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The Soundtrack Show

The Two Towers - the Music (Part III)

The Soundtrack Show

iHeartPodcasts

Film History, Music, Music History, Tv & Film

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Part III of our look at The Two Towers focuses on Gollum, Treebeard and more. We also discuss how the music blends themes and story points together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think about cheese.

0:02.0

Make your thoughts cheesier.

0:04.2

Now add 100% chicken breast fillet,

0:06.3

Chipotle sauce and Amadea cheese melt.

0:08.3

And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.

0:12.0

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Availments at the 4th of Jan, 2026 from 11am.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subjects availability.

0:27.2

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.

0:29.2

Our show is about to begin.

0:35.4

The creature Gollum and his music are bound to the one ring.

1:23.6

This is the soundtrack show. The Gallum was definitely this pivotal character in all three movies, even though he barely shows up in the first film. He's so significant in the second and the third because of what happens with that ring. No matter how successful Peter might be in terms of the telling of the story,

1:31.3

if Gollum didn't work, it all would have just fallen apart.

1:33.3

It would have been like a house of cards.

1:35.3

If Gollum wasn't believable, if he fundamentally didn't work,

1:38.3

then you were going to kill not just the two towers, but the return of the king.

1:58.2

Welcome back to the soundtrack show.

2:04.2

I'm your host, David W. Collins, and this is our third episode on the music of the Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, a film from 2002 by Peter Jackson, based on J.R.R.R.

2:11.1

Tolkien's book of the same name with a film score by Howard Shore.

2:16.0

In our last two episodes, we've examined how Shore's use of themes not only helps us track the disparate journeys of our main characters through the two towers,

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