The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring CR - 05. Parth Galen video

The Fellowship comes ashore at Amon Hen, but Frodo has gone missing... as has Boromir. The History theme appears again in a snaky violin setting, taunting the listener. Will the Ring again be changing hands? In a moment of weakness, Boromir does in fact try to take the Ring, and by his desperate act, merits the vicious music of Mordor. Shore allows obsessive variations on the Hobbit Skip Beat and the Mordor Skip Beat patterns to confront one another—for Frodo will soon surrender to his personal weaknesses and slip the Ring on to escape his pursuer. Boromir's regret is instantaneous. He realizes that he has given in to his fear and desire, and the four note Fall of Men motive makes its final appearance. This is not the first time a Man has been overpowered by the desire to claim the Ring. Frodo reappears, only to be met by another Man: Aragorn. Will he too be tempted? The Ring's Seduction theme calls to him, but the Heir of Elendil refuses, muting the theme by wrapping the Ring in Frodo's hand and hiding it from his sight. Frodo's sword, Sting, glows blue—the Orcs have arrived! Aragorn, having refused the Ring now turns to protect Frodo, and thus earns his true heroic theme, the fully formed Heroics of Aragorn melody. Below this powerful theme another shape takes form, a plodding mechanical beating in five in piano and timpani. As the pulsing continues to grow, the Five Beat Pattern emerges and the Fellowship meets the figure face-to-face for the first time. "This is ...