This song used to be called The Shire Theme, when the game was called Middle Earth Online. It's a shame what happened. They turned a beautiful living sandbox MMO into a cheap WoW clone. Why bother with all the little things that try to add immersion when the entire game design counteracts it? All the stupid trash mobs, the lame quests, the instancing, the invisible walls. This game could have been great. Shame.
Of all the mmos i've ever played, this is the only time where I suddenly started to smile upon hearing the song. Still always brightens my day to hear it. :)
@skarloe and @xDangerouslyAwkwardx , the correct reason, why they left tom out in the movies is, cause he is to BIG! If you know his story and where he's from, you will be shocked! Cause he's so powerful, that he would win the "war" alone! Read more aubout him. He s a fantastic powerful person, and one of the oldest in middleearth!
This song is so... perfect. Absolutely relaxing, and such a happy balm. Every time I had to go into the Old Forest, I'd make sure to come to his house and listen. It was just so... nice.
Tom bombadil wouldn't have fit in the movies at all. It would have broken pace and turned out rather silly. Particularly with all the songs and such he constantly sings. Trust me, it would have ruined the films. Can you imagine a live-action version of a man described as he is the book? It would look absolutely IDIOTIC.
I think the majority of us who played this game found this house while near death or completely on accident. We never forgot where it was after though!
I watched the movies before I read the books, and from the moment I first encountered Tom Bombadil in the books, I thought to myself, "Why leave him out? This guy's amazing!"
And when he saved them from the barrow-wights (which were a totally unexpected enemy encounter for me at the time) it just made me admire the old fellow even more.
Do yah know the game? This song will always remember me at the time, me and my friends played it 12 h a day! Now we don't play anymore. But those times were veerry verry beautiful! The atmosphere in the game takes every player into a magic world!
i love how in the game there can be emotion and you get real into it. i have had some quest where there is no fighting. but just interacting with the charcters of the game and i really enjoyed myself being part of their stories.
It's songs like this and when Tom killed samborg, that just draws you in.
This game to me is pure amazing. It fast when it needs to be ,and slow when it needs to be. The world just seems to be alive and thriving, The people of LOTRO are probably the best group ive played with I just hope this game sticks around for a few more years, i know i am....Thanks for the memories Tom!
O Lord of the Rings online, there you are fighting the lord of the undead, he's about to kill you then tom destroys a rock wall behind he and is like "why du hell are you alive zombie," and with a wave of his had calls some lighting and kills the lord, then looks to you and is like, come lets eat.
I miss playing this game sometimes.. I've had a really amazing experience playing this with kin mates.. Playing Fear of the Dark outside of the Prancing Pony etc. I got bored at lvl 31 though, because of the standard quests. The story line quests were obviously awesome.
YES THIS SONG IS GREAT I LOVE U MAN FOR UPLOADING IT I HEARD IT 1ST TIME TODAY THAT I DID THE CHAPTER QUEST FROM 1st BOOK I SPENT LIKE 30 MINUTES GOING IN AND OUT OF HIS HOUSE JUST TO LISTEN THE SONG :)
@simlaf98 I used an extractor program to extract the sound file directly from lotro. Don't remember what it was called but all the files where numbered in the order it found them so I had no idea which was the right one.
The song itself tell stories beyond any beings mind. You close your eyes and see Tom Bombadill at his wonderful house, dancing and singing, like there is no trouble in the world. It gets you up when you are down, brings you to a place no dreams could take you to and you just dont want to stop listen to it, you want to stay in that wonderful place... this is real magic.
The Old Forest, back when there was no map, I was running from the wolves because my morale was at >100 and I saw this inviting house on the edge of a cliff...I entered, hoping to at least for the time being, be safe, although I expected some kind of evil creature inside, as well. And then this music started and everything turned brighter and more joyful (in the coloring), and I saw Tom Bombadil dancing to the music...it was just great! :D
I remember when the Old Forest never had a map, and when I got lost I was like. " SHIT SHIT SHIT, I'M SCREWED!" Then I found a strange looking house, I entered it... And I was never lost again, :D
@Bassman0683 ya, i was so upset about the things that got skipped in the trilogy. no tom bombadil, no barrow downs, no sauruman taking over the shire. not even in the extended edition, though saruaman is killed in rotk extended edition, just not the same way as the book. its a shame, but at least the lord of the rings trilogy followed the story perfect for the most part. just wish someone would remake eragon.
I was feeling pretty down after today, since I left an exam with that horrid feeling that I failed it, but this song really boosted my spirits. Bless Tom Bombadil.
jeez, i love this soundtrack.. i'm still looking for another soundtrack for lotro..
If you open the credits at the main menu, there comes also a guitar song.. or whatever which instrument is used there, anyways. If someone knows the name of this song, then please visit my chanel and sned the link or tell me the name please !
In my oppinion I think in the minstrel class description that the minstrel class should have been inspired by Tom Bombadil instead of that elf woman whatever her name is. Just like in the minstrel class video Tom is a true herald of hope! That's just my opinion
Tom Bombadil - happiest man in the world, the person for whom you seek to find joy in the world. I think i speak for all of us when i say there is a little tom bombadil in all of us. Come, Sing, Dance and enjoy the music.
