Track-by-Track: Soundtrack Discussion and Analysis

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Gollum's song. Hmmm. I think it can't be compared to the awesomeness of May it be and Into the West but as a piece of music, it's very nice. As the credit song of TTT, I don't really like it.

At the end of TTT when the camera raises above trees and shows Mordor, Gollum's song begins. The soft sound of a choir with a terrible and hopeless landscape is a very emotional combination. I get the feeling that Frodo and Sam have just got their courage back but they are clearly walking towards a certain doom. There's no way they could make it.

I'm not actually a fan of Emiliana Torrini's voice but that's not the problem. It's the lyrics that irk me. I don't know about you but I get a little overdose of Gollum in TTT. The whole film is practically all about Gollum. First he's a baddie, then he's scitzophrenic and then he's just a misunderstood chap. The lyrics support the last notion. "No loyal friend was ever there for me..." Huh? Well, if you kill your best friend and move into a cave for a few hundred years, what do you expect? It's also misleading because in RotK it's made pretty clear to us that Gollum isn't that sympathetic character altogether.

About Isengard Unleashed, it's unbelievably beautiful. Love it.

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by dancing spawn

First he's a baddie, then he's scitzophrenic and then he's just a misunderstood chap. The lyrics support the last notion. "No loyal friend was ever there for me..." Huh? Well, if you kill your best friend and move into a cave for a few hundred years, what do you expect? It's also misleading because in RotK it's made pretty clear to us that Gollum isn't that sympathetic character altogether.

The lyrics are from Gollum's POV, though, and we know we're going to get skewed views with that. Maybe he felt that he was the wronged one since everyone drove him away.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Originally Posted by Enca

The lyrics are from Gollum's POV, though, and we know we're going to get skewed views with that. Maybe he felt that he was the wronged one since everyone drove him away.

I know, it just contradicts my view of Gollum. I had a pretty strong mental image of Gollum when I read LotR and the movie-Gollum was pretty far from it.

Anyway, I still think that it's little odd that a few seconds after Gollum has decided to kill Frodo and Sam, a song full of self-pity begins. There's nothing wrong with the piece itself but I think they could have come up with another and better credit song.

[Encaitare]

Anyway, I still think that it's little odd that a few seconds after Gollum has decided to kill Frodo and Sam, a song full of self-pity begins.

Very true.

[Lathriel]

But you have to remember that there were some people in the audience who didn't know about Shelob yet.

Still you've got a point