The Two Towers Original motion picture soundtrack Re-Seed

Re-Seed. I have uploaded this again as some people seem to be having trouble downloading the first upload for this. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers --------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist...............: The Lord of the Rings Album................: The Two Towers Genre................: Soundtrack Source...............: CD Year.................: 2002 Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520 Codec................: LAME 3.85 Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps) Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3 Information..........: Ripped by............: Welshguy on 18/01/2009 Posted by............: Welshguy on 18/01/2009 News Server..........: news.astraweb.com News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.metal.full.albums Included.............: NFO, SFV Covers...............: Front --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklisting --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. (00:03:49) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Foundations Of Stone 2. (00:02:46) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - 3. (00:04:03) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Riders Of Rohan 4. (00:02:44) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Passage Of The Marshes 5. (00:02:56) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Uruk-hai 6. (00:03:47) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The King Of The Golden Hall 7. (00:03:15) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Black Gate Is Closed 8. (00:03:13) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Evenstar 9. (00:02:26) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The White Rider 10. (00:02:41) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Treebeard 11. (00:03:39) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Leave Taking 12. (00:03:50) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Helm's Deep 13. (00:05:25) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Forbidden Pool 14. (00:05:05) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Breath Of Life 15. (00:04:34) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - The Hornburg 16. (00:03:13) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Forth Eorlingas 17. (00:04:58) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Isengard Unleashed 18. (00:03:43) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Samwise The Brave 19. (00:05:49) - (CBR 320 kbit/s) The Lord of the Rings - Gollum's Song Playing Time.........: 01:11:56 Total Size...........: 168.51 MB The Two Towers continues the journeys of the now splintered Fellowship of the Ring. The audience now follows three storylines instead of the more streamlined tale of the first film. The score naturally follows suit. The music represents the plight of hobbits: Frodo and Sam, as they continue on towards Mordor; their kindred hobbits: Merry and Pippin as they have been “hobbitnapped” by Saruman's puppet-pack of Uruk-hai warriors; and finally, the score depicts the quest of the tri-union of man, elf, and dwarf, as Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the hobbitnapping warriors; however, in so doing are brought into a grossly larger conflict. As the complexities of the story increases exponentially, Shore's music for the second film is challenged to keep pace…and does. The now lost ringbearer Frodo and Samwise are finally caught up to by the ever-pursuant Gollum. This one-time ringkeeper is represented by a couple of orchestral motifs, including a most subtle one, lightly played on the cimbalon (an Arabic instrument introduced in the middle ages - see tracks 2, 4). However, Gollum may be best represented by the brooding vocal song performed, with freakish appropriateness, by Emiliana Torrini at the start of the end credits (track 19). In contrast, Shore continues to represent the hope of the current ringbearer, Frodo, and his stalwart companion with the Hobbit-theme (or “In Dreams”) introduced in Fellowship; however each quote of the simple and comfortable theme found in The Two Towers is now most often wrapped in a shroud of shadow and doubt (see The Taming of Smeagal (2), Samwise the Brave (18)). Amidst the "darkness" of the second act, The Two Towers offers few moments of levity, hence fewer such musical moments as was possible in the Fellowship of the Ring. Further, the film gives equal time to the growing sub-plot of the destiny of Mankind, and so we find an increasing amount of music representing this struggle at the expense of more hopeful-hobbit-material. The other two Hobbits that comprised the original fellowship, Merry and Pippin, now find themselves captives of the Uruk-hai warriors. Their escape leads them to the introduction of a new and important character of the story, namely Treebeard,...and thus yet another new musical element. Treebeard and his people, the Ents, are depicted by Shore by employing a variety of percussion, deep woodwinds, and choral elements. We hear a primal introduction of the Ents in track 11, Treebeard, where the emphasis is placed on the wood percussions, but by the end of the film, the emphasis has shifted to a militant flavor of percussion and to an operatic chorus (found in the second half of track 17, Isengard Unleashed). While the Ents wage their war on Saruman on one front, mankind and elves (and a dwarf) deal with another. This massive conflict is underscored with both new and familiar themes as well as the most intense action music to hit the screen in a year. Our trio of human, elf, and dwarf are introduced most boldly in the film, which translates into track 5, The Uruk-hai. Although not heard in the film in this arrangement, track 5 proves to be one of the most important of the soundtrack as it serves to connect act 1 with act 2. We hear, not only the Fellowship theme, but the Isengard/Saruman theme, the Uruk-hai theme, and are given an introduction to one of the most dominant themes of The Two Towers: the Rohan. Since the story begins to focus on the fate humanity, the people of Rohan and their King are given an ancient, heroic and memorable theme by Shore. Much to do has been made about Shore's use of the hardinger fiddle (an instrument that sports two layers of strings, that when the top layer is played the second is set into motion as well). The attention and adulation given to Shore’s choice is with good reason, as the hardinger fiddle's distinctive sound helps to further develop the Rohan's Nordic-like culture and rings true to one's ear. One curiosity in The Two Towrers is the absence of any contribution from Enya. More than the absence of her Oscar Nominated song "May it Be" is the evaporation of the theme for Aragorn and Arwen which Shore composed but she added her vocal talents to. Since it is a personal favorite, the exchange of this theme for Evenstar (8) is a most painful one Whatever the reasons, the original theme seemed to reflect the same range of emotions as Evenstar and so, at least, a quotation of the theme would seem in order, even if only performed instrumentally As Fellowship of the Ring did, The Two Towers offers some truly engaging action-sequences and music, while also providing music that is downright frightful. To a greater degree than its predecessor, the soundtrack of The Two Towers edits Shore's music in way that is pleasing to listen to but is far from keeping the chronological order of the film. This might frustrate those looking to experience the film again through listening to the soundtrack, but in six months, when the first DVD arrives, it will hardly matter. Minus the idyllic Shire theme or some of the more playful moments of Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers is a slightly less balanced score. Still, after a few successive listens to this latest score, as presented on the soundtrack, it becomes enthralling. The overall feel of the Two Towers is like that of the second half of Fellowship. It matches the mood of the film to a "TTT," and everything Howard Shore does in The Two Towers, just as he did in Fellowship of the Ring, he does very well. Artwork embeded into each track all at 320Kbit/s please seed this as much as you can so others can enjoy!

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 Welshguy (2009-03-11)

I can't seed this over night but bear with me and you will get the complete disc.
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