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I haven't yet, but reviews are stellar and some people who I trust appear to absolutely love it. Calling it the best thing since T2 in the franchise.
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This is fantastic! I can't wait to hear the cue when the herd is seen for the first time. That is such a fantastic cue!
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Correct, those themes haven't appeared yet.
I understand why they released 3 episodes. Almost every storyline ends on it's own cliffhanger, which really makes me want to know what comes next.
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Thoughts on the 3 albums after seeing the episodes.
*Slight spoilers*. But nothing about bigger specific plot points.
Episode 1Spoiler"Dawn Of The Second Age" has some quite dark passages and explores Sauron's theme in some cool ways. The two outbursts of action are excellent with the one at the end nicely mirroring the music featuring in the cue "Adrift" from S1 Ep 2.
The Nolwa Mahtar opening in "The Last Hope For Middle-Earth" is fantastic, with the action scene after that exciting with Galadriel & Elrond's theme playing against each other. The use of Golden Leaves later is the cue is beautiful.
"Bow Or Bleed" is pretty dark mostly focusing on the Adar/Orcs material in different ways. Final moments featuring the Stranger's theme are a bit trippy, which fits the scene very well.
"Trees Of Stone" is such a lovely cue featuring Nori's theme and The Stranger's theme in new arrangements.
"Círdan" is a wonderful cue with quiet and calm statements of the Valinor & Elrond themes. Just beautiful. One of my favorite little moments is 0:49-1:00. Gorgeous.
I'm obsessed with the reprise of This Wandering Day in "Warning In The Words". I don't think it's a theme for Poppy though, it's really tied to a story point.
The harp arrangement of Sauron's theme at the end of "Serve The Lord Of Mordor" is great, perfect for the shot it accompanies.
"Three Rings For The Elves Kings" might be the highlight of Ep. 1 for me. The music and the scene combined are just excellent. Whole cue is musical storytelling at it finest.
The Overture is really cool to finally have!
Episode 2SpoilerCombining Sauron's theme and Khazad-Dûm's theme in "Catastrophe In Khazad-Dûm" is excellent to show the spread of his power to different parts of Middle-Earth.
The first part "Glimpses Of The Unseen World" belongs to a vision from Galadriel and is appropriately creepy. The rest of the cue mostly accompanies a conversation between Galadriel & Gil-Galad, but to McCreary's credit he is able to keep it interesting thoughout.
"Caras Gaer" & "The Gaurdim" are great explorations of the Rhûn theme. And I'm so happy that the Mystics theme returned. And I'm hoping it won't be the last time we hear it.
"Despair Under The Mountain" is quite powerful and really made me care even more for Disa's character. Some excellent variations on the Dwarves material.
"Before Darkness Blinds Us All" extends over multiple scenes. The first parts is Elrond confronting Galadriel, while the middle is Elrond seeking counsel from Círdan. Both these parts feature really beautiful music with some nice variations on a few themes. Final parts is that excellent The Stranger action sequence and it adds a lot of heft to the scene. Really powerful.
"My Name Is Not Halbrand" is fantastic. It's the scene where Annatar reveals himself to Celebrimbor and the music adds so much to these scenes. Everything really came together here and the powerful statement of The Rings Of Power theme is such a cool moment in the episode.
"Invitation To Eregion" is mostly just variations of excisiting themes to set up upcoming events.
Episode 3SpoilerThe opening of "Shelob's Nest" is almost a exact reprise of the music from Ep. 7 when Elendil let's Isildur's horse go, because that scene is replayed here. The latter part works really well in context to show Shelob.
"Númenórian Grief" is multiple variations of the Númenór theme. I especially like the vocal part at 1:38.
I have to say, "Enter Damrod" works pretty well in context. Damrod is quite a force and the way he's introduced with this music was pretty dope.
"Mithril For Rings" is a scene between Celebrimbor, Durin & Disa so has a set of variation on their themes. I really love the woodwinds in 1:40-2:00.
"The Road To Pelargir" features some lonely variations on The Faithful theme, and the first appearance of Estrid's theme. I really love the theme, although I wonder how else it will be used besides the ways we've heard it until now. It's all presented in pretty much the same way.
The burst of action at the end is great, especially the big statement of Arondir's theme.
