1.01 Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All | LotR Score Analysis

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An analysis of the themes and letitmotifs of the Lord of the Rings - The Complete Recordings; composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore. The videos stay true to how the tunes are presented in The Complete Recordings, so all scenes with no or altered music are omitted.
IMPORTANT: The featured sample notations are not necessarily identical (in key, form or time signature) to the relevant music in the tracks. They exist to give a visual cue for the themes, not to be taken literally for every iteration of the theme.
Quotes mostly taken from The Annotated Score and The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films by Doug Adams
A big thank you to A Magpie’s Nest, and the mysterious transcriber M.W., without either these videos might never have been made.
I am not affiliated with Middle-earth Enterprises, the Tolkien Estate, New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, WingNut Films, Doug Adams or Howard Shore.
All copyrights and trademarks for the books, films, and soundtrack music and lyrics are held by their respective owners.

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@restrictedmodezoo4360 2 года назад

Please don’t EVER delete this channel

@Ugnep-sw9ng 3 года назад

This is literally just what I was looking for. Can't wait to go through all of these!

@derekwu9123 2 года назад

Now the whole series for all three movies is done. You can go through all of it!

@WreckingWood 2 года назад

5:28 Underrated moment. Economic storytelling had to cut the Gollum origin story to the basic "Middle-Ring possessor" for now. But still that one line of ominous chorus "The Hearld of Death" implicitly tells you something more foul and malicious happened than just him sulking in the caves.

@apetit8687 3 года назад

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!!! Every time i rewatch the trilogy, the connections between the music becomes more obvious. In my head, humming one song will seamlessly blend into another melody sharing the same chord, the same tempo, and it took my slow mind a while to realise what that meant exactly xD. I don't have musical education, and I was hoping that someone out there was smart enough to catalogue these connections, and now my hopes have been rewarded! I'm so happy to find this video :) Your insights on the thematic expressions behind the music are illuminating and fascinating, I am going to greatly enjoy this series. Thank you.

@monoverantus 3 года назад

Thank you! I know exactly what you mean, it took me a loooong time to match my knowledge of this score to my love for it. This project is for people like you, by people like you. Enjoy your journey!

@monoverantus 4 года назад

As I progress through these videos, I notice mistakes and realize there's plenty of stuff I could have brought up that I didn't. Eventually, I will probably remake this entire series to get a consistent, efficient look and analysis, but in the mean time, I'll have an "Addendum" comment pinned on certain videos. This one is pretty solid (it was the 17th draft after all), but in hindsight I would've included more information about the Lothlórien theme. It mixes both Sindarin and Quenya, and it's in the Phrygian dominant mode, the significance of which is elaborated on in track 1.30. Also, the sample notation for both Lothlórien and the History themes are wrong. The first is supposed to play over an open F chord, not G, and the latter doesn't wave between E and F# in the bass, but F# and G. Thanks for watching!

@francescotravisi4171 Год назад

Hi Moniverantus. I would be interested to help you in the Italian translation of your texts. Do you think this can be done?

@monoverantus Год назад

@@francescotravisi4171 Hello. Do you mean Italian subtitles for the videos?

@francescotravisi4171 Год назад

@@monoverantus I was thinking not subtitles. If there are projects on Premiere, it would be better to just translate the video directly

@monoverantus Год назад

@@francescotravisi4171 Hang on, do you mean re-doing the whole project with Italian text instead of English?

@francescotravisi4171 Год назад

If it were possible, it would be wonderful.

@lightgrey5365 Год назад

this sense of musical continuity along the 3 movies can only be the product of 'dedicated maniacs' (cit. david lean) it really shows the love that was put into making these pictures

@Solais1019 Год назад

Been poking at a few later entries in this series, but wow. Howard Shore really went all-out on the overarching composition...everything is so tightly tied together in the background, just like the story. He wrote the story in music to accompany the intricacy of the screen. So many movies just have epic scores for the sake of impact, with a bit of base thematic tying...but this really underscores how timeless of a classic this trilogy truly was, how much everyone involved cared about the project. After all, the audio is half the experience. Just from the onset...I thought I recognized a few of the ties here and there, but seeing it broken down like this...man. The story in the music alone. It's breathtaking. definitely gonna have to binge the rest of your series soon here.

@jakeevans6404 3 года назад

This is actually a godsend.

@monoverantus 3 года назад

Thank you, much obliged

@andrewmanning8297 2 года назад

I really apprecate all the work you have done on this. I'm just beginning to explore the meaning of the Howard Shore's soundtrack and bought two copies of Doug Adam's book. One for me and the other for my daughter.

