The Lord of the Rings - The Pity of Gollum Theme

Описание: The Pity of Gollum theme is the lyrical, slow, sad, gloomy music which is used exclusively for Gollum. It is closely related to the Hobbit music but also to the History of the One Ring and the Weakness Arpeggios.

It is a rielaboration of the Shire theme, which is “deformed” with a lot of chromatic notes, coherently with its related character, which is a distortion of a hobbit.



It is first heard in the prologue when Smeagol discovers the Ring. It is applied briefly to Bilbo as he adopts Gollum’s manner of speaking towards the ring, and to Gandalf as he embarks on the hunt for Gollum. It is still evident in TTT, as Gollum and Sméagol take turns with the creatures intentions, but by ROTK, the two have agreed: Frodo and Sam must die. The Pity of Gollum is only hinted at until a final aggressive variant is heard.