My soundtrack

Hello everyone!
Today I will talk about soundtracks in movies. Specifically, I will start talking about my favourite soundtrack: The Lord of the Ring's soundtrack.

The Lord of the Ring's soundtrack was composed, orchestrated and producted by Howard Shore between 2000 and 2004. Rather than having a sinlge main theme, The Lord of the Ring's soundtrack has some themes, or leifmotifs, that are more present than others. Some of these themes are "The History of the One Ring", "The Fellowship of the Ring" or "The Pensive theme". However, Howard Shore himself has declared that he considers "The History of the One Ring", the theme related to the One Ring, to be the main theme of the score.

"The History of the One Ring" is used whenever the One Ring, the central plot element of the movies, switches owners. Some scenes where this theme are when Frodo picks up the ring, when Boromir tries to steal the ring from Frodo, or when the spectator is shown the full story of teh One Ring.

The complete story of the One Ring. During its duration the

"The History of the One Ring" is played.

I think this theme is memorable not only because of how ominous it souns, but also thanks to the scenes where this theme is used. I wanted to talk about this theme (and soundtrack) mainly because of its relation with Boromir's character arc. Boromir is one of my all-time favourite characters, and this theme in particular is played when he finally becomes corrupted due to the influence of the One Ring. Boromir is in no way a bad person; he only wants the One Ring to protect his people, which are the most affected by Sauron and his armies. This desire is what, in the end, pushes him to attack Frodo in a desperate attempt to get the ring. Once Frodo has fled from Boromir, Boromir asks for forgiveness, and thanks to how brilliant Sean Bena is at acting, we can see that Boromir truly repents from his mistake. Unlike Aragorn, Legolas or Gandalf, Boromir is a flawed person. He does succumb to the influence of the One Ring, but, when he tries to steal the ring, he is just a good person who is trying to save his people, which not only shows how powerful the ring is, but also depicts Boromir as a real person who has both strenghts and weaknesses.

While soundtracks can greatly aid a movie, just a s we have seen with The Lord of the Rings, they can also be harmful to them. One example of this cases would be Temp tracks. Temp tracks are themes from another movies that are temporarily "taken" during the editing phase. The main goal of temp tracks is to serve as a guideline for the tempo, mood or atmosphere the director is looking to achieve in a scene. While it is true that temp tracks aren't necessarily bad, most of the final music ends up being really similar to the temp tracks they substitute, which not only makes the movie feel less "charismatic"(as you have already heard the soundtrack somewhere else and it won't have that much of an impact.), but also can result in legal problems.

For instance, "Star Trek Theme" from Star Trek served as a temp track for "Sanctimonius Sanctum" from Doctor Strange; "Time" from Inception served as a temp track for "Solomon" from 12 Years as a Slave; "The Battle" from Gladiator served as a temp track for "He's a Pirate" from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and "Mars, The Bringer of War" from The Planets served as a temp track for "Blockade Runner" from Star Wars.

Last, but not least, I would like to mention that my parents' favourite theme is "Married Life"

 from Up. Meanwhile, my sister's favourite theme is "Rotten to the Core" from Descendants.

Thank you for reading!