Obsessed with the soundtracks - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Schmendrick · 01-29-2003, 03:52 PM

I was just wondering...has anyone else become really obsessed about the soundtracks of the FOTR and TTT? I don't know what it is about them, but I listen to them all the time!!I especially love the soundtrack for TTT, even if I was quite disappointed with the movie itself. For me, these soundtracks have become really important, not only as music, but they also have gained some "symbolic value"...Just one day, when I felt totally discouraged, I listened to Forth Eorlingas and felt better at once! I think those soundtracks are just magical...[ January 30, 2003: Message edited by: Schmendrick ]

eleanor_niphredil · 01-29-2003, 03:55 PM

yeah, I agree. I set my alarm to wake up to either hobbit tracks or Helms Deep, as after hearing that, I feel ready for the day ahead. In my music lesson, if the teacher is busy, I play all the tracks on the keyboard.

Jesse · 01-29-2003, 03:59 PM

I'm obssessed with TTT soundtrack. My favorite track is The Riders of Rohan and The Uruk-Hai. Which track is it that Gandalf the White appears???[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Jesse ]

Carlas · 01-29-2003, 04:02 PM

I really like the soundtracks for FOTR and TTT, but im not obsessed! And I lost my FOTR soundtrack, so ive been pretty upset

maikafanawen · 01-29-2003, 05:37 PM

I'm definitely obsessed too. I like the layout of FOTR better though. Is TTT soundtrack in order? It didn't seem to me like it was. I have the piano music for In Dreams and Gollum's Song and I play them ALL the time. Puts me in a relaxed sort of fantastic mood.

The Flame Of Anor · 01-29-2003, 06:29 PM

Completly obsessed. Forth Erolingas is the Best, but parts of Breath of Life and Isengaurd unleashed are better. Its even better when u realise the vocals are all mostly actual singing, with lyrics.

mollecon · 01-29-2003, 08:09 PM

Ehhh - yes Lub the music, I really do.

Nuranar · 01-29-2003, 08:43 PM

maikafanawen, I agree with you that TTT soundtrack is all out of order...at least it doesn't irritate me too much. I wouldn't say I'm obsessed with either soundtrack, but I do love them. I think TTT is easier to have on when you have a roommate and other people are around; the volume doesn't roller coaster up and down like it does on some of the Nazgul tracks in FOTR. Breath of Life and Forth Eorlingas are probably my favorites - Forth Eorlingas gives me goosebumps every time!Oh, and where did you get the piano music for Gollum's Song? I have yet to see any sheet music from TTT, although we have the music from FORTR.

Gorwingel · 01-29-2003, 08:45 PM

Listen to them every night before I go to bed, they are so wonderful When me and my sister drove up to Vancouver B.C., we listened to the FOTR soundtrack like 7 times. My dad, (who is not a fan) I think got annoyed and told us to turn them off. The TTT soundtrack is the only CD I have bought so far this year.

Finnguala · 01-30-2003, 12:07 PM

They're wonderfull!!! I just love the music, especcialy The Breaking Of The Fellowship(FotR), May it be (FotR) The King of the Golden Hall (TTT), Evenstar(TTT), Breath Of Live (TTT) and Farewell To Lorien (TTT) And I think my rabbit likes it too.

mollecon · 01-31-2003, 03:20 AM

I believe that the tracks on TTT are arranged in another way than they come in the movie. Compared to FotR, TTT have a lot more cuts as it is following 3, sometimes 4 stories at the same time. If you just let the soundtrack follow the movie, you'd probably get a very incoherent piece of music, that wouldn't work by itself. So I think Howard Shore re-arranged it to get an album that could stand for itself, musically. He didn't have to do that with the FotR soundtrack as this movie worked very differently in it's story telling.Just my two cents.

Brinniel · 01-31-2003, 03:52 AM

I can't wait until the sheet music for TTT comes out! I've been playing it by ear (with help from Ithaeliel), but I'd really like to play from a book.

Arien · 01-31-2003, 05:52 AM

I love them...thats all I can really say......

01-31-2003, 08:21 AM

I thought I was the only one obsessed with the soundtracks! I have a job that requires me to be in my car every day for the exact amount of time that it takes to listen to both soundtracks. How cool is that?

