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A spare rendition of the opening notes of the Fellowship Theme are heard as we see Aragorn with his ear to the ground, listening for the Uruk-hai that have taken Merry & Pippin.

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The spare rendition continues with a variant of the Fellowship Theme as he calls to Legolas, who appears and in turn...

0:13

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...calls to Gimli. (In the movie, Gimli has his own music as he appears. That isn't on the CD.)

0:17

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A bold version of the full Fellowship Theme plays over aerial shots of the Three Hunters running over the countryside.

0:43

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A woodwind melody is heard as Aragorn stops to pick up the Lórien brooch that Pippin has dropped. Aragorn and Legolas realize the two Hobbits may still be alive and the...

0:55

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Fellowship Theme resumes as they feel encouraged to keep running...

1:04

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...although "Dwarves are wasted on cross-country. They're natural sprinters - very dangerous over short distances."

1:13

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One last statement of the Fellowship Theme moves into a quiet phrase as the Three Hunters climb up a rise to see...

1:20

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...the vast plains of Rohan as we hear a bold, lush version of the Rohan Theme.

1:29

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The mood changes with more threatening music played over the Five Beat Pattern (not in movie) and transitions into...

1:39

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...Sauron's Theme. The camera pans over hordes of troops emptying out of Barad-dûr. Saruman is communicating with Sauron through the palantír.

1:53

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"A union exists between the Two Towers." A rhaita reprises Sauron's Theme as the camera sweeps up the side of the tower and...

2:02

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...horns join in as we get to the top and the Eye of Sauron with Mount Doom erupting off in the distance.

2:14

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An abrupt switch is made back to the Isengard Theme paired with the Five Beat Pattern and shots of trees meeting their doom in the fires of Isengard. HS COMMENT

2:27

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Two long notes are blared on horns and move back into the Isengard Theme. This music is not used in the movie.