Name That Tune
After I got home last night, I decided to wind down the evening by watching the extended version of The Two Towers. I didn't watch the whole thing though; it's too long and I found myself skipping over the Sam and Frodo bits to get to the plot thread concerned with the other remnants of the Fellowship.
While laying on the couch and watchign the DVD, I realized how much I enjoyed the film's score, particularly the recurring air (theme? I don't know the correct musical term) with the lone violin or fiddle, that I guess was intended to be the music for Rohan and the Rohirrim. For some reason it put me in mind of the Ashokan Farewell (if I've remembered that title correctly) bits that Ken Burns used so well in his Civil War documentary.
I'll have to go looking for the soundtrack soon. I only hope that portion of the score isn't dubbed something silly like 'Theoden's Theme' or 'Eomer Rides.'
UPDATE:
After some internet scouring, I learned that the title of that piece of music is 'The Riders of Rohan' and the instrument used is the hardanger, a Norwegian fiddle. Lovely, and haunting.
While laying on the couch and watchign the DVD, I realized how much I enjoyed the film's score, particularly the recurring air (theme? I don't know the correct musical term) with the lone violin or fiddle, that I guess was intended to be the music for Rohan and the Rohirrim. For some reason it put me in mind of the Ashokan Farewell (if I've remembered that title correctly) bits that Ken Burns used so well in his Civil War documentary.
I'll have to go looking for the soundtrack soon. I only hope that portion of the score isn't dubbed something silly like 'Theoden's Theme' or 'Eomer Rides.'
UPDATE:
After some internet scouring, I learned that the title of that piece of music is 'The Riders of Rohan' and the instrument used is the hardanger, a Norwegian fiddle. Lovely, and haunting.
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