Lind-in-Edhil ❖ Elvish Songs
None of these are in any Elvish language, and only a few are
Tolkien-inspired. I call these Elvish songs
because they
are rich with the deep joy and subtle sorrow that can only
come from a connection to the life and beauty of the Earth.
- Progressive Rock
- Blues
- Psychedelic and Neo-Folk
- Traditional and World Music
- Classical and Early Music
- Game Soundtracks
- Indie Rock
- Metal
- Pop
- New Age
- Ambient
- Jazz
Progressive Rock
Dusk — Genesis
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight — Genesis
I remember the first time I heard this song. I was in high school. My parents had put the album on to introduce me to some of the music they listened to when they were my age, and this was the opening track. I thought it was kind of weird and boring until the very end, when the haunting flute comes in, and the bells... I suddenly became aware that these
Genesis
guys might know something, that they might have something important to say.Firth of Fifth — Genesis
Thick as a Brick (Side B) — Jethro Tull
Gets good around 4m15s.
Stairway to Heaven — Led Zeppelin
They probably read Lord of the Rings.
Jerusalem — Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Carpet of the Sun — Renaissance
Songs from the Wood — Jethro Tull
Visions of Angels — Genesis
Brothers in Arms — Dire Straits
After the Love Is Gone — Earth, Wind & Fire
High Hopes — Pink Floyd
Blues
Azt Gondoltam Eső Esik — Ripoff Raskolnikov
When the Levee Breaks — Led Zeppelin
Psychedelic and Neo-Folk
Hazel Steps Through A Weathered Home (Full Album) — In Gowan Ring
Stone Song III — In Gowan Ring
Lady Beyond The River — In Gowan Ring
Cipher's String On The Tree In The Dream of the Queen — In Gowan Ring
Hockwold — Arrowwood
Compendium (Full Album) — In Gowan Ring
Between Two Mysteries — Mount Eerie
My Heart Is Not At Peace — Mount Eerie
Traditional and World Music
Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór — Turlough O'Carolan / Peter Blanchette
Mná na hÉireann — Sinéad O'Connor
Thugamar Féin An Samhradh Linn — The Wolfe Tones
Fear a Bhàta — Alison Helzer
Fairhaired Child Set — Karen Ashbrook
Siúil a Rúin — Connie Dover
Scarborough Fair — Simon and Garfunkel
Sofia, The Saracen's Daughter — Andrew Cronshaw and Natacha Atlas
Repülj, Madár, Repülj (Fly Bird Fly) — Márta Sebestyén
Azt gondoltam, eső esik (I Thought It Was Raining) — Muzsikás and Márta Sebestyén
Saryglarlar — Huun-Huur-Tu
Elyne Road — Toumani Diabate
Kalevala Melody
Kumbin (Meeting) — Habib Koité
Amores Hallarás — Markahuasi
Två Konungabarn — Myrkur
Heiemo Og Nykkjen — Kirsten Bråten Berg
Classical and Early Music
J'ai Vû Le Loup — Baltimore Consort
Introducing the Baroque Theorbo – Elizabeth Kenny
Allegri — Miserere Mei, Deus — The Choir of New College, Oxford
Schiarazulla Marazulla / A Carolina — Luar Na Lubre
This is a mashup of an old Italian dance tune by Giorgio Mainerio with a traditional Galician song.
Game Soundtracks
Heroes of Might and Magic IV OST — Paul Romero
Floating Across Water (Heroes of Might and Magic IV OST) (Dryante Cover) — Paul Romero
Snow Theme (Heroes of Might and Magic IV OST) — Paul Romero
The Prayer / Goddard / Schuttgart (Heroes of Might and Magic IV OST / Lineage OST) (Dryante and Acarianelle Cover)
Hope (Heroes of Might and Magic IV OST) (Dryante Cover) — Paul Romero
The Dungeon Master's Lair (Zork Grand Inquisitor OST) — John Beal
Indie Rock
Cosmic Love — Florence and the Machine
the Stars, the Moon / they have all been blown out; / you left me in the dark.
no dawn, no day / I'm always in this twilight / in the shadow of your heart.Sandy — Caribou
Sixth of July — The High Water Marks
Taste — Animal Collective
An Entanglement of Weeds — Woodpigeon
Content Warning: death, drowning
Silver Moons — Sunset Rubdown
Metal
Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan — Nightwish
Totally off topic, but I love the font used in this video. If anyone can identify it for me, I'd be grateful!
Wanderlust — Nightwish
Ghost Love Score — Nightwish
Sleeping Sun — Nightwish
Finnish Medley — Ensiferum
A Sight to Behold — Gojira
The way I see things is so simple / The fact I'm walking standing on this land... / But I still don't get the point: What's worth destroying all the world? Try not to get it anymore.
New Age
Ce He Mise Le Ulaingt? / The Two Trees — Loreena McKennitt
Athair ar Neamh (Enya Cover) — Taliesin Orchestra
Smaointe — Enya
Ombra — Cirque du Soleil
Désert — Benoit Jutras & Cirque du Soleil
Book of Days — Enya
This song doesn't remind me of LotR as much as it does of LotR fanfic... most specifically Protectors of the Plot Continuum in its lighter and less gory moments. I just need a metal song to go with this one, and we'd have a soundtrack...
Pop
Ocean Eyes — Billie Eilish
Suerte — Shakira
Ambient
Tien Fu: Heaven's Gate (Excerpt) — Aeoliah
Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace (Full Album) — Brian Eno
New Space Music — Brian Eno
Jazz
Angel of Air / Angel of Water — Carlos Santana and Alice Coltrane
Closeness (Full Album) — Charlie Haden with Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, and Paul Motian
Hip Harp — Dorothy Ashby