The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers opening scene

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @bajsbajsbajsbajsbajsbajsba1258
    @bajsbajsbajsbajsbajsbajsba1258 5 лет назад +373

    That has too be the most epic Use of CGI in a movie opening

    • @kylefer
      @kylefer 4 года назад +31

      Wasn't CGI my friend, was miniatures. Over 1 year of miniature photography work. Of course some CGI elements breathed life into it but, that whole intro was mostly physical props.

    • @SOUNDWAVEPR
      @SOUNDWAVEPR 3 года назад +10

      @@kylefer lmao about that

    • @DevilmaGK
      @DevilmaGK 2 года назад +6

      My gosh it must have been amazing to be there at this event.

    • @nickwhite6249
      @nickwhite6249 2 года назад

      @@kylefer Truly?

    • @ReichLife
      @ReichLife 2 года назад +9

      Trully false. Balrog was cgi.

  • @bushbasher85
    @bushbasher85 3 года назад +66

    That conductor has to feel like a bad ass waving his arms around like that in the intro, almost as though he’s fighting the Balrog with Gandalf.

  • @IsdudeMe
    @IsdudeMe 3 года назад +194

    The sound of the horns when he catches the sword.....fucking epic beyond words

    • @knuckle-sandwichmma681
      @knuckle-sandwichmma681 3 года назад +27

      epic is pretty much how you can describe every fkn minute of the movie. when will people accept that lord of the rings is simply the greatest trilogy in film history?

    • @LifeOdysseyMotivation
      @LifeOdysseyMotivation 2 года назад +4

      @@knuckle-sandwichmma681 agree

    • @swigityswooty7887
      @swigityswooty7887 Год назад +10

      @@knuckle-sandwichmma681 Now we have people saying that “avengers assemble” is the best scene in movie history. The entire MCU franchise combined doesnt even touch any lotr film.

  • @laserfloyd
    @laserfloyd 5 лет назад +244

    Given how Fellowship ended on a soft note, opening the next film with a bang was masterful.

  • @lopey5035
    @lopey5035 Год назад +36

    3:33
    That shot is absolutely incredible.

  • @alexperezmansergas8118
    @alexperezmansergas8118 4 года назад +110

    One of the most powerful beginings of a MOVIE ever.

  • @maxharrison4708
    @maxharrison4708 8 лет назад +271

    The amount of money I would willingly pay just to have been in that concert room at 0:30 .... truly majestic orchestration.

    • @TheTonyEntertainment
      @TheTonyEntertainment 8 лет назад +7

      Max Harrison ikr

    • @Nugg12
      @Nugg12 3 года назад +5

      My hair stands up every time I hear it

    • @millyperez9511
      @millyperez9511 3 года назад +1

      People clapping be like:
      👁️👄👁️ It.. it's exact

    • @philj212
      @philj212 Год назад +3

      I'm going september 2023, never too late dude

    • @maxharrison4708
      @maxharrison4708 Год назад +4

      @@philj212 YEP, already booked tickets for the Royal Albert Hall hahahah. So glad it’s finally happening!

  • @nickpeluso7511
    @nickpeluso7511 9 месяцев назад +9

    the battle lasted 9 days and killed both Gandalf and Durin's Bane (the balrog) Eru Illuvatar gave Gandalf his life back because the task wasn't done.

  • @PreacherAtArrakeen
    @PreacherAtArrakeen 6 лет назад +108

    I remember the first time seeing this in the cinema. By the end of the scene, I was clutching onto my chair and breathing hard.

  • @ecstaticerich1
    @ecstaticerich1 10 лет назад +112

    I fucking LOVE the part they added right before gandalf falls sooooo epic and amazing

    • @MioRaem
      @MioRaem 8 лет назад +23

      Actually, it was cut from the song in the theatrical version rather, insted of added here.

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler 3 года назад +9

      They shout, "Mettanah!" Which means "To the death!" Couldn't be more epic.

  • @nagarjun385
    @nagarjun385 4 месяца назад +10

    I would literally pay anything to watch this in theatres for the first time

  • @mathewleon7839
    @mathewleon7839 3 года назад +39

    One of the best intros ever created ever in the history of histories

  • @Advancedgod
    @Advancedgod 3 месяца назад +6

    Fun fact: the choir singing "METTANA!" just after Gandalf says "Fly you fools!" is not in the film.
    It was composed, but it was cut out to give more room for Frodo's emotional reaction to Gandalf.
    The choir sings "Mettana!" which translates to "To the end!" The text in the film (though more was written) at the final scene when Gandalf and the Balrog fall into the water:
    To the end!
    Servant of fire
    For you must fight
    To the end!

