Which of the songs do you like best:
May It Be by Enya
or
Gollum's Song by Emiliana Torrini (Is this her name? I don't quite remember it now, so correct me if I'm wrong)
or
Into The West by Annie Lennox
I think they're all very beautiful and can't quite decide which one I like best, I think it might be Gollum's Song - her voice is brilliant!
Thread: The LotR songs
Yes Ithil, Gollum's Song was sung by Emiliana Torrini. I'm partial to Into The West sung by Annie Lennox; it still makes chills run up and down my spine.
Ya, i agree. Into the West was the best of the three. I think it related to the story more, and really connected to what was happening, and what the fellowship was thinking and feeling at the end of ROTK. It was a very beautiful song, and one that i find myself humming quite a bit!
Emilia Torrini has a unique voice which is easily connected with Gollum. She takes a lot of his inner fight and pain in this song. It’s a great performance.
I don’t like “Into the West” so much, nevertheless the lyric is well done, but I don’t like the way how it is presented. I think the voice of Annie Lennox is a bit too, how do I say, strong. I would have preferred a softer voice.
All three songs are quite well done as expected by the audience and fans, but each song has another character.
I like as Ithil “Gollum’s Song” best, because of the singer. Concerning the lyrics is “Into The West” absolutely the top.
I don’t like “Into the West” so much, nevertheless the lyric is well done, but I don’t like the way how it is presented. I think the voice of Annie Lennox is a bit too, how do I say, strong. I would have preferred a softer voice.
All three songs are quite well done as expected by the audience and fans, but each song has another character.
I like as Ithil “Gollum’s Song” best, because of the singer. Concerning the lyrics is “Into The West” absolutely the top.
it's hard to say which song i like the best. it depends. each of them are so different and perfect in the context of the movie.
may it be offers hope and sings of friendship. i love hearing this song.
gollum's song is mournful and haunting. i love playing this song (i'm a musician)
into the west is a great finale, beautiful and is saying goodbyw. i love to sing this song.
if i had to pick (which i guess is the point of this thread) then i'd have to say into the west because it can also be taken out of a lotr context... it doesn't depend on the listener to like the movies. i also like how it was dedicated to cameron duncan.
may it be offers hope and sings of friendship. i love hearing this song.
gollum's song is mournful and haunting. i love playing this song (i'm a musician)
into the west is a great finale, beautiful and is saying goodbyw. i love to sing this song.
if i had to pick (which i guess is the point of this thread) then i'd have to say into the west because it can also be taken out of a lotr context... it doesn't depend on the listener to like the movies. i also like how it was dedicated to cameron duncan.
As for me, I like more Enya "May It Be". She has a wonderful voice, very clear, like crystal stream. In my imagination, elves have exactly this kind of voice that charms...
My favourite song would be into the west. I don't really know why, because from most points of view gollum's song and may it be pretty much equal into the west, they really have different themes and though they all have one thing in common : melancholy I still consider them as different styles of music. But why I fell for into the west is because when I first heard it it was just perfect. Ending songs always touch you the most... 
I love Enyas version,cos I believe that her voice is like an instrument.....
Buy I also like Annies song, Into the west ,cos It is such a powerful ending! to Tolkiens work
Buy I also like Annies song, Into the west ,cos It is such a powerful ending! to Tolkiens work
Actually, Into the West was the perfect ending to Peter Jackson's version of Tolkien's work, and it is also my favorite of the three songs.
Today I saw the trailer for PJ's King Kong, just before I saw the screening of Spielberg's War of the Worlds. I can't say I heard or remember any music in either the movie or trailer, just a lot of loud noise: I must have been sitting on top of a subwoofer, for several times I felt the earth move.
Today I saw the trailer for PJ's King Kong, just before I saw the screening of Spielberg's War of the Worlds. I can't say I heard or remember any music in either the movie or trailer, just a lot of loud noise: I must have been sitting on top of a subwoofer, for several times I felt the earth move.
I love all three songs and cannot decide which one is the best.
I play all three songs all the time on my piano. I FINALLY got the score for it after hunting through a lot of bookstores...phew! I'm actually gonna do a pianoviolin duet on May It Be with my friend. We've been dying to try it out...
wow, respect, Cloveress... that certainly sounds great... I'd love to be able to play the piano. playing such songs on the guitar doesn't sound that magnificent... 
btw, where did you get the lyrics and chords and so on?
btw, where did you get the lyrics and chords and so on?
I got the scorebook at the bookstore. It's actually all big note pianolized, and made really really easy to play, so some of it doesn't sound that good. The chords lack some fullness in it that cannot be achieved by the piano. But these three songs sound good.
And guitar is very hip!! You play electric or classic? I think classic guitars sound very romantic...
And guitar is very hip!! You play electric or classic? I think classic guitars sound very romantic...
classic. I always objected to owning an instrument which can't even be played during a power failure... or on a station waiting for the train, in a park... so I've got my classic guitar and like it very much. though I have not been playing a lot lately.... 
i love all the songs, i think they each reperesent each book at the time. although, my favourite is into the west.
well duh... of course classic!!! 
Electrics can sound good sometimes, but I've become rather opposed to heavy metal lately... Did you ever try Into the West on your guitar?
Electrics can sound good sometimes, but I've become rather opposed to heavy metal lately... Did you ever try Into the West on your guitar?no, actually not. but now that you say it, I think I should try it. can't be that bad. but, you never heard me playing .... nooo, I promise I'm not that bad... and I'll try into the west. tomorrow. it's gonna be fun. but now I'm tooooo tired... 
nooo, I promise I'm not that bad... and I'll try into the west. tomorrow. it's gonna be fun. but now I'm tooooo tired... I'm listening to my version of Into the West, where a flute has the solo, a harpsichord does the tinkly bits, and a cello fills in the broad lower part. I can't play music in real time, but manually input the notes from the sheet music into my Commodore 128 computer and then ported it to my PC. I'm having to do it all on my PC now, via VICE's x128 and x64 emulation programs, because the power supply on my 20 year old Commocore recently gave up the ghost. (I( think I've found the source for a replacement.)
Currently I'm inputing J.S.Bach's Trio Organ Sonata No. 5. Along with the three written parts, I also transpose the higher clavier up an octave and the lower one and the pedal, down an octave, and play it using six brass instruments. I get my scores from Dover.
Currently I'm inputing J.S.Bach's Trio Organ Sonata No. 5. Along with the three written parts, I also transpose the higher clavier up an octave and the lower one and the pedal, down an octave, and play it using six brass instruments. I get my scores from Dover.