#silm playlist

[general-illyrin]

Day Twenty: Spirit for the Chesterton Challenge

For this prompt, I made and updated several Spotify playlists for several Silm characters, keeping in mind to try to stay true to the spirit of their characters. Below are the playlists I created and updated.

Note: for the above playlist, I am thinking of these specific versions for "Remember" and "Touch the Sky".

[mai-sau]

Some birds sing when the sun shines bright Our praise is not for them

But the ones who sing in the dead of night We raise our cups to them.

a finrod playlist (listen here on spotify!)

eng translations for asnam, kalaam, saalouny el nas, 菊花台, falyakon, dramaturgy

[that-angry-noldo]

Songs from my playlist and various silm characters I associate them with!

Lonely King by CG5 - Curufin

I See a Dreamer by CG5 - Elros

Injustice by CG5 - Fingon

World's Smallest Violin by AJR - Celebrimbor and/or Elrond

BANG! by AJR - Arafinweans

Curses by the Crane Wives - Finduilas

This Will End by The Oh Hellos - Beor & Finrod

Bitter Water by the Oh Hellos - Finrod & Amarie

Pale White Horse by the Oh Hellos - Morwen

Where Is Your Rider by the Oh Hellos - Fingolfin/Dagor Bragollach

Dear Wormwood by the Oh Hellos - Finarfin

Torches by the Oh Hellos - Edain

Better Than You - Finrod & Curufin

Choven (Boat) by Odyn v Kanoe - Eärendil

Aint No Crying by the Derivakat - Orodreth post-Bragollach

Doomsday by Derivakat - Finarfin

Wings by Halfy Draws - Finwe

I'm gonna win by Rob Cantor - Finrod

Yes I have Many Thoughts. Yes I am ready to go into Deep Analysys over them. Yes half of them are DSMP songs. No I will Not Apologise

[camille-lachenille]

The Silmarillion ultimate playlist

It’s the time of Spotify wrap-ups and whatnot and this gave me an idea: let’s make a giant, collaborative playlist for the Silmarillion!

Drop the songs that make you think of a specific character, your OCs, relationship, event, place, or just gives you major Silm Vibes in the reblogs and tags. Put links to them, write essays about these songs if you want, or just reblog to share further, but the goal is to have fun and discover as many songs as possible.

You can share any song or musical piece you want, no matter the genre or language, the only rule is that it can’t be a song by Tolkien nor a track from the LotR movies or musical, nor the Hobbit or any musical adaptation of Tolkien’s works (I see you Finrod Rock Opera. I will listen to you one day).

Anyways, here are my songs, and the link to the collaborative playlist:

Eärendil, Starwing: Sailboat of Mine - Eurielle & Mario Grigorov

Eöl, Nan Elmoth: Hotel California - Eagles

Aredhel: Touch the Sky - Brave; I want to Break Free - Queen;

Nerdanel, Anairë and Eärwen: Friends will be Friends - Queen

Findis: Ave Maria - Franz Schubert (specifically sung by Maria Callas)

Morgoth: Back on the Throne - Firewind

Lúthien: Savage Daughter - Sarah Hester Ross; Queen of King - Alessandra

Maglor’s Gap: I wanna be in the Cavalry - Colm R. McGuinness (both the original and the reprise)

Maglor: Requiem, Lacrimosa - W.A. Mozart

Fingon/Maedhros: Princes of the Universe - Queen

Túrin Turambar: Live and Die by the Sword - Firewind

Fëanor (from the moment he swears the Oath to his death, but specifically Alqualondë and Losgar): Wars of Age - Firewind

Amarië: I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

Eluréd and Elurín: Erlkönig - Franz Schubert; Come Little Children - Hocus Pocus (cover by Erutan)

Finwë: Sin - Lia Marie Johnson

Helcaraxë: Rise from the Ashes - Firewind

Nirnaeth Arnoediad: Bloodstained Ground - Eluvetie

Sons of Fëanor: Threefold Death - Eluvetie

Edain/ end of the War of Wrath vibes: Prologue - Eluvetie

Fingolfin: Last of the Lords - Battlelore

Tuor/Idril: Song of the Sea - Nolwen Leroy

Maglor, Elrond and Elros: The Magic Lullaby - Eurielle

Thingol/Melian: Cat People (Putting out Fire) - David Bowie

Nolofinwëans: Hey Brother - Avicii

Celegorm and Curufin in Nargothrond: (Do)minion - Eluvetie

As you can see, this playlist is completely random, jumping from lullaby to death metal to 80’s pop without rhyme nor reason. It’s just a giant melting pot of Vibes

And now, it’s your turn to play!

[edennill]

I love how as a fandom we've collectively decided that Just A Man ia a perfect song for the Fëanorians because to be honest when does the reason become the blame, is just such a succinct way to summarise the whole issue with the Oath imo.

