The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Soundtrack - 02. Hope and Memory

This is a very brief track at only 1:45 long. It again displays the looking ahead of the people of the West as battle is iminent. It shows Gandalf and friends approach Isengard and see Merry and Pippin feasting on the spoils of war, at which Gimli is quite distressed! For he has been tracking them for a considerable amount of time. In the extended version, Gandalf confronts Saruman and deals with him.

Gandalf then instructs Treebeard to watch over Saruman and to not let him leave. Then he and the company go to Rohan.

it also highlights Gandalf and Pippin's departing from Rohan, as the night before Pippin has looked into a Plantir seeing stone and has seen the enemy's plans of destroying the world of men. The Hope is that Merry and Pippin will be reunited as Pippin is forced to leave his fellow cousin behind.

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Music

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• Lord of the Rings Music
• Howard Shore

[TanBarbieGirlxox]

Holy crap Im a die-hard fan but I almost fell off my chair I was laughing so hard at the thought of gandalf riding a motorcycle!!

[jediking12]

@TanBarbieGirlxox I have more music too

lol Gandalf on a Motorcycle what is this Harry Potter? :)

[jediking12]

@jediking12 lol

[bookercreator]

@TanBarbieGirlxox i want to see sam or aragorn, elessar riding a motorcycle

[jediking12]

@bookercreator I thought of something funny last night picture Harry Potter with a machine gun

[eringobragh91]

The part at 0:51 always makes me cry during that part of the movie.

[beatle107]

my favorite part begins at 0:43 !! I love it so much I can't stop hitting the replay button!

[mchen94]

I find it so sad when pippin gets sepperated from merry :( Poor fool :P

Love this soundtrack!!

[jmscarp1234]

@eringobragh91

I feel bad for pippin more so than merry cause pippin is to innocent and just shouldn't be there at all. :(

[neo71200]

0:50 to 1:06 awesome but too short :(

[SweetSinFZ]

Elessar?

[sanaasmilelines]

such a short, yet intense scene. in fact, I think it might be one of my faves. the music compliments it so well, you can really relate to Merry and Pippin, and how they feel knowing they might not see each other again.

[TheDiloshka]

there's no "disliker orcs" here. very good.

[Oby1Chick]

Ah damn that 0:51 awesomesauce part.. why is it so short ? :(

[RubikCuber1]

This is freaking beautiful.

[92kwame]

@hrkelsey That part got me going! "Show us the meaning of haste".