[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In fact, I'd never even heard of her before the soundtrack (shows you how much I know about pop music!) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Me neither. But she really doesn't sound all that pop-ish to me. I know I'm going against the flow here, but I really can't hear it. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think Annie Lennox sings too loud during the climax because the song doesn't have to be loud especially when you finish the movie with a quiet scene.<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I don't mind it, in fact, it fits for me. Maybe I'm just weird, but the song represents a lot of different things to me, and one of them is sea-longing. So the surges in the volume reflect the surges of the sea, and the surges of sea-longing itself. I don't know if Frodo and Sam got sea-longing (I doubt it), but it would be a nice idea. The elves have it, anyway, and since going "Into the West" involves a sea-voyage, it makes sense.