UPDATE MARCH 24, 2013
I am uploading a few tracks here that I feel are good enough to release now. This includes a 7.1 FLAC copy of Song of the Lonely Mountain and the End Credit Suite along with a mostly instrumental copy of Song of the Lonely Mountain (a little bit of vocal echo but not much) taken from the side channels. And finally, I am releasing a copy of 'Brass Buttons' that has the cue, when Gandalf knocks the boulder off the ceiling, spliced into it (some SFX) in FLAC Stereo 24/48.

You can verify it is 7.1 (instead of DD5.1 Core) by opening it in either VLC and checking Codec Info for 3F2M2R/LFE in the channel section, or open it in Audacity and see 8 channels of audio!

Links:

Song of the Lonely Mountain FLAC 7.1

http://www.mediafire.com/?0kq5y8a40w954x9

Song of the Lonely Mountain Instrumental FLAC Stereo

http://www.mediafire.com/?qjd1higiqlix5xs


Brass Buttons (Film Extension) FLAC Stereo

http://www.mediafire.com/?akufs59drax3tx7


End Credit Suite FLAC 7.1

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dw56rov86gpf2k7




UPDATE MARCH 5TH, 2013!
Sparktank 2.0 is kind enough to have uploaded the end credits in 7.1 DTS MA in an MKA container for everyone to download! He has also done FLAC 2.0 24bit/48kHz and MP3 VBR-0 versions of the end credit suite also! Give his versions a download!

Link to his post:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/hobbit-end-credit-suite-including-song-lonely-125439/3.html#post2291963





ULTRA UPDATE MARCH 1ST, 2013!
Here are the links!


Song of the Lonely Mountain (Film Version)

AC3 640kbps 5.1
http://www.mediafire.com/?bzndgm7bt1raayn

FLAC Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?et4i0zba5gg4gay

MP3 320kbps Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmte4h64a4qa134


End Credits Suite

AC3 640kbps 5.1
http://www.mediafire.com/?am1d1q5zd8dxhux

FLAC Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?w0jcdv5myvqyl3j

MP3 320kbps Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?c12uox6ka4gt2gt


Boulder Dash (Thanks to Angela Liu for coming up with that name)
This is the cue when Gandalf knocks the giant rock chunk from the ceiling and it then proceeds to run over 20 orcs. There is one big sound that I could not fully remove, but this is totally listenable to.

WAV Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?f9dnjx1fn44oquv


Without a Home (Again, thanks to Angela Liu for that name)
Just a few wind SFX here, nothing serious though.

WAV Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6dtt39ohmepbvv


Thorin Fights Azog
Sound basically clean, just some low rumbling.

WAV Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmxjddqnzb1u6a1


In All My Life
Just some wind, nothing bad at all, almost clean.

WAV Stereo
http://www.mediafire.com/?w8u29jy9lq3r217


Notes
My Dear Frodo has a few SFX in it. The worst one has been removed. The only other SFX is birds chirping in Dale.

There is some high end hissing on the End Credits Suite Stereo copies and My Dear Frodo Cue (My Dear Frodo moreover). This is due to the back channels having to be turned up A LOT to provide proper volume (or you'd have to blast your speakers to get the right volume). I will correct this when I release FLAC 7.1 copies later.

I will have FLAC 7.1 out there eventually (please don't ask when), I'm going to actually spend time on those releases instead of rushing to get them out there like this batch (this release still sounds fine, don't worry).

Speaking for the normal people, I say, thank you, sounds great! ;)

Thanks for posting this. I'm glad I can finally sit and enjoy it now without having those fucking asshole theater cleaning people looking at me like I'm some sort of idiot.

Amazing!! Now about that leaked copy of the film...

I kid, I kid :D

I'm seeing a lot of screeners online.
Some of them have AC3@448/5.1.
But it's in 25fps.

@Sparktank If this is true, that is great and I will take a look into it (Because all I do is slow down the sound and you have it in its original speed and pitch).

SoX audio program is the recommended program to do slowdown/pitch alterations.

Thanks for the tip Sparktank. I usually use Adobe Audition CS6 to slow it, but I will try SoX and do a comparison. I've seen free programs outdo Adobe in their abilities before so we shall see.

