Music

 

This page is for LOTR music and other related music. If you see anything not here, let me know. Enjoy!



TTT cover ROTK ext cover Middle Earth Geeks music playlist by Alyianna Baggins on Grooveshark


Howard Shore orchestra's instruments:

FOTR ext cover
  • Woodwinds: 3 flutes (1st and 2nd doubling on alto flutes, 2nd doubling on piccolo, 3rd doubling on piccolo and optionally on Irish whistle...
  • Brass: 5 horns in F, 4 trumpets in B-flat (doubling on rotary valve), 3 trombones, tuba
  • Percussion: timpani, chimes, medium and large tamtams, 5 suspended gongs, suspended cymbals: large and antique...
  • Keyboard: piano (doubling on celesta)
  • Strings: 2 harps, violins I and II, violas, violoncellos, double basses
  • Other: musette, hammered dulcimer, cimbalom, nylon strings guitar
  • Ethnic and exotic instruments: fiddle, double fiddle, anvil, accordion, Celtic harp, chains on piano wire, Hardanger fiddle, mandolin...

Read more about how LOTR's amazingly epic and beautiful music was created!




More links:

ROTK cover Music Themes in The Lord of the rings
Article on LOTR music
Profession article on LOTR music
LOTR sheet music
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony: A Composer's Journey Through Middle-Earth
The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films