*The TTT Soundtrack*

[Gilthalion]

The Mrs & I listened over and over again to this soundtrack, as the one before. When I took it to work, she begged me to bring it back.<P>We particularly liked GOLLUM'S SONG. Not because it really summed up any particular angst of our own, but because it was so truly eerie. The Mrs said it reminded her of old Jim Morrison songs. I think that its expression of angst and self-hatred and despair truly shows Gollum's point of view.<P>I am hopeful that children who fill their heads with this sort of music might hear GOLLUM'S SONG, and perhaps through it come to realize that the music they've been listening to is madness and Gollum thought in the end.<P>Near the subject, last year my church used the Oscar winning soundtrack of FOTR for our Halloween presentation. It was like a haunted house, in which small groups are led through darkened rooms where scenes are played out to tell a story. I did my best John Huston impersonation for the narrative (Gandalf's voice from the Rankin-Bass cartoons). We used the Rivendell music for our Heaven theme and the Prologue music for Hell (along with a lot of gruesome sound effects). VERRRY SCARRRY!<P>I immediately purchased the TTT soundtrack for its possibilities and was not at all disappointed. We MAY this Easter use GOLLUM'S SONG with some folk dressed as tormenting demons to show the despair of Saint Peter after the Crucifixion and before the Resurrection. The music is perfect after the song for Mary Magdalene to come and testify that the tomb is empty.