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Darth Mithrandir · 10-01-2003, 11:05 PM

Anyone wanna help with an anthology of music? I want to create a tribute to Middle Earth CD from songs already published.

Anyone know which ones could apply

Already have...

Led Zeppelin - Battle of Evermore
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

Rush - Rivendell
Rush - The Necromancer

what else is there?

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 10-02-2003, 04:16 AM

I'm not sure if I understood...So you 'collect' Middle-Earth related songs composed/performed by different bands?

If that's your point, I know one:
Nightwish: Elvenpath

More information about Nightwish.

And if I remember right, Stratovarius has made one, but it is instrumental...not sure though.

Oh, btw welcome to the Downs, enjoy being dead [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

mark12_30 · 10-02-2003, 05:47 AM

It's for your own personal, private listening use and you're not going to sell it or circulate or otherwise publish it-- and all that other legal stuff-- right??? Careful of those copyright infringements, etc. I'm no expert about it, but they are nailing people for copyright infringements, more and more.

Having said that, get busy with a web seach engine. On the net you can find mp3s of Donald Swann's versions of The Road Goes Ever On available for download. Formal drawing-room style presentation, might not be quite to your taste.

Also, there are a few clips of the old Rankin-Bass music-- again, may or may not be to your taste. I love them.

What to look for otherwise?

For pure Tolkien, *if* you like semi-classical presentations of Tolkien's songs, then you probably want to buy these CDs:

Tolkien Ensemble:
An Evening in Rivendell
A Night in Rivendell
At Dawn In Rivendell (this one's easily available at any decent CD store, check this out efore hunting for the others which are very hard to find)

Broceliande: The Starlit Jewel (VERY difficult to find, but keep an eye out...)

If what you are looking for is rock, metal, rap, techno, synth, etc, that's not my forte. However, lots of other people have searched out the same thing you are searching out. There is something out there (I forget where) called The Tolkien Music List. Type that into google, and be amazed! There are single cuts everywhere.

And lastly, go to the main Barrow-Downs' page, then to LINKS, and scroll down to "Music."

Darth Mithrandir · 10-02-2003, 11:38 AM

Actually the idea came from working on a research paper, but its nice to know that there are those who can appreciate music as well.

I'll do some more looking, but so far I've only been able to come up with about four or five musicians, most of them heavy metal.

Wonder what this says about fans of Middle Earth?

Sapphire_Flame · 10-02-2003, 12:50 PM

Nearly every song by Blind Guardian. Their stuff is mostly Silm related, but still...

Abedithon le,

~*~Aranel~*~

[ October 02, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ]

Amarantha_Daisy · 10-02-2003, 08:36 PM

Very good idea... Hmmm...

It really depends... Do you want just songs with lyrics or is classical music okay? I know there are a lot of classical songs that were written to go to different parts of the books.

As for songs with lyrics, most of the songs I know are already posted. Loreena McKennit has a song called "Lord of the Rings- Gandalf" or something of the sort. I downloaded it, so I'm not sure if that really is the title... I'm not even sure if it's by her... [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

You can also download clips of the BBC radio production. They put tunes to the songs in the books. Veeeery fun to sing to... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] My Precious has some clips you can download. just go to the audio section. I can't link directly there.

There's a really creepily weird song called "Forge of Sauron" which I believe is by Mostly Autumn... it's really cool if you go for that kind of stuff [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] It's all...weird...like...

Oh! How could I forget?! The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins! By Leonord Nimoy! Ever heard it? It's definatly a classic. You can that, too at My Precious.

Edit: Woops... The "Forge of Sauron" song I was talking about is by Mostly Autumn. My bad [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I'm listening to it now...

[ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ]

Darth Mithrandir · 10-02-2003, 09:13 PM

Kewl. You guys are da bomb!

This paper may turn out to be quite interesting, regarding that class.

btw - its supposed to be representative of 'The Silmarillion' but don't tell anyone.

And Nimoy's 'Bilbo' is a hoot. If anyone gets the chance to watch it, do so. But please, go to the bathroom first because its funny (don't want any accidents). [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

Beth the Elf · 10-03-2003, 03:57 PM

There's a bunch of songs from the Tolkien Ensamble...i have Galadriel's Song of Eldamar

Amarantha_Daisy · 10-05-2003, 03:03 PM

Does anyone know some good sites you can download music off of? I used to have WinMX for all my downloading needs, but I had to get rid of it... Are there any good sites out there? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 10-05-2003, 04:49 PM

Be sure to keep discussions here to legal downloading and listening of music.

