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One
Ring to Find Them
Where to Find Free Lord of the Rings Music Downloads
Online
I was
looking for Lord of the Rings Music Downloads and realized this
ain't an easy thing to find. There are a lot of sites toting free
Lord of the Rings music downloads, but few live up to them. Especially
when you want full-length recordings. How I miss MP3.com when it
was much easier to find!
So
to help in this task, I decided to write this article to try and
help folks looking for free Lord of the Rings music downloads. If
that's you, I hope this helps.
Free
Lord of the Rings Music Downloads
Marc
Gunn
Of course, I have to start with me when mentioning Lord of the Rings
music, because I've written several songs inspired by the series,
but only one is on my solo CD.
CD:
Soul
of a Harper
FREE LOTR MUSIC:
"Middle
Earth Bragging Song"
Brobdingnagian
Bards
Most of my music downloads are on Memories of Middle Earth,
a CD by my band. The album is filled with original compositions
inspired by the Lord of the Rings. It's also received an
incredible response, most notably from our hit MP3, "Tolkien
(The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)". You can find a complete
list of the album with audio files and downloads at our Lord
of the Rings MP3 page.
CD:
Memories
of Middle Earth
FREE LOTR MUSIC: "Tolkien
(The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)"
David
Arkenstone - "Prelude: Hobbits from the Shire"
from his MUSIC INSPIRED BY MIDDLE EARTH album
Metrognome
Studios
An instrumental soundtrack style CD of music describing the complete
story of J.R.R. Tolkiens wonderful book The Lord of the Rings.
Gandalf's
Realm
"This site is aimed at bringing you the beautiful Tolkien inspired
music written by Benskia. This is an ongoing project so be sure
to check back for new tunes and features regularly."
Lord
of the Rhymes
Lord of the Rings music hip hop mixes. "In honor of the release
of the Return of the King we dug deep into our vinyl crates, found
a dope Bakshi battle-music sample and a German vocoder ode to Tolkien,
and came up with this --Black Riders-- our heavy metal anthem. Picture
the hosts of Mordor at the city gates, nazgul wheeling overhead...
You get the idea. Rock it loud!!!!!"
Everstar
- "The Grey Havens" from their ENCHANTED
JOURNEY album
Paul
Spaeth - "Celtic Legend: Tribute to Lord of the
Rings" from his COBALT BLUE album
Helen
Trevillion - "A Elbereth Gilthoniel"
click "Music" at the top; then go almost to the bottom
of the page for "A Elbereth Gilthoniel MP3 version -
with vocals". (Independent composer.)
Course
there are a lot bands that have Tolkien-inspired CDs. Check out
the Tolkien
Music List.
What
do others say about Memories of Middle Earth?
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Welcome
back to the Shire!
Reviewer: Joan Drushel
An incredible musical interpretation of Tolkien from the
beautiful instrumentals to the to clever and often humorous
lyrics. A must for any "Lord of the Rings" fan
as well as fans of simply good music.
Welcome
to Middle Earth
Reviewer: Amanda
This C.D. is truely a masterpiece. Let the instrumentals
work their magic of putting you into an unearthly trance
or sing along to the up beat vocals. I fall in love with
the music all over again every time I listen to the C.D.
It
just sweeps me away!
Reviewer: Sandy
I love getting lost in Middle Earth and this album definitely
assists me in this. The beautiful melodies take me away
to another world, one that I can return to time and time
again with just a click of a button.
Bards
and Tolkien, perfect together!
Reviewer: Brian Flatley
My favorite tracks are "Legolas", "Now it's
time to go (Bilbo's Farewell)", and " Psychopathic,
Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues", because they
show off the lighter side of the "Lord of the Rings"
fanatacism. All the songs are well arranged and executed
and will remind you of the parts of the story that they
are about. No self-respecting Tolkien fan should be without
it!
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ABOUT
THE BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS
The
Brobdingnagian Bards (pronounced brAHb'ding-näg-EE-en) are
The Original Celtic Renaissance music group from Austin, Texas offering
free Celtic mp3 downloads. They perform a unique style of music
combining Scottish and Irish folk songs with music inspired by
the Lord of the Rings, performed on non-traditional instruments--autoharp,
recorder, and mandolin.
In
just five years, they've completed six studio albums and performed
coast-to-coast. Ask their fans, and they'll tell you The Bards are
just plain "fun!" Which makes sense since, after all,
they just love the music.
Some
quick facts about the Brobdingnagian Bards
- Performed
at the Into the West LOTR
Oscar Party in Hollywood on Oscar Night 2004 , sponsored in
part by New Line Cinema's Official LOTR Fan Club.
- #2
Best Performing Folk Band in 2003 Austin Music Awards
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# 10 Song of the Year: Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)
in 2003 Austin Music Awards
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Voted Best of Austin 2002: Best Renaissance Men
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Received over five million music downloads
- Top
10 most-downloaded bands on the original mp3.com
Looking
for Lord of the Rings Music:
Are you looking to have Lord of the Rings music for your
Tolkien event? Contact
the Brobdingnagian Bards today!
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