Does any one know where I can find the tunes to the different songs? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Taure Leafsilver · 11-14-2002, 06:53 AM

I found Gil-galad and it was so beutiful I had to find the others so are there any sites with the song's music?

arelendil · 11-14-2002, 08:53 AM

i often wondered if there was a tape or website! all the books on tape seem to gloss over the singing!! How Annoying! i would dearly love to hear the songs! everyone says they fit different christmas carols but i never got it! did tolkien ever write the tune or is it someone elses attempt!

Eärendil · 11-14-2002, 12:04 PM

There is a book called 'The Road Goes Ever On', and there you have notes to many of the songs. I have heard it´s a very good book. I don´t know if Tolkien himself liked the tunes though.

Diamond18 · 11-14-2002, 12:19 PM

There is also a CD called "The Starlit Jewel". It has 13 songs:

Elvish Lullabye
Song of the Eldar in Exile (O Elbereth Gilthoniel)
Hobbit Walking Song (The Road Goes Ever On and On)
Children's Song from Dale
In Western Lands (Sam's song from C. Ungol)
Galadriel's Lament
Troll Song
Lament for Boromir
Bath Song
In Durin's Day
Lay of Nimrodel
When Spring Unfolds (song of the Entwives)

I have this CD and listen to it all the time. Highly recommended! If you go to Amazon you can probably listen to samples.

Orual · 11-14-2002, 03:32 PM

The BBC radioplay has some of the songs in it--possibly the version of the Fall of Gil-galad you heard, Taure. Some of them aren't quite as good, but it's interesting to hear them put to music.

There's also this really funny music file that a friend sent me of Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd singing the "Hobbit drinking song"--kind of a combination of several of the songs from LotR.

~*~Orual~*~

Saurannûn the Wood Elf · 11-14-2002, 03:51 PM

I like "The March of the Ents" song! The tune is cool! YEs, I do have "The Road Goes Ever On", but I can't find it right now. But anyway, I shouldn't think it too hard to find on the market. But I wouldn't know, it was a gift to my dad from one of his friends, must've been 30 years ago now. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Arwen Imladris · 11-14-2002, 04:23 PM

I have listened to the tapes, yes, the fall of Gilgalad is on there, I doubt that that was what Tolkien had in his mind, but who knows? I especially like the ent song as well, Too Isengard we come, with doom, we come... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Taure Leafsilver · 11-14-2002, 09:22 PM

Yes, it was the BBC. I am trying to use KaZaA to find the songs now.

elfling · 11-14-2002, 10:43 PM

The Tolkien Ensemble has 2 CDs A Night in Rivendale and An Evening in Rivendale. I found them at Barnes and Noble in the soundtrack section. They are really neat. I am looking for Starlit Jewel now.

Arwen_Evenstar · 11-14-2002, 10:43 PM

This is for the Elijah lovers,
if you go to elijahwoodinc.com there is a LotR trailer where he sings the theme song to Hollywood.com, complete with actions, and he is soo cute in it and its really funni.
Just thought Id share.
Later! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

11-14-2002, 06:53 AM	#1
Taure Leafsilver Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire,Alabama Posts: 131	Does any one know where I can find the tunes to the different songs? I found Gil-galad and it was so beutiful I had to find the others so are there any sites with the song's music? __________________ Pippin Lives!

11-14-2002, 08:53 AM	#2
arelendil Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eryn Lasgalen Posts: 202	i often wondered if there was a tape or website! all the books on tape seem to gloss over the singing!! How Annoying! i would dearly love to hear the songs! everyone says they fit different christmas carols but i never got it! did tolkien ever write the tune or is it someone elses attempt! __________________ Nai Vardo eleni ilye lumenn' enomentielvo siluvar!

11-14-2002, 12:04 PM	#3
Eärendil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor (RtL: 1220 miles) Posts: 562	There is a book called 'The Road Goes Ever On', and there you have notes to many of the songs. I have heard it´s a very good book. I don´t know if Tolkien himself liked the tunes though. __________________ Jag ska aldrig göra dig illa. Inte igen. Åtminstone inte mycket, åtminstone inte hårt. Kommer du ihåg? Då vi fortfarande kunde skratta, le på ett äkta vis. Jag tänker på det ibland. Det smärtar. För aldrig har du väl varit. Längre bort. Från mig.

11-14-2002, 12:19 PM	#4
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	There is also a CD called "The Starlit Jewel". It has 13 songs: Elvish Lullabye Song of the Eldar in Exile (O Elbereth Gilthoniel) Hobbit Walking Song (The Road Goes Ever On and On) Children's Song from Dale In Western Lands (Sam's song from C. Ungol) Galadriel's Lament Troll Song Lament for Boromir Bath Song In Durin's Day Lay of Nimrodel When Spring Unfolds (song of the Entwives) I have this CD and listen to it all the time. Highly recommended! If you go to Amazon you can probably listen to samples. __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.

11-14-2002, 03:32 PM	#5
Orual Speaker of the Dead Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Superbia Posts: 868	The BBC radioplay has some of the songs in it--possibly the version of the Fall of Gil-galad you heard, Taure. Some of them aren't quite as good, but it's interesting to hear them put to music. There's also this really funny music file that a friend sent me of Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd singing the "Hobbit drinking song"--kind of a combination of several of the songs from LotR. ~~Orual~~ __________________ "Oh, my god! I care so little, I almost passed out!" --Dr. Cox, "Scrubs"

11-14-2002, 03:51 PM	#6
Saurannûn the Wood Elf Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mirkwood Forest Posts: 59	I like "The March of the Ents" song! The tune is cool! YEs, I do have "The Road Goes Ever On", but I can't find it right now. But anyway, I shouldn't think it too hard to find on the market. But I wouldn't know, it was a gift to my dad from one of his friends, must've been 30 years ago now. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ Purple is a fruit.

11-14-2002, 04:23 PM	#7
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	I have listened to the tapes, yes, the fall of Gilgalad is on there, I doubt that that was what Tolkien had in his mind, but who knows? I especially like the ent song as well, Too Isengard we come, with doom, we come... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

11-14-2002, 09:22 PM	#8
Taure Leafsilver Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire,Alabama Posts: 131	Yes, it was the BBC. I am trying to use KaZaA to find the songs now. __________________ Pippin Lives!

11-14-2002, 10:43 PM	#9
elfling Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: asheville,nc Posts: 86	The Tolkien Ensemble has 2 CDs A Night in Rivendale and An Evening in Rivendale. I found them at Barnes and Noble in the soundtrack section. They are really neat. I am looking for Starlit Jewel now. __________________ And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night...All shall love me and despair!

11-14-2002, 10:43 PM	#10
Arwen_Evenstar Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 206	This is for the Elijah lovers, if you go to elijahwoodinc.com there is a LotR trailer where he sings the theme song to Hollywood.com, complete with actions, and he is soo cute in it and its really funni. Just thought Id share. Later! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ 'I am Agarwaen, Son of Úmarth...'-Túrin Turambar. Arwen_Evenstar