Fun Fact: You can get Tom Bombadil's Theme music for your own in game player house. You need to reach kindered status with the Mathom Society of Michel Delving before being able to purchase it...but It's SO worth it.
Another fun fact! In the books, Tom Bombadil's house is oft referred to as the 'single safest place in all of middle earth'.
@masterfulmuffin I'm readin the book right now, i think when Tom will finally tell more about himself. It's when it's raining at his house? he says it's Goldberry's washing time or somthing
This song is special to me, I was lost in the forest runing and trying to escape from the wolves, I reached the house by accident, I was kind of scared, I thought it was an instance or something like that, when I entered and saw the "Hope" buff on me and Tom dancing to this song I instantly fell in love with the place, so magical <3
@SurielPendragon Yeah, the same thing happened to me, Old Forest is creepy. I wasn't looking for it the first time I found it, it was before I got to the quest.
@jdbye mhm. I was so lost and scared in the Old forest and then I ran and came to Tom Bombadil's house and he was jumping around. And he's house it so pretty!
@SurielPendragon funnily enough that reminds me of what happens in the book with Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, as they get lost in the woods and Tom finds them and they feel safe because of him ^^
@SurielPendragon Same damn thing. I was just wandering around looking for quest mobs, when all of a sudden I see a house and.....wait, this music is nice....wait, is that TOM!? Hell yeah!
i love how there is no hate in these comments that tells me how great this song is and how great tom bombadil is. i remember going into his house in the game and hearing the music for the first time and thinking to myself.... this is amazing.
@Luxai yea i think i have about 2,000 of these views because i listen to this when i play lotro. i first heard it when i went to tom's house for the first book quest and instantly loved it
Reading this as an 11-year old.. You can't quite grasp the ''symbolism'' or hidden meanings the book contains, you are completely immersed in the book. I couldn't tell the difference between reality and lord of the rings, and that, is pure reading pleasure I will never ever experience again =(. My memory of Tom Bombadill is especially strong, it is one of the most charitable things in my life really =)
@followernumber1 You don't necessarily have to find him at a certain part, but it is recommended that you are about Level 14-17 before you go into the forest where he lives.
Hey dol, merry dol! You are in the house of Tom Bombadil!
What could you be a-thinking? The dead should not be waking! Vanish into the sunlight! Leave your barrows empty!
Was it worth the trouble? Did you learn your lesson? Let the dead sleep their dreamless sleep. Walk yourself upon the green grass under the sun once more!
Was it worth it? Have you learnt your lesson? let the dead sleep their dreamless sleep. Walk in the sunshine and feel the grass under your feet once more!
I think of all the good characters and evil ones in Tolkiens World, Tom bombadill is probably the strongest and most powerfull being. and yes I would love to be at his house and eat and drink and be happy :)
I think of all the good characters and evil ones in Tolkiens World, Tom bombadill is probably the strongest and most powerfull being. and yes I would love to be art his house and eat and drink and be happy :)
@sushiisfishy Funny thing is, in the game, he kills an undead king that was invincible to you in one spell. And that was in the barrow downs, a fair ways from old forest.
1. when you first face Sambrog you're weak as shit, so it's hardly surprising you can't hurt him.
2. The Barrow Downs are close enough to The Old Forest (a valley just outside it) that it could be argued that they used to be part of it, and were later cleared and build on.
3. Tom's powers in the Forest are nearly limitless, so it's possible that while significantly weakened in the BD he's still strong enough to one shot Sambrog.
Ultimately, the fact that he one shots Sambrog still doesn't make him the most powerful entity in all of Middle Earth's history. ESPECIALLY when placed up against the offerings of other Ages.
For instance, Morgoth was strong enough to hold off all the other Valar for almost an entire Age. He was so powerful that he countered Eru himself at the creation of the world there by creating Evil. And not just a thing that was evil, Evil itself.
@sushiisfishy pay more attention to the Silmarillion please, Melkor was indeed equal to Manwe Aule and Ulwe in strength, but when the Valar finally went to war against him he fell relatively quickly, granted the force of their conflict sunk a third of Middle Earth in the end he still didn't last long. Also, have to remember that the balrogs are Maiar, and he had a vast number of those.
Also, he didn't counter Eru, he interrupted the song seeking glory, but Eru always cut him off in the end.
@sushiisfishy also, Tom Bombadil is insanely powerful, not just in his own forest, he just doesn't care about anything outside it...bear in mind the Barrow Downs are technically outside his realm
@sushiisfishy How can you knwo that? Although he never leaves Old Forest, it's just his choice, there was never anyone that said his power was restricted to that are. Some even say he might be God (Eru Ilúvatar) himself which is reinforced by Goldberry responding to Frodo about who he (Tom) is by saying just "He is" as in God "I Am that I Am". However, almost every race (elves, dwarves, men, etc.) calls him the oldest creature alive...
I play EVE online....but I listen to this game/movies soundtrack. I played LOTRO for about a year and a half and recently switched to EVE online. Its a VERY different kind of MMORPG
@widowmakr124 It's different from any other mmo out there. I played EVE-o for a couple years and ended up quitting in frustration. I wanted to be a pirate but had already joined an anti-pie corp and didn't really want to leave since I'd made a bunch of friends in it...and there's just no profit in pirate hunting.
