**RotK Soundtrack** - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mollecon · 12-02-2003, 02:08 PM

James Galway is playing flute on much of the soundtrack, panpipe (syrinx) on at least some of the tracks. The Rohan theme is on "The Ride of the Rohirrim" - but many themes from the previous movies & soundtracks are heard again in various places. This has to do with the technique of using 'leitmotifs' (=leading themes) that Shore adapted for the music of these movies. As he said himself, it was his chance of writing an opera The leitmotif idea means that certain musical themes are connected to places or people (or groups of people - like the Fellowship-theme for example). That's also one of the reasons why the movies, music & the soundtracks works great as a unity.

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12-02-2003, 02:08 PM	#18
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	James Galway is playing flute on much of the soundtrack, panpipe (syrinx) on at least some of the tracks. The Rohan theme is on "The Ride of the Rohirrim" - but many themes from the previous movies & soundtracks are heard again in various places. This has to do with the technique of using 'leitmotifs' (=leading themes) that Shore adapted for the music of these movies. As he said himself, it was his chance of writing an opera The leitmotif idea means that certain musical themes are connected to places or people (or groups of people - like the Fellowship-theme for example). That's also one of the reasons why the movies, music & the soundtracks works great as a unity.