Favourite track on TTT soundtrack

[Carlas]

Hey everyone! Whats your favourite song on the soundtrack? I like gollums song because its so pretty and the performer has a wonderful voice.

[Eldawen of Lorien]

I love the Riders of Rohan, the King of the Golden Hall, Helm's Deep, and Forth Eorlings. I love how the music fits in with everything and captures the feeling of Rohan.

[Ithaeliel]

I just got the soundtrack today, and already I think I have favorites. I like Evenstar, Riders of Rohan, King of the Golden Hall, the White Rider, and especially Gollum's Song. The last I think really captures the misery and pitiful past of that poor Smeagol...

[Dorathain_Flamesword]

My fav is Gollum's Song, but I love the ones they do with the violin.<P>It is an awesome track.

[Gorwingel]

I am listening to TTT soundtrack right now <P>My personal favorites are, "the riders of Rohan","Evenstar", "The Leave Taking", "Isengard Unleashed", and "Samwise the Brave"<P>Sorry but I am not much of a fan of "Gollum's Song", I think the lyrics are cool, but it is just not my kind of song.

[Faye Took]

Oh I love them all. But I especially like Evenstar, and Gollums song.

[PeregrinTook]

Oh my! Choices, choices, so many choices! I think my favourites are 'The Riders of Rohan', 'The Passage of the Marshes', 'The King of the Golden Hall', 'Evenstar', 'Helm's Deep', 'Breath of Life', 'Forth Eorlingas', 'Isengard Unleashed', and 'Samwise the Brave'. I really didn't like 'Gollum's Song' much; I mean, the lyrics are fine, but... I dunno... call me crazy.

[mollecon]

Dorathain - that instrument isn't a violin, not quite; <P>In the Rohan theme: <P>It's actually a Hardangerfela = Hardanger violin/fiddle - it's a Norwegian folk music instrument. Violin like, but a bit bigger as I recall (more like a viola?) & with extra strings attached underneath to provide extra sound & volume. There are probably other differences as well, but I'll leave that to experts.

[Maltagaerion]

I'm discovering that the more I listen to the soundtrack, the more in love with it I become. The whole thing is just beautiful. I'm going to have to go with the whole Rohan theme as my favorite. That theme evokes emotions in me that I can't even describe!

[Durelin]

I LOVE that music! The whole thing is beautiful, absolutely beautiful, and it's hard to choose a favorite. I love the Rohan theme, but I love tracks 15, 16 and 17 a lot. I love the marching music with the Lothlorien style music in 15 and the marching of the Ents in 17, and when Haldir dies in 16, and...I could go on and on. The Rohan music is so sad and noble at the same time, it is really beautiful. It's hard to put my thoughts about the music into words. *sniff* It's so beautiful! *cry, cry* Okay, I'm fine.

[Coral]

Your all too emotional! Especially you Durelin! Anyways, I love the soundtrack, my favorite track is Gollum's song...It's just creepy...

[Durelin]

Oh come on Coral! You know me, so emotional, I always cry and movies! HELLO! You know how often I am SARCASTIC! My life is filled with endless sarcasm. Anyway, I also liked Gollum's Song and I agree with you Coral, it's creepy and you've always like creepy. Go put black eye shadow under your eyes and bite someone on the neck you pipher! Sorry, back to the subject, I was thinking about how out of order the tracks are, I k now that movie soundtracks aren't usually in order but TFOTR soundtrack was pretty much in order! 16 is the end of Helms Deep but then in 17 it has the music where Haldir dies! I'm pretty sure that's what that music is, please correct me if I am wrong, except you Coral! Like my knew sig?

[Carlas]

I love the rohan stuff aswell, its so enjoyable. Dont worry Durelin, im very emotional too, but in a way that i laugh at everything. Being happy is an emotion!!!

[PippinSqueak]

I love "The King of the Golden Hall", "Evenstar", "Isengard Unleashed", and "Helm's Deep" the most. There are probably more i love, but those were the first ones that came to my mind.

[Nevtarmawen Greenleaf]

Gollums song is the best....i've loved it ever since i heard it in the theater. I also like the King in the golden hall, the string part is great!But, gollum's song is still the best...where once was light, now darkness falls, where once was love, love is no more...I already know all the words!

[Thulorongil]

I adore the Rohan theme! My friend was so excited, because she plays the viola, I play the French horn, and we're always debating which one is better (I actually like them both....hope QCR isn't reading this!). But we both love Rohan and she was eager to rub it in my face!<P>I think the lyrics to Gollum's song are interesting. They show his struggle between Slinker and Stinker.