  • @RunikO_
    @RunikO_ 6 лет назад +71

    2018 and this opening still kickin ass

  • @young-011-5
    @young-011-5 Год назад +14

    2:31 that moment with the vocals hol shit

  • @DreymaComposer
    @DreymaComposer Год назад +9

    2:34 This performance might even better than the original.
    Mainly becouse of the difference in loudness of the horns and especially the timpani.
    Here the timpani strikes sound so powerful, compared to the original which sounds more muffled

  • @jojo_losangeles
    @jojo_losangeles 5 лет назад +38

    Remember being in just AWE when I was young watching this opening scene like OMG, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE

  • @FeelMetalMan
    @FeelMetalMan 17 дней назад +1

    it can't get better than this

  • @checkmate9099
    @checkmate9099 4 года назад +16

    3:32, love that shot and the music following it.
    Crazy scale of depths of Moria

  • @carmineglitch
    @carmineglitch Год назад +18

    As I get older this scene gets more badass!

  • @TheZarownyDude
    @TheZarownyDude 12 лет назад +46

    This video inspired me.. to see the movie again

    • @knuckle-sandwichmma681
      @knuckle-sandwichmma681 3 года назад +1

      sometimes i watch lotr thinking I already saw it a million times so i will just skip through and watch only epic scenes. then i realize that i end up watching the whole fucking thing every fucking time

  • @jojo_losangeles
    @jojo_losangeles 4 года назад +40

    This film will always have a special place in my heart , always

  • @nozidnolram
    @nozidnolram 9 лет назад +100

    3:44 Conductor silences orchestra like a boss! LoL

  • @crazyalarmstudios2012
    @crazyalarmstudios2012 8 месяцев назад +2

    Went to go see this show live recently. Probably the most chill-inducing moment was just hearing those 9 opening notes at 0:31.

  • @TallisKeeton
    @TallisKeeton 4 года назад +23

    I love how the audiences react in cinemas even years after the original theatrical cut was in cinemas. 10, 15, 20 years after and the audiences show the same enthusiasm :) this is incredible. :)

  • @gatheringwolves
    @gatheringwolves 3 года назад +25

    I can only imagine the energy in this room hearing the orchestra play this live, the music is sooo good.

  • @luigouvea
    @luigouvea 2 года назад +27

    I have full body goosebumps just watching this. Imagine being there live. I’d definitely have cried, for sure!!

  • @MrFTW733
    @MrFTW733 8 лет назад +29

    True grit. So profound it brings a tear to my eye,
    'fight the demon, kill it to the very end'

  • @AIONBERSERKER
    @AIONBERSERKER 9 лет назад +77

    Good lord this is epic

  • @123Khorne
    @123Khorne 4 года назад +37

    Gandalf when he lands on the Balrog, "Remember buddy, you wanted this."

    • @_semih_
      @_semih_ 3 года назад +3

      It never happened in the books tho

    • @SGTBizarro
      @SGTBizarro 3 года назад +10

      @@_semih_ I think this deserves a reminder that this DID happen, albeit with a very small amount of creative license:
      *Long I fell, and he fell with me.* His fire was about me. I was burned."
      "Deep is the abyss that is spanned by Durin's Bridge, and none has measured it," said Gimli.
      "Yet it has a bottom, beyond light and knowledge," said Gandalf.
      "... we plunged into the deep water and all was dark. Cold it was as the tide of death: almost it froze my heart. ... He was with me still. His fire was quenched, but now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake."
      "We fought far under the living earth, where time is not counted. Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. ... In that despair my enemy was my only hope, and I pursued him, clutching at his heel. Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm ..."

    • @_semih_
      @_semih_ 3 года назад

      @@SGTBizarro youve missed the point. In the books, Gandalf did not attack the Balrog with his sword in the air. They just fell off

    • @joshuafischer684
      @joshuafischer684 2 года назад +3

      @@_semih_ As far as additions go this is one of the best.

    • @ThePopbanks007
      @ThePopbanks007 Год назад

      ​@@booftiger7862EXACTLY. I swear these folks in the comments have ZERO artistic vision.

  • @Musicmajor88
    @Musicmajor88 13 лет назад +37

    im in love with the LOTR trilogy soundrack!!!!