@monoverantus 2 года назад

That's great! Don't hesitate to ask questions if you have any.

@kevinbetancourt9033 5 месяцев назад

Late to the party but I’m here. Ok got my whisky got my readers kids are asleep, wife is watching her show. Let’s go. Thank you for making these videos.

@JRPedrosa Год назад

I feel like I owe you some money or something. This is amazing dude.

@kwakerjak 4 года назад

Just discovered your videos, and I want to say how much I appreciate that you’ve gone to so much trouble for a series of videos that you’ll probably never be able to profit from thanks to copyright laws.

@monoverantus 4 года назад

Thank you, I in turn appreciate the acknowledgement! Ever since the start I've taken care not to spend a dime on this project, seeing as it will never give any back. So as much as I'd like to have a fancier, more dynamic presentation, I'm limited to what can be done in the basic video editor I downloaded for free.

@asukalangleysoryu6695 3 года назад

@@monoverantus Hey! How do you create the transparent, white sheet music overlays? Just screenshot the sheet music, invert the colours and delete the background? Is there a simpler way?

@monoverantus 3 года назад

@@asukalangleysoryu6695 I might make a sort of behind-the-scenes video in the future, but for the moment I can give you the short version. It's not exactly "simpler" but it does the work a whole lot better than just selecting the background and deleting it. I write the notes in the notation software Finale, screenshot them and open the pic in Photoshop. There, I use Layer Styles>Blending Options to make all white pixels opaque. Copy that layer and merge back so the opqaue pixels are deleted, then invert the color. Done.

@tropicthunder131 3 месяца назад

This channel is magnificent.

@cosie5221 3 года назад

holy sh*t amazing thanku !!!!

@user-ix1rp9ff3p 28 дней назад

"We renounce the darkness" The "darkness" refers to Sauron's lies to Ar-Pharazon and the King's Men faction (basically majority of Numenor at that point) that Eru Illuvatar is the "darkness", and that Morgoth/Melkor is the "Lord of all, Giver of Freedom"

@stuartwarburton5816 Год назад

This is fantastic! I love the Annotated Scores as well as A Magpies Nest

@valadao 3 года назад

One interesting thing to add, since I haven't seen it displayed, is that those descending thirds accompanying the Ringwraiths theme is a famous medieval Dies Irae that is figured in lots of audiovisual production. Congrats for the video!

@monoverantus 3 года назад

A lot of people has made that connection, since the Descending thirds go F-D-E-C-D-Bb-C-A, and Dies Irae goes F-E-F-D-E-C-D-D, which indeed is similar. But I asked Doug Adams himself about this during the TheOneRing Score streams he did last Christmas, and he denied the connection, stating that the LotR score makes no references to real world music or culture. This is not to say you're not free to interpret the score however you want, but I personally agree with Doug's stance.

@valadao 3 года назад

@@monoverantus Thanks for the response! I should have said "inspired" or "based" on the Dies Irae. I believe it would be odd an experienced composer like Howard Shore didn't have knowledge of this theme, but if he had no intention in directly referencing it, but taking its "mood" instead, there's no reason to deny it. These free associations are not depending on the composer’s consciousness or intent, as well as we, as analysts, can address for enrichment of analysis content. Film Scores are so powerful on these sense and Shore’s is superb. The 5/4 beat is Isengard’s orc scenes reminded me of Mars of Holst’s Planets, that has the right tone for the moment, as other example. Well, once more, great content! I'm getting at Rivendell scenes for now. It would be nice to get to know more about any other projects of analysis you have. Do you have any other platform besides youtube for producing content? Cheers!

@monoverantus 3 года назад

@@valadao Many thanks, I'm trying to get a Patron started, I'll probably make some announcements with my next video.

@davristic 4 года назад

nice... been missing that Bbm9 to Am transition before the Ring theme in the previous version. these are great!

@monoverantus 4 года назад

Yes, it may not be a specific theme itself, but it appears four times in FotR and is pretty iconic. It's the sort of stuff I'd like to include in the new vids.

@oliviamartinez1608 Год назад

This is incredible. Thank you!!!

@Galadhir 2 года назад

This is perfect! Thank you for making these videos.

@lightgrey5365 Год назад

bro this is awesome

@matthewarant377 Год назад

Time to watch all 3 playlists

@itznoxy7193 Год назад

I would love to see your work here but over the full movie instead of in snippets. Maybe one day :)

@devinlong7478 2 года назад

I amar prestar aen. Han mathon ne nen. Han mathon ne chae. A han noston ned 'wilith.

@jessicazhang2771 4 года назад

This series of videos is AMAZING! really good companion to the Magpie's Nest. I was wondering if you know of any similar projects (video or text-based) for the soundtracks to The Hobbit movies?

