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(Frodo has made his way to the Crack of Doom but the Ring calls to
him and wins. "The Ring is mine.") |
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0:00 |
–
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A pounding choir belts
out the theme,
Mount
Doom, over the
Mordor
Outline as Frodo rips the Ring from
its chain |
|
0:00 |
–
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Sin eriol |
|
0:07 |
–
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...and, with a wicked smile, puts it on his finger. |
|
0:07 |
–
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natha
tûr |
|
0:15 |
–
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Sam cries out,
"No!" and the Eye whips it's gaze from the Black Gate
to Mount Doom. The Nazgûl wing away from the battlefield toward the
mountain. |
|
0:15 |
–
|
în
úgarnen Mi naurath |
|
0:30 |
–
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The choir begins singing a
series of triplets (see note
below) as Sam observes the empty footprints of the now
invisible Frodo. Over Sam's shoulder, Gollum creeps up and knock him
on his head with a rock. Gollum sees the footprints too and.... |
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|
|
(...leaps onto the still invisible Frodo. There is about 22 more
seconds of music in the movie than on the CD and it can be difficult
to tell exactly which triplet in the movie corresponds with the
triplet on the CD. I may have the matches wrong. But an exact
match probably isn't very important. The triplet phrase played while
Gollum leaps on Frodo and the one played while Aragorn turns to see
the Troll are very similar.) |
|
0:30 |
–
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Oro(dru)in
Boe hedi i
vín...
Han i van gad i moe ben...
túrin
|
|
0:44 |
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The choir's triplets are climbing in scale. Back at the Black
Gate the battle is frenzied. Aragorn hears a roar and turns to find
a gigantic Troll descending on him. |
|
0:44 |
– |
úgarnen Sin e... |
|
0:50 |
–
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We cut from Aragorn fighting the Troll to Gollum wresting with the
still invisible Frodo. The choir sings a phrase not in triplet time. |
|
0:50 |
–
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riol
cili(th) |
|
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(Gollum pulls his hands to his mouth and bites. Suddenly Frodo is
visible. He falls to his knees, clutching his hand as Gollum scampers
off him.) |
|
0:58 |
–
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The
triplets return as
Aragorn, who is fighting the Troll, falls to the ground. Legolas is
desperate to reach him but can't push through the throng of Men and
Orcs. The nine-fingered Frodo falls to the ground next to Sam and
Gollum removes the severed finger from the Ring. |
|
0:58 |
–
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'war
boe min mebi
Boe min ban... |
|
1:05 |
–
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The choir holds one last note
of the
Mount Doom theme as Gollum holds up the Ring.
|
|
1:05 |
– |
...go |
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(This whole section, from 0:00
to 1:08 is difficult to justify phrase by phrase to the movie. The
significant phrase - triplets interspersed with longer held notes -
is used more times in the movie than is heard on the CD. I'm pretty
sure I've got the TE version lined up and it seems the EE version is
pretty similar but perhaps not exactly the same as the TE as it
aligns with the CD. Good enough, is my judgment.) |
|
1:08 |
–
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The choir and all music drops out for a moment as the soprano voice
begins. The camera pans up, through
the Ring. We see the fires of Mount Doom below the precipice upon
which Gollum stands. |
|
1:08 |
–
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Sin eri... |
|
1:16 |
– |
The music and low choral voices creep back in
as the soprano continues. |
|
1:22 |
–
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The camera cuts back to
Aragorn, exhausted on the ground with the Troll advancing on him.
Legolas is still frantically trying to get to him. Back in Sammath
Naur, Gollum is ecstatic. Frodo is on the ground, holding his
bleeding hand. Gollum is doing his happy dance but Frodo is not
happy. |
|
1:16 |
–
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...ol úm
beleg úgannen
Ú cilith
'war
Boe
min mebi
Boe
min
bango
|
|
1:43 |
– |
As a tense little reminder of the
History of the
Ring Theme
interrupts the voices, Frodo stands up
and advances on Gollum. |
|
1:50 |
– |
The pounding choir and
tympani resume the Mount
Doom theme over the
Mordor
Outline. Frodo slowly advances on Gollum then begins
wrestling with him. At the Black Gate, the Troll stomps his foot
down on Aragorn who stabs at it with his knife. After a quick look
at Gandalf, we return to the precipice and see... |
|
1:50 |
– |
Boe hedi i
vín.
