You're all right, there are many composers and albums inspired by Tolkien, and I've bought some of them. Many are very good and many others are not.
At this moment, I'm interested (but not only) in that music made before the movies. Not because I think that only pre-movie music are good, but it's just a way to made some selection, and because I think that the movie inspired a lot of opportunist composers and bands (not all of them, of course – the Tolkien Ensemble work is really amazing, and the soundtrack of LotR too).
These days, I'm enjoying with Donald Swann, Hobbitons and Bo Hansson and I'm looking for "songs of middle earth" by James Satark, that I can't find even after months of search (can we talk about .mp3 files here?). If you had a clue, tell me.
And, please, Galadriel55, send me link to Downers' compositions, I'm very interested. Thanks again, and sorry about my english.
