The
Ent Theme
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The music of the Ents is informed as
much by the instruments used as by any melody. Shore used a collection of
wood instruments, bassoon and low basses that play meandering melodies that evoke mass and mystery. The
music moves with a slow but deliberate cadence. The
list below is for the bassoon music, but various wood percussion
instruments were also used in association with Treebeard and Fangorn
Forest.
Some of the
places this music is heard in TTT:
As Treebeard tries to 'squeeze' the truth'
out of Merry and Pippin. He thinks they are little
Orcs.
As the Three Hunters enter Fangorn Forest
in search of Merry and Pippin and find strange tracks. Legolas senses that the forest is very old and full of
memory.
Just after Legolas senses the presence of
the White Wizard. Aragorn says, "Do not let him speak.
He will put a spell on us."
As Gimli takes back his 'rude' words
about the Ents, we hear the bassoon, although it's mostly
just notes that blend with the creaks and groans of the
offended Huorns. (TTT EE only)
Gandalf is telling Gimli that Merry and
Pippin have set things in motion within Fangorn and the Ents
are going to wake up... "and find they are strong."
The bassoon plays over this last quote. (TTT EE only)
When Merry wakes up in Wellinghall and
thinks he hears something. A groan from the forest...
"There it is again. Something's not right here... not
right at all." (TTT EE only)
The bassoon gets a little more aggressive
when Old Man Willow has successfully 'captured' Merry and
Pippin. (TTT EE only)
As Merry and Pippin begin to hear the
arrival of the Ents for the
Entmoot.
As Treebeard hears Merry and Pippin,
inside a storehouse in the flooded Isengard, laughing
uproariously. (TTT EE only)
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