The song "Now and for Always" from The Lord Of The Rings (Original London Production) Music by: Composer - Laasi Logrén from Värttinä Lyricists - Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus FOOTAGE FROM THE MUSICAL: • Lord of the Rings Musical
Oh my gosh the part where Frodo starts singing about Sam really gets me. Sam was always the unsung hero so it's fitting that Frodo should be the one to sing for him.
This is my favorite song from the musical. I just love how well it portrays Frodo and Sam's deep friendship and comradery. It's so fitting that Sam begins the song to get Frodo's spirits up, since Sam's always trying to lift him up and always has hope. And it's fitting that Frodo sings about Sam, since Sam doesn't think about himself, and Frodo knows without Sam he could never have come so far.
Can we stop to appreciate that Frodo and Sam’s metafictional mutual admiration society contributes nothing to the plot, yet makes it into every single adaptation of LOTR in some form? Because their friendship is one of the most beautiful things in the whole story. I’ve been listening to this song on Loop for almost 3 months now during Coronatide. ❤️
It contributes nothing to the plot but it conribues everything to the themes and overall message: The sure way to defeat evil is not through grand battles or powerful heroes, it's through supporting the people you care about, even through their darkest days.
But doesn't it contribute to the plot? By the time they're on the last leg of the trip to Mt. Doom, Sam is doing most of the work: rescuing Frodo from Shelob and from the orcs, finding water, choosing from various dangers, and finally actually carrying Frodo most of the way up Mt Doom, plus staving off fear and despair once the Ring goes into the fire. It took me many retreads to realize Sam is really the hero.
This is the song I sing as a lullaby each night to my son, Sam, during bed time. Nothing better than a baby boy curling up in your arms and falling asleep as you whisper these gentle words to him.
The first verse on "heroes of the Shire, muddling through, brave and true" .... I can't help thinking of the late-victorian generation, Tolkien himself, his three friends from school who died in the trenches. RIP.
I bet that's because people just compared it with the films or at least it probably didn't help, but to be honest this musical felt closer to how Middle Earth was in my head.
@@greenergrass4060 There was a Hobbit Musical too. I saw it years ago must have been early 2000s. I had the soundtrack too but so over played it wore out.
I can still remember at Sadly the Very final performance of the Magical show when it came to Frodo and Sam singing this I think I can remember it was Sam singing and at one point as he was singing his verse the Actor got all emotional like we all was watching and he stopped and they Hugged each other. As one we rose and gave them maybe a 5 minutes standing ovation before we sat back down and “Sam” continued. ❤️❤️ Oh how I still miss this most Awesome of Musicals so much 😢😢
When Frodo sang "Sing me a tale of the bravest of them all, Comrade and guide, at my side" I didn't see Sam and Frodo. For a split second, I saw JRR Tolkien and his batmen, in a British uniform, in a muddy and cold trench somewhere in 1916
Just found out that lord of the rings had a musical and it’s the best thing I’ve ever found out this year love these movies and books ever since I was young now it’s even better
I saw this in the West End with my dad. He died a week ago. We both loved Tolkien so much. I'm trying to come up with something to write on a card to go on his wreath; "now and for always" might be it. I love you, Dad.
I stumbled upon the soundtrack of this wonderful musical whilst in the storeroom at work in the local charity shop (I volunteer). Never regretted such a gem of a find. My boss told me I could have it for under a fiver; the £10 I donated for it seems like not enough. The whole soundtrack touched my heart, and has stayed with me on all my countryside rambles. This song in particular reminds me of the Sam in my life, who introduced me into this magical realm. For that she could be no finer friend.
2020 and im still waiting for either a revival or a tour. -A prequel series is on the works -The Movies are turning 20 No we need more people to know about this musical ❤
if you're interested/in the UK, a wonderful theatre called the Watermill is putting it on! Tickets come out this week. I've been to the theatre and it's honestly wonderful.
@@wielderofspoons So does this, I would add! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW5LlaFiat8.html&pp=ygUkbm93IGFuZCBmb3IgYWx3YXlzIGxvcmQgb2YgdGhlIHJpbmdz
This is why it bugs me that people want to make out that they are gay for each other. It's a perfectly deep and abiding {but platonic} love with nothing sexual about it at all. Are these folks suggesting the only reason Sam would have done everything he endured would be out of a sense of romantic love?