[the mortal elf]

Thulorongil--The french horn is better! (go brass!) Does anyone else who plays an instrument try to figure out how to play these songs? I can play the theme for FotR and the Rohan theme on my trombone <P>Anyway, back to the topic. I'm in love with Gollum's song, The Riders of Rohan, and King of the Golden Hall, but my favorite is Forth Eorlingas (too bad they couldn't stick the horn of Helm Hammerhand in there: It was awesome )

[Diamond18]

I love this soundtrack even more than FotR, I think. Well, I love them both, but right now TTT is all fresh and new in my mind, so I love it more at the moment. My favorites:<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI> Evenstar (heartbreaking and beautiful!)<BR><LI> Isengard Unleashed (ditto! Also very powerful).<BR><LI> The Rohan Theme whenever it plays.<BR><LI> Gollum's Song. I just love how haunting it is! The hauntinger the better. <BR></UL><P>I'm listening to it right now.

[Nurumaiel]

I got TTT soundtrack today, and I have to say my favorite with no doubt is 'Samwise the Brave.' I'm wondering what Sam is going to do that calls for such sad music. Don't tell me! I might get to see the movie Thursday...<P>I also liked Helm's Deep... it also seemed to have some sad and beautiful music in it... I wonder what it could be?<P>Personally I didn't like Gollum's song. My brothers and I all agreed that it didn't sound very LOTRish. But that's just our opinion, of course. <P>I hope the movie is as good as the music!<P>~Nurumaiel

[gollum*elf*pup]

I love the soundtrack! I really like all the songs. Gollum's song was so creepy...ahhh. And Evenstar is so beautiful...it makes me fall asleep . Oh well.

[ambi]

did anyone apart from me like the tune after the horn of Rivendell in Helm's Deep?

[Arwen Imladris]

I liked it all but I think that Gollum's song is my favourite.

[Ithaeliel]

Did anyone also like "Treebeard?" I thought the oboe part was perfect for the kind of dark but peaceful mood of Fangorn. It almost seemed like it was true classical and not from a movie at all. Howard Shore did really well!<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> It's actually a Hardangerfela <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I thought it sounded a wee bit unusual! Violins don't have that sweeter tone to them. I love Hardanger fiddles; I'm going to have to learn to play one someday.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Does anyone else who plays an instrument try to figure out how to play these songs?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yep! I can play the Rohan theme on my violin too; it's quite simple, but it's beautiful all the same. The great thing is, my orchestra teacher is a fan of LotR too, so she's letting me and a few of my classmates do an ensemble featuring an arrangement of "In Dreams" from FotR! i'm so excited!<p>[ January 01, 2003: Message edited by: Ithaeliel ]

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

As much as I love the Rohan theme, the Evenstar Theme, and the Breath of Life theme... my favorite track is "Samwise the Brave". This is because Howard Shore, ever-so-brilliant, used the theme from "The Breaking of the Fellowship" in it & that music gets me every time!!!!<P>I have learned how to play "May It Be" and "Concerning Hobbits" on my tin whistle

[maikafanawen]

Gollum's song is my favorite because Smeagol is my favorite character. although i do sometimes put the riders of rohan and the ones with the violin with it on repeat because i just LOVE the violin music.

[Nurumaiel]

Tigerlily,<BR>Yay! Another person who plays LOTR songs on a tin whistle. Unfortunately the tin whistle I use mysteriously disappeared so I haven't been able to practice. And I had only gotten so far as to learn the beginning of Concerning Hobbits (also the tune to In Dreams).<P>You also like Samwise the Brave... do you like acting? If you like acting then we have a LOT in common.<P>***<P>I saw the movie today and every track in the soundtrack has become even better with the memory of the movie lingering in my mind...<P>Wow, it seems that a lot of people like Gollum's Song. I like it okay as a song, but not as a <I>LOTR</I> song, if you take my meaning. Like I said before, it doesn't sound very LOTRish. If it were any other movie in the world, the song would have worked. But.... ah well, just my opinion.<P>The Evenstar, was very pretty, but I also liked the song in Old English (the track Breath Of Life, wasn't it?). Of course I like all songs in languages like that.<P>~Nurumaiel

[maikafanawen]

what does this mean:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Aia María quanta Eruanno i Héru as elye · aistana elye imíca nísi : ar aistana i yáve mónalyo Yésus : Aire María Eruo ontaril á hyame rámen úcarindor sí ar lúmesse ya firuvamme : násie :

[Faye Took]

After listening to the Soundtrack over, and over, and over again, I've grown a liking for Evenstar, Treebeard, Isengard Unleased, Gollums Song, The Riders of Rohan, The Forbidden Pool, and Breath of Life. I have a question though. What song does The Ents, and The Missing lyrics go to?