Sin
eriol úm
beleg
ú
gan... |
|
2:11 |
–
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...Gollum and Frodo tumble over the edge. |
|
2:11 |
–
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...nen |
|
2:13 |
–
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The
Mount
Doom theme crescendos to a stop, and the choir pauses a minute... |
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|
(Gollum, holding the Ring, falls into the lava and is consumed by
it. The Ring, however, lays on top. Back at the precipice, we see
Frodo hanging on with his one good hand. Sam calls out for Frodo to
take his hand and Frodo tries, but can't catch hold of it. Once Sam
cries out, "No" the music in the movie is the same as the music
heard on track 15, The Black Gate Opens (3:07
- 3:28) but minus the tin whistle as heard on the CD. See
note below.) |
|
2:17 |
–
|
...then resumes at full strength, but in a slower, more subdued
manner. (not in movie) |
|
2:17 |
–
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Si, na vethed
I wilith úria
bain
I ardhon ban lacha!
Nu da(lav)
naid
bain
|
|
3:10 |
– |
ú–erin le regi. |
|
3:36 |
– |
The
choir slowly sings the first three notes of the
Fellowship Theme
(not in movie: this would sync with the moment, just after the large
troll runs away, that we see first Gandalf, then
Legolas, then Aragorn getting up from the ground)... |
|
3:52 |
–
|
...then the
music and voices move into a triumphant crescendo of
the Destruction
of the Ring theme.
Although this phrase is heard a couple of times in the movie, I
believe the significant scene is the shot of Barad-dur beginning to
crumble after the destruction of the Ring. (With the release of the
CR-ROTK, I can confirm that this phrase is quite
similar to that heard when Barad-dur starts to
crumble. The similarity between the movie and the
OST is only momentary as the OST moves quickly to
the Eagles music.) |
|
3:36 |
–
|
erin le
(ú)na(d)
(lei)thi(o)
(two connecting notes)
Ú-erich
(crescendo)
o
nin gwanno. |
|
4:07 |
–
|
The
choir fades off to silence then... |
|
|
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(Barad-crumbles, those at the Black
Gate are jubilant as they realize that Frodo has destroyed the Ring.
A wave emanates out from the ruined tower (echoing Sauron's defeat
in the prologue) and a hole opens up at the Black Gate. The
crescendo of the Destruction of
the Ring theme, heard at 3:52, is reprised a few times as the Orc troops
spill into the enlarging chasm and, in the distance, Mount Doom
erupts violently. The Fellowship at the Black Gate turn from joy to
horror and grief as they realize what this means for Frodo and Sam.
Back at mountain, the two Hobbits do escape from Sammath Naur. Frodo
feels relief from the destruction of the Ring but they both realize
they will not survive the destruction of the mountain. After Sam's
expression of regrets, Frodo takes him in his arms and tells him, "I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee... here at the end of
all things" The screen turns black. ~and 14 people leave the
theater thinking it's over~) |
|
4:09 |
– |
The soprano returns
with the picture. Frodo and Sam are prostrate on the rock,
surrounded by lava. But out of the lightening sky, three Eagles fly
into view. Gandalf is riding the first, and it swoops down to pick
up one of the Hobbits. The second picks up the other.
|
|
4:39 |
–
|
From above, we see the still conscious Frodo
as he soars above the fire below. |
|
4:54 |
–
|
As the soprano finishes her solo, Frodo's eyes
slowly close and the picture fades from Gorgoroth to Ithilien. |
|
4:09 |
–
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Orthannen im vi ól
Coll e dû
Or hiriath naur
Na rovail mae sui
'(whew)
Man prestant i ardhon?
Cerithar aen
(illiad)
dim úthenin? |