If you check out audio-dedicated forums, you'll see a lot of favor for SoX (Sound Exchange) when doing pitch/speed.
Hydrogenaudio and doom9 forums have quite a few good reads.

Google search using the coded words.

Plenty of threads regarding SoX PALtoNTSC.

site:forum.doom9.org sox 25fps

Not so much on Hydrogenaudio...

site:hydrogenaudio.org sox 25fps

Imho, Doom9 is an excellent place to read. A lot of audio developers, some of the best and accurate programs come from Doom9 users.



Although, I would wait a couple months before a proper NTSC format comes out.
Even a full blu-ray remux with lossless Blu-ray audio.

Thanks Sparktank! I've been looking at the Hobbit 5.1 ac3 448kbps transfers, they seem to just be 4 empty channels and 2 stereo channels.... I don't know why someone would go though the effort of doing such a stupid thing.

Edit: The file I have uploaded will do for now. Your advice is correct, waiting for the NTSC or Blu-Ray to leak or release is the best option at this point. I'm glad I could at least get a semi-decent stereo copy of this piece this early.

Pooh. I just finished downloading a screener :laugh:

I suppose since it is a screener, there really is no need for a 5.1? :itsamystery:

This is wonderful. Thanks for the link!

Thanks, it sounds fine to me. :)

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks! This does sound great despite the quality.

Thank you very much JCH152 :)

Thank you very much !

Thanks!

Not to hijack the thread, but since this is related to the screener and the Misty Mountains main theme, I recorded two cues myself. The first cue happens when the Company are fighting their way out of Goblin-town, and Gandalf creates a boulder to help pave the way through. I've aptly labeled this cue "Boulder Dash." The second cue happens shortly after the Company's escape from the tunnels, and Bilbo gives his touching speech on why he came back -- to help the dwarves reclaim their home. I called this one "Without a Home."

None of these cues appear on the official soundtrack releases, and while sound effects are still fully evident, I found them notable enough to warrant a recording. Encoded as 320kbps mp3s, after some volume increasing adjustments. Enjoy!

Boulder Dash:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/74o8er

Without a Home:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ety4sd

Angela Liu, you have the same link for both cues.

Not to hijack the thread, but since this is related to the screener and the Misty Mountains main theme, I recorded two cues myself. The first cue happens when the Company are fighting their way out of Goblin-town, and Gandalf creates a boulder to help pave the way through. I've aptly labeled this cue "Boulder Dash." The second cue happens shortly after the Company's escape from the tunnels, and Bilbo gives his touching speech on why he came back -- to help the dwarves reclaim their home. I called this one "Without a Home."

None of these cues appear on the official soundtrack releases, and while sound effects are still fully evident, I found them notable enough to warrant a recording. Encoded as 320kbps mp3s, after some volume increasing adjustments. Enjoy!

Boulder Dash:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/74o8er

Without a Home:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/74o8er

Yeah you uploaded the same link twice.

I literally cannot wait for the Recording Sessions to appear, either by someone, or released officially just like LOTR.

Ahh, my bad. Fixed!

Without a Home:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ety4sd

Thanks a lot

Thanks for this!! It's really good quality. I really hope the recording sessions leak soon or Howard Shore and Warner Bros get it together and release the complete recordings sometime this year (hopefully around the release of the Extended Edition on BD?)

<br>
Big thanks to [AL], who took the time and effort to find and cut the two spots in the film clip thathave �Misty Mountain� instrumentals. Many thanks to the OP, too, for the cut of the End Credits.

Following those footsteps, I have located one more scene to have another cut, the one with �big brassy� sound of the song as some have put it, without too much interfering sound effects, which I�m sure many are already familiar with: when the impatient Dwarves decided to split from the Elves and leave Rivendell, with Bilbo along but without Gandalf, before getting themselves into heaps of troubles eventually. This portion of the instrumentals is different from �The World Is Ahead� in the Soundtrack, despite having a similar crescendo build-up (that is oh-so-good but so, so short!).

