The Lord of the Rings Ultimate Cut

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The best of The Lord of the Rings soundtrack by Howard Shore:

00:00 - The Council of Elrond - The Fellowship Of The Ring
03:08 - Concerning Hobbits - The Fellowship Of The Ring
05:52 - The Prophecy - The Fellowship Of The Ring
06:52 - A Knife In the Dark - The Fellowship Of The Ring
10:20 - A Journey In the Dark - The Fellowship Of The Ring
12:27 - Khazad-Dûm - The Fellowship Of The Ring
17:00 - The Ring Goes South - The Fellowship Of The Ring
18:08 - Rivendell - The Fellowship Of The Ring
19:03 - The Breaking of the Fellowship - The Fellowship Of The Ring
26:16 - Lothlorien - The Fellowship Of The Ring
29:37 - May It Be - The Fellowship Of The Ring
33:03 - Foundations of Stone - The Two Towers
35:30 - Theoden King - The Two Towers
41:00 - Breath of Life - The Two Towers
42:05 - The Nazgul Attack - The Two Towers
43:04 - Forth Eorlingas - The Two Towers
45:15 - Samwise the Brave - The Two Towers
46:52 - Evenstar - The Two Towers
49:59 - Minas Tirith - The Return Of The King
52:41 - The Lighting Of The Beacons - The Return Of The King
54:57 - The Grey Havens - The Return Of The King
57:41 - The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields - The Return Of The King
1:00:28 - The Steward of Gondor - The Return Of The King
1:01:28 - For Frodo - The Return Of The King
1:04:33 - The End of All Things - The Return Of The King
1:05:30 - Into the West - The Return Of The King
1:10:01 - The Return of the King - The Return Of The King
1:20:14 - Days Of The Ring - The Return Of The King

Artwork by Marko Manev

[matogolf]

*Artwork details in the description*
00:00 - The Council of Elrond - The Fellowship Of The Ring
03:08 - Concerning Hobbits - The Fellowship Of The Ring
05:52 - The Prophecy - The Fellowship Of The Ring
06:52 - A Knife In the Dark - The Fellowship Of The Ring
10:20 - A Journey In the Dark - The Fellowship Of The Ring
12:27 - Khazad-Dûm - The Fellowship Of The Ring
17:00 - The Ring Goes South - The Fellowship Of The Ring
18:08 - Rivendell - The Fellowship Of The Ring
19:03 - The Breaking of the Fellowship - The Fellowship Of The Ring
26:16 - Lothlorien - The Fellowship Of The Ring
29:37 - May It Be - The Fellowship Of The Ring
33:03 - Foundations of Stone - The Two Towers
35:30 - Theoden King - The Two Towers
41:00 - Breath of Life - The Two Towers
42:05 - The Nazgul Attack - The Two Towers
43:04 - Forth Eorlingas - The Two Towers
45:15 - Samwise the Brave - The Two Towers
46:52 - Evenstar - The Two Towers
49:59 - Minas Tirith - The Return Of The King
52:41 - The Lighting Of The Beacons - The Return Of The King
54:57 - The Grey Havens - The Return Of The King
57:41 - The Battle Of The Pelennor Fields - The Return Of The King
1:00:28 - The Steward of Gondor - The Return Of The King
1:01:28 - For Frodo - The Return Of The King
1:04:33 - The End of All Things - The Return Of The King
1:05:30 - Into the West - The Return Of The King
1:10:01 - The Return of the King - The Return Of The King
1:20:14 - Days Of The Ring - The Return Of The King

[jamesjackson]

There's some good in this world, and It's worth fighting for.

[nickcage]

As a musician myself, I have no idea...I can not even contemplate how it was even possible for Howard Shore to come up with not just one, but a plethora of masterpieces for this soundtrack. The entire soundtrack is literal god-tier. There's nothing that even comes close.

[cmdrpickles]

"It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something."

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"

"That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's fighting for."

– Samwise Gamgee

[mintyfresh]

There are films that don't age well. And then there is Peter Jackson who makes THREE timeless pieces as a trilogy.

[ChazCharlie]

Did anyone else click thinking it was an abridged cut of the three films into a single movie?

[Richwiking]

NEVER EVER GOING TO BE REPLICATED - THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER CREATED!

*P E R I O D*

[SkyPanda]

Looks like great music is back on the menu boys!

[mc]

The greatest feeling created from that trilogy is that you connect all those battles and struggles to your everyday life battles and struggles and then listening this wonderful music you get inspired to move on and “decide what to do with the time that is given us...”

[kamonreynolds]

We are all fortunate to have these films. The time, art, music, and craftsmanship it takes to make a world like Middle Earth is unlikely to happen again. This is great Matogolf

[garrytalaroc]

The brilliance of this trilogy makes me cry sometimes.

[seantressel]

RIP Ian Holm 1939-2020
I"ll watch Lord of the rings For you Bilbo, I will always be adventurous because of you...

[jeremitokarski]

19:15
Around this moment you can just imagine Frodo saying "I'm going to Mordor alone" and sam saying "and I'm coming with you!".
This is truly a masterpiece :)

[rogerpiotr]

I cried multiple times durning this session. I feel weirdly sad like I was missing home a place I want return that doesn’t exist. Almost like my souls was escaping body and touching this different other world filled with emotional ecstasy.
I get this feeling when I listen to instrumental/choir music and when high in the mountains. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece !

[andresanguianozuniga]

One of the best cinematographic projects ever made.
God bless you, Peter Jackson, Howard Shore and of course JRR Tolkien.

[ormi]

"It's a dangerous business, matogolf, upload videos like this on youtube"

Finally here, give that man a cookie.
Good notation of individual tracks.

[AudreyMealiff]

A Knife in the Dark still gives me goosebumps to this day, nearly 20 years on!! Just an incredible piece of music.

[joachimhavefaith]

4:47 "GANDALF GANDALF" .. When you have watched fellowship a million times so you hear the lines from the song playing :D

[barkley]

People dont seem to understand the deep spiritual meanings of this trilogy. Its about pushing forward through all the darkness of your life to do what is right.

"All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that we are given"
"That theres some good in this world, and its worth fighting for"

Just look at the poster for the video. On the left is green = peace, nature. As we go to the right its red = violence, war, industry. So much symbolism in these films

[Chronocrits]

Acting, cinematography, visual effects, story, and music will never be blended more perfectly than this. Lord of the Rings is the absolute zenith of trilogy film-making, and I’d be willing to bet it’ll never be dislodged.