First we have the Minas Tirith theme on horn, with sustained strings. The music we next hear is reminiscient of the Mordor theme, I think. At 0:54, it gets exciting, with a bolder rendition of the first theme. At 1:15, the choir comes in with this (bold text is what is actually sung):
Quote:
Revail vyrn dan minuial
ú galad, ú vin anor hen
Cano an dregad
ú natha ored
Gwanwen ost in giliath
Dannen Osgiliath
(Sindarin)
Black wings against a pale morning
There is no more light, not in this sun
Call the retreat
There will be no warning
The citadel of the stars is gone
Osgiliath is fallen
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The Minas Tirith/Gondor theme is played more slowly, and then a horn fanfare brings us up to this solo:
Quote:
Mennen nored dîn [choir: 2.15]
Gwanwen i 'ûr bân
Sílant calad Dûn [solo: 2.02]
Tollen Rochon 'Lân
(Sindarin)
Their race was over;
All courage gone.
A light shone in the west -
The White Rider had come.
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I love how the orchestra drops to such a piano that the vocals are the focus of the moment, when Gandalf fends off the Nazgul. It seems that the soaring vocal solo is another theme pertaining to Gandalf -- we hear it when he is on top of Orthanc, just after he falls, and now.
At 2:35, a more triumphant rendition of the theme is played; this is from when Gandalf and Pippin arrive in Minas Tirith, so we're going back in time a little bit from the last part. The track ends just as they come to the White Tree... which is incidentally the name of the next track.