"Funeral Pyre And Recollection" is solemn and sad, but beautiful. Really liked the emotional dwarves material at the end.
"Isildur And Estrid" is mostly variations of their themes, with some nice transitional pieces in between.
"The Wild Men" is a dark suspense and action cue. I wonder based on the final part of the scene if the music heard at 1:40-1:46 will become a new theme.
"The Great Eagle And The Forging" is a fantastic exploration of the Númenór theme. It's the same as the season album, but because there are some quieter moments in between the big ones, I feel makes it flow a lot better.
The final minute and a half are what the title suggest and therefor features the Forging theme, Rings Of Power theme, Khazad-Dúm theme and more of those cool woodwinds.
The final 3 cues are all really nice to have.
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6 minutes ago, Jay said:
Huh. Didn't see that coming. Does that music end the episode, then just repeat immediately as the end credits, or is it only in the end credits?
The final scene of the episode is Celebrimbor & Annatar working in the forge together. That's why it's used.
And after seeing the 3 episodes, I'd say just like S1 pretty much all the is on the albums. He edited out some thriller stuff, or long chords etc., but there is also music on the albums that is unused in the episodes.
Quite surprisingly for example is the solo male choir Khazad-Dûm arrangement after Stone Singers.
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44 minutes ago, Jay said:
So I haven't had enough coffee yet but...
In Episode 1 track 1 "Dawn of the Second Age" is that Elrond's theme around 4:00?
That is unlikely because Elrond is nowhere near the prologue.
44 minutes ago, Jay said:And then there's a drum pattern late in that track that shows up again in ... Bow or Bleed, I think, what theme is that drum pattern a part of?
I think this is all part of the Adar/Orcs theme. It's all over the first 2 episodes.
44 minutes ago, Jay said:BTW, what pieces are used as the end credits of episodes 1, 2, and 3?
Episode 1 is Golden Leaves
Episode 2 is Rhûn
Episode 3 is part of My Name Is Not Halbrand (7:14-end)
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"Missing" music from Episode 1
Dawn Of The Second Age
Some small cuts, but nothing major missing. Mostly string sustains missing.
The Last Hope For All Middle-Earth
Short passage missing, with a Sauron statement, nothing major.
Bow Or Bleed
Again, just some string sustains missing.
There's some small thriller stuff not on the album, but it never includes any themes.So when it comes to Ep. 1, I'd say it's very well spotted, there really is just less music in it.
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Golden Leaves is 100% a theme for Gil-galad. It's used beautifully in The Last Hope For All Middle-Earth
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I'm super impressed with the way McCreary uses choir and voices in S2. It's really excellent. And as someone who loves a good choir, this is just phenomenal stuff.
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Born On The Fourth Of July
Fantaatic performance by Tom Cruise, one of his best!
The scenes in Vietnam were incredible, so visceral and well shot. The first part after he comes home sags a bit in my opinion, but other than that it's a great film.
And I wonder if there will ever come a day that I'm not going to be amazed by John Williams' craft. The solo trumpet theme in this sounds so simple, but it's just incredible how those few notes absolutely perfectly encapsulate the character in every aspect of his life. It's astonishing. Add to the the beautiful string work and the avant garde and horrific sequences for Vietnam and you have one of Williams' best dramatic score. Brilliant!
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It's at 82% on RT and if the viewership is as high as season 1 (S1 has been No. 1 over the last few weeks on Prime in multiple countries) there will definitely be more.
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I'm so excited to hear that 12 minute opening cue!!! I believe none of that has been heard yet, so should be treat with some cool arrangements of the Sauron & Adar themes.
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Do you think there is a chance to make a full theme breakdown for the season 2 albums like (and I) did for S1? Because those were really helpful to appreciate the music even more.
I'm not familiar enough yet with the newer themes, but I will try to do it myself when I've seen more of the show.