[the phantom]

I remember how impossible it was to answer this question for FOTR, and it's the same way this time.<P>I suppose my favorites would be Foundations of Stone and Samwise the Brave. I also love some of the awesome vocals in the marshes, and Forth Eorlingas is up there too.<P>It's hard to pick favorites when they're all so great. Howard Shore, you da man!!!

[pherostien]

I loved this soundtrack much more than the first. I like gollum's song the most. my friends think I am a bit wierd since I mumble some of the lyrics at wierd moments. now that I think about it I use we instead of I... something's wrong with me.

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><BR>You also like Samwise the Brave... do you like acting? If you like acting then we have a LOT in common.<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Gee, I hope I like acting since that is my career If I didn't then I am in for years of misery... well, I could be anyways because it's really hard work! <BR>I guess we do have a lot in common. <P>Did anyone else notice how out of order some of the tracks are on the CD? I was trying to figure out where the music fit in the movie & then I realized that it's kinda out of order.<BR>For example: The music that is played when Theoden takes his sword is the music at the end of "The Riders of Rohan". The music for Haldir's death comes after "Forth Eorlingas".<P>Well, all in all, it works out well, so it's not a complaint just an observation.

[mollecon]

I didn't notice the change of order Tigerlily - maybe it was done to improve the soundtrack as a piece of music independent of the movie?

[Arien]

I have 3 favourites..<BR>~Gollums song<BR>~The king of the Golden Hall<BR>~Evenstar.............<P>actually I kinda like Foundations of Stone..... I dont know the music kind of reaches something deep inside of me....

[Nurumaiel]

Yes, I also noticed the tracks seemed out of order.<P>I'm not sure if I'm correct, but it seems that The Missing comes in Breath Of Life, and The Ents in Isengard Unleashed.<P>Oh ho, Tigerlily, so you're an actress? That's what I'm <I>planning</I> to do since I love it so much. But I also want to direct movies.<P>In reply to maikafanawen's question, my signature is the <I>Hail Mary</I> in Quenya, being that I'm a Notre Dame fan as well as a Catholic. <P>~Nurumaiel

[Faye Took]

Thank you, Nurumaiel. I wish they would have said which lyrics go to which. <P>OoOoOo...I'm an actress too! I'm trying out for Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in our school Shakespeare Festival. I really hope I get the part .

[the mortal elf]

Yay! Other people play LotR! Ithaeliel--You are sooo lucky! I wish I had that kind of opportunity. I just can't find the sheet music anywhere. And I'm sure In Dreams and the Rohan theme sound better on a violin than a trombone . I just recently picked out the Uruk-Hai's theme too. And it sounds really cool, since I can make a nice blatty brass sound

[Diamond18]

Good luck Faye! Cool, I played Hippolyta in that play a couple years ago! <P>I've been trying to figure out that very question about "The Missing" in <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=001618" TARGET=_blank>this thread.</A> I listened very closely to both "Evenstar" and "Breath of Life", but can't seem to make the lyrics fit with either. I suppose, though, that if I had to stake my life to it, I'd guess "Breath of Life" (then I'd close my eyes and wait for death to come...).

[Alex Chamois]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I thought it sounded a wee bit unusual! Violins don't have that sweeter tone to them. I love Hardanger fiddles<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I second that! A few of us were trying to pick that (fantastic) instrument. Thanks mollecon. <P>A great move by Howard Shore, too, if it was his decision, furthering the viking flavour

[dunedain_aragorn]

#6 KING OF THE GOLDEN HALL. that music is from my fave part in the movie. the part where the little flag flutters down and aragorn goes by it, it is just OOZING symbolism! the music is so awesome, i cant help listening to it all day!

[Nevtarmawen Greenleaf]

My favorites are the king of the golden hall and gollums song. I already know all the words and when I went to see the movie for the 3rd time, my cousin and I stayed afterwards and sang the song!

[Swin]

So how many musical pieces there were in all?<BR>Like six? seven?<P>First time I saw the movie I thought there were like three. One 'Admire the beatiful scenery' music, one(two?) sad music and one intense battle music.<P>But I like the so called scenery music.<BR>Brought a smile to my face.

[Diamond18]

There are 19 tracks on the soundtrack (20 on the special edition) if that's what you mean.<P>If you mean that Howard Shore only used about three different themes, then you have to listen closer.

[Arwen Imladris]

If anyone wants, a cue by cue analysis can be found <A HREF="http://www.moviemusic.com/mb/Forum1/HTML/010649.html" TARGET=_blank>here.</A> This tells you what is happening in the movie in relation to the soundtrack.

