# For those who think Tolkein's verse was something to skip over **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** middle-earth, music\ **Created:** [July 29, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692 "2020-07-29T08:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/1 "2020-07-29T08:00:09Z")
I’m probably a n idiot I had never heard this before, “The Song of Durin” fully orchestrated and sung. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uxfoa23skHg/maxresdefault.jpg "Song of Durin (Complete Edition) - Clamavi De Profundis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfoa23skHg) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/2 "2020-07-29T09:20:26Z")
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/](http://www.tolkien-music.com/) > **[Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien | Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_inspired_by_J._R._R._Tolkien#Music)** > > Numerous songs and other musical works, in a wide range of idioms, have been inspired by Tolkien's fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/3 "2020-07-29T13:19:55Z")
The fall of Gil-Galad is quite nice: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7xpyuTRmyKM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=FLkKiDfuotcMiliNjptWCnsg&start=0 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/4 "2020-07-29T14:30:36Z")
Has there ever been a good acoustic rendition of the _Ainulindale_? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/5 "2020-07-29T23:29:04Z")
Yes, but only once. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/6 "2020-07-30T00:04:23Z")
“Far Over Misty Mountains Cold” performed by ShaDoWCa7 (I don’t think she’s our ShadowCat.) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5urFBf0kk) Or, by the Third Marine Air Wing band [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CXxGCWGKs9M/maxresdefault.jpg ""Misty Mountains Cold" from The Hobbit, live by the Third Marine Aircraft Wing Band") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXxGCWGKs9M) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/7 "2020-07-30T12:17:10Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yes, but only once. I lol’ed Try this for Ainulindale: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQiaJ3fZE8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQiaJ3fZE8) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/8 "2020-07-30T16:28:35Z")
**mbh** , here’s that song from the _Hobbit_ soundtrack: [The Misty Mountains Cold - The Hobbit - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEm0AjTbsac) Here’s the Professor himself, reciting “Namárië”: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6de_SbVUVfA) And a later version of “The Song of Beren and Luthien”: [The Song of Beren and Lúthien - Clamavi De Profundis - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11_aneHVaz8) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-tolkeins-verse-was-something-to-skip-over/916692/9 "2020-07-30T17:11:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Try this for Ainulindale: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQiaJ3fZE8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjQiaJ3fZE8) Unfortunately, the music does not match the written description.