Michael James Greene engineered and mixed the recordings.
The score was recorded at HUGEsound Post Production in Salt Lake City, Utah. Additional featured performers on the Mordor soundtrack include David Osmond on vocals, Aaron Ashton on the fiddle, Jeannine Goeckeritz on flutes, Daron Bradford on penny whistle, Nicole Pinnell on cello, and Rich Dixon on guitars. The Mordor original score was performed by the Utah Film Orchestra and Choir, the same groups that performed Chance’s original scores for LOTRO’s Riders of RohanTM, Mines of MoriaTM and Shadows of AngmarTM releases. There is a sense of reaching for light beneath the oppressiveness, threads of beauty and strength, even in the midst of overwhelming shadow.” “This score is definitely darker and more martial than my previous LOTRO music. “Mordor is a terrifying place,” says Thomas. In addition to the 10th Anniversary Soundtrack, fans will soon be able to add more LOTRO music by composer Chance Thomas in their lives with the Mordor Soundtrack.
Visit the game world at The music that plays throughout the game gives it an extra sense of magic. It is filled with lost stories, unfamiliar enemies and the opportunity to fight through the lands around Mount Doom and beyond. “The Mordor expansion allows players the ability to explore the shadowy lands beyond the Black Gate. Players of The Lord of the Rings Online waited years to be able to explore Mordor in the digital world of Middle-earth and now have the chance with the game’s latest expansion! We’ve imagined Mordor while reading Tolkien’s books and have seen it in the film adaptations by Ralph Bakshi and Peter Jackson, but LOTRO gives fans a unique and more immersive way to see that land.