@monoverantus 4 года назад

Many thanks! Well if Doug Adams is to be trusted, the official "The Music of the Hobbit Films" will be published in the near future...

@danielreshef5299 2 года назад

They really did Elendil dirty. He and Gil-Galad were actually the ones who defeated Sauron, even though it cost them their own lives. Isildur basically just cut the ring off of Sauron’s hand when he was down, mortally wounded.

@monoverantus 2 года назад

I mean, condensing characters is only par for the course with adaptations. I have more sympathy for those missing Tom Bombadil, since his exclusion erases a whole segment of the story. Giving the efforts of Elendil and Gil-Galad to Isildur doesn't change the story in a meaningful way.

@Magibiodoc Год назад

I amar prestar aen 'The world is changed', han mathon ne nen 'I feel it in the water', han mathon ne chae 'I feel it in the earth' a han noston ned 'wilith 'I smell it in the air'. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.

@DenizKupanaha Год назад

Great video! I have a question about the History of the Ring theme (begins at 0:41): You, and I think the score as well, write the quarter notes played by the celli as e and f-sharp, but I hear f-sharp and g. The notes appear first in ascending order in the second bar of the theme, and then again in descending order in the fourth bar. Any idea? Apart from the fact that I’m hearing f-sharp and g, it also makes more sense in the first instance because the g leads to the a-flat.

@monoverantus Год назад

Urgh, you're totally right, that's a typo on my part. I can't believe I made not 1 but 2 faulty transcriptions in the first video... now I got to put an addendum about this on every video the History theme appears in - __ -' Thanks for pointing it out

@DenizKupanaha Год назад

No worries. Your videos are still awesome, I’m going through all of them right now. So interesting!

@JaneXemylixa Год назад

Where else is the Nameless Fear theme used? I can't recall

@monoverantus Год назад

It's quoted verbatim in track 2:28, but something very similar is hinted at already in track 1:08

@campbellmcleod 10 месяцев назад

I was wondering if you have pdfs with all this info? I would love to use it in one of my music classe.

@monoverantus 10 месяцев назад

That's very flattering, but I can't in good conscience take credit for the work of Doug Adams. I recommend buying his book, both for personal and academic use.

@campbellmcleod 10 месяцев назад

@@monoverantus cool, thanks.

@hudebnilidlprodukce5137 Год назад

Hello, i have a question: where are those recordings from, when you have some scenes with music that are not in final cut of the movie? I need a source for my essay and i do not know if i can use just your video as source of music.

@monoverantus Год назад

The music is from the Complete Recordings which was released after the original OST, and includes a lot of segments that weren't used in the films www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Fellowship-Complete-Recordings/dp/B000BNI90O Your best source is Doug Adams, his Annotated Scores are freely available to download.

@hudebnilidlprodukce5137 Год назад

@@monoverantus Thank you a lot.

@itznoxy7193 3 года назад

I think theres an error at the beginning in the sheet music. It shows the Lothlorien theme over a G and D in the bass clef but it sounds like F and C to me

@monoverantus 3 года назад

Oh crap, you're right. How have I, after all my revisions, not noticed this?

@TalkingBen-ftw 6 дней назад

2:00

@silask.1966 8 месяцев назад

So sad that they used the Ringwraith scene so early and not even for the ringwraiths…… like everyone says how dumb it is when we hear it at the end of „an unexpected journey“ when Thorin faces Azork (is that the name?). But the prolog did it „wrong“ too

@monoverantus 8 месяцев назад

There's a whole lot more places in Fellowship where they straight up copy-pasted a composition from one scene into another. Perhaps the subject for a future video...

@silask.1966 8 месяцев назад

@@monoverantus Uuuh yes that would be interesting. I always saw the lord of the rings score as perfect but now….. I don’t know such little things in the music and how it‘s used, especially if it’s as well crafted as lord of the rings music, bother me

@rnhtube 4 года назад

This motif represents the ring itself, not whatever the CD liner notes call it.

@monoverantus 4 года назад

Are you referring to the History of the Ring theme?

@rnhtube 4 года назад

@@monoverantus Yes. It's a motif for the ring itself. In Star Wars youtube they have the "force theme" that is for a motif that does not represent the force, and instead represents a philosophical concept only tangentially related to the force. This is one of my favorite movie motifs ever- it's music that represents complex feelings (gee just like THE RING ITSELF) and that really takes a master to execute. I've heard that all the themes and motifs are sort of versions of each other, and I've seen several examples, but none involving the ring motif, which sounds so different from everything else. I can't wait to watch more of your videos.