DESCRIPTION:
Violins rise through the three opening pitches of Gollum's Pity. But instead of proceeding back down the line, the strings leerily
divert up for two sighing pitches a half-step apart—the first notes of the History of the Ring. Frodo probes Gollum's history, even
calling him Sméagol for the first time in the story, but in one short passage, the score
tells us everything we need to know. Gollum's sad theme now interweaves with the
Ring's History theme. The Pity of Gollum and the History of the Ring have twisted
into a single, tortured whole. Gollum's history is the Ring's history.
The revelation is short lived, however. A rude series of evenly spaced D-naturals
pushes the compound Way to Mordor figure back into the score and directs all eyes
upwards. A Ringwraith soars above Gollum and the hobbits, still hunting the Ring,
now mounted on the back of a winged fell beast. Mixed chorus bleeds back into the
score, intoning the Black Speech lyrics and close harmonies of the Ringwraiths. With
an up-tempo charge of the Threat of Mordor, the Wraith's theme ruptures through—
each choral burst doubled in muted trumpets, recalling the pinched tone of the rhaita.

UNUSED CONCEPT :
In the finished film, the Ringwraith's
appearance features
different choral performances
and fewer developments of the
Wraith theme. The composition
featured on CD is as it was
originally written by Shore.