The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring CR - 02. The Shire video free download

The story moves forward to the waning years of the Third Age of Middle-earth as we are introduced to the Shire. The short piece

of music that ushers us into the hobbits' homeland was originally written for the theatrical cut of the film, but the early Shire

scenes were shortened when the Prologue was lengthened, so Shore's introductory music went unheard until the DVD edit. "We

had the piece and I'd almost finished orchestrating it", the composer recalls. "It didn't have much of the full Shire theme in it yet,

because it was just showing the history

of the Shire in a montage. Now, you

actually hear the Rural fiddle theme

first, then the Pensive setting theme

developing from it." Here too, Shore

begins to utilize his Celtic assortment

of instruments, including bodhrán,

dulcimer, Celtic harp, musette, mandolin

and guitar.

Also introduced are the Two-Step

Figure, the End Cap, the Hobbit Skip

Beat and a more developed statement

of the Fellowship theme used under

the film's title graphic.