Howard Shore · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · 2013

The Nature of Evil

1 recording669 listens on ListenBrainz6 documented1 to look at

Kirsty Whalley on this song:Producer

Recording · ISRCUSNLR1300685 +1what streaming services report

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Composition · ISWCT-915.031.261-1what societies pay writers on

Publishing · the song

Songwriting rights

Kirsty Whalley’s roleno writer in MusicBrainz — if the artist wrote it, this side concerns themunknown

Composition in MusicBrainz“The Nature of Evil”documented

ISWC (composition code)T-915.031.261-1documented

Writers documentedno writer in MusicBrainz: check it at your societynot found here

Unclaimed-works listsnot on the 12 lists we checkednone found

Recording · the master

As producer

Kirsty Whalley’s roleproducer on the recording — neighbouring rights applyproducer

ISRC (recording code)USNLR1300685, USNLR1300713documented

Released in1 territoryknown

Unidentified-plays listsnot on the lists we checkednone found

Where these statuses come from

Public music databases and societies' published lists. Societies' own registers can only be checked by you — the links below open them.

On the radio

“The Nature of Evil” was not found on the public stations we track

What we searched: 16 public stations

Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 5 Oct 2025): BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), ABC Classic (Australia), triple j (Australia), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), triple j Unearthed (Australia), ABC Jazz (Australia), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom).

Commercial radio, TV and most countries don't publish playlists, so a song missing here can still be played elsewhere. These plays are what authors' and performers' societies pay on — compare them with your statements.

Where to check

Start with your home society

Your home country isn't in public data — start with the society you are a member of.

Then every country where this song was released (1): 1 songwriting and 1 recording societies.

Songwriting — all

GEMA · Germany ↗

Recording — all

GVL · Germany · login

This song in money

What this song should earn per semester

Songwriting

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no writer credit for you in public data

Recording

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no performer or producer credit for you

How this is calculated

Public estimate from 669 ListenBrainz listens, your share of the writer credits and your role on the recording — often low outside the UK and US, and streaming only.

The full method

Recordings of this song

The Nature of EvilThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · 2013

ISRC USNLR1300685, USNLR1300713 · you: producer · 669 listens

Sources

The Nature of Evil (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on MusicBrainz ↗