@Alparslansss The bad thing is that even i wanted Lotro free but its not so free only from lvl 1-25 its fun but then u need to pay for extra content and stuff phekk.. i even need Turbine points for exchanging money,
This was originally the Shire theme. I had it on my computer back in 2003 when LotRO was still going to be a sandbox game called Middle Earth Online, before it became a boring WoW clone
@Pakanahymni Maybe if WoW was your first MMO. It didn't do anything new or interesting, and it didn't stick to the LotR storyline. I preferred Middle Earth Online. That at least had some cool ideas.
@SigandGibbs Calling this a wow close is like saying anything is a copy of anything. Games follow the same principles, it's their content and atmosphere that make them. Just because you are jaded and can't enjoy things for what they are don't assume others are the same. Lotro has a feel, and lore unrivaled in any other MMO and i speak from experience.
@Questionere respect the negative opinions, stop the internal wars! you have the power...
i am neutral in this world. i see flaws and good things in everything. thats what it IS to him. a clone of WoW. he doesnt see anything more of it so why try to change his view? i wouldnt think of trying to change yours! respect... compassion.... understanding........... peace
@Questionere i didnt contest your opinion of this game at all. i feel the same toward the game, i love it.
respect requires a certain mental process, it isnt a trait its a choice. u have to care about not hurting the person then choose what you say so as you dont.
you direct negative 'opinions' toward a man like yourself and expect respect from it? few people are so open minded. and fewer are humble as to take on board criticism of such a benign nature without interception by the ego.
@Questionere my point is simple, you were rude to a person who was not rude to you. you did not respect, or understand that he was not attempting to deliberately insult you with his comment. you jumped right in and tried to change him!
i was not rude to you and you dismissed me with a one liner that might aswell have been 'fuck off'. i tried simply to bring a brighter person out of you, nothing more. if you dont want to be then ill be gone. but i wouldnt have said a thing if i didnt respect ppl
@rogerthat155 "@Questionere "I didn't contest your opinion of this game at all. i feel the same toward the game, i love it." I did not say you contested it, I said respect my opinion. Regarding your first statement. "respect the negative opinions, stop the internal wars! you have the power..." I was trying to be polite about it and avoid this. I'm not even going to touch on the depth of the hypocrisy in those posts, it's not healthy. I'm sorry for being rube. Good day :)
@Questionere so youd rather use a big word you create the meaning for to dismiss how fucking rude you were to two people you barely met - one expressed his opinion at an inanimate object and one expressed his disdain for your rudeness toward him.
an opinion aimed at something inanimate is easy to respect. he said, this game is shit, u said, basically, 'if ur head wasnt screwed up, u wouldnt think that'.
i said hey, chill out. you insulted us both, stop quoting me, for one, i know what imsaying
@Questionere and 2, stop expecting people to respect the fact that youve been rude and obnoxious. its moronic to trust that much and will get you punched in the face.
@Questionere you wanna bring up respect? IF you respected anything anyones opinion at all youd have left that dude well afuckinglone. if you had said 'i disagree, i think this is good' THATS an opinion worthy of respect, thats sharing of information and feelings so that we may better understand eachother. u set fire to that notion and didnt even have the decency to piss on the flames.
for that, you get someone like me letting you know you've been a bad bastard. my work is done, ure just evil.
@Questionere And youre not sorry for being rude because you were rude in that post, rude dismissive and blind to how rude youve actually been. Yes im trying to change your mind but its not a crime to disrespect an opinion that has offended and disrespected someone already. Like taking down a burglar. Do I respect that hes just stolen all that shit for his own reasons or do I step in and let him know hes being a bad bastard? im not sorry for my minor hero complex and i hope you leave me alone now
@rogerthat155 Enough said, you just told me you would "punch me in the face" Which is laughable, then in the next post said. "now leave me alone" As i recall you are the one doing all the typing and arguing, look at your recent activity all you do is argue. Go relax somewhere and lay off stress, it's twisting your already feeble perspective of reality. Calling someone names, then saying "now leave me alone" Doesn't make you right or even logical, it makes you a coward and a hypocrite.
so fuckin good!!
erkjan 9 minutes ago
"Hey do! Merry do! What be you a-thinking?" :P
LOTRO has a superb soundtrack.
rbaleksandar 4 days ago
This song used to be called The Shire Theme, when the game was called Middle Earth Online. It's a shame what happened. They turned a beautiful living sandbox MMO into a cheap WoW clone. Why bother with all the little things that try to add immersion when the entire game design counteracts it? All the stupid trash mobs, the lame quests, the instancing, the invisible walls. This game could have been great. Shame.
SigandGibbs 1 week ago
Of all the mmos i've ever played, this is the only time where I suddenly started to smile upon hearing the song. Still always brightens my day to hear it. :)
rojika2587 2 weeks ago
The hobbits play this with flutes at night in the shire
epicpieho 3 weeks ago
Ahh, I love this song, when I come to Tom Bomadils house I always enter it and run around in it just to hear the song xD
ElifurLupaz965 1 month ago
I used to go to the house and sit there just so I could listen to this song :)
DeePadGames 1 month ago
@skarloe and @xDangerouslyAwkwardx , the correct reason, why they left tom out in the movies is, cause he is to BIG! If you know his story and where he's from, you will be shocked! Cause he's so powerful, that he would win the "war" alone! Read more aubout him. He s a fantastic powerful person, and one of the oldest in middleearth!
