LORD OF RINGS MUSICAL FULL
Only when they arrive in Rivendell the theme is completely formed (Woodzie, 2018) - yet still not in its full lavish orchestration. The more members join the hobbits along the way, the more these parts develop.
The theme first appears when Frodo and Sam walk through the Shire cornfield however only in melodic fragments. Whilst the melody occurs in minor mode, the harmonization appears in the major mode. What makes this theme compelling is its harmonically innovative form. This theme is considerably malleable and holds most variations and developments throughout LR. It’s strong harmonic opening of Chord I – Flat Three – Chord I characterises it.Īlthough LR has no official main theme, The Fellowship is probably the closest to one that it possesses because – like the other three themes chosen – it is one of the most memorable.
Most notably, however, The Fellowship theme, which is repeated 38 times through all three movies combined. All of these themes are repeated throughout in various forms of orchestration and moods. Specifically four of these themes: The Shire theme, The Fellowship theme, The Rohan and The One Ring theme will be analysed throughout this essay. Now The Shire theme is introduced, and on-screen we are placed in context and place in time, after which finally, The Fellowship theme fades in. With the ending of the prologue, Shore shifts from an E flat Minor chord to E Major, together with the narration change of Galadriel to Bilbo (Pushak, 2016).
LORD OF RINGS MUSICAL MOVIE
The first cue in the movie begins with a chorus singing in a harmonic minor key, known as the Lothlorien Elves theme, after which the Rings own theme fades in as the title is displayed. The interplay of the main themes and leitmotifs to be used for analysis are introduced in the very beginning of the movie. Since there is so much to talk about, I will devote each theme its own blog post. There is a huge selection of themes present in this trilogy, however, I will focus on The Fellowship Theme, The Shire Theme, The Rohan Theme and The One Ring Theme. Today we will examine the development of music in the trilogy by looking at a few of the main themes and leitmotivs. The consistency and development of Shores music across all three films are a key factor in maintaining continuity as well providing deeper meanings of not only the story as a whole, but the journey of many individual characters, due to the many leitmotifs being utilized throughout. Including the largest selection of Leitmotifs, which are a “recurrent musical fragment representing a character, place, object or idea” (Bernhardt, 1997) yet, the scores to this trilogy were truly an outstanding achievement in the film music industry. Howard Shore not only composed but orchestrated and conducted his music for the trilogy. The Lord of the Rings (LR) franchise consists of a film and two sequels: “The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001), “The Two Towers” (2002) and “The Return of the King” (2003).
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