Charlie Brigden 7 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Choose or perish!(also use this as a springboard to discuss the other vocal performances in the trilogy. Even Liv Tyler's Houses of Healing ditty.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Gollum's Song. That was easy.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 May it Be easily. It may not be written by Howard Shore himself, but it blends in beautifully and dare I say it does so even better than his own work in the sequels. I do like Gollum's Song too but Annie Lennox is just too contemporary sounding for the films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quintus 5,399 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Into the West. I love it's use over the beautifully illustrated end credits. I also love how Annie Lennox's voice has a contemporary sound; I think its perfectly suited to the trilogy's final farewell tone.Second would be Gollum's Song, as sung by the Bjork soundalike.Something about Enya irritates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 May It BeBeautiful in it's own right and fits the best with the rest of the sound-scape, Elvish lyrics and all.I'm also quite fond of Into The West but agree that it's a bit too contemporary.Don't care much for Gollum's Song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Into the West. I love it's use over the beautifully illustrated end credits. I also love how Annie Lennox's voice has a contemporary sound; I think its perfectly suited to the film's farewell tone.The song is fine, but for some reason, doesn't quite get there.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I've always been a fan of "Into the West". It seemed to send-off the trilogy perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 I am torn between Gollum's Song and Into The West. I find it hard to listen to Into The West without tearing up, together with the last act of that movie it's very powerful. But I love the melody of Gollum's Song, and the lyrics are simple but wonderful. And I just love everything about TTT. So that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Gollum's Song. I loved it for its almost unique creepiness. Not to mention, I think it ended the film perfectly, as it started in with Gollum leading the hobbits to Mordor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Gollum's song, for it's eerie lyrics, creepy and sad delivery by Emiliana Torrini and the thick, John Barry like strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 It's a shame Shore didn't use the melody as Gollum's primary theme, throughout the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,019 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 And great Rohan finale Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Into the West. I think it is barely better than "May it Be" as a song, but you can never beat those awesome instrumental versions of it throughout the score (I'm thinking "Crack of Doom" especially). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krang 1 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I too went with Into the West. Incorporating it into the film gave it more meaning. I do love the other two endings songs though so it wasn't an easy choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Holdo 16 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I went with In Dreams (aka 'The Road Goes Ever On, Part II').Too bad it isn't on there, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Into the West. I think it is barely better than "May it Be" as a song, but you can never beat those awesome instrumental versions of it throughout the score (I'm thinking "Crack of Doom" especially).Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 One thing I didn't like with Into The West, which is not completely related with the song, is that it was not followed by a Gondor theme statement !! May It Be had the Fellowship theme right after it, and Gollum's Song had the Rohan theme. So, why no Gondor theme statement at the end of Into The West ?It's the end of the entire saga; it's about more than just Gondor. Each theme got its sendoff in the score proper, which is why I really dislike the medley "Days of the Ring" and edited it out of my complete recordings rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 One thing I didn't like with Into The West, which is not completely related with the song, is that it was not followed by a Gondor theme statement !! May It Be had the Fellowship theme right after it, and Gollum's Song had the Rohan theme. So, why no Gondor theme statement at the end of Into The West ?It's the end of the entire saga; it's about more than just Gondor. Each theme got its sendoff in the score proper, which is why I really dislike the medley "Days of the Ring" and edited it out of my complete recordings rip.I agree. The way it ended on the OST was perfect.I went with In Dreams (aka 'The Road Goes Ever On, Part II').Too bad it isn't on there, huh?Yup, too bad. It's a lovely piece, although I wanted to keep it to the actual three "big" songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Richard Penna 3,695 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Definitely May it Be. It's the only one I instantly liked on album, has the most memorable melody and the purest voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Gollum's Song easily!The boys' choir transition into the credits is one of the most haunting and effective I've ever seen.It lends the imagery of the camera panning over Mordor a transcendent and slightly eery feeling.It's a shame Shore didn't use the melody as Gollum's primary theme, throughout the score. It's surprising most people don't grasp the concept that Gollum's Song is an expansion of Gollum's music - just like the Grey Havens theme existed before it was used as a chorus in Into The West.I find it highly applaudable that this is one of the rare cases where themes of the score dictated the end credits song, and not the other way around.I think ending Into The West with a statement of the Gondor theme would not have done the scope of the story justice. In FOTR, it was about the fellowship, in TTT, it was all about Rohan, and in ROTK, it was all about Sam and Frodo's friendship destroying the Ring - that's why there is a "reprisal" (by editing) of the Hobbit and the Fourth Age theme.Still, ROTK deserved an original end credits suite instead of a simple edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 I don't really care for the last 20mins or so of ROTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Gollum's Song easily!The boys' choir transition into the credits is one of the most haunting and effective I've ever seen.This I do agree with. That shot gives me goosebumps every time I see it. What a perfect way to end the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 The strange thing is, there is nothing tangible in the film or in the connection between film and music that I can point to and say "that's why it works".I get an emotional response from this moment that I cannot attribute any definite emotions, I can only say that I find it overwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Into The West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Tough call between Gollum's Song and Into The West....very tough....gonna go for Into The West but might change my mind tomorrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,210 Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Didn't we do this before?Gollum's Song. That was easy.That. Gives me goosebumps.Although Into the West is a perfect ending for the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Didn't we do this before?Possibly. I did do a search, but the search function, well, it's not the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 i like how gollums song seuges into eowyns theme i means its like all despair and the hopefull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Into the West. I love it's use over the beautifully illustrated end credits. I also love how Annie Lennox's voice has a contemporary sound; I think its perfectly suited to the trilogy's final farewell tone.Second would be Gollum's Song, as sung by the Bjork soundalike.Something about Enya irritates.Copy that. Every time I hear an Enya song, I want to go and put my head in a bucket of hot oil. "Into The West" is nice, but "Love Song For A Vampire" craps all over it. "Gollum's Song" wonderfully creepy."Crack of Doom" There's a shit joke there, somewhere, but I'm not going to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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