The fall of Gil Galad - Aonis (HQ Audio)

Lyrics/Poem -

Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.

PS - This is not a lord of the rings soundtrack, it's a privately produced song by the Irish band Aonis, I posted it cause it's a nice representation of tolkien's works.. if you look around, you will also find recordings of tolkien himself Reading this poem, beautiful is the legendarium he's created.

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[ToxicFloodBrew]

I think it's stupid how ppl lean towards the movies, rather than the book when the subject of this is brought up. I don't think Tolkien would have loved that his life's work be remembered only as Orlando Bloom as Legolas or Gandalf and Sauron marching in the gay pride parade. Noone should watch these movies until they have read the book has so much more to offer..As much as I love this song I hate how it has clips of the film. I like the film n all but doesnt even scratch the surface of his work

[panflutelistener]

@ToxicFloodBrew :(

[Benzeimin]

I love this. Your interpretation is incredible, and I wish I had the talent to do something similar.

[panflutelistener]

@Benzeimin Thank you sir!

[TheWoodoochild]

not so many hero songs now.

[SmirkAt]

I believe it is Anois this band is called, not Aonis. Am I wrong? A beautiful song indeed, and Tolkien was a great writer

[GopackgoMr]

Wow. I just found this song, and I love it.

Of course, for those of you who appreciate Silmarillion humor, there is a fanfiction called "Gilgalad is an Elvenking" which parodies this song. :D

This song is going on my favorites list.

On a side note, wouldn't it be epic if someone made The Silmarillion into a movie?

[ruckanucka4ever]

feanor and fingolfin were far more powerful than gil-galad

[EshnehGaming]

@ToxicFloodBrew

What is it with people thinking directors can literally translate word for word a book to screenplay, long books, a lot of it not needed, Jackson chose the bits that he wanted to put into a film and what would be best.

[raysteer]

@DarkStar53535 By the way the English in your post leans towards the formal and old-fashioned....

[jmcfintona999]

just waiting for the hobbitt,

[darkangelzephyron]

@DarkStar53535 the mouth of sauron was pretty much the only character that actually speaks using thee and thou. :)

[darkangelzephyron]

amazing

[MeSillyWoohoo]

@ToxicFloodBrew And then you know there's people who grew up on the books but are no longer able to read because of vision issues and for them? The movies are a life saver because they can still enjoy the magic of Middle Earth.