MUSIC

Music
The Danish [|Tolkien Ensemble] have released a number of albums that have set the complete poems and songs of //The Lord of the Rings// to music, with some featuring recitation by [|Christopher Lee]. Beyond setting Tolkien's verse to music, the book has influenced many musicians. Rock bands of the 1970s were musically and lyrically inspired by the fantasy embracing counter-culture of the time; British 70s rock band [|Led Zeppelin] are arguably the most well-known group to be directly inspired by Tolkien, and have several songs that contain explicit references to //The Lord of the Rings// ("[|Ramble On]," "[|The Battle of Evermore]," "[|Over the Hills and Far Away]," and "[|Misty Mountain Hop]"). Later, from the 1980s to the present day, many [|Heavy metal] acts have been influenced by Tolkien. [|Blind Guardian] has written many songs relating to Middle-earth, including the full concept album //[|Nightfall in Middle Earth]//. Almost all of [|Summoning]'s songs and the entire discography of [|Battlelore] are Tolkien-themed. [|Gorgoroth] and [|Amon Amarth] take their names from an area of [|Mordor], and [|Burzum] take their name from the [|Black Speech] of Mordor. Outside of rock music, a number of [|classical] and [|New Age] artists have also been influenced by Tolkien's work. [|Enya] wrote an instrumental piece called "Lothlórien" in 1991, and composed two songs for the film //[|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]//—"May It Be" (sung in English and [|Quenya]) and "Aníron" (sung in [|Sindarin]). Swedish keyboardist [|Bo Hansson] released an instrumental album entitled //Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings// in 1970.