Sammath Naur vs Mount Doom/The Crack of Doom/The Eagles

[Spider-Fal 2282]

Which do you prefer?

The Choral powerhouse Sammath Naur?

or the emotional replacement cues?

choose wisely!

[Incanus 5249]

Mount Doom/The Crack of Doom/The Eagles. It is one of the most emotional and sensationally powerful musical finales in my memory. When I saw the film I was literally on the edge of my seat and thought that Shore had captured the whole sequence just right. At the same time I was rather miffed that the OST had some kind of poor hybrid edit of the music, leaving out the whole crescendo of the sequence.

Sammath Naur does have its moments but it lacks the immediacy of the revised version. I think it has gone up in my eyes after thorough listening but the choral exchanges of the Fellowship and Ring theme fragments, while a great subtextual idea, do not deliver its point as directly as The Crack of Doom nor with the same room shattering impact I think the destruction of the Ring should have.

Oh and John Williams is the man.

[BloodBoal 7522]

Adventures on Earth!

These tracks are rather pedestrian.

[Incanus 5249]

They rub you the wrong way do they?!!!

[BloodBoal 7522]

[Henry Buck 48]

So am I correct that "Sammath Naur" was scored to a very different cut of the film? It's pretty fascinating... would love to see how it worked.

[Incanus 5249]

So am I correct that "Sammath Naur" was scored to a very different cut of the film? It's pretty fascinating... would love to see how it worked.

Yes I too would like to see how it works with the visuals of the different cut. Perhaps it would place the rather lengthy choral section into perspective as it seems to lose some momentum after a while on its own though it is quite striking.

[crocodile 4822]

Sammath Naur is great, but I still prefer the film version.

Karol

[gkgyver 1562]

I prefer my edited version that combines both.

So I voted number 4 for the hell of it.