<P> As with all the previous films, Howard Shore composed the score . Conrad Pope (who conducted the orchestra) and James Sizemore orchestrated the music for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and for two Gamelan orchestra, while the London Voices and Tiffin' Boys choir were recorded in AIR Lyndhurst, London . The score featured a few new themes for Dain, Gundabad (featuring a "chorus" of didgeridoos) and the Dwarves' war preparations, but focused more on blending and clashing the themes against one another, eventually bringing the themes to a resolution . </P> <P> Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings, wrote and recorded the song "The Last Goodbye" to be played over the end credits of the film . </P> <P> A teaser trailer for the film was released on July 28, 2014 attached to Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the Storm, and If I Stay . The second theatrical trailer was released on November 6, 2014 attached to Interstellar and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay--Part 1 . To promote the film's release, Wellington - based association football club, Wellington Phoenix, wore a special designed jersey to commemorate the opening of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies . The custom, film - themed jersey was worn only once, on December 13, 2014 . In the film's Japanese release on December 13, Warner Bros. collaborated with mobile gaming company A-Lim to bring Bilbo, Gandalf, and Legolas into the game Brave Frontier at the end of December as Vortex Dungeon units . The campaign only ran until February 2015 . Smaug made a guest appearance, animated by WETA and voiced again by Cumberbatch, on the satire show The Colbert Report on December 12, 2014 to promote the film . </P> <P> Two video games were developed to coincide with the film's theatrical release . A tie - in fighting video game The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies--Fight for Middle Earth was released simultaneously with the film for Android and iOS platforms to negative reviews from critics and users . An action - adventure video game Middle - earth: Shadow of Mordor was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One in October 2014 and for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 21, nearly a week prior to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies world premiere in London, on 1 December . The events of the game take place directly after Sauron fled to Mordor, escaping The White Council, which was shown at the beginning of the film . The game was planned to act as an overlap between The Hobbit film series and The Lord of the Rings film series . </P>

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