Númenor Suite | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Original Soundtrack) by Bear McCreary

For being the most majestic, fascinating part of the Second Age of Middle-earth, I felt the show drag it's feet the most when we were on the island kingdom. However, visually it was a spectacle to behold, and musically it is one of the best themes in the entire series. Inspired by Middle Eastern cultures, the instrumentation is of a sound palette completely different to the rest of the show's library. McCreary stated he wanted the theme of Númenor to be so unique and different from the rest of the show, and so when we watch the original trilogy and the sound palette is absent, we FEEL it's loss. The theme is not only royal and grand, but also has a large amount of heart and uncertainty to it. When Númenor's political wellbeing is threatened, whether by Ar-Pharazon or other factors, it sounds mischievous and gloomy, or when Tar Miriel is blinded or conflicted it sounds frail and somber. But the score shines with it's militant percussive beat, it's tambourines and choral phrases, strums of Middle Eastern stringwork, creating a powerful, roaring anthem the likes of which have never been seen by Middle-earth. They may be gone, but their reign and legacy with forever be untarnished. That is unless they succumb to the darkness brewing under the surface, soon to fester after the death of Ar-Palantír. The battle for Númenor's soul will likely rage on in the show's musical score, as it already has, creating one of the most beautiful, triumphant, and spectacular themes in the musical history of The Lord of the Rings. = edited/rearranged TRACKLIST: 0:00 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom* 1:02 The Tests of Isildur and Earien 1:20 Into Númenor* 2:26 The King in the Tower + Into Númenor 2:33 The King in the Tower* 5:33 Infirmary 5:44 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom + Infirmary 5:48 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom 6:08 The Saboteur + Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom 6:16 The Saboteur* 7:55 Only Grey 9:49 The Saboteur + Only Grey 9:55 The Saboteur 10:37 An Intriguing Suggestion + The Saboteur 10:45 An Intriguing Suggestion* 11:56 White Leaves + An Intriguing Suggestion 12:00 White Leaves 12:35 Númenor Prepares + White Leaves 12:38 Númenor Prepares 12:45 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom + Númenor Prepares 12:58 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom 14:32 The King in the Tower + Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom 14:38 The King in the Tower 14:54 Black Flags 15:25 The Coming of Night + Black Flags 15:30 The Coming of Night 16:13 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom 17:34 Infirmary 18:20 A Leaf Burns 18:37 Both Our Bloodlines + A Leaf Burns 18:41 Both Our Bloodlines 19:29 Into Númenor + Both Our Bloodlines 19:33 Into Númenor 19:48 Bloodthirst 20:01 The King in the Tower 20:30 Númenor Prepares + The King in the Tower 20:39 Númenor Prepares* 21:18 Into Númenor 22:19 Númenor 23:09 Into Númenor + Númenor 23:11 Into Númenor 24:11 Númenor 24:48 Into Númenor 26:42 To the Hall of Lore + Into Númenor 26:55 To the Hall of Lore 27:33 White Leaves + Númenor + To the Hall of Lore 27:35 White Leaves* 29:33 The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn 30:58 Númenor + The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn 31:00 Númenor 32:21 The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn 33:17 Black Flags ℗ 2022 Amazon Music Content, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. #lordoftherings #theringsofpower Support Bear McCreary! Website - https://bearmccreary.com/ YouTube -    / bearmccreary   Apple Music -   / bear-mccreary   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1k5g35... Listen to the soundtrack! Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/1zCtGV... Apple Music -   / the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power   Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.