Sauron has been destroyed
:) .. hehe Loser
Elessar has been crowned,
:D ..
The LOTR movies have passed, the Fellowship has broken and the fourth age of middle age has begun.
:(
Our journey across the magical world of Arda is but now a memory like the great
kings of old embalmed in stone
:(
And that memory will stay for us forever, the music that brought Tolkien’s mythical work to life -
Howard Shore presents, the symphony of God !
Whch has performed befre only twice, something I’m sure you twerps failed to notice
1.) for the First time, when the One Lord said ’ Let there be light ’
2.) Second, when Moses parted the oceans to let the Lord’s children pass.
Third and the nearest to the present,
In the service of the great Peter Jackson ( a.k.a the man who saved film ), when He finally said after an age of shadow ’’ Let there be some more light ’’
The parting has indeed been sad, but as the great Gandalf said
’ I will not say do not weep, do not mourn, for not all tears mean evil ’
And if the playful yet sublime Galadriel gifted all ; frodo with the starglass, sam with his rope and garden seeds, Aragorn with the elfstone, she gave us somethng u mightn’t have noticed.
Because the music not just makes u feel an integral part of the fellowship, but makes u actually be among the nine ( yes, I mean the Nazgul nine too )
-> You can feel the fellowship’s bitter-sweet verve, in one no. (FOTR-soundtrack) wch goes as
’’ When the cold of winter comes
Starless night will cover day
In the veiling of the Sun
We will walk in bitter rain
But in dreams, but in dreams
I can hear you laugh
And in dreams
We will meet again ’’
sniff, yes I did sniff, and if u didn’t u are a MONSTER !!
--> You can feel the intensity and the growing anticipation of the War of the Ring
in the FOTR:ST nos, Treason of Isengard, The Great River and the Knife in the Dark
though there are few sniffy lyrics here, I can tell you there is such a depth in the music that it draws you into the centre of the tension and makes u feel like one of them ugly yellow toothed orcs standing at the bottom of the hill when Gandalf and the Rohirrim are charging down the slope to crash straight into YOU !
get the picture ?
--> You are there, in Rivendell snooping on Aragorn and Arwen Evenstar kissing, thrs tht Enya song tht plays making you for tht one fleeting ephemera believe, that there is indeed such a thing as a deep love, and that it is all powerful. Until ur eyes fall on ur wife and gf again.
--> Listen to ’The Black Rider, Journey in the Dark, ’ and u feel the shadows of night actually deepening about u, and if ur among the faint hearted .. u might actually see Sauron’s flame engulfed Eye or hear the chilling wail of the Ringwraiths ringing in ur mind.
The Two Towers soundtrack,
--> The journey continues, and the three heroes reach the grasslands of Rohan, in their pursuit of the orcs. You are there, as always, when Aragorn lifts the brooch of Lorien and says ’ Not idly do the leave of Lorien fall.’ and the music shifts from being pacy to a heart wrenching theme of inspiration, and if ur among them Tolkien geeks u can actually see the text flash fast before ur eyes.
--> The Riders of Rohan, woww ! If I were to wake my eyes tommorow morning and find myself teleported to middle earth , theirs would be the ranks id join.
The handsome green clad horse boys are given their dues by God’s symphony, in a musical treat called well, The Riders of Rohan !
--> Now, in continuation of the Aragorn-Arwen love story therer two numbers, Evenstar and ’The Breath of Life’ I dont quite have the vocabulary to describe these two ’songs’ more like a magical elf minstrelsy tht strikes a deep chord within u so tht u can feel it reverrberate .. wait, I have the vocabulary !
I am great :)
--> Love, hope, redemption are wht LOTR is all about, all absolute terms which one wouldve thought can never be wholly described. Then comes a number called
’ Forth Eorlingas ’ playing whn Gandalf appears suddenly on a hill top on the brink when all hopes were lost, and upon his great white steed he charges down the slope with the Sun rising behind them, and they crash into the company of orcs with the first rays of the sun falling in shafts over the hideous faces of the orcs, blinding them while the horse riders ram through their ranks to victory.
The word ’hope’ could never have been more accurately described, but by this clout of ’Forth Eorlingas’ and cinema’s most stunning visual, ever.
Thats all I can tell you, my heart is full. Trust me there r few words tht can describe or review a masterpiece like this musical tribute to the best story ever told.
And I havent purchased the ROTK CD soundtrack yet !
For some goddamned reason it hasn’t reached stores in India, maybe I’ll have to wait another year but I will. The sound in the movie was worth waiting a lifetime.
I have never been generous in shelving out good ratings, but this music could squeeze blood out of stone.
I give it five golden stars, and that is all I am allowed to give.