The History of The Lord of the Rings "The Lord of the Rings". J. R. R. Tolkien conceived the latter as a single volume comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices, but the original publisher split the work into three, publishing two books per volume with the appendices included in the third. The titles proposed by Tolkien for the six books were: Book I, "The First Journey" or "The Ring Sets Out"; Book II, "The Journey of the Nine Companions" or "The Ring Goes South"; Book III, "The Treason of Isengard"; Book IV, "The Journey of the Ring-Bearers" or "The Ring Goes East"; Book V, "The War of the
Music of The Lord of the Rings film series The book was released with a companion CD, "The Rarities Archives". The CD has 21 tracks of previously unreleased music created for the films, as well as an audio interview with Howard Shore. The scores and soundtrack albums of the film trilogy have won several awards: ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff179;"| "" ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff179;"| "" ! colspan="3" style="background:#fff179;"| "" Following the theatrical release of each of the films, Howard Shore reworked the music from the films and original soundtrack releases into movements for the concert hall, eventually creating the complete "The Lord of the Rings Symphony", a more structured six-movement work