  • @shhdrake
    @shhdrake 12 лет назад +21

    Just straight up chills the whole video

  • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
    @SomeYouTubeTraveler 3 года назад +22

    [opponent falls off a cliff]
    Villains: "They're probably dead."
    Gandalf: "TO THE DEATH!" [dives sword-first to finish them off]
    "Metanna", the first word of the song (shouted over Frodo's big "NOO" here at 2:31 but cut from the original film), means literally "To the end." The entire song is basically a host of angels and fallen dwarven warriors chanting in Quenya, "Kick his @$$ for us, Gandalf."

    • @joshuafischer684
      @joshuafischer684 2 года назад +7

      I have a pet theory that all the music in LotR is diegetic because it's being sung by the Ainur. It doesn't really add anything to the story but I love the idea.

    • @young-011-5
      @young-011-5 Год назад +2

      Knowing that Gandalf knew that the balrog could’ve survived that, he decided to fall and kill him, he knew how dangerous the balrog is, and knowing that he is the only one capable of killing him at the moment.
      It’s just sooo epic

    • @DrStench13
      @DrStench13 Год назад +1

      I don't even remember the theatrical version

    • @AFTepes
      @AFTepes 2 месяца назад

      @@young-011-5and the fact that the balrog would be supporting Sauron "it's now or never"

  • @killaronjones3933
    @killaronjones3933 3 года назад +23

    if the CGI holds up 20 years later, it'll hold up forever. The Balrog has some imperfections in it's animation, however it still looks fantastic because of how they shrouded it in smoke and darkness. Which is being accurate at the same time.

    • @pedrocampos691
      @pedrocampos691 3 года назад +2

      The Lord Of The Rings The fellowship of the ring (2001)
      The Lord Of The Rings The two towers foundations of Stone.

  • @soul0travel138
    @soul0travel138 2 года назад +8

    This has got to be the most epic movie opening of all time, the trilogy is in a league of its own but this is just perfect

  • @leoric2200
    @leoric2200 8 месяцев назад +5

    2:31 too bad we didn't get this part of the music in the movie...so majestic

  • @indy_go_blue6048
    @indy_go_blue6048 2 года назад +6

    "And on the side of the mountain, I smote his ruin." -Gandalf.
    Which proves that smoting may be hazardous to your health.

  • @MonoKrohm_2020
    @MonoKrohm_2020 5 лет назад +10

    Man, the drums were a great addition here.

  • @ravenwda007
    @ravenwda007 6 лет назад +72

    Gandalf kills the Balrog because it would have been a formidable powerful enemy if it were to side with Sauron. The elves of Lothrian are adept at facing orcs, but a balrog Of Morgoth?

    • @ahmet_10
      @ahmet_10 3 года назад

      Balrog is already side with sauron

    • @arkhamsquire4503
      @arkhamsquire4503 3 года назад +1

      What did you say?

    • @ahmet_10
      @ahmet_10 3 года назад

      @@arkhamsquire4503 Balrog is already side with sauron

    • @arkhamsquire4503
      @arkhamsquire4503 3 года назад +1

      @@ahmet_10 nah just memeing with the op for the balrog of morgpth

    • @ahmet_10
      @ahmet_10 3 года назад

      @@arkhamsquire4503 what?

  • @eternalnjem
    @eternalnjem 9 лет назад +32

    holy goosebumps

  • @siegfriedkleinmartins7816
    @siegfriedkleinmartins7816 3 года назад +5

    I saw the very first screenings of the three movies here in Rio de Janeiro.
    Would love to see them again this way
    WITH LIVE ORQUESTRA IS EPIC !!!!

  • @ultramarinechaplain88
    @ultramarinechaplain88 6 месяцев назад +5

    Its illegal for a trilogy to be this good

  • @kevinobill4818
    @kevinobill4818 Год назад +5

    2:45 that music hits me very good.

  • @ClassicCombat
    @ClassicCombat 5 лет назад +10

    EPIC music to and EPIC opening scene!

  • @ElSueno97
    @ElSueno97 2 года назад +6

    Peter Jackson spoiled us rotten with such a masterpiece, and Howard Shore put about 50 cherries on top of that!

  • @di3486
    @di3486 Месяц назад

    Glamdring is such a masterpiece❤ the kuzdul and quenya chanting is magnificent 😍

  • @shadesilverwing0
    @shadesilverwing0 8 лет назад +26

    Song name: Foundations of Stone

    • @Joker-gs6cl
      @Joker-gs6cl 6 лет назад +2

      Not all heroes wear capes.

    • @eusacck4075
      @eusacck4075 6 лет назад +3

      I thought it was called Glamdring

    • @ahmet_10
      @ahmet_10 3 года назад

      @@eusacck4075 same

    • @luisn642
      @luisn642 3 года назад

      Bro wait a minute, it’s both?

