Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
For the bittersweet dwarf/elf romantic subplot the music had to portray idealism, purity and wonder which are well captured by the glowing gently ascending line. The theme opens with a duet for oboe and flute, the A part, a depiction of duality, two cultures meeting and the actual glowing melody, the B part, is performed by a soprano soloist and it contains a link to the elven musical realm although it eschews the Eastern tinged qualities of the Woodland Realm and speaks of Tauriel’s yearning for life outside the isolation and narrow bounds of Thranduil’s kingdom. Shore also provides a graceful woodwind ending, C part, for the melody which seems to derive from Tauriel’s own theme. All these ideas operate independently but usually appear together in various scenes throughout the second and third films.
The lyrics of the theme are sung both in Khuzdul and Sindarin, the languages of dwarves and of elves and there is at the core of this romance an aspect of almost awe-filled respect Kili feels toward Tauriel, which is beautifully mirrored by the wonder-struck almost reverent quality of the writing.
For the bittersweet dwarf/elf romantic subplot the music had to portray idealism, purity and wonder which are well captured by the glowing gently ascending line. The theme opens with a duet for oboe and flute, the A part, a depiction of duality, two cultures meeting and the actual glowing melody, the B part, is performed by a soprano soloist and it contains a link to the elven musical realm although it eschews the Eastern tinged qualities of the Woodland Realm and speaks of Tauriel’s yearning for life outside the isolation and narrow bounds of Thranduil’s kingdom. Shore also provides a graceful woodwind ending, C part, for the melody which seems to derive from Tauriel’s own theme. All these ideas operate independently but usually appear together in various scenes throughout the second and third films.
The lyrics of the theme are sung both in Khuzdul and Sindarin, the languages of dwarves and of elves and there is at the core of this romance an aspect of almost awe-filled respect Kili feels toward Tauriel, which is beautifully mirrored by the wonder-struck almost reverent quality of the writing.