TheMegaheld 1 month ago
This song is so... perfect. Absolutely relaxing, and such a happy balm. Every time I had to go into the Old Forest, I'd make sure to come to his house and listen. It was just so... nice.
BlackWingedTraveler 1 month ago
Tom bombadil wouldn't have fit in the movies at all. It would have broken pace and turned out rather silly. Particularly with all the songs and such he constantly sings. Trust me, it would have ruined the films. Can you imagine a live-action version of a man described as he is the book? It would look absolutely IDIOTIC.
Skarloe 1 month ago
I think the majority of us who played this game found this house while near death or completely on accident. We never forgot where it was after though!
MrAtheist94 1 month ago 3
I watched the movies before I read the books, and from the moment I first encountered Tom Bombadil in the books, I thought to myself, "Why leave him out? This guy's amazing!"
And when he saved them from the barrow-wights (which were a totally unexpected enemy encounter for me at the time) it just made me admire the old fellow even more.
This music defines him!
xDangerouslyAwkwardx 1 month ago
i just love this song *-*
BlackTear 1 month ago
Do yah know the game? This song will always remember me at the time, me and my friends played it 12 h a day! Now we don't play anymore. But those times were veerry verry beautiful! The atmosphere in the game takes every player into a magic world!
TheMegaheld 2 months ago
This is why I love this game :) sometimes i go to the house of my kinship and just listen to this awesome song :)
Wehrwolf1941 2 months ago
Inspire me! Listen to the dymanic in this song! goekogokeogeogrotàppd^zfzgzeg
Its hard to dance and write -_-
Fester3620 2 months ago in playlist IT
i love how in the game there can be emotion and you get real into it. i have had some quest where there is no fighting. but just interacting with the charcters of the game and i really enjoyed myself being part of their stories.
cflotronsong 2 months ago
i'm almost sure that Tom could have won the war by himself
HammerLord11 2 months ago
I hate this song...
...because it has an end... gotcha!
D34N6232 2 months ago
The disliker is the Old Man Willow... ;)
bigZblouf 3 months ago in playlist Le seigneur des anneaux
It's songs like this and when Tom killed samborg, that just draws you in.
This game to me is pure amazing. It fast when it needs to be ,and slow when it needs to be. The world just seems to be alive and thriving, The people of LOTRO are probably the best group ive played with I just hope this game sticks around for a few more years, i know i am....Thanks for the memories Tom!
TotalNightmarexxx10 3 months ago 16
O Lord of the Rings online, there you are fighting the lord of the undead, he's about to kill you then tom destroys a rock wall behind he and is like "why du hell are you alive zombie," and with a wave of his had calls some lighting and kills the lord, then looks to you and is like, come lets eat.
HammerLord11 3 months ago 2
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America2470 4 months ago
this song bring happiness
doodlatouch 4 months ago 2
@doodlatouch +9 TO HOPE xD
TacticalNova 3 months ago
@TacticalNova xD
doodlatouch 3 months ago
This would have made a great Hibernia song on Dark Age of Camelot.
Grymligast 4 months ago
yoohoo-merry-doo my hartsies ^^
DaCoolCrushIceKillah 4 months ago 2
I miss playing this game sometimes.. I've had a really amazing experience playing this with kin mates.. Playing Fear of the Dark outside of the Prancing Pony etc. I got bored at lvl 31 though, because of the standard quests. The story line quests were obviously awesome.
Michaelmop 4 months ago
YES THIS SONG IS GREAT I LOVE U MAN FOR UPLOADING IT I HEARD IT 1ST TIME TODAY THAT I DID THE CHAPTER QUEST FROM 1st BOOK I SPENT LIKE 30 MINUTES GOING IN AND OUT OF HIS HOUSE JUST TO LISTEN THE SONG :)
xHowintzerx 4 months ago
i want this for my house. i mean the music. its awesome
mdmoo2011 5 months ago
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mdmoo2011 5 months ago
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i love this song!!!!
mdmoo2011 5 months ago
i love this song!
mdmoo2011 5 months ago
"Hey dol merry dol my hearties!"
Luxai 5 months ago
Easily the best song in the entire LotRO OST. Makes me wanna start playing it again, just so I can pay Ol' Tom a visit
Christofferu 5 months ago
FRODO LIVES!
MrByrdman85 5 months ago
thank god for whoever uploaded this!
D34N6232 6 months ago
i love chillin in toms house
jackafa92 6 months ago
This song makes me happy, I go to Tom's house just to hear it, it's a really nice contrast to the Old Forest's music :)
Kaioshin94 6 months ago
Where can you get this song for housing?
StealthForce007 6 months ago
@StealthForce007 Become allied with the mathom society then you can buy it, it's locked to your character I think.
jdbye 6 months ago 5
@jdbye I was so happy the day I found this for my kin house.
ChriosM 3 weeks ago
My guess is that Bombadil is Eonwe. He got bored of all the smiting bad guys.
nazzurro 6 months ago
Tom Bombadil is exactly like Väinämöinen in the Finnish epic Kalevala. Both are old bearded singing men with intrest towards young blonde ladies.
