YouTube Uploads for S7

[Phillip Menzies]

First Video is for the catchup session. I have finally done a theme for Nargothrond. Technically it belongs in S4, 5 and 6. At least I now have it for the Turin season.
I wanted to start with the idea of Nargothrond. It came to Finrod in a dream which I will do in another video. It became a reality when he spoke with Thingol and he found a location featuring reflective music. SilmFilm wrote a whole story about the dwarves of Belegost (with the Belegost theme) helping Finrod find the caves in the Narog ravine and finding it to be a haven for the petty dwarves who were then un-ceremonially evicted. The music then shows the potential before work begins on the construction. The theme is finally revealed in its fullness at its completion. It is grand with lots of brass (Finrod was fond of his bling). It moves into a military style with percussion and minor mode as Nargothrond often came to the rescue. I wanted a horn call so you knew they were on their way and that reinforcements were about to arrive.

 

[Phillip Menzies]

Here is my second piece for this season, although it is another catchup one, this time from season 6. The Song of Parting. Thank you to the script team for including this idea in the script for episode 9. This is how I envisaged it and I hope it confuses the hell out of everyone. Thanks to @kanji_d (Dillon) who contributed the tune for Beren's version of the song. It feels strange to thank someone for the second best song. I felt like Peter Jackson talking to Annie Lennox when she came up with the song for the end of the trilogy and he had to break it to her that even though it was a nice song it was not this song, so I made it Beren's song. I also need to give credit to Megan Mosier who contributed as always lovely vocals for Luthien. I have one more older piece to publish after which I hope to have a catchup music session with Corey. After that I will get serious about season 7 material.

 

[kanji_d]

I am honored to have my music included at all in this project!

 

[Modecenzo]

Here is my second piece for this season, although it is another catchup one, this time from season 6. The Song of Parting. Thank you to the script team for including this idea in the script for episode 9. This is how I envisaged it and I hope it confuses the hell out of everyone. Thanks to @kanji_d (Dillon) who contributed the tune for Beren's version of the song. It feels strange to thank someone for the second best song. I felt like Peter Jackson talking to Annie Lennox when she came up with the song for the end of the trilogy and he had to break it to her that even though it was a nice song it was not this song, so I made it Beren's song. I also need to give credit to Megan Mosier who contributed as always lovely vocals for Luthien. I have one more older piece to publish after which I hope to have a catchup music session with Corey. After that I will get serious about season 7 material.

It was awesome collaborating with you Phillip!

 

[kanji_d]

For those who were curious after the podcast tonight, here is my original demo of the Song of Parting, before Phil wrote the new lyrics. There are two flutes in this version, mostly because I couldn't get the tune right on just the harmony flute, but it's preserved almost entirely in the final version.

Daeron and Beren_mixdown.mp3

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[Phillip Menzies]

It's a little bit late, but here is the link to Oromë that I published mere hours before the music session on Friday. Here are the YouTube notes to the piece:
This piece is very English and set in the happy key of G major, occasionally going into D minor. Orome’s main theme needed to sound like the hunting horn for a hunt with riders and a pack of hounds with the main instruments being French Horns and Trumpets. But Orome is not just about hunting. This is one seriously scary guy so the music had to portray him as dangerous. At times his theme becomes darker with instrumentation and rhythm. Orome’s main sidekick is the hound Huan. Huan is not mentioned until the story of Beren and Luthien when he is with Celegorm, but his origins are with Orome. It is likely that Huan is a maiar spirit as he does not have the lifespan of an animal and lives seemingly forever. Huan’s theme is related in form to Orome’s theme and is played with the cor anglais. Huan’s theme given his relationship with the princess of Doriath, Luthien is oddly reminiscent of another princess’s musical theme. As I slowly work through the Beren and Luthien story I have come to the song battle between Sauron and Luthien and as Huan has a major role to play in taking down Sauron he needed a theme so here it is.