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(Gandalf and Pippin have just arrived
in the courtyard of Minas Tirith and have dismounted Shadowfax.) |
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0:00 |
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As they walk past the White Tree, a quiet
phrase of the Minas Tirith Theme. Gandalf tells Pippin that it is the 'Tree
of the King' but Denethor is not king. He is only a Steward. |
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(Gandalf and Pippin walking into the
great hall and up to Denethor is unscored.) |
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0:20 |
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An ominous ascending phrase
plays as Denethor asks if Gandalf cares to explain the cloven horn
of Boromir. Pippin is startled to see the horn. |
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0:28 |
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Denethor asks if Gandalf has come to explain
why his son is dead. The music is reminiscent of the music
heard during Boromir's wounding in FOTR. |
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0:35 |
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The choir sings the theme,
A Noble End--a reprise of the choral
background to Boromir's wounding--as the camera cuts to a distraught
Pippin who remembers Orc arrows piercing Boromir as he stood to
defend the Hobbits. |
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0:35 |
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...tele lνna
Manna lelya... |
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0:45 |
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The orchestra continues extrapolations
on
A Noble End. (see note below
for this music from 0:28 to 1:00). The music from 0:45 to 1:00) is
from a scene found in the EE. Denethor and Faramir argue over
Faramir's choice to let the Ring go with Frodo and whether Boromir
would have done 'the right thing'. In his rage, Denethor falls and
Faramir goes to him but Denethor sees only Boromir... as a
hallucination. This music is heard during the hallucination. |
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1:02 |
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(Jump ahead quite a few scenes...)
Strings hold a note while woodwinds
play an ascending scale. The shot opens with the camera
looking up a large pile of wood accessed by a short bridge. |
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1:08 |
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Woodwinds hold a note then trill over quick little pulses of music
played by the strings. The camera pans to show the unlit beacon to
be high above Minas Tirith and the White Tower of Ecthelion. |
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1:15 |
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The pulses continue as a quick, furtive little
melody begins. We see Pippin climbing up the face rock till
he's standing next to the beacon. |
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1:24 |
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Horns jump in with some expectant notes that
become bolder. (Georg Kroner has found that the music
from 1:24 - 1:33 - which I thought was not in the film, is used in
an earlier scene. Gandalf lead Pippin through the back streets
of Minas Tirith, telling him there's another task to be done. The
music starts just after he says, "You must not fail me." and
continues to the end of the scene. This action continues in a
later scene, when the music from 1:15 - 1:24 begins and continues
below.) |
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(Pippin climbs onto the beacon and
spills the oil onto the wood. He lights the fire but realizes
he's on top of the wood pile and scrambles off. The guards
realize the beacon has been lit. Whatever music is used during
this segment is not on the CD.) |
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1:33 |
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Horns carry the melody now as strings play in
the background. The camera pans back from the beacon to
Gandalf who makes his way back down the streets of Minas Tirith. |
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1:47 |
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He stops to see if the next beacon will be lit
and horns play a fanfare of sorts as
Amon Dξn,
off in the distance blazes up. |
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1:54 |
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A
somber note plays as Denethor observes the beacon with a sour face.
A variety of horns play counterpoints to each other, continuing with
a majestic, grand sound. |
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2:02 |
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The scale of the melody is gradually but
steadily ascending and we see another beacon lit. |
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2:32 |
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Then off in
the distance, another blazes up as the ascending phrases culminates
in a fanfare by trumpets and gives way to... |
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2:35 |
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..
huge, majestic version of the
Realm of Gondor Theme. The sweeping strings mirror the sweeping camera as
it glides above the clouds and the mountain top to observe each
beacon, blazing up in turn. |
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3:02 |
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The horns play one last phrase of the
Realm of Gondor Theme then... |
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3:07 |
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...begin an ascending phrase as we cut to
Rohan. The last lit beacon,
Halifirien,
is spotted by Aragorn as he sits outside in Edoras. The music
crashes to a halt as he stands up to look at it. |