LibertyWaxlips 6 months ago
@LibertyWaxlips lol what does tom exactly do with the ladies?
jackafa92 6 months ago
@jackafa92 read the book
LibertyWaxlips 6 months ago
@jackafa92
Read the adventures of Tom Bombadil...
12kolors 6 months ago
I've just read the chapter of the book they meet tom Bombadil very good chapter
WickedProductionFilm 6 months ago
I've uploaded the MP3 in case anyone wants it. This upload has somehow become my most popular, so thanks everyone who watched it and replied :D
jdbye 6 months ago
@jdbye thank you, sir! the somehow = tom bombadil. his power transcends the page..
stevecapizzi 3 weeks ago
hey ho merry dol me hearties :D
MrByrdman85 6 months ago
I just chill in Tom's house to this song sittin in mah awesome gear >:O
EchoSaviour 7 months ago
can somebody make a never ending loop of this song?
hhraviz 7 months ago
Where did you download it?
simlaf98 7 months ago
@simlaf98 I used an extractor program to extract the sound file directly from lotro. Don't remember what it was called but all the files where numbered in the order it found them so I had no idea which was the right one.
jdbye 6 months ago
The song itself tell stories beyond any beings mind. You close your eyes and see Tom Bombadill at his wonderful house, dancing and singing, like there is no trouble in the world. It gets you up when you are down, brings you to a place no dreams could take you to and you just dont want to stop listen to it, you want to stay in that wonderful place... this is real magic.
faggedagge 7 months ago 2
The Old Forest, back when there was no map, I was running from the wolves because my morale was at >100 and I saw this inviting house on the edge of a cliff...I entered, hoping to at least for the time being, be safe, although I expected some kind of evil creature inside, as well. And then this music started and everything turned brighter and more joyful (in the coloring), and I saw Tom Bombadil dancing to the music...it was just great! :D
GrimRogue2 7 months ago
I remember when the Old Forest never had a map, and when I got lost I was like. " SHIT SHIT SHIT, I'M SCREWED!" Then I found a strange looking house, I entered it... And I was never lost again, :D
robinpobinjoggin 7 months ago
reminds me of legend of zelda in a way.
Fussssssel 7 months ago
Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!
TheEpicHill 7 months ago 3
Hey, do, howdy do, my heartie?
SolariusFlare 8 months ago
Tom should have been in the movies.. would have been awesome
Bassman0683 8 months ago 18
@Bassman0683 ya, i was so upset about the things that got skipped in the trilogy. no tom bombadil, no barrow downs, no sauruman taking over the shire. not even in the extended edition, though saruaman is killed in rotk extended edition, just not the same way as the book. its a shame, but at least the lord of the rings trilogy followed the story perfect for the most part. just wish someone would remake eragon.
igetboredproductions 7 months ago
@Bassman0683 Yes... played by Brian Blessed, now wouldn't that have been awesome?
ThatsMyNerdGirl 3 months ago
Like many people I was freaking lost in the Old Forest and then found Tom's House....this songs starts to play and I don't want to leave anymore!
Ringtone now!
TheRealQuester 8 months ago
I love Tom Bombadil and I love this song <3
It is such as happy as him :)
myloveGISMO 8 months ago
Wait, who had the brazenness to dislike this? EEZ ZO GOOD.
ThatSlinkyBastard 8 months ago
So many memories from this great game :)
Asthaar8 9 months ago
This is the music in my house :D
TheWayfarer987 9 months ago 3
Frodo: Fairy lady! Tell me... who is Tom Bombadil?
Lady Goldberry: He is.
=D
retbookers 9 months ago 2
his own master :p
notrwhitecrow 10 months ago
Best part in the game imo ;)
moffejaevel 10 months ago
Tom Bombadil kicks ass and chews bubble but he's all out of gum.
junkietomato 10 months ago 2
@junkietomato haha love the Duke Nukem reference
doughboycod2 9 months ago
This song makes me kinda sad. It reminds me of when I was little and went to kindergarden...
TheBumbleBunny 10 months ago
i love this track so much i put it in my house in the game :P
natraskaut 11 months ago
Tom Bombadil is fearless!
theringodd 11 months ago
HEY DOO MERRY DOO MY HEARTSIE!
killallianceftw 11 months ago
Tom puts the "Bomb" back in Bombadil.
Questionere 11 months ago 7
I was feeling pretty down after today, since I left an exam with that horrid feeling that I failed it, but this song really boosted my spirits. Bless Tom Bombadil.
Samuikion 11 months ago 4
I only come to the old forest and bombadils house to listen to this music <3
GODMaru 11 months ago
jeez, i love this soundtrack.. i'm still looking for another soundtrack for lotro..
If you open the credits at the main menu, there comes also a guitar song.. or whatever which instrument is used there, anyways. If someone knows the name of this song, then please visit my chanel and sned the link or tell me the name please !
Thanks
skniwimmeL 11 months ago
@skniwimmeL Yeah, this may be a bit late buuut... the song in the credits is "Autumn Ale", a song available for housing. Have fun mate.
SpennyPwns 5 months ago
In my oppinion I think in the minstrel class description that the minstrel class should have been inspired by Tom Bombadil instead of that elf woman whatever her name is. Just like in the minstrel class video Tom is a true herald of hope! That's just my opinion
sampeng1 11 months ago
i would like to recreate his house to live in for real.... have this song playing too
azmanntoz 11 months ago
This song is awesome! I am going to find him soon.
