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Old 01-07-2005, 07:21 PM   #23
Encaitare
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Track 5: The Black Rider

More happy Shire music here!

At the beginning the flute plays the theme again, slightly altered. Also returning is the Alberti bass from Track 2, played this time on bassoon. As the hobbits are running away from the angry farmer Maggot, the music takes on an urgent feel. They crash into one another, and we hear a crash symbol at 0:43. Then as they reach the bottom of the hill, the notes become lower and the tempo more slow, ending at 0:50.

At 1:06, the low strings move in descending thirds. Starting around 1:08 , if you listen really closely, I think there's a flexatone in there, making eerie wavy noises underneath the strings and choir. It seems that the brash horns stand for Mordor. The brass notes are high over the low strings, which could very well be our poor frightened hobbits, looking for somewhere to hide. Once more, the choir sings, this time in Adūnaic:

Quote:
Nźbābītham Magānanź
Nźtabdam dāurad
Nźpām nźd abārat-aglar
īdō Nidir nźnākham
Bārī 'n Katharād

'We deny our maker.
We cling to the darkness.
We grasp for ourselves power and glory.
Now we come, the Nine,
Lords of Eternal Life.'
By 2:25, the horns and choir fade, and we are left once more with the lower stings, the hobbits.
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