Music....

[Uinor]

In your view what music and or composers best capture the images and emotions conjured by the Tolkien sagas......

For me I would have to say Edvard Greig, Jean Sibelius, and Ralph Vaughn Williams (especially the Fantasy on a theme by Thomas Tallis) work best.


Oops....seems I put this in the wrong folder :o

[Tessar]

No problem :D. All better now!


As for me, I think most things from the boroque/midevil period really make me think of Lord of the Rings, and really just any kind of fantasy litt.

[hectorberlioz]

You are right, Sibelius especially seems to capture that Tolkienite feeling.

Another great one is Carl Nielsen. Very epic and scandinavian. Big-breathed stuff that breathes the northern spirit into you... :)

I always thought that RVW's "Fantasia" on the Greensleeves traditional tune was very Elvish.