Pippin's Song

          Lord of the Rings has one of the best soundtracks in the whole world.  But I will say, one of the best parts is Pippin's song in "Return of the King"  The sorrow and grief in the music is heartbreaking.  The lack of sound from the battle only deepens the emotion you feel while watching this.  I guess I should give a little background of this scene for those crazy people who haven't seen or read Lord of the Rings.  (What are you waiting for?!)  For those of you who have read/seen LOTR, you can skip ahead or speed read through this explanation while twiddling your thumbs to express your impatience.  Faramir's father, the Steward of Gondor, loved Boromir, Faramir's late elder brother more than anything.  He shunned Faramir for not living up to his brother's greatness.  He openly blames Faramir for things that were far beyond his control.  Soon, the Steward orders Faramir to embark on what everyone knows is a suicide mission to reclaim one of their cities from an army of orcs.  Even knowing full well that this is basically a death sentence, Faramir agrees.  Perhaps he vainly hoped that his death would at last earn him his father's love.  Perhaps he'd simply given up all hope.  I'd need to study the books a bit more to make a more definite hypothesis as to Faramir's motives.  The Steward's cold-hearted indifference to his son in this scene is horrible.  He calmly eats his lunch while he knows full well that Faramir is charging toward and impossible situation under his orders.  I'll not be spoiling the movie/book by telling you what happens.  But seriously...READ/WATCH the series!!!  And I dare you not to tear up while watching this scene.