Grimbold · 01-31-2003, 08:59 AM

My favourite tracks (although its damn hard to choose): Last minute of track 14: Breath of Life. Makes me think of some really valiant knights riding into battle on a bright day. Last minute of track 15: The Hornburg. A giant army advancing on its foe in an enclosed valley (massacre ahead!). I think Howard Shore deserves as much credit for the atmosphere of the movies as PJ.

Gorwingel · 02-01-2003, 01:45 AM

My sister (who plays the flute) finally gets to play the music from the LOTR in band. I have been telling her for months now that she should be begging her band conductor that they have to play that music, though she may not get to play it in a concert. That is how much I love the music, that whenever I listen to classical, instrumental music I say "I wish this was LOTR"

Eldawen of Lorien · 02-01-2003, 01:54 PM

I am beyond obessed. I listen to both of them at night while I sleep. I love the Breaking of the Fellowship, and May it Be on the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack and I love all the songs having to do with Rohan and Breath of Life on the Two Towers soundtrack. I am planning to get a friend to help me to get our band teacher to let us play something from LotR.

dunadan_aragorn · 02-02-2003, 11:43 AM

God i larv them!!!!!!!!!! I listen to them whenever I can, like now, "but in dreams...." sorry, just had to do that.

01-29-2003, 03:52 PM	#1
Schmendrick Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: unidentified Posts: 105	Obsessed with the soundtracks I was just wondering...has anyone else become really obsessed about the soundtracks of the FOTR and TTT?<BR>I don't know what it is about them, but I listen to them all the time!!I especially love the soundtrack for TTT, even if I was quite disappointed with the movie itself. <BR>For me, these soundtracks have become really important, not only as music, but they also have gained some "symbolic value"...Just one day, when I felt totally discouraged, I listened to Forth Eorlingas and felt better at once! <BR>I think those soundtracks are just magical...<p>[ January 30, 2003: Message edited by: Schmendrick ] __________________ Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier, I have seen worse sights than this. - Iliad -

01-29-2003, 03:55 PM	#2
eleanor_niphredil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: england Posts: 812	yeah, I agree. I set my alarm to wake up to either hobbit tracks or Helms Deep, as after hearing that, I feel ready for the day ahead. In my music lesson, if the teacher is busy, I play all the tracks on the keyboard. __________________ Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to spend my time on this forum. And by the way, for any of you turning into a penguin, stop it. ~* I am Pippin took in the Female Fellowship*~

01-29-2003, 03:59 PM	#3
Jesse Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: My home is in the Twin Cities, but my soul is at Loch Ness in Scotland Posts: 42	I'm obssessed with TTT soundtrack. My favorite track is The Riders of Rohan and The Uruk-Hai. Which track is it that Gandalf the White appears???<p>[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Jesse ] __________________ --This post was made by Jesse

01-29-2003, 04:02 PM	#4
Carlas Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lost in the Fog of the Downs Posts: 386	I really like the soundtracks for FOTR and TTT, but im not obsessed! And I lost my FOTR soundtrack, so ive been pretty upset __________________ 七転八起...

01-29-2003, 05:37 PM	#5
maikafanawen Tears of Simbelmynë Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Beast's Castle Posts: 705	I'm definitely obsessed too. I like the layout of FOTR better though. Is TTT soundtrack in order? It didn't seem to me like it was. I have the piano music for In Dreams and Gollum's Song and I play them ALL the time. Puts me in a relaxed sort of fantastic mood. __________________ "They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say, 'Sht, it's raining!'" -- Ruby, Cold Mountain*

01-29-2003, 06:29 PM	#6
The Flame Of Anor Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: There is one who knows... Posts: 28	Completly obsessed. Forth Erolingas is the Best, but parts of Breath of Life and Isengaurd unleashed are better.<BR>Its even better when u realise the vocals are all mostly actual singing, with lyrics. __________________ -"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. Go back to the Shadow. You cannot pass!"

01-29-2003, 08:09 PM	#7
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	Ehhh - yes Lub the music, I really do.

