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    The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug official soundtrack - an album guide

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    5. Mirkwood

    Continuing in the darker vein, this track is dissonant and frightening, packed full of mournful, angular sounding cello tunes. In the film, Mirkwood exerts a strong hallucinogenic influence over anyone who travels through, represented here in the music by the creepy sounding waterphone. Photo: Facebook

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