The Return of the King (soundtrack)

This article is about film soundtrack. For the book, or other uses, see The Return of the King (disambiguation).

The Return of the King is the title of the seventeenth track of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed by Howard Shore. It plays during the scene of Aragorn's coronation atop Minas Tirith.

At 3:45, the track features Viggo Mortensen singing a line Aragorn quotes in the book,^[1] alluding to Elendil:

"Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!"

The following track is "The Grey Havens".

References[]

↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter V: "The Steward and the King", pg. 967

See also[]

v • d • eThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Prophecy • Concerning Hobbits • The Shadow of the Past • The Treason of Isengard • The Black Rider • At the Sign of the Prancing Pony • A Knife in the Dark • Flight to the Ford • Many Meetings • The Council of Elrond (including "Aníron" feat. Enya) • The Ring Goes South • A Journey in the Dark • The Bridge of Khazad-dûm • Lothlórien (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) • The Great River • Amon Hen • The Breaking of the Fellowship • May It Be (written by and feat. Enya)
The Two Towers
Foundations of Stone • The Taming of Sméagol • The Riders of Rohan • The Passage of the Marshes • The Uruk-hai • The King of the Golden Hall • The Black Gate is Closed • Evenstar (feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian) • The White Rider • Treebeard • The Leave Taking • Helm's Deep • The Forbidden Pool • Breath of Life (feat. Sheila Chandra) • The Hornburg • Forth Eorlingas • Isengard Unleashed (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) • Samwise the Brave • Gollum's Song (feat. Emilíana Torrini)
The Return of the King
A Storm is Coming • Hope and Memory • Minas Tirith • The White Tree • The Steward of Gondor • Minas Morgul • The Ride of the Rohirrim • Twilight and Shadow (feat. Renée Fleming) • Cirith Ungol • Andúril • Shelob's Lair • Ash and Smoke • The Fields of the Pelennor • Hope Fails • The Black Gate Opens • The End of All Things • The Return of the King (feat. Viggo Mortensen) • The Grey Havens • Into the West (Annie Lennox)

v • d • eThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Prophecy • Concerning Hobbits • The Shadow of the Past • The Treason of Isengard • The Black Rider • At the Sign of the Prancing Pony • A Knife in the Dark • Flight to the Ford • Many Meetings • The Council of Elrond (including "Aníron" feat. Enya) • The Ring Goes South • A Journey in the Dark • The Bridge of Khazad-dûm • Lothlórien (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) • The Great River • Amon Hen • The Breaking of the Fellowship • May It Be (written by and feat. Enya)
The Two Towers
Foundations of Stone • The Taming of Sméagol • The Riders of Rohan • The Passage of the Marshes • The Uruk-hai • The King of the Golden Hall • The Black Gate is Closed • Evenstar (feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian) • The White Rider • Treebeard • The Leave Taking • Helm's Deep • The Forbidden Pool • Breath of Life (feat. Sheila Chandra) • The Hornburg • Forth Eorlingas • Isengard Unleashed (feat. Elizabeth Fraser) • Samwise the Brave • Gollum's Song (feat. Emilíana Torrini)
The Return of the King
A Storm is Coming • Hope and Memory • Minas Tirith • The White Tree • The Steward of Gondor • Minas Morgul • The Ride of the Rohirrim • Twilight and Shadow (feat. Renée Fleming) • Cirith Ungol • Andúril • Shelob's Lair • Ash and Smoke • The Fields of the Pelennor • Hope Fails • The Black Gate Opens • The End of All Things • The Return of the King (feat. Viggo Mortensen) • The Grey Havens • Into the West (Annie Lennox)

[1] The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter V: "The Steward and the King", pg. 967

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