In addition to this theme Shore draws several other motifs from the same basic colours and begins to show a slow cultural overlap between the dwarves and the elves as Thorin’s company ends up in Thranduil’s kingdom and Tauriel and Kili’s relationship is introduced.įirst appearance: The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Disc 1, Track 1 ‘My Dear Frodo’ 3:23-3:33. It is a militaristic culture of isolation and these elves are as dangerous and deadly as they are beguiling, their otherworldly demeanour laced with steely exoticism. Shore’s music is at times as ethereally choral as it was for the Lothlórien and Rivendell elves but this time utilizes more earthy palette with exotic drums and specialty instruments and low orchestral colours that give this new elven culture its unique feel. The central Woodland Realm theme introduced in An Unexpected Journey thus receives extensive development and is one of the central thematic ideas of the second and third scores. The Mirkwood elves become the sole representative of elvish culture in The Desolation of Smaug and most of The Battle of the Five Armies. This music seems to reflect the general aesthetics of the Elven music with its clear lined, flowing and lyrical approach and the Eastern musical inflections that inform the ancient cultures of Middle-earth such as Lothlórien and Mordor also appear in the theme for the Woodland Realm. Thranduil, the king of the Wood Elves and his people are underscored by a slightly exotic Eastern tinged female choir phrase but it disappears almost as soon as it entered, offering a tantalizing hint of things to come.
The elves of the Woodland Realm of Mirkwood appear fleetingly in the prologue of the first film and here Howard Shore had a chance to introduce an embryonic form of their music. In this part, we will take a closer look at Elves of the Woodland Realm, Smaug the Golden, the Necromancer as well as various creatures and monsters that our heroes encounter while journeying towards the Lonely Mountain. In Chapter 1, we discussed all the principal themes created for Dwarves, Bilbo and Wizards of Middle Earth. Below the themes have been grouped based on the different cultures since the composer once more formed thematic families around the various races of Middle-earth. Also roughly 20+ themes from The Lord of the Rings reappear in the trilogy as required by the story, which during its opening third features many familiar characters and sights as Thorin’s company takes much the same route as Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring will 60 years later.
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Among these are several unused or abandoned concepts that either did not make it to the film at all or were dropped after the first movie but can be heard on the soundtrack album. Howard Shore wrote well over 50 new themes and motifs to mirror Tolkien’s multifaceted story and characters.
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