    • @ahmet_10
      @ahmet_10 3 года назад

      @@luisn642 same

  • @Mangoboi699
    @Mangoboi699 3 месяца назад +2

    Imagine the two towers being your first exposure to lord of the rings. Witnessing this not even 5 minutes into the movie

  • @Primswood
    @Primswood 14 лет назад +15

    OMG, that's amazing! I always wondered what it must be like to see the movie with a live orchestra. Now I know, a little. Thanks for this.

  • @evie8078
    @evie8078 4 года назад +3

    Bravo for the orchestra,the choir and the conductor!

  • @EpicnessOosprklzz
    @EpicnessOosprklzz 2 года назад +3

    I want to see these in the theater bring them back :)

  • @TheOnePistol
    @TheOnePistol 10 лет назад +25

    This was more epic than the actual movie!

  • @iheartsmith
    @iheartsmith 14 лет назад +5

    It was a marvelous performance, truly magnificent.

  • @biinfc
    @biinfc  14 лет назад +6

    @RedeemedByGodsLove They did do an amazing job. I've seen all three movies now with live orchestra, and this was the best performance, imo. Just flawless.

  • @hakanscope1095
    @hakanscope1095 8 лет назад +8

    no words for this ..... WOW

  • @julzyboy8960
    @julzyboy8960 7 лет назад +3

    Everyone just had to clap over that incredible beginning, fucking hell.

  • @shivshukla4394
    @shivshukla4394 4 года назад +3

    Oh wow ! I wish I get to see this first hand some day !

  • @blablahnothin1996
    @blablahnothin1996 3 года назад +6

    "Man the cgi really holds up well..."
    Looks at Gandalf
    "Well most of it"

  • @marcosesteban6503
    @marcosesteban6503 6 лет назад +26

    Es increíble como se aceleran mis latidos escuchando este tema, simplemente epico!

  • @RedeemedByGodsLove
    @RedeemedByGodsLove 14 лет назад +8

    I was there on the 8th. They did such an amazing job!!

  • @joey2789
    @joey2789 2 года назад +14

    Watching this in theaters when it came out thinking "here we go another sequel about to be trash", boy was I in for a treat.

    • @sekokhan5307
      @sekokhan5307 2 года назад +2

      💯

    • @visionist7
      @visionist7 5 месяцев назад

      Did people not know the entire trilogy is one story back then?

  • @Grivian
    @Grivian 8 лет назад +14

    So incredibly epic

  • @irvingaguilarqueen
    @irvingaguilarqueen 4 года назад +4

    It's just so Epic !!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

  • @mathewleon7839
    @mathewleon7839 4 года назад +4

    Epicness in its glory

  • @Adrian-ig4jp
    @Adrian-ig4jp Год назад +4

    2:43 the peak of fantasy

  • @SpishakDeerZapper
    @SpishakDeerZapper 11 месяцев назад

    Holy smokes I’ll be in tears before the opening starts. Epic

  • @jordi_p3791
    @jordi_p3791 8 лет назад +5

    They're making this in my country this february, i can't fckin wait

  • @daevydjae
    @daevydjae Год назад +2

    The orchestra was juuuuuust a bit ahead of the video, but still awesome. I hoped they turned down the volume so you could hear the orchestra better.

  • @jamiek1714
    @jamiek1714 6 лет назад +9

    Just epic.

  • @biinfc
    @biinfc  14 лет назад +1

    @iheartsmith I'm soooo glad we got to share the experience together!

  • @davidrule385
    @davidrule385 10 месяцев назад

    0:34 Hearing the audience applaud, just as the Lord of the Rings title card comes on, is electrifying.

  • @R9nikeR9
    @R9nikeR9 5 месяцев назад +1

    Such a badass Gandalf
    Epic👏👏

  • @miguelgordillo3257
    @miguelgordillo3257 6 лет назад +8

    i'm looking at the conductor more than the film lol. music wizard.

  • @XzibiT25
    @XzibiT25 5 лет назад +3

    Extremely epicness

  • @rafaelggp45
    @rafaelggp45 7 лет назад +3

    People complaining if the audience clap or not at these performances. Men, I live in Venezuela and here people fuc&#$ TALK in the theater during a movie. They talk like they were at their homes watching a movie on TV or like they were the only ones in the room. And it isn't only young people, adults and old people do it as well. It doesn't matter how many people ask them to shut the fu%# up, it doesn't matter if you yell at them, maybe it will work for a few minutes, but they will start talking to each other again and laughing and commenting the movie out loud. Im seriously considering that the next time that there is a movie that i really want to enjoy, i will have to buy all the tickets to the movie so i can see it decently. I wish people clapping at the end of a exciting scene with a live orchestra was the problem.

