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Minas Tirith

The great white city of the West! This great city has been alluded to throughout the filmds. In Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir speaks to Aragorn about it, asking him if he has seen the White City, and commenting on the Tower of Ecthelion glimmering like a spike of pearl. Boromir certainly describes the city well and the viewer is forced to wait until the third movie to get a good look at it. (It is shown briefly in FotR when Gandalf visits it to do some research on the Ring - but no grand view is shown.) 

In Return of the King, we see the White City in all of its glory as Gandalf approchaes it and Pippin with him, to keep him safe  because he has looked into the captured Seeing Stone of Numenor.

Minas Tirith has 7 layers to it, you must circle the city 7 times to reach the top post. Shore's music for this city is absolutely stunning. It gives the city an extremely powerful aura as something grand and old. The use of all the instruments allows Shore to give Minas Tirith a spectacular opening, and this city will serve as the major place of battle for the entire movie, and specifically for the battle of the Fields of the Pelennor.

 
 
 

Lord of the Rings Soundtracks:

The Fellowship of the Ring

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Return of the King

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