Lighting of the Beacons live in Barcelona - The Lord of the Rings Return of the King

[@artofkelvinelemental7421]

Peter: it’s just a shot over the mountains don’t go too crazy with the score Howard: proceeds to make the greatest score ever in movie history

[@swampert564]

I gotta imagine that composers all dream of the chance to go absolutely wild like Shore did throughout these movies. Just absolutely cut loose.

[@DarthHunter5]

Actually, Peter asked him to go batshit crazy with that scene - and he delivered :D

[@hoenircanute]

Well i dont like to rank perfection, its up there with Ennio Morricone kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoWUf32tes5ppNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/lajPamh4id2Ij6M

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

it's not _just_ a shot over the mountains, the cinematography for this scene is just as good as the score, even if you don't know what you're looking for.

[@MagicGame_]

​@@ToxicallyMasculinelol everything you said sum up the entire trilogy. Pure excellence on both score and cinematography always.

[@LegndOfKorra]

The best part of this is still the shot of the guy waving his little torch after the beacon of Nardol is lit. Like his hand held torch is going to signal all the way to Erelas lol

[@schawdaya]

The fact you know which beacon location he was at makes me happy

[@clintgolub1751]

Haha I’ve thought this too. I honestly felt it was a very human reaction to *finally* be able to do his ONE AND SOLE JOB so he understandably was in pure ebullience!

[@RajbirtheGreat]

A fact: When the beacons are lit, the common people of Gondor and Rohan are going to be worried as heck. But these men manning the beacons would probably be very happy to finally do what they've been waiting to do for since ages.

[@marcelomustang4108]

​@@clintgolub1751 Exatamente isso.

[@marisamar3247]

He had one job and he gave it his 200%

[@laMoria]

this is the music of hope

[@casi77]

The fact that this did bot happened like this in the books amazes me. In the books Gondor already lit the beacons before Gandalf arrives. But the way PJ converted this into an epic scene like that is amazing.

[@the_legit_tsm]

@@casi77 "Hey Howard, we need a bit of music for this scene of the beacons. Nothing too fancy..." Howard Shore then proceeds to create music for the most epic phone call in cinematic history

[@tykjenffs]

THE BEACONS ARE LIT! Truly one of the most awesome cinematic moments of ALL time.

[@devonandrewmills]

Brought a tear to my eye. So frakking awesome. Movies used to punch you right in the gut.

[@swampert564]

This is easily one of my favorite sequences in all of film. It's glorious.

[@Beckenpower]

I still remember the awe taking moment when I first saw it in the cinema

[@LV-ei1ce]

Every fkin piece of music was legendary !!!

[@MasterAnakinSkyWalker]

This movie will always be a cinematic masterpiece. Definitely worthy of its eleven oscars.

[@izanan]

Agreed 🤩😍.

[@ilkvomit88]

I swear it's the sweeping arpeggios on the violins all at once they're just takes it to another level

[@ianrob4760]

and Rohan will answer - RIP Bernard

[@mauMauthecarabao]

Hail Theoden King!!

[@Хишгээ-з8и]

Kids: drops beats Men: drops bass Howard Shore: drops a whole brass section in epic manner 😎😎😎

[@TANKTREAD]

Love that you hear Howard Shore's Gondor theme when Boromir is talking to the council in "The Fellowship of the Ring". Shore was ahead of himself because, well he's a genius.

[@luk318]

That was like the coolest SMS ever

[@flame_of_the_west8909]

Hahaha.

[@EtwasMartin]

AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER!

[@victoraguirre7486]

MUSTER THE ROHIRRIM!!

[@vipergtsmre]

Getting to see this in NYC in March!!.

[@joncaughey]

Same!!

[@franciscodelaurentii]

This movie is so f*** good

[@davebalrock1199]

Gracias por compartir🙏🏻

[@thetank971]

Hope, knowing somewhere out there help is coming

[@skip6562]

The conducter was really feelin it @ 1:59

[@XAVR_]

Wouldn't you be? Listen to that string section ♥️

[@storyarcher8125]

This has to be a fun piece for the orchestra to play...

[@MYSTICKNIGHT23]

This is the theme of man kind 💪🏻 when we work together and are united as one no one can defeat our race

[@JordanVanRyn]

This was the best scene in the series. Pippin was also the hero we needed (next to Sam) because he lit those beacons to save all of Middle Earth.

[@hungladivlogs]

You forgot Merry. He helped Eowyn killed the Witch King

[@JordanVanRyn]

@@hungladivlogs Yes how can I forget Merry because he had to convince the Ents AND ride with Eowyn during the battle!!!

[@Adara007]

This is one of my favourite scenes and orchestral sections in LOTR! "Hope is kindled!"

[@georgepatton6195]

And I thought my job was hard, poor bastard at the 2:26 beats me. Great scene, great score!

[@MALITH666]

Rest in Peace King Theadon.

[@gingerbaker_toad696]

They all applauded King Theoden 😅 rightfully so

[@seank218]

Who dropped a soda can while Theoden was thinking of his answer LOL

[@silkwesir1444]

two soda cans, actually... or the same one twice, who knows.

[@omalleycaboose5937]

I dont blame the crowd at all for cheering at "and rohan will answer" i probably would have as well, wish they hadnt tho

[@BlackDiamond2718]

The dude really hated denethor so much he blocked the shot. 😂😂

[@muhammadtasdiq4298]

amazing😂😂😂

[@ActionBreh]

Hola! Tienes informacion de cuando y donde se hacen estos conciertos? Necesito ir a uno!! Gracias ^^

[@Diapontios]

2:13-2:27 oh that BOSS lone brass player…

[@matthewmitchell3457]

Random Gondorian guy: *lights some wood on fire* Howard Shore:

[@xdavidliu]

there's dialog sounds, so I'm confused how they did this. Did they remove the music track from the film so that only the dialog sounds played (so they could orchestrate over that)?

[@soul0travel138]

Yes exactly that

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

presumably they have the masters

[@duncanthomson7894]

Yeah when you are mastering audio forTV/movies, you have different channels for specific things, like dialogue, SFX, music etc. they'll have just taken out the music

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Every time I see this sequence, I can't help but think, how bad do you have to mess up to get THIS as your duty station?...

[@venusflytrap2622]

My guess is that its not taken as a penalposition but rather a honorary position. Futhermore its probably organised in a shiftsystem with several guards that are also there to guard the surroundings. Basically if you screw up the realm of the free folk is screwed, so I doubt they send known screw ups to such positions.

[@faye61]

the fact that minas tirith has to light their beacon first just so the others can be lit, really shows just how important the white city REALLY is the race of men

[@accountnamewithheld]

AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER! MUSTER THE ROHIRRIM!

[@evenstarelectricrailway3281]

It is wonders like this that makes LOTR like no other. Remember, these are mortals, with no magic power, limited physical ability, and less than a century of lifespan.

[@bouldergarfish1620]

Espero que la gente no aplaudiera a cada escena como en la de Madrid de hace una semana, que el público hizo infernal

[@nicochueco]

no me hagas acordar, yo estuve en amdrid. tan cavernicolas van a ser? por el amor de dios. Y los que se ofendan por este comentario, vayan a un concierto de rock

[@felipeblancoleyton2067]

En la escena de la carga de los Rohirim, la gente gritaba DEEEAAAAAATH y aplaudía. La emoción ganó

[@bryanx5829]

Now all of china knows you're here.......

[@Adresant]

I did 667

[@i_do_stuff_ig]

All that wood ppl are going to have to replace when the fire dies down XD