Favorite tracks from the "Rings of Power" episode albums

[Tydirium 1,167]

Over the past week, in addition to watching the show, I've listened to the overall season OST all the way through several times, and a few of the individual episode albums. Obviously, the season OST is wonderful and has a ton of great concert suite versions and nice edits of score tracks, but I was wondering: what are your favorite tracks from the individual episode albums? In other words, if you were making a playlist of your favorite music from the first season, what tracks would you include that are from the episode albums?

[JNHFan2000 2,961]

I'll just do a list with my favorite tracks from each episode:

 

Episode 1

Gil-Galad's Gift

The Boat And The Crater

Where The Shadows Lie (Instrumental)

 

Episode 2

Into Khazad-Dûm

Constellation Of Fireflies

 

Episode 3

Into Númenor

To The Hall Of Lore

We Wait For You

Breaking Chains

 

Episode 4

A Plea To The Rocks

Father Figures

White Leaves

 

Episode 5

This Wandering Way

The Perils Of Migration

The Confession And Sailing Into The Dawn

 

Episode 6

March Of The Orcs

The Siege In The Southlands

Sorrow, Water Amd Flame

 

Episode 7

Fire And Rock

The Apple

A Leaf Burns

 

Episode 8

Confronting The Mystics

The Broken Line And Broken Silence

Wise One

True Creation Requires Sacrifice

[Miz 139]

I confess myself disappointed at the musical listening experience of these albums. There are some decent moments but no sustained 'feature' tracks, as the musical approach flits from theme to theme and scene to scene.

 

I love the score overall and think the first album presentation quite enough for me, with the same sort of theme-centric and set-piece tracks that made the Battlestar Galactica albums so appealing.