Music has always played an important role in Tolkien adaptations.
Anyone who has readThe HobbitorThe Lord of the Ringsknows that the books are full of songs.
Every dramatic adaptation has to decide how its going to deal with this particular aspect ofJ.R.R.
Tolkiens writing whether to include any of them, which ones to include, and how to perform them.
Its a really clever idea, and its also a very book-accurate adaptation of Tolkiens song.
And then to bed!
have been left out.
The gentle tune fits with Tolkiens description of chanting an ancient lay.
Blunt the Knives, a.k.a.
Instruments aside, both songs could have been lifted straight from the pages of the book.
There is only so much running time available in a movie.
The plot simply stops for the songs in Jacksons second trilogy.
In Tolkiens books, this isnt too much of an issue.
They can also easily skip a song if they want to.
None of that is true of a feature film.
The biggest down side to this approach is that many of the songs are quite short.
