The_Lord_Of_The_Rings__The_Twin_Towers_Music_Critique

The Lord Of The Rings: The Twin Towers Music Critique FILM MUSIC ANALYSIS The music of The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers, was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It plays, for the most part, just below the surface of the screenplay, setting the emotional tone for the movie, and eliciting the intended responses from its audience. This was evident never more so than in the grand battle scene for “Helm’s ‘Deep”, where the Forces of Light, well out numbered, do battle with the Forces of Darkness. By the constant repetition of its melody, the composition is a study in contrast, showing the stark balance between the protagonists and the antagonists with the exchange of soft, fluid violins and the ominous, building crescendo music, tone, stark, scene, part, movie, melody, forces, battle, woodwinds, women, within, whether, watching, volunteers, visuals, violins, variations, two, troop, towers, together, tied, through, texture, surface, subtle, study, sound, soft, showing, shore, setting, screenplay