  • @riddkuskul2122
    @riddkuskul2122 2 года назад +5

    Who is Conductor. He’s a music wizard.

  • @MarcAmengual
    @MarcAmengual Год назад +1

    Magnificient!

  • @feedeevit
    @feedeevit 3 года назад +6

    3:48
    Sam: *wakes up*
    Audience: *applauds*
    😂

  • @evkin117
    @evkin117 12 лет назад +2

    i would love to watch this show

  • @JBOBROSKII
    @JBOBROSKII Год назад +5

    This is the most badass opening in a movie ever. And the scene itself is so amazing. Such a badass

  • @Lucifer-ul1ol
    @Lucifer-ul1ol 5 лет назад +3

    Bucket list.

  • @biinfc
    @biinfc  14 лет назад +1

    @Lassus You're very welcome. You all were *fantastic*. I can't tell you how much my friends and I enjoyed the performance.

  • @abbyshen1121
    @abbyshen1121 10 лет назад +3

    Going to a similar one in 2015!!!

  • @pietrotettamanti7239
    @pietrotettamanti7239 4 года назад +4

    My god the fucking amount of money that I would have paid to be there...

  • @morgangalegarcia6946
    @morgangalegarcia6946 3 года назад +4

    Gandalf was so Badass here against the Balrog that if it were Sauron instead there would never been a Return of the King!!!!!

  • @claras.612
    @claras.612 7 лет назад +168

    DON'T CLAP DURING A PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!

    • @elanorallmann
      @elanorallmann 5 лет назад +15

      Exactly! I was like "why the f*** are you clapping!?"

    • @benvessup8227
      @benvessup8227 5 лет назад +31

      probably had to get the blood circulating otherwise they'd get a heart attack from the epicness

    • @sitsia3808
      @sitsia3808 4 года назад

      @@benvessup8227 xd

    • @iR3vil4te
      @iR3vil4te 4 года назад +23

      IT'S A PERFOMANCE THAT LASTS THE LENGTH OF THE FILM IT'S OKAY TO CLAP DURING SOME OF THE QUIETER MOMENTS IN BETWEEN SECTIONS AND AT THE BEGINNING TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION CALM DOWN.

    • @evie8078
      @evie8078 4 года назад +5

      Talking is way worse.

  • @superslayerguy
    @superslayerguy 2 месяца назад +1

    I wanna go to one of these so fuckin bad one day

    • @usul573
      @usul573 10 дней назад

      Holy shit it's $300!

  • @biinfc
    @biinfc  14 лет назад

    @RedeemedByGodsLove I saw ROTK in September at Wolf Trap in Virginia. It was the first performance in North America. I saw FOTR at Radio City last year, too, and I will for sure be at ROTK next year. Can't wait until they announce the dates!!

  • @mocnykasztan4092
    @mocnykasztan4092 Год назад

    AMAZING

  • @SleepyDrwarf
    @SleepyDrwarf Год назад

    I know that crowd had crazy chills

  • @PUBHEAD1
    @PUBHEAD1 5 лет назад +1

    Going to see this on Saturday, whooot

  • @Aapaatsanski
    @Aapaatsanski 7 лет назад +2

    So epic

  • @bealof
    @bealof 14 лет назад +1

    wonderful ! thanks!

  • @toffee20
    @toffee20 2 года назад +1

    Powerful

  • @leoric2200
    @leoric2200 22 дня назад

    3:32 The voice of the eternity...

  • @biinfc
    @biinfc  14 лет назад

    @AlboBmw They'll be do other showings around the country and ROTK in NYC next fall, so hopefully you can catch it at some point!

  • @eternalnjem
    @eternalnjem 6 лет назад +1

    Art

  • @ishallneverregretthis
    @ishallneverregretthis 7 лет назад +12

    2:12 MYAAH

  • @mattengland653
    @mattengland653 Год назад

    A masterful opening by Jackson - and Howard Shore obliged with his own master stroke of a breathless score. Gets me super emotional - especially that transition into the the cave as the fire illuminates the water.. I was 14 when two towers released and I can vividly remember looking at my dad in awe during that scene.. still watch these every holiday season in his memory.

  • @InkRaven
    @InkRaven 13 лет назад +1

    Awesome!