01-29-2003, 08:43 PM	#8
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 554	<B>maikafanawen</B>, I agree with you that TTT soundtrack is all out of order...at least it doesn't irritate me too much. <P>I wouldn't say I'm obsessed with either soundtrack, but I do love them. I think TTT is easier to have on when you have a roommate and other people are around; the volume doesn't roller coaster up and down like it does on some of the Nazgul tracks in FOTR. Breath of Life and Forth Eorlingas are probably my favorites - Forth Eorlingas gives me goosebumps every time!<P>Oh, and where did you get the piano music for Gollum's Song? I have yet to see any sheet music from TTT, although we have the music from FORTR. __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

01-29-2003, 08:45 PM	#9
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,436	Listen to them every night before I go to bed, they are so wonderful <BR>When me and my sister drove up to Vancouver B.C., we listened to the FOTR soundtrack like 7 times. My dad, (who is not a fan) I think got annoyed and told us to turn them off. The TTT soundtrack is the only CD I have bought so far this year. __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

01-30-2003, 12:07 PM	#10
Finnguala Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 124	They're wonderfull!!! I just love the music, especcialy The Breaking Of The Fellowship(FotR), May it be (FotR) The King of the Golden Hall (TTT), Evenstar(TTT), Breath Of Live (TTT) and Farewell To Lorien (TTT)<BR>And I think my rabbit likes it too. __________________ ~'Autha Lun Tana Voima Te Vereni Vahve Maksi'~

01-31-2003, 03:20 AM	#11
mollecon Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 188	I believe that the tracks on TTT are arranged in another way than they come in the movie. Compared to FotR, TTT have a lot more cuts as it is following 3, sometimes 4 stories at the same time. If you just let the soundtrack follow the movie, you'd probably get a very incoherent piece of music, that wouldn't work by itself. So I think Howard Shore re-arranged it to get an album that could stand for itself, musically. He didn't have to do that with the FotR soundtrack as this movie worked very differently in it's story telling.<P>Just my two cents.

01-31-2003, 03:52 AM	#12
Brinniel Reflection of Darkness Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Polishing the stars. Well, somebody has to do it; they're looking a little bit dull. Posts: 3,027	I can't wait until the sheet music for TTT comes out! I've been playing it by ear (with help from Ithaeliel), but I'd really like to play from a book. __________________ Nolite te bastardes carborundorum

01-31-2003, 05:52 AM	#13
Arien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London/Leeds UK Posts: 419	I love them...thats all I can really say...... __________________ "...still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message."

01-31-2003, 08:21 AM	#14
leigh1 Guest Posts: n/a	I thought I was the only one obsessed with the soundtracks! I have a job that requires me to be in my car every day for the exact amount of time that it takes to listen to both soundtracks. How cool is that?

01-31-2003, 08:59 AM	#15
Grimbold Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Númenor Posts: 88	My favourite tracks (although its damn hard to choose): <BR>Last minute of track 14: Breath of Life. Makes me think of some really valiant knights riding into battle on a bright day. <BR>Last minute of track 15: The Hornburg. A giant army advancing on its foe in an enclosed valley (massacre ahead!). <BR>I think Howard Shore deserves as much credit for the atmosphere of the movies as PJ. __________________ Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west. Behind the hills, into shadow. How did it come to this?

02-01-2003, 01:45 AM	#16
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,436	My sister (who plays the flute) finally gets to play the music from the LOTR in band. I have been telling her for months now that she should be begging her band conductor that they have to play that music, though she may not get to play it in a concert. That is how much I love the music, that whenever I listen to classical, instrumental<BR>music I say "I wish this was LOTR" __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

02-01-2003, 01:54 PM	#17
Eldawen of Lorien Pile O'Bones Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 24	I am beyond obessed. I listen to both of them at night while I sleep. I love the Breaking of the Fellowship, and May it Be on the Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack and I love all the songs having to do with Rohan and Breath of Life on the Two Towers soundtrack. I am planning to get a friend to help me to get our band teacher to let us play something from LotR.

02-02-2003, 11:43 AM	#18
dunadan_aragorn Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the bowels of Moria Posts: 105	God i larv them!!!!!!!!!! I listen to them whenever I can, like now, "but in dreams...." sorry, just had to do that. __________________ Allia Octa Est, The Die is Cast -Julius Ceaser