My love of Tolkien's works in tandem with the Silmarillion Film Project, a podcast by the Tolkien Professor has inspired me to write music that would work as a soundtrack to an adaptation of the Silmarillion. The Silmarillion Film Project is a theoretical adaptation only. My ultimate aim is the write my version of the Ainulindale, Tolkien's creation story in which the world is brought into existence through music. mythgard.org/silmfilm/
I was so hoping to see this singing scene in Rings of Power series only to be so disappointed 😔 Were the words sung in this battle in the book of Simarilion?
There was never any chance that the song battle would be in Rings of Power. As to the words, they have been adapted from The Silmarillion by our very talented scriptwriter Ilana. The text in the book and in the Lay of Lethian if you read it is from the point of view of the narrator describing the song battle. The words had to be changed to be from the point of view of Finrod and Sauron.
Yes. Finrod was always going to be a tenor and he was perfect for the role. Listen to my Finrod Collection playlist to hear all of Mr Langford’s great vocals The Finrod Collection ru-vid.com/group/PLmD-oX4yBHEPxlXOm677Omf4DnAmS7QUr
Tolkien likes alliterative verse, and it seemed a shame *not* to use that translation...but I do apologize to the singers, as I imagine it was quite difficult to say!
@@7SonsofFeanor there is always more than one translation. No need to apologise. The singers were up for the challenge (including me) and we got a great result.
For some reason… I ended up humming this and waltzing. With a mop. And now I must congratulate you for creating a piece of music so entirely awesome that I couldn’t get it out of my head for a week and continuing.
This one is tugging at my heartstrings. I really think Finrod deserved to live. I mean, Finarfin didn’t even leave Tirion, and he kept his promises (RESPONSIBLE ONES I MIGHT ADD). Also, he’s helping be a huge thorn in Morgoth’s side. I mean, come on!!!
This is beautiful. I love your music. It makes me kinda sad that it hasn't reached that many people yet, but it is worth it. You here create something nobody else can quite do for me, the beauty and the grace of your music really does truly fascinate me. All the love and well-wishes❤
Thank you so much for your kind words. I am still hoping for that big breakthrough someday. Maybe that will happen when I finish the Ainulindale and publish it.
The oath that brought an end to Beleriand and ultimately saw it, its history, its great cities and monuments, its great kings and heroes of legend sink into the sea forever lost to the Ages. It haunts all, and not just those that swore it. Morgorth would not be humbled by it and instead allowed it to carry out its work amongst the free people, consuming place by place until there was nothing left of Beleriand.
The wording of the oath was so explicit and so eerily foretelling that it so completely doomed the Sons of Feanor. They were unable to escape or find a loophole or indeed, seek forgiveness and repentance. They could do nothing except push on and on, further and fall deeper until the very objects they sought to reclaim burned them. Feanor sacrificed his children in the same way he did everything: thoroughly and with finality.
This is so wonderful. It gives me a sort of Adam’s Family/Munsters vibe…. I could totally see Bobwe accidentally becoming one of the Adam’s Family cousins 😅😂
@@philmen32 I am very quickly getting caught up on SilmFilm and have been delighted to see/hear/read some of these pet projects from it, and this is by far the one that I felt was required for me to stop everything and listen to its entirety before moving on.
Hi Philip and greetings from the UK. I'm playing my perennial game of catch up with the output of Silm Film and Mythgard/Signum more generally, and I have to say you are absolutely smashing it out of the park with the music around Berenstain and Lothian at the moment. As my usual mode is listening to recordings on Spotify whilst I get on with life, may I also add how much your video storyboards on here help me get what is going on in the music. Just great!
Thanks John. I am glad you are enjoying the music and the storyboard approach. I still have the rest of Beren and Luthien story to finish so there is more coming.
This is amazing! I'm so glad you make these beautiful masterpieces. <3 They always brighten my days and give me the same feeling Tolkien's works bring me!
Beautiful, I love original takes on Tolkien's stories. Great work guys. And stay strong, your videos may not get millions of views, but we who are here appreciate you very much. ❤
It is Quenya. It was important to get the language right. The elves in the blessed realm spoke Quenya. It wasn’t until they returned to Middle Earth that the Noldor spoke Sindarin.
I too am going to start out by saying this is wonderful and I too, love it. Bit concerned about the prominence given to the Oath of Fëanor, since Finrod wasn't involved in it and never took it. Hope this isn't the insidious influence of Amazon's erroneous narrative! His dilemma was indeed about keeping his Oath to Barahir, but that was weighed against the Curse of Mandos which lay upon him and all the Noldor, and the doom that came upon almost all who coveted the Silmarils.
I can assure you @englishlady9797 that this has been in no way influenced by the Rings of Power. I would encourage you to check out the Silmarillion Film Project on the Tolkien Professor podcast to get more context.
