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LULLABY SETTING of the Shire/Hobbit
Theme is discussed by Doug Adams as being heard once, as Merry and Pippin drift off to
sleep lulled by Treebeard's recitation. This slight variant of the
Shire A melody languishly flows like a rocking
boat... or a rocking tree branch. (Rock a bye baby,
in the tree tops...) The
liner notes for the CR-TTT indicate this setting is
'returning' but it was not mentioned at all in the liner notes
or annotated score of FOTR. Perhaps Doug was just trying to keep
the number of themes to a minimum in the CR-FOTR, especially with the Shire theme and all
its settings. If that's the case, and the lullaby setting was in
FOTR, I can speculate as to what scenes it appeared in.
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Places this setting
might be heard in FOTR:
As Frodo and Sam leave the Green Dragon. Sam overhears a Hobbit
flirting a bit with Rosie and is vexed. (EE scene)
A rich flute plays a short version
over one time through a halting
Outline Figure as Sam and Frodo
settle down in their tree roots. (EE scene) (I think this might
be pushing it but they are settling down for bed!)
One
place this theme is heard in TTT:
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