Musical inspirations by Tolkien is completely worked out on a incredible large list at

Musical compositions inspired by Tolkien, that is at http://fish.telia.lv/~witchcraft/jrrt/jrrt1.htm (in one image : easier for links to other sites) or

at http://www.vikings.lv/~witchcraft/jrrt (with interactive frames, easier for links to the

same site). A lot of Black metal references are there too.

I checked as much of their items as I could and took out only the links which could add something to my specific interest. The list underneath is thus much more specific to certain other search criteria. A very small part of it came from that list, or has coincidental same references. Most of the links list underneath I choose to list here are mostly because of the (interesting) sound samples or are links which I feel have something to add in a way to this subject :

Author quotes :

·Tolkien himself reading from his books :                   

        http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/020294_harp_ITH.html and also on               http://www.tolkien-archives.com/audio.shtml

·Tolkien quotes : http://www.familyonboard.com/realaudio/JRRTolki.html

·Interview with Tolkien used to be at http://village.vossnet.co.uk/h/hpttrsn/jrrt_int.html

Excerpts from interpretations (quotes) :

·Quotations from the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, reproduced here by Colin Dalziel.

       http://www.coldal.org.uk/quotes.htm, (click "Lord of the ring quotes")

The Hobbit quotes by Colin Dalziel :(click "The Hobbit quotes") :

       http://www.coldal.org.uk/hobbit.htm

·Samples from the movie based upon Lord of the Rings :

        http://hem.passagen.se/fist/lor/

Essays about music and Tolkien :

·Very well thought over theories used to be at :

       http://www.tcinternet.net/users/jfinnamore/df/p1.html

       (about suitable music instruments,...). Contact : dfin@freewwweb.com

·http://www.cas.unt.edu/~hargrove/music.html (about the songs in the books,.. wished               only midi files were not always so unnatural)

Where can I find music, recordings from Tolkien used to be at : http://www.xs4all.nl/~rossnbrg/audvis.htm

Folk Music :

·An almost psychedelic folk (recommended) item which is extremely good, also as       

        interpretation of the atmosphere of the book you can find under the groupsname

        The Hobbitons at :

http://home.wxs.nl/~hobbiton/OURCD.HTM (at http://home.wxs.nl/~hobbiton/)

·An other folk-inspired item inspired by Tolkien is The Starlit Jewel :

http://www.flowinglass.com/sjewel.html (see also Avalon Rising there)

·harp music based upon Tolkien : http://www.fonix.dk/hobbit/index.html (no music

samples so I don't know its quality)

·Classical/folk Tolkien inspired music :

http://www.kulichki.com/pmusic/caprice/albums-eng.html

(this does not always link to the english site) or    

        http://www.kulichki.com/pmusic/caprice/music-eng.htm

(these Russian links doesn't work like they should be ; so it's better to copy it and put it in a search engine, then they work).

(PS. the music from Caprice, "Elvenmusic" is coming out in France too in March 2001. It           is released by a label called PRIKOSNOVENIE. E-mail prikos@worldnet.fr).

Progressive music (only here when they have concepts with Tolkien and might or do sound interesting enough) :

·*Bo Hansson's very known Lord of the Rings (pour quality samples : )

http://ubl.artistdirect.com/fp2.asp?layout=a_artist_album&a_id=R+++130047&p_id=MST

(with original cover). His web-site : http://www.cabal.se/silence/boh/index1.html with the

Lord of the Rings page : http://www.cabal.se/silence/boh/sagan.html

·*About Led Zeppelin and Tolkien : http://www.auburn.edu/~speedhe/ and

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2406/

·*Pär Lindh made an album (with Björn Johansson) based upon Bilbo book

·*Glass Hammer : http://www.glasshammer.com/sounds.html

*A symphonic ethno-folk group from Spain Amarok had a beautiful track "Homaje a

  J.R.R.Tolkien" on their "Canciones del mundos Perdidos"

  at http://personal.redestb.es/manelpm/amarok.htm

       (from http://manelpm.eresmas.net/amarok.htm)

New Age :

·instrumental classical music : http://gd.kgb.cz/

·Instrumental compositions : http://www.kulichki.com/pmusic/elves.html (link doesn't work

        any more like it should be ?)

Some general linkpages to Tolkien fan sites : http://hamster.wibble.org/sitelist.html, http://www.flex.net/~layton2/links.html, http://www.hereintown.net/~greggd/tolklist.html

I have a list in preperation with musical inspiration by Yeats, James Joyce,Lorca, E.A.Poe, William Blake,.. too. I will however only list what I like as an example.

Based upon Yeats are for instance Donovan : "The Song Of Wandering Aengus" (from the album H&M). Further : Kiva did a story, Dr.Strangely Strange. I will add it here later.

I know there should be a whole album with Yeats-covers too.

Music based upon Blake : http://www.kulichki.com/pmusic/caprice/blake.htm

(link doesn't work like it should be ; so it's better to copy it and put it in a search engine, then it works). People who would like to work on my providing interesting musical titles based upon Tolkien, James Joyce,Yeats,Lorca,E.A.Poe,William Blake, Rimbaud, Beaudelaireor other writersplease E-mail me some examples !

About Lewis Caroll there is a list on the net existing :

Musical compositions inspired by Lewis Caroll

(Musical inspirations based upon texts and the figure of Adolf Wölfli you can find at my page there. Click here for that page 2 of Adolf Wölfli (last link on that page))

A few reviews of folk Tolkien related items at the next review page.

This page is last updated 2002,June 24th

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