Well the Days appears to be down for me, but the rest work.

I own the standard editions on CD and usually listen to it on Spotify but have been wondering for years where to find the most "complete" edition. Is this maybe that one?

Damn the Use Well the Days isn't working could someone reupload it?

Use Well the Days feat. Annie Lennox cue (not included in the scores) [FLAC]
Link deleted, plz reupload :D

Thank you! :)

Thanks very much.

Cheers!

Hi, iam looking for the 3 Blu-ray Audio as ISO ! Who can help ???

Thanks. Rep. added.

Massive stuff ! Really great to find all these gems together... thanks so much !

Thank you ^^