Lord of the Rings - LOTR Soundtrack Trilogy Discussion #1: Music Expressing Emotions Beyond Speech

LadyZ · 01-11-2004, 04:54 PM

~*~*~THE LORD OF THE RINGS SOUNDTRACK TRILOGY DISCUSSION THREAD~*~*~

1.) The Prophecy
2.) Concerning Hobbits
3.) The Shadow Of The Past
4.) The Treason Of Isengard
5.) The Black Rider
6.) At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony
7.) A Knife In The Dark
8.) Flight To The Ford
9.) Many Meetings
10.) The Council Of Elrond [featuring the song "Aniron (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen)", composed & performed by Enya]
11.) The Ring Goes South
12.) A Journey In The Dark
13.) The Bridge Of Khazad Dum
14.) Lothlorien
15.) The Great River
16.) Amon Hen
17.) The Breaking Of The Fellowship
18.) May It Be (composed & performed by Enya)

1.) Foundations Of Stone
2.) The Taming Of Sm�agol
3.) The Riders Of Rohan
4.) The Passage Of The Marshes
5.) The Uruk-hai
6.) The King Of The Golden Hall
7.) The Black Gate Is Closed
8.) Evenstar (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
9.) The White Rider
10.) Treebeard
11.) The Leave Taking
12.) Helm's Deep
13.) The Forbidden Pool
14.) Breath Of Life (featuring Sheila Chandra)
15.) The Hornburg
16.) Forth Eorlingas (featuring Ben Del Maestro)
17.) Isengard Unleashed (featuring Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro)
18.) Samwise The Brave
19.) Gollum's Song (performed by Emiliana Torrini)
20.) **Bonus Track**: Farewell To L�rien (featuring Hilary Summers)

1.) A Storm Is Coming
2.) Hope And Memory
3.) Minas Tirith (featuring Ben del Maestro)
4.) The White Tree
5.) The Steward Of Gondor (featuring Billy Boyd)
6.) Minas Morgul
7.) The Ride Of The Rohirrim
8.) Twilight And Shadow (featuring Ren�e Fleming)
9.) Cirith Ungol
10.) And�ril
11.) Shelob's Lair
12.) Ash And Smoke
13.) The Fields Of The Pelennor
14.) Hope Fails
15.) The Black Gate Opens (featuring Sir James Galway)
16.) The End Of All Things (featuring Ren�e Fleming)
17.) The Return Of The King (featuring Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen, and Ren�e Fleming)
18.) The Grey Havens (featuring Sir James Galway)
19.) Into The West (performed by Annie Lennox)

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~*~DISCUSSION STARTER~*~:

What is your favorite LOTR soloist track?

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Okay, so maybe I am.

Our other thread must have fallen off Middle Earth, so here we are again.

All of the soundtracks get to me emotionally, but of course Return of the King is something else entirely.

What I love about this CD especially, is that you hear all of the different themes at last. Gondor, Rohan, Rivendell, Mordor, the Hobbit themes...

I admit it, I start crying during track 15 (The Black Gate Opens), especially when I hear the part when Sam and Frodo are on the slopes of Mount Doom. I believe it's a tin whistle playing.

Who can keep a straight face during the coronation when everyone pays homage to the hobbits?

never think · 01-11-2004, 04:59 PM

Certainly not me. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] The Return of the King soundtrack is an especially emotional one for me, probably the most out of the three. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I love hearing all the differrent themes interwoven with one another. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] It in fact is the music tied up with all other things that made the music so sad. [img]smilies/cry.gif[/img] But I really loved the vocals on this soundtrack. Ren�e has such a beautiful voice, that I tear up every time I hear her. Twilight and Shadow is by far one of my favorite tracks, and it bugs the buhjeezes out of me that I cannot find the lyrics anywhere. [img]smilies/pout.gif[/img] All in all, major kudos to Howard and staff. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/glow.gif[/img] Kate

Caleniawen · 01-11-2004, 05:33 PM

A scary thing: the first time I saw RoTK I didn't reallyu like the soundtrack! The first time I saw FoTR & then TTT the music made me cry directly!

