I did not sit through the credits, but I could have sworn the first song in the credits was by Bjork. Am I right, or was I having an auditory hallucination.
Seems an odd choice if it is true. At least Enya had that whole Celtic thing going for her.
Jackskeleton
12-23-02, 04:26 AM
I doubt it was bjork, though when I heard it, it reminded me of bjork.
berserker37
12-23-02, 04:36 AM
I'm also pretty sure that it wasn't bjork, but it definitely got my attention - quite a beautiful voice and song.
Mr. Gore
12-23-02, 04:42 AM
Nope, that's another Icelandic singer on the track, Emiliana Torrini. Check out her outstanding debut album, Love in the Time of Science.
Edited to add:
With the combination of music by Howard Shore (the composer of The Lord of the Rings scores), lyrics co-written by Fran Walsh (one of the screenwriters and Peter Jackson's wife) and Emiliana's heart-wrenching vocals, Gollum's Song perfectly captures the pity and dread of this twisted creature.
atlantamoi
12-23-02, 07:33 AM
I did a double-take on that as well. Then I remember saying to my wife, "Nah, that's a Bjork wannabe."
Josh-da-man
12-23-02, 07:37 AM
Count me in as thinking it sounded like Bjork, too!
Josh-da-man
12-23-02, 07:38 AM
You know what I hope they close ROTK with?
"The Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin.
rushmore223
12-23-02, 07:43 AM
He he --- As long as it isnt the "Yub Yub song" I'll be happy.
please forgive my Star Wars reference in a Lord of the Rings thread, dont wanna start someone on a tirade.
chsidwel
12-23-02, 09:11 AM
Wow, I just assumed it was Bjork and hadn't thought about since.
Moogz
12-23-02, 07:40 PM
I would literally shyte my pants if a Zeppelin song made it into the end credits of ROTK.
I read LOTR loooong before I ever began to appreciate classic rock (which happened somewhere towards the end of high school), but between the Battle of Evermore, Misty Mountain Hop, Ramble On, and the Gandalf liner / poster regarding Stairway, I was given a new medium to appreciate some themes and characters from the orignal story; Peter Jackson's visual trilogy is just the next step.
That, and it'd just be cool to hear that Misty Mountain Hop opening riff when the credits roll.
The song sucked, but not enough to have been Bjork.
döwntempö
12-24-02, 06:32 AM
Originally posted by Groucho
The song sucked, but not enough to have been Bjork.
No one appreciates swan couture and unintelligible shrieking anymore, I suppose...
invisigoth
12-24-02, 06:55 AM
Originally posted by döwntempö
No one appreciates swan couture and unintelligible shrieking anymore, I suppose...
Just as not many appreciate beautiful lyrics, experimentation, and singing that is in any way unconventional and doesn't sound like Celine Dion, Madonna or Mariah Carey.
Jason
12-24-02, 10:39 AM
I thought the song was pretty bad. The Enya song at the end of the first one was much much more appropriate.
Blind Guardian would be an interesting choice to do a song for the soundtrack, but it will never happen.
atlantamoi
12-24-02, 01:43 PM
Personally, I feel "Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap would have been the most appropriate.
bdshort
12-24-02, 03:57 PM
I've loved Gollum's Song since I first heard it on the CD... I think it totally fits with the mood of the film, and that character in particular.
Jepthah
12-24-02, 04:03 PM
I have the same attitude toward the song as I did to Enya's "May It Be," that it's OK, not essential.
I do like the fact that it's a kind of anti-"May It Be" in the thematic sense ;) -- if you play them back to back you may get what I mean.
I hope there is nothing but the more traditional Tolkien-inspired choral pieces at the end of ROTK, perhaps even in Elven tongue. I don't think any modern musical artist/singer with a mass-media profile could do such an epic ending justice.
Harlock415
12-25-02, 04:19 PM
I'd like to hear Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance) or Moira Brennan (Clannad) as possible singers. But I've been quite satisfied with the music and the songs of both LOTR movies. Could be worse, they could have gone the route of so many other action films with techno/hiphop/rock soundtracks like Scorpion King.
Jason
12-25-02, 05:24 PM
Maybe when Aragorn is coronated they can play "All Star" by Smashmouth -ptth-
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