Misty Mountain (Dwarves & Bilbo Leaving Rivendell)
FLAC:

http://lumfile.com/d0drww4hcbi4/

http://sendspace.com/file/o57rf6

MP3 (-V0 Extreme):

http://lumfile.com/l8iwxv9sgyki/

http://sendspace.com/file/w2zm7e

There�s yet one more scene, at least, that has �Misty Mountain� in the background: toward the end, when some of the Dwarves finally removed themselves from the pine trees to come to the aid of Bilbo and helped fight off the Wargs. This section has lots of extraneous layers of sounds (it�s a big-ass night fight against angry beasts with all sorts of weapons by Dwarves and Orcs, after all) that makes it rather tough to warrant an extract, even though I may still want to find time to cut it later...


High on the good first attempt, I then decided to tackle the End Credits. This ending portion of the film clip has two parts, as you already know by now. First is the �Song Of The Lonely Mountain,� performed by Neil Finn. This version from the End Credits is, like the one in the OP, again, different from the Extended Edition in the Soundtrack, which is a little longer; in other words, this �Song Of The Lonely Mountain� from the End Credits is the shorter version (or one of) for which a few have screamed in various other threads. The background choir came through clear, and I was able to notice the secondary voices in the last few lines for the first time! (It�s there in cuts by others, too, just that I never noticed it before.) If there�s judicious use of anvils as they said, there�s just not enough for my taste!

End Credits: (Neil Finn) Song Of The Lonely Mountain
FLAC:

http://lumfile.com/m6wi3j6g6qch/

http://sendspace.com/file/2hae24

MP3 (-V0 Extreme):

http://lumfile.com/xgz5kzxrb5pn/

http://sendspace.com/file/u3c2fn


Next from the End Credits is a continuous orchestral stream switching through various themes that includes �Dreaming Of Bag End� as the very last piece of music in the film, which I left alone, lumped together, as End Credits Suite. I then went a step further and surgically extracted �Dreaming Of Bag End� to stand on its own. This version is also slightly different (in the second half) from the Soundtrack.

End Credits Suite (2nd Part)
FLAC:

http://lumfile.com/dfsvdw8gmegk/

http://sendspace.com/file/kl6lzm

MP3 (-V0 Extreme):

http://lumfile.com/cs629ejfwxh0/

http://sendspace.com/file/vswnp3


End Credits: Dreaming Of Bag End
FLAC:

http://lumfile.com/3r3tcu9b6lzu/

http://sendspace.com/file/ozu3y5

MP3 (-V0 Extreme):

http://lumfile.com/7kxo8b7d6rug/

http://sendspace.com/file/qj6s5a

>> No pwd in any of the RAR files.


The FLACs are all at Compression Level 0 (first extract is also lossless WAV, which, in this case, may not amount to much). Source is [Hive-CM8] that sports AC3 256kbps bitrate as others already mentioned, but good enough for -V 0 (Extreme), I suppose. *Someone* is bound to go through this entire exercise again, undoubtedly, at the first sight of the Blu-ray; these should hold up the hardcore fans for a good couple more months until then...

Most of these may be duplicate efforts, I realize, but they are also cuts of the same thing in different formats.

My contributions . . . Enjoy!
<br>

Thank you!

Maybe it's just me, but these lumfile links aren't working: you get passed the 60s countdown, and then it'll do a network timeout for each of the links.

It's probably just you...

There's supposed to be a little capcha box after the countdown, then after you've provided the matching code the Download button is enabled to click away...

Give it another try. Perhaps on another machine? I just double-checked myself a few downloads at random, and they all worked just fine. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised at the speed, too, for a bunch of downloads, although small, right in the middle of the day.


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Upd:
I’ve added an entire set of new download links from SendSpace, in case you’re still having difficulties on your end.

Hope they all go through more smoothly for you this time.

Cheers!

I updated my original post with new info about mixing from the Blu-Rays when they come out (including a 7.1 mix of the End Credits)! Take a look!

Whoa, that’s tons of new info! I didn’t think the Blu-ray was coming out until some time in April... Your timeframe gives it perhaps late March, then? They’re really pushing it out there, aren’t they?

Can’t wait at all! Truly looking forward to your gazillion-channel cut (be prepared for lotsa works ahead yourself, too!).

The Blu-Ray is slated for release in the US on March 19th. I will probably have it two weeks or so in advance but it all depends on when my buddy gets it since he supplies me with all my official early release films (official releases, not screeners or any of that lesser quality crap, and yes, it's the actual physical Blu-Ray disks, not crappy digital files).

