For space is wide and good friends are too few.
The sweet juleficent filmed me while I sang one of my own songs, “In the Halls of Our Fathers”, accompanied by theriza on he clarinet, at HobbitCon 3!
There’s a lot of background noise in this, but it’s entirely worth it for a dwarf playing the clarinet.
R.I.P. Christopher Lee.
We will always remember you and your work. As a tribute, I’m sharing this song he performed with the Tolkien Ensemble, singing as Treebeard.
“In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring.
Ah ! the sight and the smell of the Spring in Nan-tasarion !
And I said that was good.
I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand.
Ah ! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir !
And I thought that was best.
To the beeches of Neldoreth I came in the Autumn.
Ah ! the gold and the red and the sighing of leaves in the Autumn in Taur-na-neldor!
It was more than my desire.
To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter.
Ah ! the wind and the whiteness and the black branches of Winter upon Orod-na-Thön !
My voice went up and sang in the sky.
And now all those lands lie under the wave,
And I walk in Ambaróna, in Tauremorna, in Aldalómë,
In my own land, in the country of Fangorn,
Where the roots are long,
And the years lie thicker than the leaves
In Tauremornalómë.“
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
A setting of the song Frodo sings in memory of Gandalf in Lothlorian, with Sam’s added verse.
“Baby It’s Cold Outside (as performed by Gollum and Smeagol),” by Matthew Drahozal.
It’s exactly what it says on the tin, and you won’t regret it.
just listen to it just go
(original here)
arranged by me, all instruments played by me
I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE
I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’RE DOING
STOP AND LISTEN TO THIS PERFECTION OKAYtwo lines.
thats all it took. now im going to have to listen to this a thousand times.
Ingrid Windsland’s fantastic parody of “The Rocky Road to Dublin”
My recording of Nimrodel is now up on YouTube! 🙂
You can download this song for free on my Soundcloud account:
https://soundcloud.com/ingrid-windsland
Tons of you have been helping build up the Masterlist of Songs Inspired by Tolkien – thank you so much to everyone who’s sent in links to new songs! I’ve still got lots more to add (including all of The Tolkien Ensemble, yikes), but here’s the songs that were recently added:
- Where the Shadows Lie (Battlelore)
- “Eowyn’s Song“ (Cletus Kennaly & Lori Kelly)
- “Evenstar” (Destiny Cross)
- “May it Be“ (Destiny Cross)
- “Pippin’s Song – All Shall Fade – Edge of Night” (Destiny Cross)
- “Oakenshield” (Elvenking)
- The Children of Hurin Original Soundtrack (Francisco Nogueiras)
- “Battle of Evermore“ (Led Zeppelin)
- “Ramble On” (Led Zeppelin)
- “Elven Oratory II: Maeglin’s Cry“ (Lind Erebros)
- “Noldolante” (Lind Erebros)
- Music Inspired by the Lord of the Rings (Mostly Autumn(
Remember, if you’ve got more to add, please let me know – and include a link with your suggestion!!! (otherwise it will not be added)
Likely of interest to my followers!
And mine, though they’re probably more or less the same people.