Darth Mithrandir · 10-06-2003, 08:10 PM

I'll second that wight. Actually, I'd really prefer not to have any download sites mentioned at all.

Still looking for terms regarding a paper for Good ole English literature. There's always room for another thread, I think in case anyone is looking to discuss download linkage. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Elennar Starfire · 10-06-2003, 08:52 PM

On Enya's Shepard's Moon CD, track nine is called 'Lothlorien'. It is all instrumental.

Amarantha_Daisy · 10-07-2003, 08:25 PM

Sorry, Mr. Barrow-Wight! *bows* I deleted WinMX precicley because of all the legal issues, but the whole music downloading thing is kinda fuzzy... I'm not sure what is legal and what isn't [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] I guess it shouldn't really be discussed, just in case.

Estelyn Telcontar · 10-08-2003, 01:00 PM

'Nickel Creek' did an instrumental song called 'House of Tom Bombadil' - the style is blue-grass, not my usual hunting grounds, but so well done that it's a favorite of mine.

04-15-2006, 02:24 PM

look at this link, It`s an autor that put music to some songs in the lord of the ring and the hobbit, an he also had the approve of tolkien himself. Enjoy it.
http://www.geocities.com/redbookofwestmarch/swann.htm

04-15-2006, 08:23 PM

As someone who listens to quite a bit of metal, I can tell you there are a bunch of bands that are dedicated wholly to Tolkien... or at least mostly... such as Blind Guardian... here are a few (I haven't checked all of them out - some are hard to come by... but here's a list I once had):

Akallabêth
Amon Din
Avathar
Battlelore
Black Jade
Cross Borns
Druad
Druadan Forest
Fashoht Stâz
Flying Nazgul
Gorthaur
Grimorc
Gurthang
Lugburz
Minas Morgul
Oberon
Ringwraith
Rivendell
Summoning
The Ring
Trollrath
Valar
Witchking
Zabiis

Other bands do mention Tolkien occasionally... such as the band Galadriel... GWAR even makes a Tolkien reference in the song Whargoul, and 3 Inches of Blood has the song Kill the Orcs (it is also rumoured that their latest album has many Tolkien references, although they are subtle and could potentially fit into various other fantasies) - not sure if you're looking for music for listening purposes or making a list of various bands/songs... since you mentioned a research paper. If you're not too fond of the sound of death metal, a lot of these bands might not be the most pleasurable listening experience...

Aiwendil · 04-15-2006, 08:37 PM

There's a group called "Mostly Autumn" that made an album of songs based on The Lord of the Rings.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 04-17-2006, 05:01 AM

I have heard of Mostly Autumn, but did not know they had Tolkien inspired stuff! I'll have to give them a listen!

Balin999 · 04-17-2006, 07:31 AM

I can also recommend Summoning if you like Metal, especially their albums "Dol Guldur" and "Minas Morgul"

Volo · 08-28-2006, 10:25 AM

Thought first to start a new topic where anyone can tell about different Tolkien-based music. Well, this one is an old topic and it seems that there were even older topics like this somewhere...

Being a fan of Tolkien and Russian music here are two Russian power metal bands with Tolkien themes.

Epidemia
More Epidemia for free, legally
Epidemia - Feanor (straight link)

Arda
Few Arda songs

10-01-2003, 11:05 PM	#1
Darth Mithrandir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deserted Earth Posts: 18	Needing help with music Anyone wanna help with an anthology of music? I want to create a tribute to Middle Earth CD from songs already published. Anyone know which ones could apply Already have... Led Zeppelin - Battle of Evermore Led Zeppelin - Ramble On Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop Rush - Rivendell Rush - The Necromancer what else is there? __________________ All that glitters is not gold, Nor are we all getting old.

