I'm not sure how many of you have seen The Hobbit. Which, by the way, was an amazing movie. Do you remember the dwarves' song near the beginning? It was called "Misty Mountains" And I found an a capella version. Just one singer named Peter Hollens. I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it. Now watch it! And yes, that is his voice only. Just layered. He has lots of other songs too. Some pop, some gaming, all amazing. [YOUTUBE]nEwzFF4HeB8[/YOUTUBE]
Oh dear, I've not seen the movie but I'm pretty sure this is not how Tolkien envisaged the song at all. Not to say that he isn't talented and it isn't well done, of course, but the dwarves were very excited to be heading to Erebor and the song would've been upbeat as a result. This is just depressing.
I LOVED the way they did it in the movie... This was okay... but it sounded better with the different voices... in my opinion.
Not necessarily. I actually have the book and it says this: "The dark entered all the room, and the fire died down, and the shadows were lost, and still they played on. And suddenly, first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes." To me, that seems to evoke a song similar to the one the video (and movie) showed. And not to mention, they were also singing about Smaug's attack on their home, a grim and depressing topic.
