V. Hobbits. The Lord of the Rings. Johan de Meij

Arranged by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by David Warble. Paintings of several artists as Jon Howe, Ted Nasmith, Angus McBride, and more...

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[Cowmelk]

these songs should be in the actual movie.

[ParisDakota]

Anyone think that at 5:20 the music sounds almost exactly like Think of Me from Phantom of the Opera? Seriously, its uncanny. I know they were both released around the same time too... :)

[97MusicChic]

We are playing this in my highschool band

I never realized the song is this long

As a freshmen I need as much practice as I can get

I never played music anywhere near this grade b4

[folkie1946]

@ParisDakota I heard this performed last night live, and as it was playing it hit me as soon as I heard it.

[hawksong312]

We're playing this in my college band. I didn't like it at first because I am absolutely in love with Howard Shore's music based on the movies, but this movement changed my mind. It really captures the lifestyle of the hobbits in the Shire and just makes me want to smile. :)

[theguywithlonghair]

@Cowmelk Peter Jackson wanted these in the movie. But when he approached Johan de Maij he was turned down. de meij said that this was his own personal interpretation of the books and that Jackson would have to come up ith his own for his movie.

[Baileyplaysthesax]

@ParisDakota It totally does!!! I just watched phantom like an hour ago xD Totally does. You could almost sing along to it.

[MrProbin30]

Ah, senor year of high school wind ensemble all over again. :)

[MrRocknost]

The one thing the movie has over this is the chorus. Those voices really add a lot of feeling to the picture. I think there is a lot more musicality in Johan de Meij's version though. More contrasting and interweaving themes and such. I mean you really don't need a visual aid to know what Johan was trying to depict through his music. Simply magnificent.

[laasurfer]

@SaxophoneJ It's good to know they at least looked at this music before doing the scoring for the movie. Probably didn't use it because it's hard to break up a symphony for a movie...

[ThomasSurrett]

@ParisDakota This music was actually compsed by Johan De Meij way before the movies came out.