Enya Returns?

Post by **Smaug's voice** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:08 pm

Doug Adams hasn't confirmed it yet but it seems like it is true!

moviepilot.com/posts/2014/03/20/the-hobbit-there-and-back-again-enya-returns-1283328?lt_source=external%2Cmanual%2Cmanual

I am glad. At last.

Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:26 pm

Doug tweeted the link, with the message "Only you can decide if this is true or not #imnottelling". It seems to me that he probably wouldn't have done so it wasn't true, but who knows for sure.

I didn't much like May it Be (Gollum's Song is much much better) so I don't care that much, but I know some people loved it.

Post by **Elentári** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:40 pm

Cool...I love Enya! "Aniron" was just perfect for that scene...

Post by **Alatar** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:13 pm

I quite liked the symmetry of Female voices for LotR and Male for The Hobbit, so I'm vaguely disappointed. Feels like "going back to the well".

Post by **Smaug's voice** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:17 pm

It seems we're always at odds V.

I loved May it be and thought it was a perfectly fitting song. Aniron is gorgeous. I like Gollum's song too (not as a song but in the context) though.
In the present time, not only is Enya my favorite singer but she also has a distinctively Elvish voice (Lúthien!), so I am more than happy to see her back.

Post by **Smaug's voice** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:20 pm

Alatar wrote:I
quite liked the symmetry of Female voices for LotR and Male for The
Hobbit, so I'm vaguely disappointed. Feels like "going back to the
well".

As PtB once asked (regarding Legolas' change of heart) the necessity to intentionally make up things only to connect the two trilogies, I hold the same for this.
As long as the songs are good I would not care for continuity. And frankly, I was a bit let down by Neil Flynn and much disappointed in Sheeran.

Post by **Sunsilver** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:17 pm

May it Be stopped me dead in my tracks as I was leaving the theatre (my companion was not someone who liked to be bothered watching the credits roll!) I have always loved it.

Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:23 pm

Smaug's voice wrote:
Alatar wrote:I
quite liked the symmetry of Female voices for LotR and Male for The
Hobbit, so I'm vaguely disappointed. Feels like "going back to the
well".
As PtB once asked (regarding Legolas' change of heart) the necessity to intentionally make up things only to connect the two trilogies, I hold the same for this.
As long as the songs are good I would not care for continuity. And frankly, I was a bit let down by Neil Flynn and much disappointed in Sheeran.

I agree with all of this (see, we are not ALWAYS at odds).

Post by **Smaug's voice** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:59 pm

My earlier comment was rather tongue-in-cheek.

Post by **sauronsfinger** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:49 pm

I was hoping for Meat Loaf.

Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:41 am

Meh. I don't mind May It Be, but for me Enya marks a return to the sappier, more melodramatic style of LOTR. I think it was Ricky Gervais who called the LOTR films a really long, drawn out Enya song, and I have to agree with him.

Post by **Smaug's voice** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:44 pm

Well PtB and V, you can let out a sigh of relief as it seems that moviepilot has removed the article and a contact reports that Enya's involvement has been denied on her forum.
Not a confirmed news. But I guess we are back to speculations now.

Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:13 pm

Doesn't mean it won't happen. They may just have jumped the gun.