Lord of the Rings Trilogy Soundrack -3cd

But I can't...I've been waiting for my order since the 13th ofMarch and it's still not here. Amazon continues sending me these pleasant little e-mails every couple weeks, letting meknow that in just 2 more weeks I should expect my CDs to arrive.

I'm still waiting, and it's been over 3 months. If you havethese CDs, please enjoy them for me. Oh, and you'll probably note that this page still indicates that the product ships in 1-2 days. No change there since the day I placed my order.

Ok, enough of the mushy stuff (at least for now)!

The first Soundtrack covers the main pieces featured in "The Fellowship of the Ring". This score won the 2001 oscar for Best Original Score. It represents the lighter stories of the film, including the fun at The Shire ("Concerning Hobbits"), and the havens of Rivendell("Many Meetings", "Council of Elrond"). However it also plays some serious notes, describing the Fellowship's quest, and then the music becomes furious as it conveys Saraman and his blood-oozing orcs. The CD includes two stunning ballads by Enya ("Aniron", "May it Be"), who's music has always been closely related to Tolkien. In this you run the risk of sheading a few tears with some emotional twists in pieces including "The Bridge of Kazad-dum" and "The Breaking of the Fellowship", two of my favourite tracks.

The soundtrack for "The Two Towers" takes on a far more serious tone. At this point of the film, all the characters of the film find themselves in hopeless situations, and must rely on friendship, fellowship, and faith to guide them through the darkening days. There is a true element of heroism in this score and is very, very inspiring. Pieces in this fashion include "Forth Eorlingas", "Isengard Unleashed", and one of the gems of this soundtrack, "Samwise the Brave". However, my all-time favourite piece of this CD, and one of my favourites of the entire thing is "Evenstar" a swooning ballad, who's lyrics are in Elvish (much like many of the Choral instalments). To conclude the CD, is a haunting song called "Gollum's Song" which has a very unique melody. At first you feel slightly repelled by the piece, but after a listen or two it begins to grow on you. It's an amazing song with powerful lyrics.

And finally there is the "Return of the King", which received 2003's Oscars for Origianl Score, and Best Song. Here, the movie and music wraps up to an electrifying finale. Here, everything could go according to plan, or go disasterously wrong and the fall of all good would be swift and devastating. This is my favourite of the three as it is by far the most emotional. There are ALOT of tear jerkers in this one, including "The Black Gate Opens", a stunning peace depicting Frodo and Sam's crippling struggle up Mount Doom; "Twilight and Shadow", a fantastic piece which describes the emotions of the elf Arwen, and "The Grey Havens" which is a bittersweet, simply moving track, which would have to be one of favourite ultimate favourites of the entire thing. The best track on the CD is "The Return of the King" (fits doesnt it! :). Here, Shore, constructs a piece of music incorperating most of the differnt music themes of the trilogy: the "Fellowship" theme, the theme for "Gondor", beautiful choral themes of the Elves, and the loving melodies of the hobbits. It's a beautiful way to wrap up what has been a wonderful, legenderay and undoubtably heartwrenching adventure each character (and the audience of "Lord of the Rings") has been on these past three years. It features the flautest Sir James Galway and the singer Renee Fleming. The moving song by Annie Lennox called "Into the West" is a perfect ending to the 56-track masterpiece. This deservingly won the Oscar for Best Song.

In conclusion (OW my fingers are so sore!), these 3 CD's are filled with the best music ever, ever composed and will be remembered for years to come. So much determination and passion has been put into these scores, making the movie experience all the more unforgetable. From heart-lifting to heart-breaking, winner of 3 oscars, the "Lord of the Rings" Soundtrack is by the best score ever created. IMPOSSIBLE TO MATCH! :)

After hearing Howard Shore's stunning conclusion to Perter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, I can only state one thing: Excellent. Excellent doesn't really do justice to the magnificence of Shore's work. Shore presents a much more mature version of work. All our favorite themes are there: The Fellowship theme has now evolved into a wistful yet powerful fanfare for Aragorn. The Shire theme makes a return as does the Hobbit theme, both played magnificently by James Galway. Also returning is the Mordor theme, it's menacing notes now grown into a malevolent force. The Rohan theme also makes a brief reappearance, while the elvish theme comes to a full circle, representing Aragorn as he gets his sword in the track Andruil. The beginning of the cd is much more playful than that of the Two Towers, but it swiftly transforms into a majestic fanfare for Minas Tirith and Gondor which is among the greatest moments on the cd. Once again Enya does not sing on this cd, but in a suprisingly powerful decision, Billy Boyd aka Pippin does appear, singing briefly for Lord Denethor, capturing the rift between the Steward and Faramir. In track 17, The Return of the King, Shore takes a listener on a journey of all his developed themes for our heroes. Like his previous two Lord of the Ring scores, Shore writes so the listener see's. What I mean is that the music and the movie work so well together, that one actually envisions the beacons being lit at Minas Tirith or Eowyn swinging Merry unto her horse as the Rohirram ride out to Gondor. Faramir's deadly attack on Osgiliath and the appearance of Theoden at dawn come vividly to life, but most moving and most emotional is track 15, beginning with the Fellowship fanfare as Aragorn exorts his soldiers to fight and ending with a new theme as Sam picks up Frodo and says, "I can't carry It for you, but I can carry you!" It's enough to bring the listener to tears. As for Oscar-winning the song at the end by Annie Lennox, it captures triumph and tragedy of the conclusion of the Lord of the Rings. I was only disappointed by there not being more music to hear. I truly hope a complete soundtrack is released containing all the music from the films.

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