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The Two Towers Playlist
A fireside journey through the book’s changing landscapes: intimate piano and strings suggest the hobbits’ vulnerability, while stately orchestral writing evokes the long roads, ancient forests, and gathering threat of war. The playlist moves from quiet resolve through danger and hard-won hope, with especially characterful moments for the steadfastness of Sam and the burden carried by Frodo.
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Track List
40 songs
1
The Riders of Rohan
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Grace of Undómiel (feat. Renée Fleming)
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings (Limited Edition)
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The Breaking of the Fellowship (feat. "In Dreams")
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Concerning Hobbits
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Bridge of Khazad Dum
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The White Tree
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Shire
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings
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The King of the Golden Hall
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Last March of the Ents (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - the Complete Recordings
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The Hornburg
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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11
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings (Limited Edition)
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12
The Fields of the Pelennor
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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13
The Road Goes Ever On..., Pt. 1
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings
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14
Nimrod from 'enigma' Variations
Edward Elgar · Music for Reflective Prayer
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15
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré
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16
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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17
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Alexander Borodin · Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2
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18
Hungarian March
Hector Berlioz · Puszta
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19
The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II
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20
The John Dunbar Theme - From "Dances With Wolves"
John Barry · 100 Greatest Western Themes
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21
Forrest Gump Suite
Alan Silvestri · Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack
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22
Ice Dance
Danny Elfman · Edward Scissorhands
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23
The Gael
Dougie MacLean · The Search
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24
Bella's Lullaby
Carter Burwell · Expressions (Kompositionen und Interpretationen am Klavier)
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25
Harry in Winter
Patrick Doyle · Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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26
Evacuating London
Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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27
The Secret Wedding
James Horner · Braveheart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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Main Title from "The Last of the Mohicans"
Trevor Jones · The Big Picture
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30
The Lord's Prayer
Albert Hay Malotte · Sacred Serenade
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31
The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky (The Best Of)
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32
Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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33
The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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35
The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "Winter": II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: Die vier Jahreszeiten
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36
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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37
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
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38
The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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39
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · Ich mag keine Klassik, aber das gefällt mir!
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