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The Orcs and Isengard are
all about percussion. Besides drums, various metal
objects were used to create an industrial feel for the
culture. All of these instruments were used in various
versions of the
Five Beat Pattern.
HS COMMENT (FOTR Audio Commentary)
HS COMMENT (TTT Audio Commentary)
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Anvil
Bell Plate
Chains
on Piano Wire
Taiko
Drum
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Anvil
Apparently, standard metal
anvils are used as musical instruments but occasionally
other pieces/shapes of metal (bars, tubes, etc.) will be
substituted.
This image at Doug Adams' Picasa Gallery may be the
'anvil' used for the Feb. 08 Lucerne FOTR Live Concert.
USE IN SOUNDTRACK
The anvil was used to help
create for the
Five Beat Pattern and the pounding beat heard as Lurtz, drawing his
bow, approaches Boromir.
ARTIST
No artist is listed for
anvil. It was probably a percussionist from the London
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. Sample from CR-FOTR, Disc
3, Track 5, Parth Galen, 8:54-8:58
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Bell Plate
The bell plate is a piece of
metal that is
generally suspended when played. The sound generated depends on the
shape of the plate, the type of mallet, and whether it is suspended or
held by grasping the plate.
This image at Doug Adams' Picasa Gallery shows the
bell plate used for April 09 FOTR Live London Concert.
USE IN SOUNDTRACK
The bell plate was used to
help create for the
Five Beat
Pattern and the pounding beat heard as Lurtz, drawing his
bow, approaches Boromir.
ARTIST
No artist is listed for
anvil. It was probably a percussionist from the London
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. Sample from CR-FOTR, Disc
2, Track 2, The Caverns Of Isengard, 1:27-1:32
(on beats one and four of
the Five Beat Pattern)
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Chains on Piano Wire
In the
AS-FOTR, Adams
writes, "Shore’s ... requires his pianist to violently
strike the wires inside the instrument with metal
chains."
This image,
this one, and many like it reinforce the concept
that the wires are inside the body of a functioning
piano. But
this image and
this one suggest that, in some concerts, the panel
holding the wire may be removed from the body of the
piano.
USE IN SOUNDTRACK
Chains on piano wire were
used to help create for the
Five Beat
Pattern and the pounding beat heard as Lurtz, drawing his
bow, approaches Boromir.
ARTIST
No artist is listed for
anvil. It was probably a percussionist from the London
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. Sample from CR-FOTR, Disc
2, Track 2, The Caverns Of Isengard, 2:36-2:43
(all beats of the Five Beat
Pattern)
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Japanese Taiko drums
Taiko drums are typically
wood with heads on both ends of the drum. Here's one
image from Doug Adams Picasa
Gallery of a
taiko sitting amongst other drums and here's
another of a taiko sitting behind Howard Shore in a
preconcert lecture.
USE IN SOUNDTRACK
Taiko drums were used to
help create for the
Five Beat
Pattern and the pounding beat heard as Lurtz, drawing his
bow, approaches Boromir.
ARTIST
No artist is listed for
anvil. It was probably a percussionist from the London
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. Sample from Dashi,
Drums of Tokyo, by Oedo Sukeroku Taiko
2. Sample from CR-FOTR, Disc
2, Track 10, The Pass Of Caradhras, 2:36-2:39
(all beats of the Five Beat
Pattern)
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