The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring CR - 01. Prologue: One Ring To Rule Them All

The film's Prologue plunges the audience into the world of Middle-earth
and the plight of the One Ring in a standalone sequence establishing the
enormous tale about to unfold. Shore's music acts as a prelude, introducing
brief clips of the thematic material that will populate the score as the story
progresses. Heard here for the first time are a choral rendering of the Elvish
Lothlórien theme; Mordor's Skip Beat accompaniment, the Descending
Third accompaniment, the Sauron/Evil of the Ring theme; the Ringwraith
theme; the bitter Fall of Men motive; and even the fleeting shape of the Fellowship
theme—all bristling and shuddering amongst the violent conflict on
screen.
Most prominent in this sequence, however, is the History of the Ring
theme, which makes its debut appearance following the opening Lothlórien
clip. Throughout the Prologue, Shore highlights a single purpose of his History
theme: "It's showing you how the Ring has traveled from hand to hand."
Galadriel continues her narration, as again this History theme introduces
the Ring to its new owners: Isildur, and then Gollum/Sméagol (skulking
in his dank cave and accompanied by his Pity theme). The Nameless Fear
passage plays under the Lady of the Galadhrim, for though it looks as if the
Ring has receded from Middle-earth's everyday life, we well know that it
shall again make its presence known. Sure enough, with another cor anglais
statement of the History theme the Ring passes to Bilbo Baggins of the
Shire.



UNUSED CONCEPT:
The filmmakers originally shot Fellowship's
prologue as a shorter sequence for which
Shore wrote a self-contained four minute
composition. During the film's editing, it
was decided that a lengthier sequence would
set up the film's story with a more detailed
and visceral punch. The film's Prologue was
expanded, and so Shore went back and composed
a new work to match the edit. The first
composition (featuring the text, "The Battle
of Dagorlad") was presented on The Fellowship
of the Ring's original soundtrack album
in 2001, but never appeared in the final film.
While the two Prologue scores are similar,
the final version (now presented on disc
for the first time) considerably expands the
original concept and captures the opening
action with a raw collection of orchestral
outbursts, hinting at the level of conflict that
The Two Towers and The Return of the King
will present.

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[ScarisClaudius]

It's weird, Peter Jackson cut out approximately thirty years of the History - I mean, Sauron forged the Ring in the year 1600 of the Second Age of the Sun, and thirty years later, in 3034 of the Second Age of the Sun, the Last Alliance was formed. And yet the movie implies that Numenor never sank, and indeed Numenor is only mentioned in The Two Towers Extended Version. I know Peter Jackson had to limit it for audiences, but still, its weird.

[jediking12]

@ScarisClaudius I find it weird that Fangorn Forest is actually The Old Forest in the movie (If you look at the Old Forest near the shire on the map in the movie it isn't there niether is the Barrow Downs marked anywhere on the map)

[AbstinentUser]

thankyou so so much for uploading this! I was looking into buying but it's like £130 off amazon, which is farrr too expensive for me! :P

[jediking12]

@AbstinentUser if you look on my account you can find the link to downlaod the soundtrack

[notobiwan]

Unfortunately I can't use it because it has too bad quality for making the BMoLotR Special Edition :(

[jediking12]

@notobiwan if you look on my channel you can download the Fellowship of the Ring Complete Recordings

[Fandanimus]

A long Time i search for this Theme in the original Soundtrack. Now i know where i can find it. Thank you very much for the Upload.

[jediking12]

@FishfilmsInc Yeah, too bad the Original Soundtrack didn't include this

[alitwosheds]

this is my life.

[Akshole]

When All hope is lost, I want it to be lost in this.

[VerdiniusValkrisian]

Love 1:25-1:55, so powerful.

[McMakisha]

0.42-1.20 is so nostalgic and perfect

[jcudal32]

@JoRaN11Gr MY PRECIOUS!!!!!

[KzieandKdem]

I love LOTR soundtrack! It's so amazing

[luchaman7]

I was looking for this part for so long...

[JoRdaN11Gr]

0:40 !!!!!!

[XxXHammerOfDawn]

This is my favorite track from all the lord of the rings soundtracks