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Originally posted by Cavalier_of_Palahndtüs:
It occurs in RotK a few times.
Track 2: 0:50 - 1:06 high strings

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Melson Zwerver,
The Lord of the Rings Score Analysis Project

It's for chorus. It sings the seduction theme of the ring in G minor with the text: Mi_nau-rath O-ru_in_ Boe he-di i Vin_ Sin e_ri_ol na-tha_tur_in ú-gar_nen_.

EDIT: Spoke too soon! Just got the e-mail--mine has shipped from Amazon! It will be here Wednesday. (Now why, oh why, didn't I choose the overnight shipping for $3.99?!?)

I have to listen to it on my iPod when I'm out, or in my car on trips, because I'm forbidden to play it at home.

No , really, I understand that people don't like the music, and for me that's not an issue, but forbidding someone to just listen to it? That's something I've never heard before.

That isn't saying though that they have ever seen the movies or read the books. LOL. That's a long story though. I suppose gossip and hearsay goes a long way.

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Some even got their copy today already.

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Why, you dirty...

I'm hoping for a podcast today or tomorrow (at the latest), the annotated score tomorrow, and (for me) the boxed set either Friday, Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday.

The Podcast is up:
http://media20a.libsyn.com/podcasts/fsmpodcast/FSM_Podcast_020.mp3

The Annotated Score goes live tomorrow (Tuesday).
http://www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com/

The Two Towers: The Complete Recordings now belongs to the world.

...I dearly wish someone would send me a copy now, I've never actually seen the final thing!

Enjoy, everyone. I'll be back later in the day.

Best always,

The Two Towers: The Complete Recordings now belongs to the world.

-Doug Adams>>>

YEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

YOUR ONE IN A MILLION DOUG!!!!!!!!!!

Just listened to it. Great podcast, nice that one of my questions made it
But if you absolutely must wet out appetite for ROTK, surely you could have come up with 30 seconds of a *really* unreleased piece; after all, that Mumakil music already plays over the Fan Club credits

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Originally posted by gkgyver:
Oh sweet heaven! Makes me almost forget that my order got cancelled by accident.

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Oh god thats awful! May another copy come as soon as possible.

Thanks Doug, very imformative podcast, if not a little depressing about the whole Seduction of the Ring theme not being used to its full potential (although the sound effects used in the film never bothered me). Glad to hear that the choral burst is back in the mix for when Gandalf arrives at Helm's Deep.

And of course I can't wait to have that music for Legolas' heroic scene when he takes down the Mumakil single handedly in ROTK. Could that material possibly be called "the heroics of Legolas"?

As soon as I get my sweaty hands on that box, I'm going to do an isolated score again. This time around it should be a *little* more complicated.

I asked the question about the mysterious music (OST track 2 0:56-1:09, TCR disc 1 track 3 1:26-2:08) from the beginning of the film.

Although I have to say, I don't quite understand Doug's answer.

Doug, you said that it is "an alternate piece that Shore wrote for that scene that ended up not being used." What do you mean by "that scene"? The lembas bread scene, or Gollum sneaking up on them? Or are you saying the an entire scene was finished and scored, but then cut from the theatrical release and not later restored to the DVD edit?

Then you say that Shore included "a tiny little bit of it at the end of one of the tracks on the original soundtrack, and you'll actually be hearing more of it in the Complete Recordings."

This is confusing because its in the middle of a track on the OST, not the end, and also, the music is the same length on both the OST and the CR. So, we don't actually hear any more of it on the Complete Recordings.

It was interesting to hear you say that the "The whole thing you'll hear at a later date though". Just how long was the scene that this piece underscored? Why not use the entire piece on the TTT:CR if you're going to include some of it at all?

I am a bit perplexed that it's included at all, because I thought the Complete Recordings box sets were all about including the final film versions of cues whenever there are multiple versions of a cue, with all alternates coming on a "rarities" disc (or, more likely, multi-disc set) down the road. Why suddenly include THIS alternate, especially when the film version is on the disc as well?

My other question Doug answered was about the Secondary Ringwraiths theme (FOTR OST Track 1 1:28-2:11 and FOTR TCR II-8 1:37-2:03). I'm sad it wasn't used in TTT for either the Ringwraith in the Dead Marshes or the Ringwraith at Osgiliath!

Yes. The choral burst. Hmmmmm.

Agh!

Actually, there are a few moments in FOTR that were alternates as well, the most prominent being the horns heard as the Nazgul confront Arwen at the Ford. The Complete Recordings are not so much about slavishly reproducing every note from every score, but about presenting the film score as a work unto itself, in a form as close to Shore's intentions as possible.

Interestingly, regarding the "Seduction of the Ring" theme... yes, it diminishes in prominence, but the Kaplans refer to it as being edited out of The Two Towers, but it's there, under the wailing sound effect as Faramir contemplates the Ring. It's also heard in the Mount Doom sequence as well. While I agree that it would have been nicer had this theme been more fully developed in place of those sound effects, it was never dropped completely from the films, only used much more sparingly.

Was hopeing it would arrive today but tomorrow is the 5th full working day since axelmusic.com posted it.

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Originally posted by Swashbuckler:
What was that "almost like he hadn't thought of it" comment about how the Gondor theme doesn't appear in the theatrical version of The Two Towers about?

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Since I probably won't receive the box set for at least two weeks, would one of you be so kind to send me a list of the new themes so that I can add them to the LotR-SAP database?
(Oh, and please let me know if the pimping of my site is getting annoying )

...I have given in to temptation and placed one on hold at a local B&N store. The only drawback is I am going to pay an additional $10 for it, not sure why there is a price difference. But, it will be worth it to get it today instead of Friday-Saturday!

-Chad<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good man, I did the same, and will be picking mine up today around 12:30. I just got an e-mail this morning saying that it was ready there yesturday however. Why didn't they contact me yesturday, I could have had it a day earlier, and felt cool
Haha, oh well, as long as I get to listen to the precious today, I will be happy.
School is going to seem longer than ever before I fear.

-Doug Adams<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, Doug, I'm sure if we had your physical address, your fans would gladly send you out a set. Only problem is, with your position (being one of the production team, I mean), you will probably already have one before we can get one out. My guess is it won't be long now.

Thank you again so SO much for your dedicated information injections into this board over the past 7-8 months! We look forward to the excitement build-up all over again come 6 months or so.

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To ArchCarrier: We (at least I) don't mind at all your plugs for your site! Keep it up. There is quite a bit of traffic on this board methinks.