Track-by-Track: Soundtrack Discussion and Analysis

[The Tennis Ball Kid]

The opening is most probably intended for the place the track title would suggest, Aragorn urging Theoden to go fight, instead of Gandalf's return.

The lyrics (found here: )

Hwær cwóm helm? Hwaer cwóm byrne? Where is the helm and the hauberk,
Hwær cwóm feax flówende? and the bright hair flowing?
Hwær cwóm hand on hearpestrenge? Where is the hand on the harp string,
Hwær cwóm scir fýr scinende? and the red fire glowing?

Or in other words, a continuation of "Where Now The Horse And The Rider" 's use in the last track and in Helm's Deep.

In the film we get a choral rendition of the Nature/Moth/Hope theme, which ties in to the Ents, and the way that theme is used in ROTK. Either way, it's great music.


The second half of this track is a religious experience. 'nuff said.



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