Rankin / Bass - The Hobbit (The Complete Original Soundtrack) (1977)

The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien; it was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977. The teleplay won a Peabody Award; the film received a Christopher Award. The New York Times found the film "curiously eclectic", but felt that whatever its failings, it warranted attention. The Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson called the adaptation "execrable"; the author Baird Searles called it an "abomination" and an attempt that had "failed miserably", regretting the quality of the animation and of the soundtrack, and the omission of key plot points.

Tracklist
A1 Bilbo Baggins Meets Gandalf
A2 Thorin And Company
A3 The Journey Begins
A4 The Trolls
A5 Rivendell, Where Elrond Dwells
B1 Into The Misty Mountains
B2 The Goblins
B3 Riddles With Gollum
B4 Trapped In The Trees
B5 The Eagles' Rescue
C1 Mirkwood Forest
C2 The Spiders Versus "Sting"
C3 The Woodelves' Prison
C4 Laketown And The Lonely Mountain
C5 The Dragon Smaug
D1 Bard Saves Laketown
D2 The Battle Of Five Armies
D3 The Journey Ends