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Elessar
Valinor
Oct 19 2014, 10:09pm
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Made me misty eyed just thinking about it.
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Elessar
Valinor
Oct 19 2014, 10:15pm
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The Hobbit then The Lord of the Rings when I do my marathons going forward.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Oct 19 2014, 10:21pm
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Well, if you haven't liked their previous songwriting...
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... I suppose you might be worried.
For me, though, all of their songs I can think of right now have been so lovely in themselves and so right in the context of the films that I'm very pleased by this - though there is a poignancy to it as well. How could there not be for anyone who has enjoyed the films?
I think it's quite likely that whatever this song is, it will include some of Tolkien's words as they've tended to do that. I've liked the previous two Hobbit end songs but both were written by the men who sang them. I'm really glad this one goes back to the writing team because I think that will make it feel and sound more like part of the film. I don't think you need worry about it not feeling fitting. It will feel fitting. There's no way they would want the closing song to this final film to be anything less than perfect.
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Bombadil
Half-elven
Oct 19 2014, 11:23pm
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WHO Can't
Hearin' THIZZ?
littl' ol' bom...CAN!
"Not NOT ALL TEAR..zz?...ARE..
but
can be TEARS of Gladness."
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"What Your Mind can conceive... charlie can achieve"
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Oct 19 2014, 11:51pm
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Could this be based on a poem by Tolkien?
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I'm thinking perhaps "Journey's End."
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Bumblingidiot
Rohan
Oct 20 2014, 1:16am
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I think his style is more appropriate than the last three choices.
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I'm optimistic that we won't get another rehashed mid-Atlantic pop tune.
"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear."
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The Grey Elf
Grey Havens
Oct 20 2014, 1:37am
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No matter the quality of the song -- though I'm optimistic it will be good -- just hearing Billy's voice again in Middle-earth will be an emotional experience.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?" HeforShe
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sycorax82
Rohan
Oct 20 2014, 2:11am
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'The Road Goes Ever On' could well be featured in the film itself
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I've always imagined Bilbo speaking the verses right at the end. Starting with Martin Freeman then it fades to Ian Holm.
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LordotRings93
Rohan
Oct 20 2014, 2:37am
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After I heard he was writing it and involved, I instantly wanted him to sing it. The name alone is bringing tears and chills to my eyes. Glad they stuck with male voices for the end credit songs. Keeps the flow. This song MUST win Best Song at the Oscars or my name isn't Bilbo Baggins. Well, it isn't, but you get the picture. 
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies 12/17/14
"I know what I must do. It's just... I'm afraid to do it."
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Oct 20 2014, 3:47am
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I've always imagined Bilbo speaking the verses right at the end. Starting with Martin Freeman then it fades to Ian Holm.
If the theatrical cut skips over both the auction and the later visit from Gandalf & Balin, you might get your wish.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Arannir
Valinor
Oct 20 2014, 7:14am
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Read again, I said I am confident because of their previous efforts. Because I liked them.
Just worried because of the title, that is all.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at." J.R.R. Tolkien
We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Oct 20 2014, 7:50am
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Because you said you liked their previous songs, worrying about the next one seemed an unnecessary application of worriedness. When I hear that there's to be a new piece of work by someone whose work I like I look forward to it!
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Farficom
Rivendell
Oct 20 2014, 8:58am
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Fantastic. A few words, then fade to black... and roll credits with music.
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Arannir
Valinor
Oct 20 2014, 10:35am
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No unnecessary application of worriedness.
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I simply dislike the choice of title.
I said before that I hope the content and feeling won't represent the idea of "a last goodbye". Because I feel Bot5A shouldn't have that kind of "final" credit song.
A little worriedness? Maybe... but if we don't do that what is there to be discussed?
It won't stop me from loving it if my worries prove to be unfounded.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at." J.R.R. Tolkien
We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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Kendalf
Rohan
Oct 20 2014, 11:57am
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I think it's a weak title, too, sadly...
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I simply dislike the choice of title.
Me, too 
In my view, it feels too ordinary, too modern, too prosaic a title and not something I feel Tolkien would have written or Bilbo would have chosen to express.
The sentiment, of course, is perfectly apt but I'd have preferred a more poetic, elegiac title.
"I have walked there sometimes, beyond the forest and up into the night. I have seen the world fall away and the white light of forever fill the air."
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adt100
Rohan
Oct 20 2014, 12:10pm
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An 'the road goes ever on' isn't? I think it sounds promising.
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Oct 20 2014, 2:26pm
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An 'the road goes ever on' isn't? I think it sounds promising.
No, the song title is "The Last Goodbye." The other is Frodo's song that was inspired by Bilbo's poem. I have speculated, however, that it might be based on one of Tolkien's poems.
'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring
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cats16
Half-elven
Oct 21 2014, 8:10am
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Oof, this one will be emotional.
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