[the mortal elf]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I already know all the words and when I went to see the movie for the 3rd time, my cousin and I stayed afterwards and sang the song! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I keep trying to stay, but I always seem to be on the end of the row, so people can't get out unless I do. I finish the song outside, though. You can't just leave halfway through it! The last time I did that, my dad disowned me and threatened not to drive me home

[The Flame Of Anor]

Best parts in the soundtrack are in my opinon all towards the end:<BR>In Track 16 (Forth Eorlingas) at 1:47 (King Theoden stand alone.....Not alone!)<BR>In Track 17 (Isenguard Unleashed) at 2:10 (The Ents now march to war)

[Gollum]

My favorite tracks are 3,5,12,14-19!!!<P>...Does the special edition soundtrack have the ents song on it? My regular one has the words...

[The Flame Of Anor]

"The Ents" is the section of 'isenguard unleashed' once the ents start singing. The exact time is in my previous post.<P>(edit) also, the above posted cues are (in my professional opininon :-) ) a bit off as a couple of the songs are spliced together once or twice in a different order.<p>[ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: The Flame Of Anor ]

[The Flame Of Anor]

Sorry to keep tacking things on, but i was really hoping someone might know of a way to get the two major moments missing from the soundtrack i noticed:<BR>As Legolas surfs the sheild, there is a bold fellowship theme<BR>and<BR>Gimli blowing the Horn of Helm Hammerhand.

[Airehiriel]

I really like "The Hornburg" which has the music that was played when the Elves marched into Helm's Deep. For me, the first time I watched it, it was a very emotional scene. <P>When I was leaving the movie theater after watching the movie for the first time, I made the remark to my sister that the song that was being sung sounded like it was for Gollum. I said to her, "what is this, Gollum's song?" And everytime I saw the movie after that I listened to it to figure out what it was there for. All I could think of was Gollum. Needless to say, when I found out that the song was, indeed for Gollum, and called "Gollum's Song" I was very amused with myself.<P>I also enjoy the violin parts like what is found toward the end of Helm's Deep. My sister said that the tune for that seems to be like the main theme tune of the movie, like she noticed a main tune for the first, and bits of that were heard in the second movie, which was a nice tie in.

[HCIsland]

I could be wrong, but I think the bold fellowship theme is exactly the same as the bold fellowship theme when Aragorn and Frodo get across the gap in the stairs in Moria. So if you want it, I think it's on the first soundtrack.<P>H.C.

[mollecon]

Both of you are right! (Airehiel & HCIsland) - that Rohan music (with the Hardanger fiddle being used some places) is surely the main theme in TTT. Not so strange since so much of the movie is taking place there & involves their big battle against Saruman.<P>The Fellowship theme can be heard in TTT too. It is more used in FotR, of course, & can first be heard 'full-blown' ( ) right after the fellowship leaves Riwendell - & it's also obvious in Moria, right after the fellowship manages to get past the broken staircase, just before the Balrog.<P>& yes, the fellowship theme is on both soundtracks, as is the Hobbit theme & probably others. Shore uses a technique where certain themes are connected to either certain people or groups of people, or places, or both. So those 'key'-themes will appear in various forms throughout the movies where they fit. The technique is called using a 'leitmotif' (leading motive/theme).<P>[ January 22, 2003: Message edited by: mollecon ]<p>[ January 23, 2003: Message edited by: mollecon ]

[Vorrothiel]

I think Samwise the brave is the best track on TTT... The hornburg is also quite good...

[eleniwilwarin]

I like Samwise the brave.

[King_Elessar]

Definatly the Rohan tune in all tracks with any Rohan scenes. The Elves tune at Helm's Deep is the best, and Fangorn - well whatever that cool track with the mysterious drums in is!<P>Bye, Elessar

[Lady_Báin]

woohoo i love emiliana torrini she's the best! my favorite was Gollums song and i just loved the whole thing because it all fit perfectly with every scene.

[Pookabunny]

Whenever I turn my CD player on, it always starts where I left off - but I put it back to the beginning because I LOVE the intro and the first track (Foundations Of Stone) and the other song I LOVE is Evenstar. I had to listen to the soundtrack a few times before I really appreciated it, but I LOVE it.<BR> The Rohan theme kinda grows on ya, but that FIRST track just grabs me.

[The Flame Of Anor]

I have to agree, Foundations of Stone is good, but i hated that part in the movie (they messed it all up!! ahhh!!) <P>If anyone has an audio clip of the Horn of Helm Hammerhand, i would be forever in their debt...

[PigsnieLite]

I liked the Hornburg music wid the Elves marchin into Helms Deep. When I last watched that scene at the cinema, several people in the audience yelled, YEAH!! That wuz the only part at which they did that. I noticed at the movie that they also played a bit of the march again when the Elves were chargin behind Aragorn. I also love that little bit of Elvish lamentin durin Haldirs sad sad sad end. Sniffles.

[PigsnieLite]

HUZZAH! I just noticed that Im not newly deceased anymore. I am now a PILE OF BONES! Cooool!