GIANT UPDATE! No release quite yet, but lots of information and release date info (coming within the next few days at most)! Check my original post.

thank you

crappy digital files

Are only crappy if not ripped properly.
most often people will supply the DTS core instead of the lossless format.
Or AC3 if it's originally Dolby TrueHD.
You're looking in all the wrong places if you can't find a good remux.

For now, it's still just the DTS core floating around.

---------- Post added at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:05 AM ----------

I've been on this forum for awhile.
And have sufficient technical experience to ask for legitimate concern.
I frequently get attacked before I get answered.
But I've helped a few in their Blu-Ray ripping processes and have also provided sufficient rips from the lossless blu-ray audio formats.

So I ask: What is the process for you ripping the blu-ray audio?
The DVD audio will be useless as it is lossy by inherent nature (AC3; unless it provides a PCM track, which is very unlikely).

What software do you use to extract/rip the blu-ray audio to work with?



I, myself (especially for any audio greater than 5.1), use eac3to.
eac3to is developed and used by very knowledgeable software developers who largely deal with sound/audio.
When it's not being maintained by the author (who is currently busy in other projects), support is still given by those who are educated quite well in the audio/sound department.

It's also designed to create bit-for-bit exact copies of the original blu-ray audio. Flawless.



It's been updated remarkably in the past while with significant fixes.
It requires ArcSoft decoder to properly decode 6.1/7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks from blu-ray. (As far as ArcSoft versions go, version 1.1.0.0 [‎April-‎25-‎08] is the best without causing any malformations during the processing).
A few people prefer to use ArcSoft 1.1.0.8, but it has certain limitations against various setups for 6.1/7.1. I think largely if the 7.1 is found to be "strange setup" (i.e., non-standard 7.1 channel layout yet still legal; "legal" as in channel setup for proper decoding in universal sound systems/software).

eac3to has its own downmixing options available. It can downmix 7.1 to 5.1 or stereo (simple stereo or Dolby Pro Logic II downmixes available; downmixing to stereo will often cause "clipping" to occur and will require a second pass to normalize; normalizing/2nd pass can be disabled if the switch is given "-no2ndpass"). It can also include the LFE channel or not (recommended not, by Dolby, as it may or may not cause distortion; recommended only for those who have X.1 sound systems and the capability to utilize the low frequencies). It can maintain the original bit depth as well as the sample rate (even sample rate conversion is available; uses SSRC (native implementation) or you can download and use r8brain with it for sample conversion (SSRC is better)). FLAC encoding is supported or AC3 (through libav/nero (nero requires separate installation and has limitations) or you can pretty much pipe to other software for more formats and/or editing.
Works great with SoX and Qaac.



It's a Command Line Interface though, so it requires diligence and patience.

I use it a lot myself and swear by it for ripping Blu-ray audio. Even DVD audio if it's necessary.
I've ripped the blu-ray audio for the isolated score to Big Trouble In Little China perfectly with it.



Back to the original question, what are you using to rip it and what is the process you do to make everything?
Software-wise.

@Sparktank 2.0 I actually work from the raw files. I use no compression. I rip the Blu-Ray to my hard drive 1:1 (just removing security restrictions). The file is usually between 25-40GB.

I then have an addon for Audacity where it can open audio straight from a video file and BAM, you have 7.1 DTS-MA straight from the source (and if there is multiple audio tracks, it actually gives me a choice of which one I want to open. It takes like 30-40 minutes to open on my really fast computer though...

After I've ripped the raw audio of the section I want to the same lossless format, I go to Adobe Audition and do the cutting and editing there before exporting it.

Links are released in my original post! Enjoy!

I will be coming out with FLAC 7.1 later (please don't ask me when, I will make an announcement when the time has come).

Thanks JCH152, but My Dear Frodo is already blocked by Mediafire

@animallife I'll get to work on that. I think it recognizes the audio. I'll have to upload an alternate version of it.

hell we were lucky we got so much of the music before this already
but thanks a lot

Updated the "My Dear Frodo Cue" links.

Updated the "My Dear Frodo Cue" links.

Thank you!

It takes like 30-40 minutes to open on my really fast computer though...

You could remux the movie (just the audio) to an MKV file (you'll get .MKA extension) and use the newly implemented --split (http://anonym.to/?http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/doc/mkvmerge.html#mkvmerge.description.split) functions.
4. "Keeping specific parts by specifying timecode ranges while discarding others."

