Music Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings [Soundtrack]

Andy Street (Artist), Westwind Ensemble (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
• ASIN: B00005O6D5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #696,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sing Hey

2. Gandalf

3. Fog on the Barrow-Downs

4. I Sang of Leaves of Gold

5. Ever on and on Goes the Road

6. The Riders of Theoden

7. Annon Edhellen

8. Party at Bag End

9. One Ring

10. Bilbo's Song

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not that bad, in my opinion, November 9, 2003

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"ai_ai_a_balrog" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (Audio CD)

There are a couple tracks that I'm not too happy with, such as "May it Be" and "Aniron", which were simply done far better on the Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack by Enya, and "Fog on the Barrow-Downs", which has some good moments, but is completely ruined by the out of tune piccolo (At least, I pretty sure it's a piccolo, or else a flute or a recorder.)

Nonetheless, I really like some of the tracks, such as "Sing Hey," "I Sang of Leaves of Gold," "Ever On and On Goes the Road," "Annon Edhellen" and "Bilbo's Song", which features a really nice saxophone solo. I also quite like the men's vocals in "Gandalf" and "Riders of Rohan," which are delightful, in my humble opinion. Those seem to be closer to the heart of Professor Tolkien's works, as they are done in the style of old Gregorian chants, which was the kind of music Tolkien imagined with many of his poems in the text.

I like that they classify it as music INSPIRED by the Lord of the Rings, rather than as Middle Earth Music, where many of the songs simply wouldn't fit.

Overall, some things a bit clumsy, but not a bad album. I got my copy at Wal-Mart for eight dollars, and I think it was worth it in some cases. But feel free to have your own opinion on it.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WTF is this?, January 22, 2003

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R. Church (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (Audio CD)

A friend of mine actually gave this CD to me, thinking I would like it, since I am somewhat of an amateur musician. He mistakenly bought it, thinking it was the original mp soundtrack from "LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring", but boy was he wrong! Honestly, I'm not sure how to describe the "music" on the cd, but after about 2 minutes of listening to the first few tracks, I had to shut it off, fearing I was about to suffer a fatal brain hemorrhage. From the anti-melodius tunes, to the unbearably awful intonation of the group, everything that could go wrong, did. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT mistake this CD for Howard Shore's wonderful original score....

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Music CD!, March 15, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Music Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (Audio CD)

I know that nobody that wrote a review, liked. Well I love it. I will say this. It is not music for people who don't like fast, upbeat music, will not like it. It is very beautiful, even though they didn't stay strict to the poems. it is very beautiful. I am music, even though totally great,this music does not sond out of tune! My favorite is Fog on barrow-downs. But i also like them all. The coolest thing ever is that the sound of fireworks in Gandalf's fireworks sound like they are zooming over your head and the sound of horses hooves galloping sound so real in Riders of theoden. I love music. It may not be written by howard shore, but it's fantastic. The singers did a spectacular job and so did the flutest/flutests.