But, when I saw it [RoTK] the 2nd time, I found it amazing and just great! I couldn't stop crying because of the music was so great! So, then I actually did go and buy the CD!

by the way.. what on earth am I talking about?

LadyZ · 01-14-2004, 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by Caleniawen:
<STRONG>A scary thing: the first time I saw RoTK I didn't reallyu like the soundtrack! The first time I saw FoTR & then TTT the music made me cry directly!

But, when I saw it [RoTK] the 2nd time, I found it amazing and just great! I couldn't stop crying because of the music was so great! So, then I actually did go and buy the CD!

</STRONG>

It could have been that you were paying more attention to the movie itself the first time. I don't remember that much from the soundtrack the first time either.

I think I've finally gotten past crying every time I play the soundtrack.

Uh oh...Into the West just started playing...sniff sniff

The Kender · 01-15-2004, 02:35 AM

I'm bawling my eyes out every time i play The Gray Havens [img]smilies/bawl.gif[/img]

Jazz · 01-15-2004, 06:47 AM

I bawl my eyes out when I play "Into the West". My gawd. And yes, I listen to "Return of the King" over and over again but simply to hear Viggo singing elvish!

PVCscully · 01-15-2004, 12:20 PM

I am soooo excited about this. I've got a ticket to see Howard Shore conduct his scores from the three movies at London's Festival Hall [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It's not til May, but I can't wait. I love his use of orchestra and voices, so to see the great man conduct his great stuff will be probably too much for my little emotions to cope with [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

girl with no name · 01-15-2004, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by PVCscully:
<STRONG>I am soooo excited about this. I've got a ticket to see Howard Shore conduct his scores from the three movies at London's Festival Hall [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It's not til May, but I can't wait. I love his use of orchestra and voices, so to see the great man conduct his great stuff will be probably too much for my little emotions to cope with [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]</STRONG>

OMG! You are so lucky! I would love you go to that. I mean the music on all the sound tracks are beautiful. My favourite songs on the albums are May it be and any songs related to Edoras because of when the violins start to play, it really gets to me. I also really love the song Helms Deep as that is my favourite fight scene ever!

[img]smilies/star.gif[/img]GiRl [img]smilies/star.gif[/img]

PVCscully · 01-15-2004, 01:15 PM

As soon as I hear the opening theme, or the hobbits theme I shall be wailing and weeping. I'm a music teacher and I keep playing parts of the score to my students! Not that I'm brainwashing them or anything...honestly...

[ 01-15-2004: Message edited PVCscully ]

AhLife0o0o0o0 · 01-16-2004, 02:02 AM

Yeah, this was definately an amazing soundtrack. When Viggo sings...I just about die. I also love track 19, probably my favorite.

Soz · 01-16-2004, 01:34 PM

I have to listen to the LOTR soundtracks by myself because I keep tearing up. I can't listen to "Into the West" without getting traumatized. My favorite song on any of the soundtracks is "The Steward of Gondor" because I'm in love with Billy Boyd's voice!

BreathofJasmine · 01-16-2004, 01:46 PM

Okay so maybe I cry just a little...or a lot! [img]smilies/bawl.gif[/img]

This soundtrack is so amazing compared to the other ones cause you can imagine all the scenes so vividly just by listening to the music. I always start to get teary-eyed during "The Black Gates Open." Whenever I hear "Into the West" I start to get really sad. [img]smilies/bawl.gif[/img]

Kleenexwoman86 · 01-16-2004, 02:03 PM

I just have one thing to say: I was very displeased that there were no Led Zeppelin songs on there. "Ramble On" or "Battle of Evermore" would have been perfect.

Elviriel · 01-16-2004, 05:42 PM

I cried on Grey Havens too. Every tune is so beautiful ... I love it so much !

Miss Magic · 01-17-2004, 05:23 AM

This soundtrack is really amazing [img]smilies/sigh.gif[/img]
You can see scenes from the movie just by listening to the music.
I can't listen to "Into the West" without getting tears in my eyes [img]smilies/bawl.gif[/img]


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