The White Rider
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This theme is associated with Gandalf the White and Shadowfax. Note that all the occurrences listed below involve a mounted Gandalf.
As Kelly Sedinger has pointed out, The White Rider, though quite different in mood, is related to the Isengard theme in that they both begin with the same 3-note mordent figure. Since, by the time this theme appears, Gandalf has already said explicitly that he is "Saruman as he should have been," it is not surprising that the musical themes for the two mirror-image wizards would be connected. It is also worth noting that Shore uses the same musical technique to connect the Ring and Barad-Dur themes.
Many thanks to Glenn Clemente for pointing out this theme and its occurrences.
Occurrences:
| Gandalf mounts Shadowfax for the first time. | ||
| Gandalf and Shadowfax ride off from Edoras to seek Éomer and the banished Rohirrim. | ||
| Gandalf and Éomer's downhill charge at Helm's Deep. | ||
| Gandalf and Pippin leave for Minas Tirith. | ||
| Gandalf clobbers Denethor and takes command. He rides Shadowfax up a flight of stairs on a rampart. |
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