For those who think Tolkein's verse was something to skip over

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I’m probably a n idiot I had never heard this before, “The Song of Durin” fully orchestrated and sung.

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On the off-chance that you haven’t listened to a lot of music based on Tolkien, here’s a bunch of it:

http://www.tolkien-music.com/

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The fall of Gil-Galad is quite nice:

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Has there ever been a good acoustic rendition of the Ainulindale?

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Yes, but only once.

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“Far Over Misty Mountains Cold”

performed by ShaDoWCa7 (I don’t think she’s our ShadowCat.)

Or, by the Third Marine Air Wing band

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I lol’ed

Try this for Ainulindale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQiaJ3fZE8

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mbh, here’s that song from the Hobbit soundtrack: The Misty Mountains Cold - The Hobbit - YouTube

Here’s the Professor himself, reciting “Namárië”: - YouTube

And a later version of “The Song of Beren and Luthien”: The Song of Beren and Lúthien - Clamavi De Profundis - YouTube

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Unfortunately, the music does not match the written description.