In a day or two I will try to find him.
rockingmeerkat 11 months ago
Tom Bombadil - happiest man in the world, the person for whom you seek to find joy in the world. I think i speak for all of us when i say there is a little tom bombadil in all of us. Come, Sing, Dance and enjoy the music.
dragonowner23 1 year ago 3
You should put his voice saying Be Boo Merry Do(Or whatever it is) over the music
tossingmidgetsforfun 1 year ago
Sometimes I go there just to listen to this song
sirks19 1 year ago
Fun Fact: You can get Tom Bombadil's Theme music for your own in game player house. You need to reach kindered status with the Mathom Society of Michel Delving before being able to purchase it...but It's SO worth it.
Another fun fact! In the books, Tom Bombadil's house is oft referred to as the 'single safest place in all of middle earth'.
masterfulmuffin 1 year ago
@masterfulmuffin nice info. but i do not think everybody is playing lord of the rings here :-)
Nhordmyr 1 year ago
@masterfulmuffin I'm readin the book right now, i think when Tom will finally tell more about himself. It's when it's raining at his house? he says it's Goldberry's washing time or somthing
TheTank1110 1 year ago
oh how peaceful.. great!
Nhordmyr 1 year ago
Fun fact about this upload, I checked almost 4000 ogg files before I found the right one, took me a few hours... but I wanted it as my ringtone :)
jdbye 1 year ago 20
@jdbye Totally worth it :)
TheLymus 1 year ago
@jdbye i got it as ringtone too ;)
Novethebest 7 months ago
@jdbye THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
bcfundiver 7 months ago
This song is special to me, I was lost in the forest runing and trying to escape from the wolves, I reached the house by accident, I was kind of scared, I thought it was an instance or something like that, when I entered and saw the "Hope" buff on me and Tom dancing to this song I instantly fell in love with the place, so magical <3
SurielPendragon 1 year ago 77
@SurielPendragon Yeah, the same thing happened to me, Old Forest is creepy. I wasn't looking for it the first time I found it, it was before I got to the quest.
jdbye 1 year ago 9
@jdbye @SurielPendragon I shitted in my pants the first time I entered the Old Forest
patotorrat 1 year ago
@jdbye mhm. I was so lost and scared in the Old forest and then I ran and came to Tom Bombadil's house and he was jumping around. And he's house it so pretty!
TheBumbleBunny 10 months ago
@SurielPendragon lol wtf
GamingMusicVideos1 11 months ago
@SurielPendragon
It's funny how we can accidentaly relive something close to what some Hobbits went through... I belive Turbine did somehow a good job on that part :)
medea347 10 months ago 3
@SurielPendragon funnily enough that reminds me of what happens in the book with Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin, as they get lost in the woods and Tom finds them and they feel safe because of him ^^
FlyByeTimeStudios 9 months ago
@SurielPendragon Same damn thing. I was just wandering around looking for quest mobs, when all of a sudden I see a house and.....wait, this music is nice....wait, is that TOM!? Hell yeah!
Maphysto 8 months ago
@SurielPendragon omg, exactly what happened to me :D
Hexaron 7 months ago
@SurielPendragon One of the best moments in Lotro; one of many^^
MrHackebeil 5 months ago
Player does not simply XP into Mordor...
Tom Bombadil simply walks into Mordor ^^
PatriaFinlandia 1 year ago 2
simple, beautiful, happy.
Bebombabom 1 year ago
Thats A hard quest to do alone if ur not the right level, i was lvl 16 or 17 when i trird alone imbosible alone
SAAAYWHATTTT 1 year ago
Adventure, here i come!! :D
mynta96 1 year ago
I loved this theme right after i entered toms house :-)
Lexikon88 1 year ago 8
@Lexikon88 Me too, it's one of my favorite lotro moments.
jdbye 1 year ago 4
i love how there is no hate in these comments that tells me how great this song is and how great tom bombadil is. i remember going into his house in the game and hearing the music for the first time and thinking to myself.... this is amazing.
bonpumic000 1 year ago 2
@bonpumic000 I remember when I was in here with another guy I had been questing with. The first thing he says to me is "I love this music."
Luxai 1 year ago 2
@Luxai yea i think i have about 2,000 of these views because i listen to this when i play lotro. i first heard it when i went to tom's house for the first book quest and instantly loved it
bonpumic000 1 year ago
Reading this as an 11-year old.. You can't quite grasp the ''symbolism'' or hidden meanings the book contains, you are completely immersed in the book. I couldn't tell the difference between reality and lord of the rings, and that, is pure reading pleasure I will never ever experience again =(. My memory of Tom Bombadill is especially strong, it is one of the most charitable things in my life really =)
K4inan 1 year ago 2
"There must always be some riddle, even in a mythical age. Tom Bombadil is one" -J. R. R. Tolkien
5000WattFartMachine 1 year ago 2
Haha, Tom Bombadil is one of my favourite LOTR characters. Hey do merry do, be hearty and merry, for tomorrow we die!