10-02-2003, 04:16 AM	#2
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,237	I'm not sure if I understood...So you 'collect' Middle-Earth related songs composed/performed by different bands? If that's your point, I know one: Nightwish: Elvenpath More information about Nightwish. And if I remember right, Stratovarius has made one, but it is instrumental...not sure though. Oh, btw welcome to the Downs, enjoy being dead [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Fenris Wolf

10-02-2003, 05:47 AM	#3
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,367	It's for your own personal, private listening use and you're not going to sell it or circulate or otherwise publish it-- and all that other legal stuff-- right??? Careful of those copyright infringements, etc. I'm no expert about it, but they are nailing people for copyright infringements, more and more. Having said that, get busy with a web seach engine. On the net you can find mp3s of Donald Swann's versions of The Road Goes Ever On available for download. Formal drawing-room style presentation, might not be quite to your taste. Also, there are a few clips of the old Rankin-Bass music-- again, may or may not be to your taste. I love them. What to look for otherwise? For pure Tolkien, if you like semi-classical presentations of Tolkien's songs, then you probably want to buy these CDs: Tolkien Ensemble: An Evening in Rivendell A Night in Rivendell At Dawn In Rivendell (this one's easily available at any decent CD store, check this out efore hunting for the others which are very hard to find) Broceliande: The Starlit Jewel (VERY difficult to find, but keep an eye out...) If what you are looking for is rock, metal, rap, techno, synth, etc, that's not my forte. However, lots of other people have searched out the same thing you are searching out. There is something out there (I forget where) called The Tolkien Music List. Type that into google, and be amazed! There are single cuts everywhere. And lastly, go to the main Barrow-Downs' page, then to LINKS, and scroll down to "Music." __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.

10-02-2003, 11:38 AM	#4
Darth Mithrandir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deserted Earth Posts: 18	Actually the idea came from working on a research paper, but its nice to know that there are those who can appreciate music as well. I'll do some more looking, but so far I've only been able to come up with about four or five musicians, most of them heavy metal. Wonder what this says about fans of Middle Earth? __________________ All that glitters is not gold, Nor are we all getting old.

10-02-2003, 12:50 PM	#5
Sapphire_Flame Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The World That Never Was Posts: 1,246	Nearly every song by Blind Guardian. Their stuff is mostly Silm related, but still... Abedithon le, ~~Aranel~~ [ October 02, 2003: Message edited by: Sapphire_Flame ] __________________ The Hitchhiking Ghost

10-02-2003, 08:36 PM	#6
Amarantha_Daisy Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bag End... On Frodo's laptop. Shhhh! Don't tell! Posts: 240	Very good idea... Hmmm... It really depends... Do you want just songs with lyrics or is classical music okay? I know there are a lot of classical songs that were written to go to different parts of the books. As for songs with lyrics, most of the songs I know are already posted. Loreena McKennit has a song called "Lord of the Rings- Gandalf" or something of the sort. I downloaded it, so I'm not sure if that really is the title... I'm not even sure if it's by her... [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] You can also download clips of the BBC radio production. They put tunes to the songs in the books. Veeeery fun to sing to... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] My Precious has some clips you can download. just go to the audio section. I can't link directly there. There's a really creepily weird song called "Forge of Sauron" which I believe is by Mostly Autumn... it's really cool if you go for that kind of stuff [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] It's all...weird...like... Oh! How could I forget?! The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins! By Leonord Nimoy! Ever heard it? It's definatly a classic. You can that, too at My Precious. Edit: Woops... The "Forge of Sauron" song I was talking about is by Mostly Autumn. My bad [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] I'm listening to it now... [ October 05, 2003: Message edited by: Amarantha_Daisy ] __________________ "I did not see the Balrog until I saw the film! He was -- it was -- just a yellow tennis ball on top of a pole for me to shout at. I felt like screaming 'You shall not bounce!'" ~Sir Ian McKellen October 20, 2005 - 1st Annual Golden Ring Marathon! Spread the Word!

10-02-2003, 09:13 PM	#7
Darth Mithrandir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deserted Earth Posts: 18	Kewl. You guys are da bomb! This paper may turn out to be quite interesting, regarding that class. btw - its supposed to be representative of 'The Silmarillion' but don't tell anyone. And Nimoy's 'Bilbo' is a hoot. If anyone gets the chance to watch it, do so. But please, go to the bathroom first because its funny (don't want any accidents). [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] __________________ All that glitters is not gold, Nor are we all getting old.

10-03-2003, 03:57 PM	#8
Beth the Elf Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 17	There's a bunch of songs from the Tolkien Ensamble...i have Galadriel's Song of Eldamar

10-05-2003, 03:03 PM	#9
Amarantha_Daisy Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bag End... On Frodo's laptop. Shhhh! Don't tell! Posts: 240	Does anyone know some good sites you can download music off of? I used to have WinMX for all my downloading needs, but I had to get rid of it... Are there any good sites out there? [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ "I did not see the Balrog until I saw the film! He was -- it was -- just a yellow tennis ball on top of a pole for me to shout at. I felt like screaming 'You shall not bounce!'" ~Sir Ian McKellen October 20, 2005 - 1st Annual Golden Ring Marathon! Spread the Word!