Available through the GUI (mmg.exe) or through the CLI, you can specify to split the movie according to timecodes. HH:MM:SS.sss or framenumbers (calculate (24000/1001)*(specified time/60seconds)).

This way you can break it down to just the audio you need to work with and not the whole movie as a single file.
You can even convert it to WAV using eac3to and it'll load instantly in your audio editors.

I find ffmpeg in Audacity to be vastly outdated so I convert everything to WAV.
Anything like FLAC and other formats usually require the use of the libsndfile, which does take a long time to load, on any computer.
WAV imports are much quicker, however, the 2/4GB size limit is very restricting.
But if you use split the audio before hand, your work will glide with much ease.

Added another cue just now. Another one later possibly.


Edit: Added three more cues!

Thanks for sharing!

One question, did you volume match these to the audio on the OST? If not, any idea how many dB they need to be raised to closely match the OSTs (or does anyone else have an idea)?

Thanks for sharing!

One question, did you volume match these to the audio on the OST? If not, any idea how many dB they need to be raised to closely match the OSTs (or does anyone else have an idea)?

you can load the files plus the OST into Foobar (or other) and do a scan on the "Replay Gain" "as an album" and then apply the scanned settings.
Make sure any device or player you use to listen to them are playing back with the Replay Gain valued applied.
You can also take those new-found gain values and apply them manually through some editing software.

@FilmScore1978 I did match the volumes on the Song of the Lonely Mountain Stereo copies. My Dear Frodo WAS until it kept getting taken down for audio matching, so I just left it as is. The End Credit suite was just balanced but not raised to OST levels. My Dear Frodo is, however, louder than it was in the film and that's why you hear audio hissing (because I had to turn up the very back channels like 20db).

I've gotta thank JCH152 for his fine work here. It's ridiculous that we can't hear these pieces on the OST, but I'm glad you're there to hook us up.

Thanks for the info.

I've gotta thank JCH152 for his fine work here. It's ridiculous that we can't hear these pieces on the OST, but I'm glad you're there to hook us up.
thats what happens when an OST is made before the movie has picked all its music

So that there won't be any multiple threads and merging, I've decided to post my simplistic edits here.




I'm only doing simple stereo downmixes right now (no Dolby ProLogicII downmixes or multichannel mixes).
I can provide the original elementary stream muxed inside a Matroska container (.mka for audio with no video; .mkv is when video is present).

Technical Details:
Taken from a remux of the movie, using eac3to to convert to WAV then edit.
I downmixed to simple stereo with eac3to. This doesn't do a DPLII downmix or any other weird mix.
It doesn't include the LFE channel either when doing a stereo downmix, unless I add the switch to do so.
If you want, you can download the ES (elementary stream) and do your own donwmix with the LFE included.
(Note that doing so may cause distortion in the results)

When eac3to does a downmix, it will detect if there is clipping or not and do a 2nd pass.
The 2nd pass will calculate the gain to apply so that there is no clipping.
This can be bypassed but there will be clipping included in the output file.

When downmixing the 7.1 end credits to stereo, clipping was detected so I let it "normalize" (apply positive/negative gain to prevent clipping).
The gain applied was -0.61dB.
Which wasn't too much, to avoid clipping.

Logs for eac3to:
7.1 DTS-HD MA to 7.1 WAV
eac3to v3.27
command line: eac3to "The Hobbit - End Credits.mka" 1: "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav" -log="The Hobbit - End Credits wav.txt"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MKA, 1 audio track, 0:10:11
1: DTS Master Audio, English, 7.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
[a01] Extracting audio track number 1...
[a01] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a01] Writing WAV...
[a01] Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav"...
[a01] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
eac3to processing took exactly 1 minute.
Done.

7.1 WAV to 2.0 WAV
eac3to v3.27
command line: eac3to "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav" "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav" -downstereo -log="The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.txt"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WAV, 7.1 channels, 0:10:11, 24 bits, 9216kbps, 48kHz
Reading WAV...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
Writing WAV...
Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav"...
Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary. [WARNING]
The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Starting 2nd pass...
Reading WAV...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
Writing WAV...
Applying -0.61dB gain...
Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav"...
The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
eac3to processing took 31 seconds.
Done.

