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This music, and the music for the scene
immediately following (Frodo and Gandalf riding through
the Shire) showcases a large portion of the Hobbit
Accompaniments iterations. Instead of trying to make a
separate list for each one, I thought it would be more
effective to just provide a blow by blow account of the
scene and its score. The scene is only available on the
Extended Edition of the FOTR and the music is found on
the CR-FOTR, Disc 1, track 2, The Shire.
*This sort of thing is a result of my
obsessive tendency in the sorting and categorizing
nature and the fact that I can't keep track of multiple
items at once. I listen to three soundclips and I've
already forgotten what the first one sounded like and
which one it was.
For a detailed thematic accounting of the
following TE/EE scene where Frodo and Gandalf ride
through the Shire, visit
THIS PAGE. |
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THEMES & ACCOMPANIMENTS
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SCENE DESCRIPTION |
CR
TIMESTAMPS
disc 1, track 2:
The Shire |
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Shire Pensive Setting
over
Outline Figure
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a map
appears, moving slowly across the landscape to reveal
the length and breadth of Middle-earth.
(Voiceover): Ahrrmm . . . The 22nd day of September in
the year 1400, by Shire-reckoning. Bag End, Bagshot Row,
Hobbiton, Westfarthing, the Shire, Middle-earth. The
Third Age of this world. |
0:00 -0:23 |
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Fellowship Theme |
The
interior of Bag End makes its appearance. Organic,
rounded and compact in nature, it is revealed as the
home of a well-to-do, settled but rather untidy person.
Books and maps are piled up in every room, spilling over
shelves, on the floor, anywhere they can find a spare
space, alongside firewood and assorted homely utensils.
Bilbo is seated at his desk
in the study at Bag End. His clothes are well-made but carelessly worn, as
of someone who has more important things on his mind than mundane matters
such as appearance. He has his back to view and is apparently writing
something in a large book. The title is revealed:
Bilbo: There and Back Again. A Hobbit's Tale, by Bilbo Baggins.
Bilbo turns the title page over to start afresh on a new page. He pauses and
takes a puff from his pipe
Bilbo: Now . . . where to begin? Ah, yes.
He dips his pen and resumes his writing.
Bilbo (v/over):
Concerning Hobbits. |
0:23-0:55 (+ a few seconds
of silence) |
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Two Step Figure alternated
with
Skip Beat Figures at 1:05 & 1:15 |
Images of the Shire and its
quaint inhabitants appear as Bilbo begins to describe the life of Hobbits.
In the market square Hobbits gather to look over the latest wares, present
their stock, and share a drink. In the fields, cows are being milked,
pathways swept clean, and animals grazed.
Bilbo (v/over):
Hobbits have
been living and farming in the four Farthings of the
Shire for many hundreds of years. Quite content to
ignore and be ignored by the world of the Big Folk -
Middle-earth being, after all, full of strange creatures
beyond count. |
0:57-1:18 |
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Shire Rural Setting over
Skip Beat Figure |
Hobbits must seem of little importance,
being neither renowned as great warriors, nor counted among the very wise.
One of the more
wisdom-challenged Hobbits seems intent on removing a
parasite from his ear. |
1:18-1:29 |
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End Cap
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The ear digging Hobbit tries
to flick off whatever he found in there.
Bilbo pauses in his writing and chuckles to himself
at the image. A knock sounds at his door.
Bilbo: Frodo! Someone at the door!
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1:29-1:33 |
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Shire Rural Setting over
Two Step Figure
/ Skip Beat
Figure |
He resumes writing.
Bilbo (v/over): In fact, it has been remarked by some that the Hobbits' only
real passion is for food.
A hobbit, making eyes at and preparing to kiss his lady love, is distracted
by a tray of passing food and grabs a large cake, stuffing it into his
mouth. The lady does not get her kiss.
Bilbo (v/over): A rather unfair observation, as we have also developed a
keen interest in the brewing of ales, and the smoking of pipe-weed. But
where our hearts truly lie... |
1:33-1:55 |
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Skip Beat Figure over Hymn Chords |
...is in peace and quiet, and good tilled earth. |
1:55-2:00 |
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strings play as
Skip Beat Figure over Hymn Chords
continue |
For
all Hobbits share a love of things that grow.
A young hobbit, in a garden tending to his flowers, holds up a fine
specimen, pleased by its beauty. |
2:00-2:05 |
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Rural Setting over
Two Step Figure
/ Skip Beat
Figure |
Bilbo (v/over):
And yes, no doubt, to others our ways seem quaint.
Images of party preparation in a field begin to emerge.
Bilbo (v/over):
But today,
of all days... |
2:05-2:15 |
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Rural Setting finale-like
figure over
Two Step Figure
/ Skip Beat
Figure |
...it is brought home to me, it is no
bad thing to celebrate a simple life.
A Party Banner is erected in the field, to much applause and cheers. |
2:15-2:27 |
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