DESCRIPTION:
Frodo slips on the One Ring, revealing his whereabouts to the Ringwraiths.
Seeing what's just occurred, Strider pulls the hobbit aside to
await the Wraiths' arrival. Shore counts this building sequence, which
presents a particularly forceful rendition of the Wraith's music (including
the text, "The Revelation of the Ringwraiths"), among the film's
most operatic. "I love that, when the music is all under the dialogue
and it keeps dramatically moving the scene, it's so much like opera." A
musical aftershock follows the Wraiths' futile attack as Shore drops
their signature line into the lowest rumbling tones of the orchestra.
After the riders depart, Strider and the hobbits leave Bree, setting
out towards Rivendell. The Fellowship now numbers five members,
so again the theme rings out in an inchoate setting. "The Fellowship
theme is a little fuller now," Shore notes. "It's the first time you've heard
it filled out, but it's still pretty slow. It's not completely assembled, but
it's getting closer because now Strider has joined them. The orchestration
is fuller—you hear a little more of the brass. In earlier sections
with Frodo and Sam you heard one French horn playing. Now there
are three."
The journey is arduous, and while the hobbits' innately chipper natures
buoy their spirits, Strider remains distracted, almost haunted by
his thoughts. As he and the hobbits make camp at night, the Ranger
sings "The Song of Lúthien" into the night. Here the a cappella melody
was composed and performed by Viggo Mortensen.
Elsewhere weary Gandalf is trapped atop Orthanc, peering down at
the destruction that surrounds him while Shore introduces the Evil
Times motive from his collection of Ring Quest Themes.

UNUSED CONCEPT:
On the original soundtrack CD an earlier version
of the music for this scene introduced Isengard's
propulsive Five Beat Pattern, but ultimately it
was decided to save the pounding figure until
later in the film when Isengard's industrialization
has become more pronounced. In this final
version of Track 14, Evil Times was used to lend
this scene a mournful air, more appropriate to
Gandalf 's reaction.

The Song Of Luthien:
04:36] Tinúviel
[04:41] elvanui
[04:45] Elleth alfirin
[04:49] edhelhael
[04:53] O hon ring
[04:56] finnil fuinui
[05:01] A renc gelebrin
[05:05] thiliol