Greymantle Poets
The Dark Before Hope
Our Lord of the Rings "filk" album, or fan-music. Ballads and anthems inspired by Tolkien's saga, all original music by Bethany and Daniel Powell
Release date: October 2009
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1
Shadows Lie
Tolkien's theme poem for the quest, set to music
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2:07
2
Entmarch
An eerie chant, setting the Ents' battle cries as they prepare to unleash the wrath of the forest on Saruman
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2:42
3
Home in the Shire
The very quiet love story of Sam and Rosie is one of solid trust, of simplicity and homey joy. I imagine that just as Sam's hopes to make a life with Rosie sustained him at the very end, she was standing up to the infiltrating of the Shire and hopin
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3:34
4
Havens
Gandalf speaking to his friends left in Middle-Earth--a song of hope after parting.
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2:34
5
Shield's Edge
An anthem for little people and normal characters in extreme situations.
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2:59
6
The Breach
Faramir's Last Stand
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2:13
7
Wash of the Sea
The fading of Lorien--one of the saddest elements of Tolkien's saga, for me.
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5:29
8
At the Golden Perch
This is a silly song...worse, it's a roughly produced silly song. But what's life for if not a bit of fun? This is supposed to sound like a bar-ballad. There is obnoxious clapping and whistling and a bit of attention from the barmaid.
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1:49