I may not love what the musical did with the plot of LOTR, but this song just evokes that quintessential perseverance through the darkest moments that the original so focuses on, it's great.
I've seen so many comments on various video clips and uploads of the songs from the soundtrack (which is absolutely fantastic!) of people saying the musical is terrible and doesn't respect the material. Excuse me, what? If this song doesn't capture the essence of Tolkien's world, nothing will. I found out about this musical through a Facebook ad for the upcoming production coming to Chicago in July and was intrigued so I dug around and immediately fell in love with the music, then proceeded to buy a ticket for their opening night, which happens to be the day after my birthday, so perfect timing! I understand that it's not easy to fit thousands of pages of lore into a 2-3 hour musical, but based on the music, I have a strong feeling that I won't care. The music is perfect and that alone has me all giddy and excited for it 😁
Saw the show live in the west end for my 10th birthday in 2008, this song still goes round in my head every so often - guess that's the power of musicals! Thanks for uploading
I saw it in London a week before I uploaded this video :) I uploaded the music from the CD my brother bought whilst we were there. I sing this song to my son and have done from the day he was born. It lulls him to sleep now 😊
I was fortunate enough to see it in London when I uploaded these videos. It was incredible and I am very sad to see that it will never be coming back. They teased a return in 2015, but since then the website has been totally blank and no further updates were provided. Sad times indeed!
@@mrmoviemanic1 Don't know if the news already reached, but the Watermill Theatre company in Berkley(the same group responsible for the John Doyle actor/musicians revival of Sweeney Todd that transferred to Broadway in 2005, and also for the West End production and tour of Amelie) is now doing it's own revised version of this show through October 15! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW5LlaFiat8.html
@@Accio_Eloise Don't know if the news already reached, but the Watermill Theatre company in Berkley(the same group responsible for the John Doyle actor/musicians revival of Sweeney Todd that transferred to Broadway in 2005, and also for the West End production and tour of Amelie) is now doing it's own revised version of this show through October 15! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW5LlaFiat8.html
What was I, 15 when I saw this? My a long time ago.. But to this day, my all time favourite musical. Just gets your old country heart ready for adventure doesn't it?
I’m here to celebrate the fact that we’re getting a new LOTR musical soon! Hopefully it does better than this one while still being just as good, if not better.
It is most probably right after they leave Osgiliath. It is around there that Sam asks Frodo is he ever thinks that people will sing tales about them. And if you listen to the Smeagol and Gollum song fro the musical, wich takes place after Osgiliath and before Shelob, he slightly parodies the "Now and for always"-part from this song wich must put it afterwards.
If anyone wants to hear this song from this year's production at the Watermill, there's a recording on RU-vid! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fW5LlaFiat8.htmlsi=bQ1pbHUG-4r0oBmY (yes, that is Bilbo on the harmonica).
@midnightprincess646 I think if you had the wrong mind towards them, you'd just think they were gay, but I just thought it was the world's most incredible friendship, probably drawn from Tokien's friends in the war. I will admit, I didn't like the first book until 3/4 of the way in, after that I couldn't keep my eyes off the pages :') ♥
i think it is a sam and frodo duet. from mordor. or just before. on the shadow spiders steps, shelob to die but yet we almost lost the fight, -that is till sam he found the light. at shelob's back door.
@Dgigoli I always thought that if I were to win millions in the lottery or something, I'd PROPPER get a hobbit hole :) I'd probably make hobbiton and give houses to my friends :)
It cost about £13m to produce and then got some bad reviews when it opened which affected ticket sales. At the time it was the most expensive stage production ever and they struggled to make back the cost of the show. Supposedly one of the actors got their leg caught in the stage mechanism during one show and got severely injured but I can't decide if that's a rumour. It ended up being canceled less than a year after it opened. in 2015 they updated the official website to say "COMING SOON", but it has since been all but removed, and the website is basically blank now.
My good friend has made an animatic based on this song. She worked soooo hard on making it perfect so please check it out here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h5HntgBgClc.html