The Edit:
I muted some of the low rumble at the end of Smaug's growl.
Then did a fade-in on a very small section in the beginning.
I trimmed the end silence down to a reasonable length.

For the 2 part split, I did a rough copy/paste into new files and did fades where needed.
Doing part 2 was harder because part of the Lonely Mountain song crossfades with the score.
If you crank it, you can hear it. No way around it without destroying the score.
So it's there.

Enjoy. :169:

I split it mostly for those who want to listen to just the Lonely Mountain song in 24 bit depth/48kHz sampling rate.




Tools Used:
MKVtoolnix 6.1.0 (to split by parts for easier editing; remux)
eac3to (with ArcSoft 1.1.0.0) (for DTS-HD MA conversion to WAV; downmix+normalization)
Foobar (for FLAC/Lame conversions)

Here, the tracks I provide:

The full end credits as one track
The end credits split into two tracks

Part 1 = The Lonely Mountain
Part 2 = The Hobbit score/suite




Here, the formats I provide:
ES (elementary stream); DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS Core; remuxed inside a Matroska container (extension: .mka)
FLAC
MP3

The audio specifications:
ES: 24 bit depth, 48kHz, 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio/ 5.1 DTS Core
FLAC: Stereo (2.0 channels), 24 bit depth, 48kHz
MP3: Stereo (2.0 channels), 48kHz, VBR-0
Note: lossy formats don't typically have a fixed bit depth like a PCM-Stream so I won't list them.
Wiki says this about lossy bit depth:

...have bit depths that are not defined in the same sense as PCM. (http://anonym.to/?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_bit_depth)



THE GOODS:

If you cannot access the links:
remove "http://anonym.to/?" from the URL.

ES (elementary stream) remuxed inside a Matroska container (.mka)
7.1/24/48/DTS-HD MA

Part 1: Download ES (.mka) 001 at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/93480098/file.html)
Part 2: Download ES (.mka) 002 at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/98435280/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z.001".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

FLAC; Full End Credits
2.0/24/48

Download FLAC; Full End Credits at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/96969519/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

FLAC; 2 Parts
2.0/24/48

Download FLAC; 2 Parts at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/8290898/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!


MP3; Full + 2 Parts
2.0/48/VBR-0

Download MP3; Full + 2 Parts at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/50435168/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

If you cannot access the links:
remove "http://anonym.to/?" from the URL.

I added a link to Sparktank's post in my original post!

So that there won't be any multiple threads and merging, I've decided to post my simplistic edits here.




I'm only doing simple stereo downmixes right now (no Dolby ProLogicII downmixes or multichannel mixes).
I can provide the original elementary stream muxed inside a Matroska container (.mka for audio with no video; .mkv is when video is present).

Technical Details:
Taken from a remux of the movie, using eac3to to convert to WAV then edit.
I downmixed to simple stereo with eac3to. This doesn't do a DPLII downmix or any other weird mix.
It doesn't include the LFE channel either when doing a stereo downmix, unless I add the switch to do so.
If you want, you can download the ES (elementary stream) and do your own donwmix with the LFE included.
(Note that doing so may cause distortion in the results)

When eac3to does a downmix, it will detect if there is clipping or not and do a 2nd pass.
The 2nd pass will calculate the gain to apply so that there is no clipping.
This can be bypassed but there will be clipping included in the output file.

When downmixing the 7.1 end credits to stereo, clipping was detected so I let it "normalize" (apply positive/negative gain to prevent clipping).
The gain applied was -0.61dB.
Which wasn't too much, to avoid clipping.

Logs for eac3to:
7.1 DTS-HD MA to 7.1 WAV
eac3to v3.27
command line: eac3to "The Hobbit - End Credits.mka" 1: "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav" -log="The Hobbit - End Credits wav.txt"
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MKA, 1 audio track, 0:10:11
1: DTS Master Audio, English, 7.1 channels, 24 bits, 48kHz
(core: DTS, 5.1 channels, 24 bits, 1509kbps, 48kHz)
[a01] Extracting audio track number 1...
[a01] Decoding with ArcSoft DTS Decoder...
[a01] Writing WAV...
[a01] Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav"...
[a01] The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
eac3to processing took exactly 1 minute.
Done.

