The Rings of Power has a musical Sauron Easter egg and the composer is “thrilled” that someone has already found it

The Rings of Power season 2 premiere features a dark Sauron and Galadriel Easter egg – and composer Bear McCreary is pleased someone has spotted it already. 

In the moment, Galadriel comments that Sauron (or Halbrand, as she knew him) “used me, and under his hand I was played like a harp to a melody not of my choosing.” As she speaks, Sauron’s theme can be heard in the background, played on a harp. “Good ears! I’m thrilled somebody noticed,” McCreary wrote on X.