10-05-2003, 04:49 PM	#10
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,052	Be sure to keep discussions here to legal downloading and listening of music. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

10-06-2003, 08:10 PM	#11
Darth Mithrandir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Deserted Earth Posts: 18	I'll second that wight. Actually, I'd really prefer not to have any download sites mentioned at all. Still looking for terms regarding a paper for Good ole English literature. There's always room for another thread, I think in case anyone is looking to discuss download linkage. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] __________________ All that glitters is not gold, Nor are we all getting old.

10-06-2003, 08:52 PM	#12
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 987	On Enya's Shepard's Moon CD, track nine is called 'Lothlorien'. It is all instrumental. __________________ Don't let me die!

10-07-2003, 08:25 PM	#13
Amarantha_Daisy Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bag End... On Frodo's laptop. Shhhh! Don't tell! Posts: 240	Sorry, Mr. Barrow-Wight! bows I deleted WinMX precicley because of all the legal issues, but the whole music downloading thing is kinda fuzzy... I'm not sure what is legal and what isn't [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] I guess it shouldn't really be discussed, just in case. __________________ "I did not see the Balrog until I saw the film! He was -- it was -- just a yellow tennis ball on top of a pole for me to shout at. I felt like screaming 'You shall not bounce!'" ~Sir Ian McKellen October 20, 2005 - 1st Annual Golden Ring Marathon! Spread the Word!

10-08-2003, 01:00 PM	#14
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,535	'Nickel Creek' did an instrumental song called 'House of Tom Bombadil' - the style is blue-grass, not my usual hunting grounds, but so well done that it's a favorite of mine. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

04-15-2006, 02:24 PM	#15
Fëa Quendeva Guest Posts: n/a	look at this link, It`s an autor that put music to some songs in the lord of the ring and the hobbit, an he also had the approve of tolkien himself. Enjoy it. http://www.geocities.com/redbookofwestmarch/swann.htm

04-15-2006, 08:23 PM	#16
Rainmaker Guest Posts: n/a	As someone who listens to quite a bit of metal, I can tell you there are a bunch of bands that are dedicated wholly to Tolkien... or at least mostly... such as Blind Guardian... here are a few (I haven't checked all of them out - some are hard to come by... but here's a list I once had): Akallabêth Amon Din Avathar Battlelore Black Jade Cross Borns Druad Druadan Forest Fashoht Stâz Flying Nazgul Gorthaur Grimorc Gurthang Lugburz Minas Morgul Oberon Ringwraith Rivendell Summoning The Ring Trollrath Valar Witchking Zabiis Other bands do mention Tolkien occasionally... such as the band Galadriel... GWAR even makes a Tolkien reference in the song Whargoul, and 3 Inches of Blood has the song Kill the Orcs (it is also rumoured that their latest album has many Tolkien references, although they are subtle and could potentially fit into various other fantasies) - not sure if you're looking for music for listening purposes or making a list of various bands/songs... since you mentioned a research paper. If you're not too fond of the sound of death metal, a lot of these bands might not be the most pleasurable listening experience...

04-15-2006, 08:37 PM	#17
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	There's a group called "Mostly Autumn" that made an album of songs based on The Lord of the Rings.

04-17-2006, 05:01 AM	#18
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,484	I have heard of Mostly Autumn, but did not know they had Tolkien inspired stuff! I'll have to give them a listen! Last edited by Hilde Bracegirdle; 04-17-2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason: lack of proof (reading).

04-17-2006, 07:31 AM	#19
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	I can also recommend Summoning if you like Metal, especially their albums "Dol Guldur" and "Minas Morgul" __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...

08-28-2006, 10:25 AM	#20
Volo Silver in My Silent Heart Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the great beauty Posts: 1,645	Thought first to start a new topic where anyone can tell about different Tolkien-based music. Well, this one is an old topic and it seems that there were even older topics like this somewhere... Being a fan of Tolkien and Russian music here are two Russian power metal bands with Tolkien themes. Epidemia More Epidemia for free, legally Epidemia - Feanor (straight link) Arda Few Arda songs __________________ Fenris Wolf The EVEN NEWER Barrow-Downs Photo Page