SlayerRiley 1 year ago
what part in lotro do you meet Tom
followernumber1 1 year ago
@followernumber1 vol 1 book 1 of the book quests
jdbye 1 year ago
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bindia103 7 months ago
@followernumber1 You don't necessarily have to find him at a certain part, but it is recommended that you are about Level 14-17 before you go into the forest where he lives.
Danjolasaur 1 year ago
so relaxing
followernumber1 1 year ago
Hey dol, merry dol! You are in the house of Tom Bombadil!
What could you be a-thinking? The dead should not be waking! Vanish into the sunlight! Leave your barrows empty!
Was it worth the trouble? Did you learn your lesson? Let the dead sleep their dreamless sleep. Walk yourself upon the green grass under the sun once more!
Luxai 1 year ago
Uh, sushi? I've never tried to argue against you on any of those points, chill :P I only stated he's not powerless outside of old forest.
Luxai 1 year ago
Was it worth it? Have you learnt your lesson? let the dead sleep their dreamless sleep. Walk in the sunshine and feel the grass under your feet once more!
Luxai 1 year ago
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I think of all the good characters and evil ones in Tolkiens World, Tom bombadill is probably the strongest and most powerfull being. and yes I would love to be at his house and eat and drink and be happy :)
Scarecroweb 1 year ago
I think of all the good characters and evil ones in Tolkiens World, Tom bombadill is probably the strongest and most powerfull being. and yes I would love to be art his house and eat and drink and be happy :)
Scarecroweb 1 year ago 2
@Scarecroweb
Have you ever read the Silmarillion? There are things in the First Age of Middle Earth that would put Tom Bombadill to shame.
Ungoliant comes to mind....
Or Morgoth...
Tom may be powerful, but it stems from where he's located. Take him out of the Old Forest and he is nothing.
sushiisfishy 1 year ago
@sushiisfishy Funny thing is, in the game, he kills an undead king that was invincible to you in one spell. And that was in the barrow downs, a fair ways from old forest.
Luxai 1 year ago
@Luxai
Four problems with that:
1. when you first face Sambrog you're weak as shit, so it's hardly surprising you can't hurt him.
2. The Barrow Downs are close enough to The Old Forest (a valley just outside it) that it could be argued that they used to be part of it, and were later cleared and build on.
3. Tom's powers in the Forest are nearly limitless, so it's possible that while significantly weakened in the BD he's still strong enough to one shot Sambrog.
4. It's a friggen game.
sushiisfishy 1 year ago
@Luxai
Ultimately, the fact that he one shots Sambrog still doesn't make him the most powerful entity in all of Middle Earth's history. ESPECIALLY when placed up against the offerings of other Ages.
For instance, Morgoth was strong enough to hold off all the other Valar for almost an entire Age. He was so powerful that he countered Eru himself at the creation of the world there by creating Evil. And not just a thing that was evil, Evil itself.
Tom just can't match up.
sushiisfishy 1 year ago
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Luxai 1 year ago
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Luxai 1 year ago
@sushiisfishy pay more attention to the Silmarillion please, Melkor was indeed equal to Manwe Aule and Ulwe in strength, but when the Valar finally went to war against him he fell relatively quickly, granted the force of their conflict sunk a third of Middle Earth in the end he still didn't last long. Also, have to remember that the balrogs are Maiar, and he had a vast number of those.
Also, he didn't counter Eru, he interrupted the song seeking glory, but Eru always cut him off in the end.
Endilbiach 1 year ago
@sushiisfishy also, Tom Bombadil is insanely powerful, not just in his own forest, he just doesn't care about anything outside it...bear in mind the Barrow Downs are technically outside his realm
Endilbiach 1 year ago
@sushiisfishy How can you knwo that? Although he never leaves Old Forest, it's just his choice, there was never anyone that said his power was restricted to that are. Some even say he might be God (Eru Ilúvatar) himself which is reinforced by Goldberry responding to Frodo about who he (Tom) is by saying just "He is" as in God "I Am that I Am". However, almost every race (elves, dwarves, men, etc.) calls him the oldest creature alive...
DarkDjim 1 year ago
Who wrote/composed this? Brilliant!
LeCutter 1 year ago
Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo!
By water, wood and hill, by the reed and willow,
By fire, sun and moon, harken now and hear us!
Come, Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us!
Canisslupo 1 year ago 76
@Canisslupo You, sir, are awesome for knowing this.
Maphysto 1 year ago
I play EVE online....but I listen to this game/movies soundtrack. I played LOTRO for about a year and a half and recently switched to EVE online. Its a VERY different kind of MMORPG
widowmakr124 1 year ago
@widowmakr124 It's different from any other mmo out there. I played EVE-o for a couple years and ended up quitting in frustration. I wanted to be a pirate but had already joined an anti-pie corp and didn't really want to leave since I'd made a bunch of friends in it...and there's just no profit in pirate hunting.
