Now, lifting the hood a little bit on the theme reveals that it is, in fact, an antithesis to the “Fellowship Theme.” The “Isengard / Orc Theme” opens with a quick half-step back and forth motion, whereas the “Fellowship Theme” has the bold whole-step motion. If the “Five-Beat Pattern” represents the orc’s brutality, this theme represents their unrelenting, terrifying drive and focus. It’s literally symbolic of turning gears and Saruman’s newly formed “mind of metal” as Treebeard says. It’s stuck in a perpetual loop, never going anywhere, never achieving anything. The theme is almost always locked to “The Five-Beat Pattern” and it represents everything the “Fellowship Theme” is not. More rhythmic than melodic, all of the themes and motifs represent insanity, cruelty, and evil industrial might. This mixed with its approach to combat - to discourage it at every turn in favor of stealth and trap laying - combined to lock you into a style of play that feels appropriate for the sort of creature who lives in the shadows of bigger, scarier things and lives to tell the tale.The music for Isengard and the Orcs consists of some of Shore’s more animalistic leitmotifs. It was a little jarring at first to see him move so video game-ly, considering my impression of the character established from the books and movies, but after a while his almost supernatural scampering feels right. He’s quite the climber, with the platforming feeling largely like the Uncharted variety of ledge grabbing, vine scaling, and acrobatic swing jumping. A good Sméagol would have nervously waited, but as a shifty little Gollum I attempted to escape. He walks back to his post and gives you strict orders to stand still and wait for a gong. In one chapter, you’re escorted into a spooky keep somewhere in Mordor by an imposing orc.
This expresses itself in interesting ways while you explore the world too. Sometimes the obsessive self interest of Gollum will keep him out of chains.
This isn’t a standard morality system as you’ve seen in games like Mass Effect, as not every choice Sméagol makes will keep him out of trouble.
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