The Rings of Power opening credits have a special meaning linked to JRR Tolkien

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The Rings of Power opening credits have a special meaning linked to JRR Tolkien
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We never knew the opening credits of The Rings of Power had a special meaning! 🤯

, as the film company behind The Rings of Power, Plains of Yonder, wrote: ‘Taking inspiration from JRR Tolkien’s Ainur, immortal angelic beings that sing such beautiful music that the world is created from their very sound, we conceived of a main title sequence “built from the world of sound.”’The sand forms symbols or shapes like trees in the opening sequence

They go on to explain the notion of ‘cymatics’ which is: ‘Vibrations of fine particles on a flat surface display striking symmetrical patterns that reflect audio frequencies.’To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatOther social media users added their own thoughts, with one asking on Reddit: ‘I think it is meant to be a visual rendition of the Ainulindalë, the song of the Ainur, which created Arda.

Someone else questioned: ‘wonder if the various patterns will change over the course of the episodes/seasons.’ The patterns are set to the music of composer Howard Shore, who was behind the music for the trilogies of the original Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films The patterns are set to the music of composer Howard Shore, who was behind the music for the trilogies of the original Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films.

While the patterns created by the cymatics are stunning themselves, they actually create images from Tolkien’s worlds.And some fans have taken the darker sand seeping in to represent Morgoth ‘tainting’ creation , producers confirmed the use of the ring shapes in the opening sequences: ‘We have the nine for men, the seven for the dwarves, the three rings for the elves, and a single ring. All those combinations are through there, and they’re at the beginning and end.

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