Maphysto 1 year ago
stop argueing about what the best mmo is.just listen to tom's song
i played wow for 2 years and now i play lotro.lotro has something that WoW doenst have, dunno what it is
Alparslansss 1 year ago 2
@Alparslansss The bad thing is that even i wanted Lotro free but its not so free only from lvl 1-25 its fun but then u need to pay for extra content and stuff phekk.. i even need Turbine points for exchanging money,
TheRahan100 9 months ago
@TheRahan100 Not really. I have gotten to lvl 35 only on what quests I have and skirmishes
Danjolasaur 9 months ago
tom bombadil was a don in lotro but he was more classic in FOTRPS2 SNM
TheGrawp 1 year ago
this always makes me happy and want to jig.
music4meh 1 year ago
cant believe i just had the most massive of e-guments on here. way to taint a classic tune :(
rogerthat155 1 year ago
tututututututu
oxofosfato 1 year ago
why does it stop after the violin starts to get into it?? I WANT IT TO GO CRAZY FOR ANOTHER 3 MINUTES!!! damn these tight budgets
rogerthat155 1 year ago
I remember visiting Tom Bombadil for the first time as a young Loremaster. ;( Great times!
SoulOfKamadan 1 year ago
This was originally the Shire theme. I had it on my computer back in 2003 when LotRO was still going to be a sandbox game called Middle Earth Online, before it became a boring WoW clone
SigandGibbs 1 year ago
@SigandGibbs
You know, LoTRO is anything but boring.
Pakanahymni 1 year ago
@Pakanahymni Maybe if WoW was your first MMO. It didn't do anything new or interesting, and it didn't stick to the LotR storyline. I preferred Middle Earth Online. That at least had some cool ideas.
SigandGibbs 1 year ago
@SigandGibbs
LoTRO was my first MMO :p
Pakanahymni 1 year ago
@Pakanahymni Well there you go. I can see how it'd be interesting then.
SigandGibbs 1 year ago
@SigandGibbs Calling this a wow close is like saying anything is a copy of anything. Games follow the same principles, it's their content and atmosphere that make them. Just because you are jaded and can't enjoy things for what they are don't assume others are the same. Lotro has a feel, and lore unrivaled in any other MMO and i speak from experience.
Questionere 1 year ago
@Questionere respect the negative opinions, stop the internal wars! you have the power...
i am neutral in this world. i see flaws and good things in everything. thats what it IS to him. a clone of WoW. he doesnt see anything more of it so why try to change his view? i wouldnt think of trying to change yours! respect... compassion.... understanding........... peace
rogerthat155 1 year ago
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Questionere 1 year ago
@rogerthat155 Take your own advice, and respect my opinion. :) Good day.
Questionere 1 year ago
@Questionere i didnt contest your opinion of this game at all. i feel the same toward the game, i love it.
respect requires a certain mental process, it isnt a trait its a choice. u have to care about not hurting the person then choose what you say so as you dont.
you direct negative 'opinions' toward a man like yourself and expect respect from it? few people are so open minded. and fewer are humble as to take on board criticism of such a benign nature without interception by the ego.
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@Questionere my point is simple, you were rude to a person who was not rude to you. you did not respect, or understand that he was not attempting to deliberately insult you with his comment. you jumped right in and tried to change him!
i was not rude to you and you dismissed me with a one liner that might aswell have been 'fuck off'. i tried simply to bring a brighter person out of you, nothing more. if you dont want to be then ill be gone. but i wouldnt have said a thing if i didnt respect ppl
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@rogerthat155 "@Questionere "I didn't contest your opinion of this game at all. i feel the same toward the game, i love it." I did not say you contested it, I said respect my opinion. Regarding your first statement. "respect the negative opinions, stop the internal wars! you have the power..." I was trying to be polite about it and avoid this. I'm not even going to touch on the depth of the hypocrisy in those posts, it's not healthy. I'm sorry for being rube. Good day :)
Questionere 1 year ago
@Questionere so youd rather use a big word you create the meaning for to dismiss how fucking rude you were to two people you barely met - one expressed his opinion at an inanimate object and one expressed his disdain for your rudeness toward him.
an opinion aimed at something inanimate is easy to respect. he said, this game is shit, u said, basically, 'if ur head wasnt screwed up, u wouldnt think that'.
i said hey, chill out. you insulted us both, stop quoting me, for one, i know what imsaying
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@Questionere and 2, stop expecting people to respect the fact that youve been rude and obnoxious. its moronic to trust that much and will get you punched in the face.
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@Questionere you wanna bring up respect? IF you respected anything anyones opinion at all youd have left that dude well afuckinglone. if you had said 'i disagree, i think this is good' THATS an opinion worthy of respect, thats sharing of information and feelings so that we may better understand eachother. u set fire to that notion and didnt even have the decency to piss on the flames.
for that, you get someone like me letting you know you've been a bad bastard. my work is done, ure just evil.
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@Questionere And youre not sorry for being rude because you were rude in that post, rude dismissive and blind to how rude youve actually been. Yes im trying to change your mind but its not a crime to disrespect an opinion that has offended and disrespected someone already. Like taking down a burglar. Do I respect that hes just stolen all that shit for his own reasons or do I step in and let him know hes being a bad bastard? im not sorry for my minor hero complex and i hope you leave me alone now
rogerthat155 1 year ago
@rogerthat155 Enough said, you just told me you would "punch me in the face" Which is laughable, then in the next post said. "now leave me alone" As i recall you are the one doing all the typing and arguing, look at your recent activity all you do is argue. Go relax somewhere and lay off stress, it's twisting your already feeble perspective of reality. Calling someone names, then saying "now leave me alone" Doesn't make you right or even logical, it makes you a coward and a hypocrite.
Questionere 1 year ago