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[Demonique]

[Draining Dragon]

Evidently Bioware decided that Dragon Age needed to be even MORE like Lord of the Rings.

[thats1evildude]

Similar, but not exact.

[Nimlowyn]

I thought of Edge of Night too when I first heard The Dawn Will Come (which is the same melody as the main theme); they are similar but still distinct. I'm sure a musician could explain the technicalities of it better than I could.

[DirkJake]

It's been a long time since I studied music theory, but I think both songs begin with I-V pattern. Then both songs go into different variation. After a variation line ends, the I-V is repeated again and then is followed by variation again. So yes, they are quite similar in the beginning, but to be honest, I-V is already common. For me, the variations in both pieces differ enough. And both songs are surely in different keys (D minor and C major maybe).

[Thandal N'Lyman]

I agree with the OP.

 

I own the LotR OST on disc.

I own Douglas Adams' book examining Howard Shore's Middle Earth compositions in detail (including sheet music for the various leitmotifs.)

And as I listen to DA:I, I find myself reminded of The Shire, or Rivendell, or Gondor.  Frequently.

 

Is that a bad thing?   More likely, "it's a Celtic thing".  Use those instruments, in those keys, and it'll sound similar.

Plus, Howard Shore is a giant and Trevor Morris stands on his shoulders. 

[NRieh]

LoTR was no the first to use this tune. I can't stop hearing this one in DAI theme, for example.

 

[Nimlowyn]

LoTR was no the first to use this tune. I can't stop hearing this one in DAI theme, for example.

 

Ohhhhh my goodness I haven't heard this song in YEARS thanks for sharing.

[PhroXenGold]

LoTR was no the first to use this tune. I can't stop hearing this one in DAI theme, for example.

 

 

All you gotta do is cut the engines and ride the wind...

 

Still Yoko Kanno's best soundtrack IMO.

[TheJiveDJ]

Good ear TC. Similar phrasing and notation, although the songs are in different keys. There are many songs that share phrasing with the DAI score.

 

I, for example, compared the complimentary aspects of Assassin's Creed II's score to that of DAI's. I didn't even need to transpose anything either (change the pitch), they were both in the same key already.

 

[turuzzusapatuttu]

 

[Nefla]

Yeah, people were making this comparison like a year ago.

[Firky]

I'm interested to know whether the melody or the words were written first. I don't suppose anyone knows? Like, from an interview or something? It's an odd question, I suppose.

 

I have my money on melody.

[Sylvius the Mad]

When I launch the game, I'm always struck by the music's similarity to the same music in Crusader Kings II.

But music does this all the time. There are innumerable pop songs that use exactly the same chord progression, a progression known as ice cream because everyone likes it.

[Vicious]

pride demon battle reminds me of something but i cant put my finger on it just yet

 

[Firky]

There are innumerable pop songs that use exactly the same chord progression, a progression known as ice cream because everyone likes it.

 

Gotta love ice cream chords. I, iv, IV, V. Endlessly looping.

 

I'm not a massive fan of the DAI theme's melody, Pippin or otherwise, but I do love its treatment harmonically.

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=oQDs5P42MNg

 

The bit at 50' where it's been on that same "root note" for ages, then it launches into a chord progression, but from a major third down, keeping that drone, "root note" thing intact. Brill. Love that.

 

And anything which combines 2s and 3s in its pulse is good with me.

 

/music nerd

[Poledo]

It's funny how everyone is reminded of something different. I think of Halo when I first hear it.

[VahnXIII]

I THOUGHT IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR! It's been a while since I watched LOTR. To be honest, I also grew up going to the local Chantry....I mean Catholic church and there are old hymns that sound similar as well.

[Ashagar]

I listen to a lot of medieval and early modern music so it mostly reminds me of that as does pippin's song in in the movies.

[Han Shot First]

I listen to a lot of medieval and early modern music so it mostly reminds me of that as does pippin's song in in the movies.

 

This.

 

People act like the Lord of the Rings movie was the first time that sort of ballad was sung. Pippin's song is just based on old folk music.

[Cheviot]

Personally, I was reminded of this: