A brand new musical score has been released on The Lord of the Rings Online YouTube channel entitled “Theme for Rohan”.
Composer, Chance Thomas, shares his thoughts in creating this piece:
How does one more broadly define Rohan? A storied nation in decline? A land simmering on the verge of all-out war? Anglo-Saxon reference with Medieval overtones? Hearty people, individual and family tenderness, triumph and tragedy, crops and kinships, determined men and women, though wary and weary? Nobility, hope, sadness and uncertainty? Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes! All of these intangibles somehow had to thread themselves through a new theme for Rohan.
I love reading how much thought and effort Chance puts into his pieces. His goal isn’t just “bigger, louder, epic”. It has to have a specific feeling to be just right.
A wonderful introduction to Rohan and for more on Chance Thomas, I suggest you check out Massively’s interview with Chance Thomas!
July 31, 2012 at 3:21 pm
As always, I love it!
July 31, 2012 at 3:37 pm
First thirty seconds made me feel like I was listening to a Firefly episode. Ah, fond memories.
July 31, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Strange. I thought the exact same thing
July 31, 2012 at 6:07 pm
as did i but still great as was firefly
August 3, 2012 at 11:01 am
Me too. That is just a wee bit spooky.
July 31, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Chills. And I got dust in my eye again dangit.
July 31, 2012 at 4:31 pm
I seem to have dust in my eyes again, too. Can dust in the eyes be contagious?
Three cheers for Mr. Thomas, who hit the bulls-eye again. I hope all this wonderful music gets released in a collection at some point. I definitely would pay for it.
July 31, 2012 at 4:56 pm
We’ll try to keep the place cleaner for all those with dust in the eyes.
July 31, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Is that a really big monitor behind him or is Sapience hobbit sized?
July 31, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Scrub that – wrong page ;D
July 31, 2012 at 7:16 pm
I wish the word “awesome” wasn´t as shriveled and used up as it has become.
Very fitting theme for these peoples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gVWG5IQ7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmTz7EAYLrs&feature=player_detailpage#t=119s
August 1, 2012 at 6:58 am
I feel like saying I love this just isn’t enough to convey how epicly awesomly great this piece of music is to me. Go Chance Thomas!