- Audio CD (Dec 10 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Warner Bros / Wea
- Run Time: 179 minutes
- ASIN: B00007BH9C
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Foundations Of Stone |
| 2. The Taming Of Smeagol |
| 3. The Riders Of Rohan |
| 4. The Passage Of The Marshes |
| 5. The Uruk-hai |
| 6. The King Of The Golden Hall |
| 7. The Black Gate Is Closed |
| 8. Evenstar - featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian |
| 9. The White Rider |
| 10. Treebeard |
| 11. The Leave Taking |
| 12. Helm's Deep |
| 13. The Firbidden Pool |
| 14. Breath Of Life - featuring Sheila Chandra |
| 15. The Hornburg |
| 16. Forth Earlingas - featuring Ben Del Maestro |
| 17. Isengard Unleashed - featuring Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro |
| 18. Samwise The Brave |
| 19. Gollum's Song - performed by Emiliana Torrini |
| 20. Farewell To Lorien (bonus track) - featuring Hilary Summers |
Product Description
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Howard Shore's music for the massively successful first film chapter of Tolkien's Ring saga won him the Oscar for Best Original Score, something of a surprise given the music's ambitious scale and determinedly dark overtones, factors that handily blurred the line between typical film fantasy music and accomplished concert work. Its sequel takes the same, often Wagnerian-scaled dramatic tack, following the film's story line into even more brooding and ominous dark corners. The previous film's Hobbit-inspired pastoralism is supplanted here by rich ethnic textures that expand the musical scope of Middle-earth and the World of Men; the Hardanger, a Norwegian fiddle, represents the Rohan and the North African rhaita colors the Mordor theme, while log drums, dilruba, wood xylophone, and cimbalon add intriguing textures elsewhere. The score's looming orchestral clouds are brightened by Shore's masterful choral writing, which infuses ancient liturgical influences with various solo turns by Isabel Bayrakdarian, indie-pop star Sheila Chandra, Ben Del Maestro, and Elizabeth Fraser. "Gollum's Song," the composer's concluding collaboration with lyricist Fran Walsh, is delivered with Björkish, postmodern angst by Emiliana Torrini, and helps punctuate the story's modern sense of allegory. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Limited digibook edition of the soundtrack to the eagerly anticipated 2002 film includes one bonus track, 'Farewell To Lorien' feat. Hilary Summers. Featuring contributions from The Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Frazer, Sheila Chandra, & Emiliana Torrini, with a score from Howard Shore. Warner Brothers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This is my favorite soundtrack--Hauntingly Beautiful!!!,
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This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Audio CD)
From the opening "Foundations of Stone" to the plaintive Gollum's Song, these hauntingly beautiful sounds evoke intense emotions and sriking visuals of the film. There is the majestic, pristine alpine vistas which opens "The Two Tower." The Carmina Burana-like chorus which accompanies the slow, flaming decent of the Balrog in that monsterous underground cavern. The themes for Edoras and the Riders of Rohan flow like a distant call to honor and glory, and recall the wide windy plains and sun-kissed mountains that surround the Golden Hall up on it's lonely rocky mount. And the ethereal tones of "Evenstar" stike home the lament of the elves in losing Middle Earth and their Evenstar, Arwen, to a mortal doom.*sigh* I just love it. Of all three LotR soundtracks, I love it best. Of all soundtracks I've heard, I love it best.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvelous!,
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This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Audio CD)
So, Howard Shore still gives us his best talents as a composer. I actually bought the soundtrack CD of the Two Towers before I watched the movie, and was able to depict few scenes in my mind according to the themes, which spoke for the contents of the movie! The soundtrack has a variety of themes, including vocals.This time Shore reminds up of the previous theme in the Fellowship of the Ring (Foundation of the stone) when Gandalf falls in the shadow, and defeats the Balrog with a braveheart & comes back to the fellowship at the turn of the tide. Shore then makes a transition into the City of Rohan, which has a unique music background. At the same time he tells us through his music about the fear Frodo & Sam have while passing through the marshes. Meanwhile Arwen does not want to leave her beloved human Aragorn because she believes in him. The vocals in the theme of (Evenstar performed by Isabel Bayrakdarian) will touch you and make you feel of Arwen's inner conflict esp. with her father. (The Leave taking) is also sensitive and shows the sadness of Arwen to leave Aragorn behind to the Undying Land. After Aragorn falls from the edge of the hill, a new vocalist (Sheila Chandra in the Breath of Life theme) comes to play, representing Arwen who promised to support him. He's now saved, and is going to Rohan to fight along with Men & the Elves. The battle themes (Hornburg, Isengard Unleashed, Forth Earlingas) were vital, and reflect the intensity of the unfair battle between thousands of Uruk-Hai and few hundreds of Men & Elves, who show the bravery in fighting. Now the great role of the Treebeards comes to play when they decide to fight along (the mid part of Isengard Unleashed theme- featuring Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro). We can sense how brave Samwise is from the theme (Samwise the brave), and how his support to Frodo was crucial. However, Gollum still suffers from his psyche conflicts, and that was added to the soundtrack in a separate sad song (Gollum's Song- performed by Emiliana Torrini). An awesome bonus to the soundtrack was (Farewell To Lorien- featuring Hilary Summers), this is so calming theme and it gives hope as well! I heard from my friend another theme called (Requiem Overture) which is part of the Trailer. It's gorgeous but was not included in the soundtrack CD. All these music and vocals make u feel that u r part of the story. What can I say? Thanks Mr. Shore for being borne!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Limited edition a great value for an upscale package,
By Beau Yarbrough (Hesperia, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Audio CD)
The special limited edition of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" packages the soundtrack to one of 2002's best films in an elegant and upscale, yet still very affordable, deluxe package. Bound in blue leather, it has two parchment-look pockets inside, one containing the CD, the other containing the CD booklet on heavy cardstock paper -- this is one CD booklet that won't be in tatters after a few readings.This album loses one star compared to the previous LotR special edition CD simply because the music didn't grab me in the same way as the previous album did. While the mournful strings of the Rohan themes are haunting and wonderful, and "Gollum's Song" is eerie, capturing both the horror and the pathos of the character, much of the album feels a bit more like filler music to bridge gaps than the original album did. Recommended for fans of the LotR movies who want to own a handsome collectable version of the soundtrack.
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