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***** Lord of the Rings: Best Music Tracks Tournament *****

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Opening Round -- Results

Group 1:
Concerning Hobbits (63%)
The King of the Golden Hall (22%)
Minas Tirith

Group 2:
A Knife in the Dark
Foundations of Stone (31%)
The Lighting of the Beacons (58%)

Group 3:
Many Meetings
Forth Eorlingas (52%)
The Steward of Gondor ft. Billy Boyd (26%)

Group 4:
The Council of Elrond
Samwise the Brave (38%)
The Return of the King (42%)

Group 5:
The Ring Goes South (56%)
Helm's Deep (40%)
Minas Morgul

Group 6:
The Bridge of Khazad-dum (69%)
Evenstar
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (19%)

Group 7:
Amon Hen
The Last March of the Ents (19%)
The Ride of the Rohirrim (65%)

Group 8:
The Breaking of the Fellowship ft. In Dreams (69%)
The Uruk-Hai
The End of All Things (15% -- tie with The Uruk-Hai)


Our final vote broke one of the ties, to put The Steward of Gondor (ft Billy Boyd's Edge of Night) over Many Meetings.

With the other tie, I took The End of All Things over The Uruk-Hai. While both are great tracks, I think the former should get in based on the momentous-ness of the scene it plays over. (The destruction of the ring and collapse of Barad-dur.)

Will get Round 2 ready to go in an hour or so.
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wangus12 said:
Brian Earl Spilner said:
It was the one of the last tracks I removed from the final 8.

It's really hard to take out any of the FOTR ones that are in there, honestly.
FOTR is in my mind probably the greatest single film soundtrack of all time. I can sit there and listen to the entire thing and it evokes every emotion of watching the movie. I can hear and picture the film in each track as it plays and see it so clearly in my head. Granted, I can do that with most of the trilogy, but FOTR is just so special.

Absolutely love that score.
Saw the Houston Symphony play the soundtrack live along with the movie about 10 years ago. It was an awesome experience.
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I saw the New York Philharmonic play it to the movie as well.

Howard Shore was there, and I was standing about 30 feet from him. If not for the security guarding the doorway, I might have even gone up and met him. (If I had the courage to do it.)

An epic night.
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The top 16 have been ranked by votes received, and matched up accordingly.

The board is set. The pieces are moving...

SWEET 16 -- Vote here!

1 The Bridge of Khazad-Dum


vs

16 The End of All Things




2 The Breaking of the Fellowship (ft. In Dreams)



vs

15 The Last March of the Ents




3 The Ride of the Rohirrim


vs

14 The Battle of the Pelennor Fields




4 Concerning Hobbits


vs

13 The King of the Golden Hall




5 The Lighting of the Beacons


vs

12 The Steward of Gondor (ft. Billy Boyd's Edge of Night)




6 The Ring Goes South


vs

11 Foundations of Stone




7 Forth Eorlingas


vs

10 Samwise the Brave




8 The Return of the King


vs

9 Helm's Deep

(Couldn't find a video clip of just that track.)


Vote here!
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Voted for all higher seeds, except for one. However, I think you are correct in the confusion between Ride of the Rohirrim and Battle of the Pelennor. I'm sure others made the same mistake I did, in the last round. Glad I am able to remedy that mistake in the head-to-head.
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Also, I have to add:

In the history of cinema, there are probably only a couple of series/movies where you can post that many videos of scenes, and every one of them is absolutely amazing. And that had to be cut down very harshly to even get to those scenes.
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DallasTeleAg said:
Voted for all higher seeds, except for one. However, I think you are correct in the confusion between Ride of the Rohirrim and Battle of the Pelennor. I'm sure others made the same mistake I did, in the last round. Glad I am able to remedy that mistake in the head-to-head.


I'm almost certain that the track names created confusion. Luckily it looks like the clips have certainly cleared that up based on the voting far.
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DallasTeleAg said:
Voted for all higher seeds, except for one. However, I think you are correct in the confusion between Ride of the Rohirrim and Battle of the Pelennor. I'm sure others made the same mistake I did, in the last round. Glad I am able to remedy that mistake in the head-to-head.
I always have imagined Sean Connery cast as Gandalf saying, "You mean to tell me the fields of the Pelennor have become a tourist attraction?"
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6:44a, 1/26/21
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Bump for the morning crowd.
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10:12a, 1/26/21
You never put two from the same group against each other in the first round of the knockout!



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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 10:46a, 1/26/21
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I didn't seed it, you did.

Quote:
The top 16 have been ranked by votes received, and matched up accordingly.
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Oh, and if it helps, your favorite track would've had a hell of a time against any of the top 8.
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Oh, and if it helps, your favorite track would've had a hell of a time against any of the top 8.
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Votes down to a trickle, and every matchup is pretty well decided.

