THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - Soundtrack Samples & 33 Pictures

Watertower Music has released samples for all the tracks of Howard Shore's epic score from Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" via Soundcloud. You can listen to all of them, about 43 minutes, after the jump. Also, Warner Bros. has released a huge batch of images from the film, which you can also enjoy after the jump.

The film stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Stephen Fry and Benedict Cumberbatch.

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" opens on December 13, 2013.

Check out the soundtrack and pictures after the jump.

Howard Shore Soundtrack Samples

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Pictures

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Official Synopsis

"The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor."

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