MIDI Settings of Tolkien Poems & Original Songs based on LotR
Ever since I first read Lord of the Rings at age 11, I have wondered about the music, which I loved.  From the very start, I heard vague tunes in my head, and coming from a musical family as I do, it didn't take long before I started to scribble some of them down.  In college, I began to write them in earnest, often taking advantage of necessary class assignments in theory and composition to provide an excuse to more fully realize the songs which I'd heard in my head for so long.  There are tunes for about two-thirds of the songs from LotR not already arranged by Donald Swann now in my repertoire (as well as at least one from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil), though some I consider better than others.  For better or worse, many have the distinctive stamp of my musical style on them (at least in regards to songs; my instrumental work tends to be quite different).

 

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