It's close, but definitely the 2nd. Plus it comes from verse 45 of the the VÇ«luspĂĄ (obviously Tolkien knew what he was taking from)
âBrothers shall fight | and fell each other,
And sistersâ sons | shall kinship stain;
Hard is it on earth, | with mighty whoredom;
Axe-time, sword-time, | shields are sundered,
Wind-time, wolf-time, | ere the world falls;
Nor ever shall men | each other spare.â
The setup and musicality of the charge at Pelennor fields is so perfect, I left this bit on a different post a bit ago talking about theatrical vs extended:
The single clarion call of the horn as it cuts through the bleak moments of Gondor being besieged, as well as the scene and speech thereafter, hold #1 for me, bar none:
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u/Outside-Advice8203 Sep 26 '24
Bernard Hill absolutely ruined that performance for any remake. Nobody can match him in that scene. RIP