The Mirror of Galadriel
Listening to the Elves’ mourning voices from afar, Boromir experiences his … Read Full Bio ↴Listening to the Elves’ mourning voices from afar, Boromir experiences his own sad recollection. He dreams of Gondor and his abiding love for his troubled father as the Minas Tirth theme plays out as a dialogue for first horn and first trumpet over warm low string harmonies. This theme will not reappear until The Return of the King, where it stands as a crucial keystone of the Gondor material.
The music shifts from brass tones to vocal timbres as Galadriel arrives and regards Frodo. “This scene was tricky because it’s so iconic,” Shore remembers. “This whole scene, everybody who’s ever read Tolkien knows every moment of it. It had to be done perfectly.” Galadriel and Frodo glimpse the potential future of Middle-earth in the Elf’s mirror and, for the only time in the scores, Shore interweaves the music of Lothlórien with grating melodies of Mordor. The composer even allows the cruelest of the Mordor themes, the Evil of the Ring, to sound in muted trumpets.
Afraid of what the future may hold, Frodo offers Galadriel the Ring. Her temptation is scored with an obscene orchestral crescendo of burbling low strings and heavy brass chords—and a hint of the Mordor Outline in the timpani. “I wanted a breathing feeling—to make the brass sigh,” describes Shore. The music recedes as Galadriel passes the test and accepts that she, like the other Elves, must now diminish. Her choice reaffirms that the Ring is to be carried by Frodo and no other, as does a grim French horn statement of the Journey There theme.
(c) The Annotated Score (The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films)
The music shifts from brass tones to vocal timbres as Galadriel arrives and regards Frodo. “This scene was tricky because it’s so iconic,” Shore remembers. “This whole scene, everybody who’s ever read Tolkien knows every moment of it. It had to be done perfectly.” Galadriel and Frodo glimpse the potential future of Middle-earth in the Elf’s mirror and, for the only time in the scores, Shore interweaves the music of Lothlórien with grating melodies of Mordor. The composer even allows the cruelest of the Mordor themes, the Evil of the Ring, to sound in muted trumpets.
Afraid of what the future may hold, Frodo offers Galadriel the Ring. Her temptation is scored with an obscene orchestral crescendo of burbling low strings and heavy brass chords—and a hint of the Mordor Outline in the timpani. “I wanted a breathing feeling—to make the brass sigh,” describes Shore. The music recedes as Galadriel passes the test and accepts that she, like the other Elves, must now diminish. Her choice reaffirms that the Ring is to be carried by Frodo and no other, as does a grim French horn statement of the Journey There theme.
(c) The Annotated Score (The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films)
The Mirror of Galadriel
Howard Shore Lyrics
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@MercedeX7
1:50 will you look into the mirror?
even the wisest cannot tell, for the mirror... shows many things.
things that were,
things that are
and some things...that have not yet come to pass.
i know what it is you saw for it is also in my mind.
@miko131293
"Have you ever seen it Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver. Its banners caught high in the morning breeze. Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guard shall take up the call: "'The Lords of Gondor have returned!'"
@nurbanurba888
Striček Mitke 😭
@aberod11
"I have seen the White City... long ago.."
@DesmondDolan
After Borimir says that, Aragorn gives him what looks a forced smile. It's as if he suspected that Borimir wouldn't make it
@BoriquaBoY34
@@DesmondDolan I always felt that it was more of Aragorn’s fear or doubt that either none of them would survive, or that he wouldn’t live up to his calling to be king
@BoriquaBoY34
@@DesmondDolan it’s as if boromir was reminding him/telling him of his (Aragorn’s) true home that he hasn’t embraced yet
@Someonece
There's something unique about the piece at the beginning. The way it starts off very slow. And the way they have the same piece when Aragorn unsheathes Andúril. Gives me immense chills every time
@alexajgarnier
Been searching for a while a possible video that combines all the versions of this theme (anduril and the one at the beginning)
@timovangalen1589
The progression of the theme is incredible. This version is quite humble; a solitary horn with an unresolved melody. It reflects Aragorn’s doubt in himself and reluctance to become king. When Elrond gives Anduríl to Aragorn, we get the fully developed and self-assured rendition.
@JackSmith-ns1uq
I love that soft beginning of the Gondor... farewell Boromir.