Some notes on unused music.
The big music change in the film has to do with the prologue.
There are 3 realeased alternatives.
One Ring to rule them all (film version)
The prophecy (alternate version)
One ring to rule them all rarities (released with the book about scoring the film).
So on examining this and personally restoring the prophecy version of the prologue which I will post here at some point the big deviation is the rarities version having the theme of gondor for the Gondorian (and elf) Soldiers marching on mount doom.
This infers that that there was a section removed that had more of the Gondorians simply Marching.
Other than this the prophecy version to me although quite diffetent to the film version is far superior.
What can also be infered is that however this section was structured perhaps when Elendil and Elrond both look up Gil Galad is shown slain burned up rather than seeing Sauron walking This Sauron walking shot may have been for when he approached Isildur. So although built up to be quite a big thing it was possibly something quite short in reality.
If we look at the black screen at the start of the narration by galadriel there is footage to accompany the elvish she mutters which appears in the two towers telepathy conversation. Upon “none now live who remember it” This is possibly visually accompanied by Elrond in Rivendell looking at the painting of Isildur and Narsil or of Elves Leaving for the ships of Valinor. (The beauty of the elves fades). I think the fact that this opening part being on a black screen means that they already knew they had earmarked this footage for use in the two towers to solve the plot change or Arwen at helms deep and thus resulting in frantically recutting the prologue not only for some censorship bits too at the last minute. This must have come as a bit of a shock to loose the very opening shots of the film to the black screen which intrigingly echoes conan the barbarian and how that whole opening played out sans king conan on the throne a missing map and possibly shots from big wednesday mixed in. There are visible signs of it being recut like the ring as it bounces down the rocks being out of synch with the sound and various lack of disdolves and map footage that feels a bit unpolished.
There was a break point where Gollum shown holding the ring in a cave (Serkis make up) with high pitched sound effect driving him mad. This shot ended up in ROTK along with any prologue shots used in the opening sequence. However this scene appeared in the third age EA games adaptation in a video prologue narrated by Gandalf. There was some unique music also found within this which is unreleased possibly a version that was to be the “bag end prologue” Which was then deleted and reworked to be Galadriel opening Prologue but this small section of unreleased music bares a strong resemblance to the prophecy version.
The prologue would seem to have various different snippets that were to be expanded upon at later points too with different music scoring for instance Elrond and Isildur at mount doom was removed but features in the prophecy version in a shorter form and Saron forging the one ring with his own blood although could have been shown in the prologue it was shown in an alternate the council of Elrond sequence instead which remains unreleased. I assume the same for the story of Gollum was condensed and is missing some small part that would have been fully expanded upon in ROTK.
The other bits of unused score which are most note worthy are as follows.
The rarities version for the River rising against the Nazgul had choir section. Which sound quite impressive.
Cave Troll Battle in Moria simply extra music to accompany the action.
Boromir trying to take the ring (Perth Galen) this accents the whole seqence up until frodo falls from the seeing seat. One further note should Sauron’s dialogue “I See you!” Be placed here rather than I think it is Galadriels Mirror section.
Thanks for reading.