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The Road Goes Ever On
This song was sung twice in the movie. Once by Gandalf (Ian McKellan) as he enters the outskirts of
Hobbiton and then again by Bilbo (Ian Holm) as he leaves Bag End and
the Shire. The
lyrics
are straight from the book, Bilbo sang it as he left... just like in
the movie.
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Hobbiton Party Music
The
party music at Bilbo's Long Expected Party was written and performed
by
Plan 9, a New Zealand band that wrote cultural music
for the LOTR films. The song we hear is entitled "Flaming Red Hair".
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Drinking at the Green Dragon
Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin
(Billy Boyd) sing a drinking song at the Green Dragon.
Words are by Tolkien, melody by Fran Walsh.
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Passing Wood Elves
Frodo and Sam hear the passing Wood
Elves sing this song in the FOTR EE. The scene and the
lyrics are
taken from the book. The song is a hymn to the Vala, Elbereth. The song was written and performed by
Plan 9.
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Aragorn Sings in the Marshes
Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) sang a
snippet of The Song of Lúthien in the Midgewater Marshes. Viggo composed the tune himself. The
words are from the book... Aragorn sang it to the four Hobbits
as they made their way to Bree.
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Lament for
Gandalf
This
is sung by off-screen Elves in
Lothlórien as the Fellowship tries to rest. The
choir and soloist,
Elizabeth Fraser,
sing in counterpoint. In the Extended Edition, the song goes on
for quite a while as Boromir and Aragorn talk.
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Lament for
Théodred
Éowyn (Miranda Otto) sings this
lament in
Old English (TTT EE) at her cousin Théodred's burial. The
melody is by
Plan 9 and the words
were inspired partly by Beowulf. You can view a portion of the scene with
English and Old English subtitles in the Appendices of TTT EE DVD.
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Gollum's Fish Song
Gollum (Andy Serkis) sang his happy
little fish song as he tenderized the fish he caught in the
Forbidden Pool. The
words
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Treebeard
Sings to the Hobbits
I don't actually consider these short
additional scenes in the TTT EE with Treebeard to contain singing.
It's really more of a recitation. But in the book, both of these
pieces are sung and a reader of this site questioned the
exclusion of the pieces, so... here they are. The source text is
from Bregalad's
Song and The
Song of the
Entwives.
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Drinking at Edoras
Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin
(Billy Boyd) sing a drinking song at a post-Helm's Deep Celebration
in Edoras.
Words are
by Philippa Boyens, music by
Plan 9.
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Pippin Sings For Denethor
Pippin (Billy Boyd) sings a song at
Denethor's request. The
words are a
verse from a song in the book called (in the book's index) "A
Walking Song" with the first line (used as a name by some fans)
"Upon the Hearth the Fire is Red." In context of the movie,
however, it has been given the name "The Edge of Night." Billy
Boyd composed and sung the tune.
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Troll
Drummers
There's a short moment as the Orc troops
advance on Minas Tirith when we see (and hear) Troll Drummers
beating out a rhythm. It makes it onto my website because the
rhythm is in 5/4... the off balance
rhythm used to represent the forces of Darkness.
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Aragorn Sings Elendil's Oath
During the book version of the
coronation, Aragorn recites the oath Elendil made when, leaving
ruined Númenor, he came to Middle-earth. In the movie, Aragorn
(Viggo Mortensen) sings it. The
words are
Tolkien's, the melody Viggo's.
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