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MORIA, a Dwarven theme, is an ascending
phrase
used primarily in FOTR after the Fellowship leave Balin's Tomb
and up to the Gandalf's standoff with the Balrog. In the TTT, is
heard while the Balrog and Gandalf fall through the mines of
Moria.
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Places this theme is heard in FOTR:
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As the Door of Durin finally swings
open, we hear a fairly non-threatening version of the theme.
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Just after the Fellowship finds the
crumbling stair/bridge.
Gandalf hears
the Balrog and turns to look behind him. Legolas calls to
him from the other side of the gap (having already jumped) and
Gandalf jumps after him.
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Legolas shoots an arrow and the camera follows it
till it hits an Orc in the forehead. The orc falls. Boromir
leaps the gap in the bridge with Merry and Pippin. Legolas
shoots again.
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As the bridge crumbles further,
leaving Aragorn
and Frodo on the wrong side of the increasing gap. The
Balrog roars again.
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As
Aragorn and
Frodo teeter the bridge to get it to fall toward the rest of
the Fellowship. The Moria Voices are chanting in melody to the
Moria Theme here.
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As the camera, overhead, follows the
Fellowship as the run single file along another narrow bridge.
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When the Balrog strikes with his
sword at Gandalf who is protected by a bubble of magic. The
Balrog roars and Gandalf roars back, "You shall not pass."
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Places this theme is heard in TTT:
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The slow sweeping music heard as the
opening company credits (NewLine and Wingnut) are shown and
then as the
camera swoops over the Misty Mountains, sound to me like the
Moria Theme, especially the iteration heard at the Durin's Door.
The AS-TTT make no mention of this music being the Moria Theme
and it's the next iteration that's listed as a first example.
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As
Glamdring falls into Gandalf's hand and he 'catches up' with
the Balrog during the descent of the Maiar into the depths of
Moria.
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As the Balrog swats at Gandalf,
knocking him loose and the
two continue to fall. These two sections, which are
separated by the Dark Places of the World motif, are both being
sung by the
Moria Voices.
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