When researching the soundtrack of historical and fantasy, the music is almost always from an orchestra with acoustic instruments and not from modern musical culture; it is always classical with violins and trumpets etc.
Some of the best composers for historical and fantasy films are Hans Zimmer and Howard Shaw with Gladiator and Lord of the Rings, therefore I will look at those films and borrow one of their scores because I don't have the resources to make my own original score of the classical genre.
Gladiator soundtracks are more simple and have more of an ancient world theme to it where as Lord of the Rings sounds more Medieval and more intricate. Furthermore Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings soundtrack has more of a Quest theme to it which is more appropriate for Lokir.
The soundtrack for the text at the beginning is "Isengard Unleashed" by Howard Shore. It is a woman singing with a choir in the background and their are no instruments playing apart from a deep foreboding note from a cello this creates tension much like the opening of Gladiator however I didn't want to completely copy that film so I went for Lord of the Rings which fitted my theme anyway.
The second soundtrack heard, "The Treason of Isengard" is also from Lord of the Rings and is used to show Lokir looking at Erynathol and then travelling back to his home of Rorikstead. The first part of the score is good because again it is choir with a deep note while the sword is being studied which creates tension and gives the sword some significance. The second part is while Lokir is travelling through the English countryside and definitely gives off the idea of travelling, in fact it is also used i Lord of the Rings to show Frodo and Sam travelling through the Shire (A region of Middle Earth which is based on the british countryside, Oxfordshire in particular, which is where Lokir was filmed.) Therefore the scenes are identical in both looks and sounds and show a clear passage of time and shows how they are travelling long distances foot. Lastly when Lokir reaches his castle in Rorikstead the music slightly changes from travelling to a more tranquil peace which implies Lokir is back home and safe and ends the films prologue with defining music.
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