@@philmen32 Tolkien Professor? As in Corey Olsen, founder of Signum University? The same institution whom recent leaks have shown recieved money from Amazon? Too much of a co-incidence that this just happens to suggest Finrod took the Oath of Feanor and Rings of Power shows the same, considering the close connection Olsen and Signum have with the former....
Finrod was Vanyar above all else like all that were regarding the house of Finarfin through the sister of Ingwë! Etc. all the immediate family of Galadriel were friends to many clans of dwarves, men. (Finrod discovered and befriended the very forefathers of the main houses of the Edain.)
@@philmen32 I shall! In August I started with Children of Hurin, and it really got into me, so I decided to try out Lord of The Rings as well. When I got the book Mid-August, I read that book for a whole month, probably by far the longest read I've ever done (and will do again), and I enjoyed every moment of it. More than anything though, would love to see an animated adaptation of the Silmarillion
@@galaxydeathskrill5607 as I say in my description, this song is part of the Silmarillion Film Project, a Tolkien Professor podcast discussing what a TV series of The Silmarillion would look like. We are up to season 7.
@@philmen32that's awesome, hope you enjoy it. Seriously try listening to 'Finrod and Sauron.' The duet between elvish style classical genre and Sauron's metal are so moving!
I’m glad you think so. I think it stands well as a piece of music in its own right without the images, and I’m really happy with the instrumentation. So realistic.
@@philmen32 I like to think that Elanor Gamgee would sing this for Queen Arwen in Gondor, being given leave to do so because of her father's great legacy of poetry.
The Hadorim were tall, headstrong, long-limbed and full of the stamina of the Youth of Men and hatred of the Enemy (and often foolhardy but not reckless) that gave them the mighty strength and great energy given them as the Second Children of Iluvatar to wander in the far North of Beleriand in order to spy on the comings and goings of the servants of Morgoth to the surprise and delight of the Eldar in those days. Thus they won great renown in the service of the Quendi and their kin, being headstrong and battleworthy in their youth whereas the Eldar knew the power of their enemy and did not move against him in such open fashion. Thus was Eru's vision for their creation fulfilled to the understanding of the great Kings of the Eldar in Beleriand, and the eternal bond between the two kindreds set for all time.
Lyrics (as I could make them out): When the sun first arose, it arose in the West, it ever hath guided us thither. To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither. We seek for the light, the light in the West, we follow the sunlit road thither, To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither. When my forefather's father awoke in the east, he looked at the sun in the sky And he heard its clear voice as the day newly dawned and the golden light shone in his eyes. Now seek for the light, the light in the West, we follow the sunlit road thither, To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither. Some folk bade him stay and not follow the day, but a greater part heard the call. And so they were sundered from kin in the east, there shadow could fall on them all. Fare ye well, in the east ye may dwell, though West we have heard is more fair. When we stand in the light by the Lords of the West we wish ye were too standing there. When my father's forefathers to a mountain hall came, they found there a man stout as stone. And this man asked our folk: "Why journey ye west?" "Do ye seek for a hall like mine own?" We seek for the light, the light in the West, we follow the sunlit road thither, To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither. Of the West I have heard, from the West came my lord, Mahal who from stone made us all. And stone is my home, so I wish not to roam afar from mine own mountain hall. Fare you well, in the east you may dwell, though West we have heard is more fair. When we stand in the light by the Lords of the West we wish you were too standing there. When my father's forefathers to a shady wood came, they found there a man dressed in green. And this man asked our folk: "Why journey ye west?" "Is there ought in the West ye have seen?" We seek for the light, the light in the West, we follow the sunlit road thither, To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither. Of the West I do know, and thence my folk did go, When the Hunter rode tall and keen. Say wisdom or fear, but I shall remain here, for the Lords of the West I have seen. Fare you well, in the east you may dwell, though West we have heard is more fair. When we stand in the light by the Lords of the West we wish you were too standing there. We seek for the light, the light in the West, we follow the sunlit road thither, To a land fair and free from the shadow of death, to a land where the plants never wither.
Pretty close husky. If I was to do this one now I would probably put the lyrics in the video. I don’t think I have enough space to put them in the description. Apart from a couple of “the’s” and “a’s” I think the only correction I could add is “sunny” is “sun lit”
A heart-breaking theme of a singular love between two people of the the Quendi and Atani that never came to pass. But then those who came after made history, and those who loved one another without hope kept their honour and made it to Valinor and beyond at last, and their memory remains with us still.
A Nienna Nirol, Hall heryn na-menel, Tira gwin faergol lung, O nir oneth narthad, Anna ammen lin grest, A aned min naeras ind. (Oh sorrowful Nienna Shadowed Lady of heaven, See our heavy burden of spirit. O weeping giver of hope, Grant us thy support, And give our pain meaning.) Sorry. Rhyming in Sindarin is beyond me... at the present.