7.1 WAV to 2.0 WAV
eac3to v3.27
command line: eac3to "The Hobbit - End Credits.wav" "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav" -downstereo -log="The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.txt"
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WAV, 7.1 channels, 0:10:11, 24 bits, 9216kbps, 48kHz
Reading WAV...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
Writing WAV...
Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav"...
Clipping detected, a 2nd pass will be necessary. [WARNING]
The original audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
Starting 2nd pass...
Reading WAV...
Downmixing multi channel audio to stereo...
Reducing depth from 64 to 24 bits...
Writing WAV...
Applying -0.61dB gain...
Creating file "The Hobbit - End Credits Stereo.wav"...
The processed audio track has a constant bit depth of 24 bits.
eac3to processing took 31 seconds.
Done.

The Edit:
I muted some of the low rumble at the end of Smaug's growl.
Then did a fade-in on a very small section in the beginning.
I trimmed the end silence down to a reasonable length.

For the 2 part split, I did a rough copy/paste into new files and did fades where needed.
Doing part 2 was harder because part of the Lonely Mountain song crossfades with the score.
If you crank it, you can hear it. No way around it without destroying the score.
So it's there.

Enjoy. :169:

I split it mostly for those who want to listen to just the Lonely Mountain song in 24 bit depth/48kHz sampling rate.




Tools Used:
MKVtoolnix 6.1.0 (to split by parts for easier editing; remux)
eac3to (with ArcSoft 1.1.0.0) (for DTS-HD MA conversion to WAV; downmix+normalization)
Foobar (for FLAC/Lame conversions)

Here, the tracks I provide:

The full end credits as one track
The end credits split into two tracks

Part 1 = The Lonely Mountain
Part 2 = The Hobbit score/suite




Here, the formats I provide:
ES (elementary stream); DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS Core; remuxed inside a Matroska container (extension: .mka)
FLAC
MP3

The audio specifications:
ES: 24 bit depth, 48kHz, 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio/ 5.1 DTS Core
FLAC: Stereo (2.0 channels), 24 bit depth, 48kHz
MP3: Stereo (2.0 channels), 48kHz, VBR-0
Note: lossy formats don't typically have a fixed bit depth like a PCM-Stream so I won't list them.
Wiki says this about lossy bit depth:




THE GOODS:

If you cannot access the links:
remove "http://anonym.to/?" from the URL.

ES (elementary stream) remuxed inside a Matroska container (.mka)
7.1/24/48/DTS-HD MA

Part 1: Download ES (.mka) 001 at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/93480098/file.html)
Part 2: Download ES (.mka) 002 at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/98435280/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z.001".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

FLAC; Full End Credits
2.0/24/48

Download FLAC; Full End Credits at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/96969519/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

FLAC; 2 Parts
2.0/24/48

Download FLAC; 2 Parts at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/8290898/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!


MP3; Full + 2 Parts
2.0/48/VBR-0

Download MP3; Full + 2 Parts at ZippyShare.com (http://anonym.to/?http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/50435168/file.html)
Use 7zip to extract (http://anonym.to/?http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) ".7z".
Then unrar.
WinRAR Password: sparktank
!!!Make sure there are no spaces; if you use copy/paste ensure there are no spaces. Some Windows environments may include one (1) space at the end.!!!

If you cannot access the links:
remove "http://anonym.to/?" from the URL.

Sparktank, but for who appreciate your hard & awesome work, Many Thanks !

Fantastic work. Thanks for posting.

I have added FLAC 7.1 for Song of the Lonely Mountain and the End Credit Suite to the original post. Also, I have added and instrumental version of Song of the Lonely Mountain that focuses on Acoustic Guitar and String instruments AND a version of 'Brass Buttons' with the Boulder Dash sequence cut into it.

Thanks once again for this kingly gift! I've been listening to your amazing rips off and on since you first posted them, and am always grateful for any additions.

Thanks for all the original links on Page 1.

However, all the Sparktank links are dead, as are all the links on Page 2, and also Angela Liu's links on Page 1.

Thanks for posting this. I'm glad I can finally sit and enjoy it now without having those fucking asshole theater cleaning people looking at me like I'm some sort of idiot.

That's funny! I know that I'm among those that will listen to the end credits music to get my money's worth, while everyone has exited the theater. Score enthusiasts are united with you on that! :)