[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

The choir sings its part softly on top of a pedal point for 35 seconds. It gives very old, ancient feeling. Something that has roots in way back history has put things in motion again. The "walking theme" begins at 00:51. The drums play some kind of a marching comp on the background. The melody doesn't sound completely sad or depressed but a bit plaintive. After all, the two hobbits are leaving their home behind for the first time. Until - a glimpse of hope is delivered by In Dreams and Fellowship themes. As Encaitare said:"The Fellowship in its earliest stages is beginning with the two hobbits." So the Fellowship theme is very soft and rather just predicts the things they are going to go through during their quest.

Between 1:56 and 2:20 as the brass take over the melody, the strings have two different pedal points. I don't know if they're used here to refer to the beginning of this track, but to me it seems like things concerning the same historical event are just beginning to happen in the Shire while in greater cities the coming battle, corruption and such are already more concrete facts.

The choir chanting in Black Speech sounds once again ancient but also majestic. It matches the feeling of Orthanc very well since the setting itself reflects both of those adjectives. The choir, drum and brass end this track in forte without diminuendo or ritardando. The music just suddenly stops without any kind of a warning which is perfect to give emphasis to the shock about Gandalf's capturing.