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Fun Random Facts About the LOTR Soundtrack

Most composers spend just 10-12ish weeks working on a film’s music. John Williams spent around 14 weeks on each Star Wars movie, 40ish weeks total for the whole OT……but composing the LOTR trilogy’s soundtrack took four years

The vocals you hear in the soundtrack are usually in one of Tolkien’s languages (esp. Elvish). The English translations of the lyrics are all poems, or quotes from the book, or occasionally even quotes from other parts of the films that are relevant to the scene

When there were no finished scenes for him to score, Howard Shore would develop musical themes inspired by the scripts or passages from the book. That’s how he got all Middle-Earth locations have their own unique sound: he was able to compose drafts of “what Gondor would sound like” and “what Lorien would sound like” long before any scenes in those places were filmed

Shore has said his favorite parts to score were always the little heartfelt moments between Frodo and Sam

Shore wrote over 100 unique leitmotifs/musical themes to represent specific people, places, and things in Middle Earth (over 160 if you count The Hobbit)

The ones we all talk about are the Fellowship theme, the main Shire Theme, and the themes for places like Gondor, Mordor, Rohan, and Rivendell…but a lot of the more subtle ones get overlooked and underappreciated

Like Aragorn’s theme. It’s a lot less “obvious” than the others because, like Aragorn himself, it adapts to take on the color of whatever place Aragorn is in: it’s played on dramatic broody stringed instruments in Bree, on horns in  battle scenes, softly on the flute with Arwen in Rivendell….

Eowyn has not just one but three different leitmotifs to represent her

Gollum and Smeagol both have their own leitmotifs! Whose theme music is playing in the scene can often tell you whether the Gollum or Smeagol side is “winning” at the moment

The melody for Gollum’s Song in the end credits of the The Two Towers is the Smeagol and Gollum themes smushed together (it’s Symbolic)

And then there’s the really obscure ones. Like there’s a melody that plays at Boromir’s death that shows up again in ROTK in scenes that foreshadow a major death or loss

Wikipedia actually has a list of these leitmotifs, click this link and scroll down to check it out if you’re bored

Shore wanted the theme music to grow alongside the characters– so that as the characters changed, their theme music would change with them.  

You can hear that most clearly in the Shire theme. Like the hobbits, it goes through A Lot 

Like compare the childish lil penny whistle theme you hear in Concerning Hobbits/the beginning of FOTR with (throws a dart at random Beautiful Tragic Hobbit Character Development scene because there WAY TOO MANY to choose from) the scene when Pippin finds Merry on the battlefield, where you hear a kind of shattered and broken but more mature version of that same theme in the background 

I could write you a book on how much I love the way the Shire theme grows across the course of these films 

Unlike the hero’s themes, which constantly change and grow, the villain’s themes (The One Ring theme, the Isengard theme, etc) remain basically the same from the very beginning of FOTR to the end of ROTK. Shore said this was an intentional choice: to emphasize that evil is static, while good is capable of change

Shore has said that between all the music that made into the movies and the music that didn’t, he composed enough for “a month of continuous listening”……..where can I sign up

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Barduil Month 2024!

This year we're opening it up to a vote about what kind of event you all would like to see this April!

If you chose "other", reblog and let us know in the tags what you're thinking of! And please go ahead and reblog in general, so we can reach as many Barduil fans as possible.

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Find the difference

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Can you help feed my curiosity? How many words have you posted across all pseudos and fandoms on AO3? Reblog to paint a pretty picture!

*Bonus points if you include how long you’ve been posting on AO3 in the tags.

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My kind of extended version

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my dad just exploded into laughter out of nowhere and told me ‘imagine the lion king but with sea lions’ he has been chuckling about it for 5 straight minutes now

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"Let’s do some angels in the snow!!!"

"Well, technically we cannot use our arms but whatever."

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"Why is it that Elves can walk ON the fucking snow? That is so unfair!"

"So unfair. I know. Walk, Bowman!"

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"Look! There is a shelter over there! Follow me!"

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"Oh Valar we're snowed in! What are we going to do?"

"Fear not, Bowman, I have a plan. We need to find a cave or a shelter or else you will die because of the freezing cold."

"Or you might warm me up with your body."

"I might. Right."

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It simply does not matter how many times I rewatch Lord of The Rings or The Hobbit. I feel all the same emotions and cry just as much every time.

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I love these The Hobbit cast and Lord of the Rings cast photos.

My hearts.

{Left to Right}

Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, David Wenham

{L-2-R} Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen

Martin Freeman and Elijah Wood

{L-2-R} Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd

{L-2-R} Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd

{L-2-R} Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan, Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom

{L-2-R} Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd

Hugo Weaving and Ian McKellen

Dean O'Gorman and Aiden Turner

Lee Pace and Orlando Bloom

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I love these The Hobbit cast and Lord of the Rings cast photos.

My hearts.

{Left to Right}

Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis, David Wenham

{L-2-R} Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen

Martin Freeman and Elijah Wood

{L-2-R} Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd

{L-2-R} Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd

{L-2-R} Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan, Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom

{L-2-R} Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd

Hugo Weaving and Ian McKellen

Dean O'Gorman and Aiden Turner

Lee Pace and Orlando Bloom

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Submissions Open for Fic Rec February!

This February, we're going to celebrate by sharing the love for all the wonderful fics in the Barduil community! Use the Google form below to recommend as many of your favorite fics as you'd like, and we'll share them throughout the month of February -- and generate masterlists of recommended fics to share throughout the year!

If you have any questions, please send us an ask or message one of the mods - me (@scary-grace), @nocompromise-noregrets, or @piyo-13! We look forward to seeing your recommendations.

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If you are living right now in 2023 and are still a big fan of LOTR please reblog bro where are my fellow Tolkienites (Tolkieneers?)

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When you’re supposed to be working but instead you make a mood board for reading your Barduil wifey @peonybroadbeltofbuckland’s cozy Hallmark movie holiday fic 🎄✨