Musical instruments in Middle-earth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 02-29-2008, 07:09 PM

If you're talking about the Rankin/Bass animated version, oh, yes, they had at least pieces of a surprising number of songs. I'm not sure Tolkien would've approved of them (some of them make me think of an old, old American TV show "Sing Along with Mitch"), but at least they didn't ignore them entirely. And in at least one case, rather than have all the verses literally sung, they had John Huston recite many of them, which, when one considers that "song" did not always mean "words set to music," it wasn't entirely inappropriate. Most of the songs in the R/B Hobbit at least came from the book (with one notable exception, that I can remember; it's been a LONG time since I saw the thing). One can't say the same for R/B's eminently forgettable attempt at RotK. *shudder*

02-29-2008, 07:09 PM	#37
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 733	If you're talking about the Rankin/Bass animated version, oh, yes, they had at least pieces of a surprising number of songs. I'm not sure Tolkien would've approved of them (some of them make me think of an old, old American TV show "Sing Along with Mitch"), but at least they didn't ignore them entirely. And in at least one case, rather than have all the verses literally sung, they had John Huston recite many of them, which, when one considers that "song" did not always mean "words set to music," it wasn't entirely inappropriate. Most of the songs in the R/B Hobbit at least came from the book (with one notable exception, that I can remember; it's been a LONG time since I saw the thing). One can't say the same for R/B's eminently forgettable attempt at RotK. shudder __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill