i can only remember two songs, Queen - Princes of the Universe and Sum41 - Were all to blame, that i can relate to the Noldor of the Silamrillion, Princes of the Universe of course to the Noldor princes, and Were all to blame, it can be from when the Noldor leave to Fingolfins death, really how the song goes...if i get help i might make a flash to express it...

Ramble On. :)

Hm... anything by Blind Guardian makes me think of Tolkien :p

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Ramble On
Zep has a lot of ME references in their early stuff - Misty Mtn Hop, Battle of Evermore etc...
I still say Yes' "Awaken" when reading Silm :)

Vivaldi's Four Seasons fits nicely with the LOTR all the way through, you just have it repeat over and over while you read all three books through(if you like to do that on a lazy Sunday). And speaking of repeating songs, it's called Day Cycle, or "Full Circle" in it's published form. The music is by a local composer I know and it's a Piano Trio (Piano, Violin, Cello). The 5 movements are meant to symbolise the day from way before dawn to late night. Though the intended structure of the piece doesn't exactly fit the plot line, I read The Fellowship of the Ring and am remided of the chords of the song.

Funny non-Tolkien related point: When I first read Harry Potter, the first three all together, I listened to the same CD, Big Shinny tunes 6, and now whenever I hear the songs from that CD, I see Harry flying a broomstick or am reminded of another part of the story. Does that ever happen to anyone else?

i associated Jimmy Eat World with it only cus when i was reading the book i was listning to that at the same time.

I think Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique fits nicely with the unfolding of the story. I also think Beethoven's Ode to Joy fits with the Valar. On a lighter note, Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" works good with Frodo's journey.

Two songs by the prog group Camel:

"The White Rider"

"Lady Fantasy"

There's an Irish traditional called 'Avon Dale', which I associate with the beauty of Middle Earth scenery, and this part of this song here:
'(...) pride and ancient glory fey,
such was the land where he was laid"
brings to mind the battles and lastly, Aragorn's death in Minas Tirth.
The song is so nostalgic and beautiful, it sounds like something straight out of Middle Earth.

And there's this Christmas song which has absolutely nothing to do with Middle Earth, that makes me think "Minas Tirth!" only because there's a line there:
"White city, she's so beautiful!' :D
The song is 'December will be magic again' by Kate Bush.

Oh, I must add on "Who Wants to Live Forever," it really reminds me of the relationship of Arwen and Aragorn.

I've also recently (as in, the past year and a half) gotten into a group called Adiemus, and they are very Elvish sounding.

There is also a group called Secret Garden that writes music that strongly reminds me of LOTR.

It's hard to pick any one track on some CDs, because the style of that group, overall, is very LOTR-ish.

Cool thread idea! I'm positive someone has already said this, but the one song that jumps out at me is O Fortuna (the version by Opera Babes is the best). I always thought of it as a song that should be played when the Ring is finally destroyed. Then I saw it used for a ROTK trailer by Steve Latham. Good song, very moving. A good song for the battle scenes is Mars the Bringer of War. The name sums it up. And every time the Fellowship goes into an Elven realm Braham's Lullaby automatically comes into my mind.

sir thomas Moores Last rose of summer always reminds me of eowyn.

and then of course Faith hill's Man! I feel like a woman.... ;)