Even The Rings of Power title sequence contains hidden secrets about the show

polygon.com:

The opening for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the Prime Video original series, is one of the most visually striking title sequences to premiere on television this year. Over the course of 90 seconds, a series of wispy veins of granite, pebble, and ichor morph and flow across the screen into a latticework of intricate symbols inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing, coalescing into a sequence that feels at once both ancient and timeless in its execution.

The sequence, co-directed by Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore of the Seattle-based film studio Plains of Yonder, was one of five ideas pitched by their team to the showrunners.

“It was glued directly to the Tolkien universe, with sound and music being fundamental to his world,” Bashore said in an interview with Polygon. “One of the first things we said when we showed the showrunners some images was, ‘What if we made a title sequence that was built from the world of sound?’”

To achieve this, Crawford, Bashore, and their team drew inspiration from the field of cymatics, the study of sound wave phenomena and their visual representation. Coined by 20th-century natural scientist Dr. Hans Jenny, the most common and best-known iteration of cymatics is the Chladni plate, a device invented by the 18th-century German physicist Ernst Chladni to visualize modes of vibration.

“The concept [of cymatics] was really well loved,” Bashore told Polygon. “But of course, we had multiple moments of panic early on while trying to figure out how do we make this. So we started at the kitchen table. Katrina set up this really basic science rig assembled from cheap parts and an iPhone, and we would put sand on this rig and play different tones through it. Gregorian chants, angel music,