These guys are awesome! What great music.
http://www.tolkien-ensemble.net/media/media_en.html
The Tolkien Ensemble
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wulfgar
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wulfgar
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Re: The Tolkien Ensemble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRVIVJjuaHE
Good to see,,or hear,,Mr. Bombadil getting his due.
Good to see,,or hear,,Mr. Bombadil getting his due.
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Straelbora
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Re: The Tolkien Ensemble
I've enjoyed their music for years. Some is a bit stiff, but it's got that 'authentic' Middle-Earth sound.
Vápnum sÃnum skala maðr velli á
feti ganga framar þvà at óvist er at vita
nær verðr á vegum úti geirs um þörf guma
Hávamál
feti ganga framar þvà at óvist er at vita
nær verðr á vegum úti geirs um þörf guma
Hávamál
Re: The Tolkien Ensemble
I love it! It sounds great and I enjoy the fact that Christopher Lee is so envolved with it's production, even to the point of singing some of the numbers.
However I do have a bit of a problem with him saying that it is the first time this has been done and that they were the only ones to have done it. The song cycle that Swan wrote and was not only sanctioned by the Tolkien Estate, but by encouraged by and colaborated with Tolkien himself.
I suppose they are making a distinction due to the fact that they have taken "All" of the songs and poetry and put them in a collected work.
Regardless, it is a very nice collection and feels very authentic in the way it is written and performed.
However I do have a bit of a problem with him saying that it is the first time this has been done and that they were the only ones to have done it. The song cycle that Swan wrote and was not only sanctioned by the Tolkien Estate, but by encouraged by and colaborated with Tolkien himself.
I suppose they are making a distinction due to the fact that they have taken "All" of the songs and poetry and put them in a collected work.
Regardless, it is a very nice collection and feels very authentic in the way it is written and performed.
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I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
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I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
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wulfgar
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Somewhere my dad ha a Lord of the Rings's LP from the late 60's or early 70's,,before any movies, all of the songs are based on various chapters of the books.
Edit: I found it! http://www.amazon.com/Music-Inspired-Lo ... B000002R8K
I need to find that record.
Edit: I found it! http://www.amazon.com/Music-Inspired-Lo ... B000002R8K
I need to find that record.
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Stormraven
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Re: The Tolkien Ensemble
Very well done and good to see Christopher Lee at work with them. Thanks for the post.
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Rifter
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Re: The Tolkien Ensemble
I've heard some of their tracks on Middle earth radio as well.
http://radio.mymiddleearth.com/middle-e ... ssic-radio
http://radio.mymiddleearth.com/middle-e ... ssic-radio
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