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The Fellowship of the Ring Complete Transcription
| fotr_complete_transcription.pdf |
A note from the transcriber
This transcription represents my best effort to capture as much information about the Fellowship of the Ring film score as possible, including notes, tempi, orchestration, song texts, and cues from the movie (extended edition). The transcription is in two-staff short score format, and although information content took precedence over playability, most of the transcription should be playable at the piano, with omission of certain lines if desired. The source for the transcription was the Complete Recordings, and it is indicated where material is cut from the film. The transcription is divided according to the track listings in the Complete Recordings.
Cues from the film are shown in italics, with dialogue in “quotation marks” and characters underlined. Song names, authors, and translators are shown in small text. Song lyrics are in normal type, with English translations shown beneath in italics. The matching of lyrics to the recordings is done only where possible, and is indebted to the timestamps on Marilynn Miller’s website www.amagpiesnest.com. At certain points translation was not possible, due to the jumbling of syntax in matching words to the music.
This transcription was done by a fan of Howard Shore’s score and Tolkien’s works, for the interest of other fans. It was inspired by Alcaeru’s website alcaeru.weebly.com and Doug Adams’s wonderful book “The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films.”
This transcription represents my best effort to capture as much information about the Fellowship of the Ring film score as possible, including notes, tempi, orchestration, song texts, and cues from the movie (extended edition). The transcription is in two-staff short score format, and although information content took precedence over playability, most of the transcription should be playable at the piano, with omission of certain lines if desired. The source for the transcription was the Complete Recordings, and it is indicated where material is cut from the film. The transcription is divided according to the track listings in the Complete Recordings.
Cues from the film are shown in italics, with dialogue in “quotation marks” and characters underlined. Song names, authors, and translators are shown in small text. Song lyrics are in normal type, with English translations shown beneath in italics. The matching of lyrics to the recordings is done only where possible, and is indebted to the timestamps on Marilynn Miller’s website www.amagpiesnest.com. At certain points translation was not possible, due to the jumbling of syntax in matching words to the music.
This transcription was done by a fan of Howard Shore’s score and Tolkien’s works, for the interest of other fans. It was inspired by Alcaeru’s website alcaeru.weebly.com and Doug Adams’s wonderful book “The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films.”
My Arrangements
Below are all the Lord of the Rings pieces that I have finished arranging.
The Fellowship of the Ring Complete Recordings
| Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All |
| Very Old Friends |
| Farewell Dear Bilbo |
| Gilraen's Memorial |
The Return of the King Complete Recordings
| Roots and Beginnings |
| Journey to the Cross-roads |
| The Chalice Passed |
| The Grace of Undomiel |
| The Lighting of the Beacons |
| The Sacrifice of Faramir |
| A Far Green Country |
I also have incomplete versions of these pieces:
Bag End
The Road to Isengard
A Coronal of Silver and Gold
The Lighting of the Beacons (part 2)
Shieldmaiden of Rohan
For Frodo
The Crack of Doom
Other Arrangements
A lot of other people also arrange music from Lord of the Rings and I have here as many of these pieces as I can find on the net. I am hoping (and I think have succeeded) to have the largest collection of free Lotr sheet music online. If you are the person who arranged this and you do not want your pieces on my site then just email me and I will be happy to take them down. If you have some arrangements that I don't have here then please email me them so I can put them up.
| Lord of the Rings Symphony (Mov 1) |
The Fellowship of the Ring
| Concerning Hobbits (J.M. Rozell) |
| Concerning Hobbits (B.S. Lengton) |
| Flaming Red Hair |
| The Shadow of the Past |
| The Passing of the Elves |
| The Sign at the Prancing Pony |
| The Treason of Isengard |
| Isengard |
| The Black Rider |
| A Knife in the Dark |
| Flight to the Ford |
| The Flight to the Ford |
| The Departure of the Fellowship |
| The Ring Goes South |
| A Journey in the Dark |
| A Journey in the Dark |
| Moria |
| Gollum |
| Balin's Tomb |
| Khazad-Dum |
| Lothlorien |
| Lothlorien |
| Amon Hen |
| May It Be |
| The Breaking of the Fellowship |
| The Breaking of the Fellowship |
The Two Towers
| Foundations of Stone |
| The Uruk-hai |
| The Riders of Rohan |
| The King of the Golden Hall |
| The Black Gate is Closed |
| The White Rider |
| The Leave Taking |
| The Leave Taking |
| Helms Deep |
| The Hornburg |
| The Battle of the Hornburg |
| Samwise the Brave |
The Return of the King
| A Storm is Coming (Christian Afonso) |
| A Storm is Coming |
| Hope and Memory (Christian Afonso) |
| Hope and Memory |
| Minas Tirith (Christian Afonso) |
| The Steward of Gondor (Christian Afonso) |
| The White Tree (Christian Afonso) |
| The Edge of Night |
| Minas Morgul (Christian Afonso) |
| The Ride of the Rohirrim (Christian Afonso) |
| Twilight and Shadow (Christian Afonso) |
| Twilight and Shadow |
| Cirith Ungol (Christian Afonso) |
| Anduril (Christian Afonso) |
| Anduril |
| Shelob's Lair (Christian Afonso) |
| Ash and Smoke (Christian Afonso) |
| Tomb of the Stewards |
| The Fields of Pelennor |
| Pellenor Fields |
| The Battle of Pelennor |
| Arwen's Song |
| The Black Gate Opens |
| The Black Gate Opens |
| Mouth of Sauron |
| For Frodo |
| The End of All Things |
| The Crack of Doom |
| The Grey Havens |
| Into the West |
| The Return of the King Trailer |
Medleys
These arrangements, named after their creators, contain bits and pieces from various parts of the Lord of the Rings scores.
| Nick Lingley |
| Unfinished Compilation (Unknown Creator) |
Not Arranged for Piano
Sometimes, people transcribe pieces so that the notes are written, but it is not playable on piano. Here are some of these pieces. Some have more than two staves. I mainly use these to help me with my own arrangements.
| Concerning Hobbits |
| Very Old Friends |
| Keep it Secret |
| The Passing of the Elves (Four Voices) |
| The Passing of the Elves (6 voices) |
| The Bridge of Khazad-dum |
| The Road goes ever on and on (Percussion Part) |
| The Edge of Night |
| The Battle of Pellenor (Orchestral Score) |
| Arwen's Song |
| The Black Gate Opens |
| Frodo's Song (The Grey Havens)? |