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Tracklist for all 3
Here’s the track list of the Episode 1 (Elven Kings Under the Sky) album:
1. Dawn of the Second Age (12:55)
2. The Last Hope for All Middle-earth (3:24)
3. Bow or Bleed (3:18)
4. Trees of Stone (3:21)
5. Círdan (7:35)
6. Warning in the Words (2:34)
7. To Serve the Lord of Mordor (2:01)
8. Three Rings for the Elven Kings (feat. Benjamin Walker) (6:44)
9. The Rings of Power-Season One Overture (Bonus Track) (3:40)
Here’s the track list of the Episode 2 (Where the Stars Are Strange) album:
1. Catastrophe at Khazad-dûm (2:14)
2. Glimpses of the Unseen World (5:33)
3. Caras Gaer (feat. The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) (4:38)
4. The Gaudrim (3:44)
5. Despair Under the Mountain (feat. Sophia Nomvete) (4:41)
6. Before Darkness Blinds Us All (8:05)
7. My Name Is Not Halbrand (9:34)
8. Invitation to Eregion (1:39)
Here’s the track list of the Episode 3 (The Eagle and the Sceptre) album:
1. Shelob’s Nest (4:50)
2. Númenórean Grief (4:19)
3. Enter Damrod (feat. Jens Kidman) (0:57)
4. Mithril for Rings (4:14)
5. The Road to Pelargir (3:52)
6. Funeral Pyre and Reconciliation (feat. Raya Yarbrough) (4:31)
7. Isildur and Estrid (3:04)
8. The Wild Men (2:02)
9. The Great Eagle and the Forging (6:46)
10. The Rings of Power – Title Announcement Trailer (Bonus Track) (1:05)
11. The Rings of Power – Season Two Overture (Bonus Track) (1:26)
12. The Rings of Power – London Premiere Season One Fanfare (Bonus Track) (4:18)- Tydirium and Yavar Moradi
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Well, then maybe this is just a mistake with one episode
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Are you able to listen to the whole thing?
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12 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said:
Oh, so as "boring" as last season then? I can't wait!
Of course these people aren't reviewing the entire season. They probably got just the first three episodes. I can understand people who would call Andor "boring" based on the original drop of three episodes... and that's some of the best Star Wars ever. Let's see if it's "boring" by the end of the season, lol.
Yavar
Empire's review mentions that they saw all episodes.
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-season-2/
And of course it's interesting that one of the negative reviews is getting posted here first.
Empire is very positive and at this moment the season is at 80% on RT.
I still don't care what critics or others think though. I loved the first season and am positive I'm gonna enjoy the 2nd.
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They're not continuing with Amazon Music exclusive release, because apparently it with S1 it didn't make people subscibe to it. So it's all releasing now on all platforms. Why only episode 2 is now on there probably has something to do with the servers or whatever.
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Only episode 2 is available. And only on Qobuz
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These are pretty cool.
The first one is pretty freaky.
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I've looked back at the way things released with S1 and I'm 100% sure the albums will come out when the episodes air!
And like Knight Of Ren says, there are themes that barely have any play time on the Season album, but based on the importance of their characters, it's almost impossible that there won't be much more usage of themes like Nori's, Durin's & Khazad-Dum's, Southlands theme etc.
And I can't wait!!!
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Oh yeah, I see about the page, I hope people go back.
S1 episodes indeed dropped earlier, so they were usually available on Fridays if I remember correctly (or that's just me, because I'm in Europe). It would be great to have them release on Thursdays now.
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Yeah, I really love the forging theme and your breakdown is fantastic!
On another note, I read in an interview with the showrunners and based on the things they said about the battle of Eregion, the 11 minute track on the album is like 20% of the entire music that will accompany it.
The battle will take place over the span of 3 episodes. Which I think is pretty cool. Which means there's plenty of music to come!!!! Only 2 days (or 3 if the albums release on Friday) till more music.
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Another interview with Wiedmann
What is the last Television series you watched?
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The Umbrella Academy Season 3 & 4
I really loved the first two seasons of this, but somehow I never even finished Season 3 when it came out. Now that the final season was out I thought I'd finish it, and maybe I shouldn't have. They should've stopped at S2 because the second half of S3 and the entirety of S4 are awful.
Characters act nothing like themselves, the things that made the show so much fun are suddenly gone, the humor falls flat and some of the story choices made for season 4 are just baffling. Truly terrible writing. The ending is a complete dud and totally unsatisfactory.
Robert Sheehan's performance as Klaus is still the standout and the only really interesting character throughout 4 seasons and I like the needle drops that they used, but unfortunatly that's about it. Wish this has ended after season 2, so I'm gonna pretend that it did, because then I have a fonder memory of the whole thing. Such a shame.