For being the most majestic, fascinating part of the Second Age of Middle-earth, I felt the show drag it's feet the most when we were on the island kingdom. However, visually it was a spectacle to behold, and musically it is one of the best themes in the entire series. Inspired by Middle Eastern cultures, the instrumentation is of a sound palette completely different to the rest of the show's library. McCreary stated he wanted the theme of Númenor to be so unique and different from the rest of the show, and so when we watch the original trilogy and the sound palette is absent, we FEEL it's loss. The theme is not only royal and grand, but also has a large amount of heart and uncertainty to it. When Númenor's political wellbeing is threatened, whether by Ar-Pharazon or other factors, it sounds mischievous and gloomy, or when Tar Miriel is blinded or conflicted it sounds frail and somber. But the score shines with it's militant percussive beat, it's tambourines and choral phrases, strums of Middle Eastern stringwork, creating a powerful, roaring anthem the likes of which have never been seen by Middle-earth. They may be gone, but their reign and legacy with forever be untarnished. That is unless they succumb to the darkness brewing under the surface, soon to fester after the death of Ar-Palantír. The battle for Númenor's soul will likely rage on in the show's musical score, as it already has, creating one of the most beautiful, triumphant, and spectacular themes in the musical history of The Lord of the Rings.
* = edited/rearranged

TRACKLIST:
0:00 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom*
1:02 The Tests of Isildur and Earien
1:20 Into Númenor*
2:26 The King in the Tower + Into Númenor
2:33 The King in the Tower*
5:33 Infirmary
5:44 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom + Infirmary
5:48 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom
6:08 The Saboteur + Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom
6:16 The Saboteur*
7:55 Only Grey
9:49 The Saboteur + Only Grey
9:55 The Saboteur
10:37 An Intriguing Suggestion + The Saboteur
10:45 An Intriguing Suggestion*
11:56 White Leaves + An Intriguing Suggestion
12:00 White Leaves
12:35 Númenor Prepares + White Leaves
12:38 Númenor Prepares
12:45 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom + Númenor Prepares
12:58 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom
14:32 The King in the Tower + Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom
14:38 The King in the Tower
14:54 Black Flags
15:25 The Coming of Night + Black Flags
15:30 The Coming of Night
16:13 Civil Unrest in the Island Kingdom
17:34 Infirmary
18:20 A Leaf Burns
18:37 Both Our Bloodlines + A Leaf Burns
18:41 Both Our Bloodlines
19:29 Into Númenor + Both Our Bloodlines
19:33 Into Númenor
19:48 Bloodthirst
20:01 The King in the Tower
20:30 Númenor Prepares + The King in the Tower
20:39 Númenor Prepares*
21:18 Into Númenor
22:19 Númenor
23:09 Into Númenor + Númenor
23:11 Into Númenor
24:11 Númenor
24:48 Into Númenor
26:42 To the Hall of Lore + Into Númenor
26:55 To the Hall of Lore
27:33 White Leaves + Númenor + To the Hall of Lore
27:35 White Leaves*
29:33 The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn
30:58 Númenor + The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn
31:00 Númenor
32:21 The Confession and Sailing into the Dawn
33:17 Black Flags

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