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Favourite tracks from the AUJ soundtrack

Poll: Favourite tracks from the AUJ soundtrack My Dear Frodo 20 / 6% Old Friends 11 / 3% An Unexpected Party 6 / 2% Blunt the Knives 20 / 6% Axe or Sword 9 / 2% Misty Mountains 30 / 8% The Adventure Begins 19 / 5% The World is Ahead 18 / 5% An Ancient Enemy 8 / 2% Radagast the Brown 17 / 5% The Trollshaws 1 / 0% Roast Mutton 10 / 3% A Troll-hoard 1 / 0% The Hill of Sorcery 7 / 2% Warg-scouts 14 / 4% The Hidden Valley 3 / 1% Moon Runes 6 / 2% The Defiler 4 / 1% The White Council 8 / 2% Over Hill 22 / 6% A Thunder Battle 11 / 3% Under Hill 9 / 2% Riddles in the Dark 3 / 1% Brass Buttons 8 / 2% Out of the Frying-Pan 8 / 2% A Good Omen 11 / 3% Song of the Lonely Mountain 23 / 6% Dreaming of Bag End 11 / 3% A Very Respectable Hobbit 9 / 2% Erebor 15 / 4% The Dwarf Lords 9 / 2% The Edge of the Wild 12 / 3% 363 total votes

Vangalad Lorien Jan 13 2013, 3:23pm Views: 1446 Favourite tracks from the AUJ soundtrack The list contains all tracks from the special edition. Multiple answers( couldn't even think about the opposite) allowed. Pick yours! All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost, The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

ryouko Lorien Jan 13 2013, 9:32pm Views: 887 crap Can't I just choose them all??

Aunt Dora Baggins Immortal Jan 13 2013, 11:02pm Views: 850 You can, actually. The poll is set up for multiple selections. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vangalad Lorien Jan 13 2013, 11:02pm Views: 856 The truth is this poll was not really necessary, since we all more or less love the soundtrack...Oh well I find myself having a new favourite track almost each day! there is so much to discover...not to mention the new themes. So my picks are(currently): Axe or sword Blunt the knives Misty mountains The adventure begins An ancient enemy Radagast the brown Roast mutton( the common version) Moon runes Over hill Brass buttons Erebor All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost, The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

ryouko Lorien Jan 13 2013, 11:14pm Views: 869 yeah but voting for all of them kinda defeats the purpose of the poll. I guess I'd have to that Blunt the Knives and Misty Mountain, since they're the songs that I'll actually stop what I'm doing so that I can sing along.

FrogmortonJustice65 Lorien Jan 14 2013, 3:17am Views: 849 my 2 cents The Adventure Begins --- great, energetic version of the Shire theme that musically recalls the beginning of Frodo and Sam's quest when they bump into Pippin and Merry in Farmer Maggot's fields. Overhill --- best, most epic incarnation of the orchestral "Misty Mountains" melody.

SirDennisC Half-elven Jan 14 2013, 4:03am Views: 855 The music that plays during the eagles' flight. not sure what it's called.

FlyingSerkis Rivendell Jan 14 2013, 8:46pm Views: 804 Tis not on a soundtrack Instead we get an alternative version in the guise of the first part of "A Good Omen" Then Manwë and Yavanna parted for that time, and Yavanna returned to Aulë; and he was in his smithy, pouring molten metal into a mould. 'Eru is bountiful,' she said. 'Now let thy children beware! For there shall walk a power in the forests whose wrath they will arouse at their peril.' 'Nonetheless they will have need of wood,' said Aulë, and he went on with his smith-work.

Eye's on Guard Lorien Jan 15 2013, 6:11pm Views: 892 A Thunder Battle has some very unique and interesting sounds and is one of the reasons I think the stone giants sequence turned out well. Howard Shore did a great job of creating an original theme for these new beings and the peril of the Misty Mountains. I would label it as my favorite "under the radar" track.

Aragalen the Green Gondor Jan 16 2013, 5:15am Views: 793 It's difficult to choose! I love the entire soundtrack! I'm not much of a musician but thought I'd try to describe what I like. But if I had to choose my top 5 favorites (for now), they are: Warg-scouts. I love the energy and fast pace of this piece, especially the driving beat of the drums. It's great to do housework by! Misty Mountains. Naturally. It reminds me a bit of a Gregorian(?) chant, but a little less formal, if that makes sense. Radagast the Brown. A very unique piece, lighter in tone with string instruments and choir in the beginning, but then goes into a darker tone that alternates between a slower cautious sound and more of a frenetic pace. I have the Extended Edition, which includes the Dol Guldur/Wraith attack music. So unnerving, and ends with one of the Nazgul "trills"? I don't know how to describe this bit any better (lol). Blunt the Knives! Totally awesome and hilarious scene as well. (Balin is my favorite in this scene, he just sits in a chair and uses a plate to flip the dishes coming his way off behind him!) The Eagles. So lovely! It starts off with variations of the Nature's Reclamation theme from LOTR, then goes into a majestic and yet peaceful tone that fits so well with the Eagle's flight. (I love the look on Bilbo's face when the Eagle comes for him, he's "no, no"!) Wonderful! There it is: dwarves are not heroes, but calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not, but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don’t expect too much.

weaver Half-elven Jan 17 2013, 1:09am Views: 780 it's all good... I like the Misty Mountains song the best though, in all its incarnations. What I really like is having more Howard Shore Middle Earth music to listen to! Weaver

Loresilme Valinor Feb 13 2013, 1:50am Views: 695 I liked them all, but for the poll I decided to choose the extended version of Radagast the Brown. I was so taken by that piece, it was so different and exotic and exciting, so many different instruments and sounds, etc. I had to stop in the middle of what I was doing just to to listen to it. It made me feel very differently about the character of Radagast, because I felt it so conveyed a feeling of such unexpected, hidden power and other-worldliness. And based on how developed that theme is in the extended version, I'm guessing that there's much more to movie-Radagast than meets the eye and he's going to have quite a significant role to play in the rest of the trilogy. It's a really amazing piece. Although as I said, I really do like all of them and it's just so great to finally have more Howard Shore Middle-earth music to listen to!

swordwhale Tol Eressea Feb 19 2013, 3:43am Views: 697 cue Epic Dwarf Travelling Music... I am an artist, and somewhat musically impaired... ...that said, all the stuff that has that "Misty Mountain theme" running through it hits me at the right spot. And any woman who can hear Misty Mountains Cold, with Richard Armitage's deep resonant voice and not get chills, well... I love the Lonely Mountain Song, especially the chants and anvils in the background. Go outside and play...

BoromirOfWinterfell Rohan Mar 2 2013, 10:15am Views: 691 Song of the Lonely Mountain Especially on the "special" soundtrack. It's a beautiful extended version. I also like The Misty Mountains, Radagast the Brown, Roast Mutton and My Dear Frodo a lot. Ooh, and Blunt the Knives! I sang along and stomped my feet every time in the movie... "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends." - Terry Pratchett (This post was edited by BoromirOfWinterfell on Mar 2 2013, 10:20am)

dik-dik Lorien Mar 3 2013, 9:57pm Views: 964 For me it's Misty Mountains Cold, hands down... ... It's haunting, and has been stuck in my head for weeks. If it's really really sung by the actual cast, then thumbs up for them from me. "A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be 'He did very little harm'. And that's not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me." ~ Paul Eddington