I'll leave it open for another hour or so.

I can tell you right now....these elite 8 matchups are gonna be a doozy.
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Got mine in just in time
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SWEET 16 -- Results

1 The Bridge of Khazad-Dum (80%) vs 16 The End of All Things (20%)

2 The Breaking of the Fellowship (ft. In Dreams) (80%) vs 15 The Last March of the Ents (20%)

3 The Ride of the Rohirrim (32%) vs 14 The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (68%)

4 Concerning Hobbits (60%) vs 13 The King of the Golden Hall (40%)

5 The Lighting of the Beacons (81%) vs 12 The Steward of Gondor (ft. Billy Boyd's Edge of Night) (19%)

6 The Ring Goes South (76%) vs 11 Foundations of Stone (24%)

7 Forth Eorlingas (68%) vs 10 Samwise the Brave (32%)

8 The Return of the King (56%) vs 9 Helm's Deep (44%)

A pretty good showing from "King of the Golden Hall", considering its competition. 8-9 was the closest matchup.

Pour one out for some very good tracks which were knocked off this round. Especially Last March of the Ents, which is a personal favorite of mine.

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The [eight] have left Minas Morgul...

For the elite 8, I'm embedding the full tracks, rather than video clips. For the music nerds like me, I would suggest listening to the actual tracks to best make decisions from here on out. I will provide some gifs for context, though.

Elite 8 -- Vote here!

Matchup #1:
1. The Bridge of Khazad-dum



vs

8. The Return of the King





Matchup #2:
2. The Breaking of the Fellowship (ft. In Dreams)



vs

7. Forth Eorlingas





Matchup #3:
14. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields




vs

6. The Ring Goes South





Matchup #4:
4. Concerning Hobbits



vs

5. The Lighting of the Beacons





Vote here!
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DAMN YOU FOR MAKING ME CHOOSE!!!
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FOTR has 4 tracks in the elite 8, ROTK has 3, and TTT has 1.

This is exactly how I would rank the three soundtracks myself.
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Didn't get to vote in the earlier rounds, glad I caught this one though. What a masterpiece of cinema history that trilogy is.
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Not too many votes yet, but the closest matchup so far is very surprising to me.
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
Not too many votes yet, but the closest matchup so far is very surprising to me.


You may get more morning votes. Let it breathe for a while! I almost missed the whole tourney!
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9:36a, 1/27/21
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Bump
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Voting is slower than usual, so I'll leave this round up all of today.

Once again, here is the link for voting: Vote here.
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12:57p, 1/27/21
You need to start mining some mithril cryptocurrency and incentivize the vote.
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Elite 8 -- Results

1. The Bridge of Khazad-dum (74%) vs 8. The Return of the King (26%)

2. The Breaking of the Fellowship (67%) vs 7. Forth Eorlingas (33%)

14. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (63%) vs 6. The Ring Goes South (37%)

4. Concerning Hobbits (74%) vs 5. The Lighting of the Beacons (26%)

It says a lot about this trilogy that you could put the four losing tracks from this round against the top four tracks from just about any franchise not named Star Wars. Every single one of those four scenes in an all-timer.

And this is why Howard Shore is my second favorite film composer behind John Williams.

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And now...things are about to get very interesting.

FINAL FOUR


VOTE HERE!

Matchup #1:

1. The Bridge of Khazad-dum


vs

4. Concerning Hobbits




Matchup #2:

2. The Breaking of the Fellowship (ft. In Dreams)



vs

14. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields



Bonus Round - Best End Title track

Enya - May It Be (FOTR)


Emiliana Torrini - Gollum's Song (TTT)


Annie Lennox - Into the West (ROTK)





And just for fun...




VOTE HERE!
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Yea this elite 8 was great. You really can't be mad at any outcome on how the voting could have gone!
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10:33p, 1/27/21
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3/4 tracks in the Final Four for FOTR.

Best movie soundtrack of all time.
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Into the West for best song, no doubt.

The rest... I refuse to vote! I will not disparage any of those pieces by not voting for them!
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 10:42p, 1/27/21
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Is Billy Boyd's song a joke to you.

Jk I know its from the Hobbit
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I get chills when Lennox hits that "Horizon" not
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Of course, Into the West is better when getting to see those awesome end credit sketches.
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It really is incredible how strongly these tracks convey emotion. The terror in Bridge of Khazad Dum, the joyful innocence in Concerning Hobbits, the sorrow yet hopefulness in Breaking of the Fellowship, the smoldering intensity in Battle of the Pelennor Fields. These soundtracks (especially FOTR) truly are remarkable achievements.
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Bump.
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