[urwendii]

Type of music you can hear in the various Maiar workshops:

house of Manwë: baroque classical

house of Varda: space ambient

house of Aulë: metal (pun intended)

house of Yavanna: indie folk

house of Irmo: psychedelic trance music

house of Estë: chill-lofi

houses of Oromë + Tulkas: epic instrumental soundtracks

house of Námo: white noise + asmr

house of Ulmo: the little mermaid ost + Ossë's heavy metal playlist

house of Nienna: sad love songs

Bonus:

Angband: k-pop

[elficially-done-with-life]

Hey, I am really curious what music the Tolkien fandom likes to listen to (On that note I would like to recommend Oonagh, she is a german singer who sings a lot of songs that have to do with Tolkien works, partly in german and partly in Sindarin - I would recommend the songs 'Feanor', 'Aulë und Yavanna' and 'Aeria'... but all of them are pretty great!).

The music doesn't necessarily have to have anything to do with Tolkien, I'd just be interested to know in general how broad the taste in music is in the fandom or whether you like listening to music at all. (Because I certainly do😅)

I don't really know why, but I find it kind of interesting. I see a lot of other fandoms sharing playlists but I haven't found something similar in this fandom.

(For those who are interested, my favorite artist (at the moment) is IU, but I also love to listen to the lotr and the hobbit soundtracks because they are masterpieces)

[giaffa]

Tolkien Playlists Masterpost

I made a lot of Tolkien related playlists on spotify during the last year to organise my music library, if anyone is interested here they are:

The Legendarium

From the Ainulindalë to the War of Wrath, with an extra mention of the Dagor Dagorath at the end to close the narrative (events in chronological order, mostly metal with some acoustic and ambient pieces)

Second and Third Age, from Numenor to the events of The Hobbit to the full lotr storyline (events in chronological order, mostly metal with some acoustic and ambient pieces)

From the Ainulindalë to the end of the Third Age (events in chronological order, instrumental classical and acoustic music only, including the movies soundtrack)

One Playlist To Rule Them All: a selection of my favourite Tolkien astists on spotify (mostly metal, tracks sorted by artist)

Chill Roadtrip AU: small selection of Tolkien themed chillhop and downtempo

Characters

Eärendil: mostly ambient metal and some acoustic tracks to journey through the stars

Thingol and Melian: Doriath ambient playlist, with some medieval and acoustic tracks, enchanted forest and fae court vibes

Aragorn: acoustic and metal songs for reclaimed kingdoms and long distance love stories

Tar-Miriel: slow and haunted vibes for the Downfall of Numenor, water and drowning themes

Legolas: soft acoustic and folk tracks, relaxing and nature themed with some sea longing vibes

Maglor: metal and acoustic songs for the poorest little meow meow

Fëanor: power metal only for the Spirit of Fire himself

Sauron: mainly black metal, playlist for evil necromancers only

Vibes only

Not strictly Tolkien related lyrics but if you need more vibes I can offer you these playlists:

Cuiviénen: ambient metal to wander under the starry skies

Dreamless Sleep: lullabies for the enchanted forest

Lugbúrz Lo-Fi: dungeon synth ambience for your tower dwellings

Mordor Metalfest: black metal for your evil festival needs

The Party goes on a Roadtrip: epic metal for your epic quest

Sword and Sorcery: ultra epic metal for your ultra epic quest

Songs of Enchantment: soft acoustic folk and fantasy songs to sing in a field

[heirofdragons]

Metal playlist for THE metal bois™

So. Since I’ve been musing about songs lately, and the silmarillion has two of the most metal characters to ever exist in literature, I decided to put together a bunch of songs that make me think of them. So here’s the (mostly) metal Morgoth/Sauron/angbang playlist that no one asked for 🤘🏻✨

Ov Fire and the Void by Behemoth (Melkor)

River of Fire by In this Moment (Sauron in Numenor)

Empire (let them sing) by Bring me the Horizon (Melkor / war of wrath)

Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums by A Perfect Cricle  (angbang / seduction of Mairon)

Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer by Behemoth (Melkor)

Father of the Wolf by Amon Amarth (Sauron / tol in gaurhoth)

Knives by Bullet for my Valentine (Melkor in valinor)

String Theory by Les Friction (angbang)

I Miss the Misery by Halestorm (angbang)

Half God Half Devil by In This Moment (Annatar)

Requiem by Avenged Sevenfold (angbang)

In the Eye of the Storm by Arch Enemy (Melkor)

The Reflecting God by Marilyn Manson (Melkor)

Shepherd of Fire by Avenged Sevenfold (Annatar / Tar-Mairon)

Skoll and Hati by Amon Amarth (angbang)

Black Enemy by Morgoth (angbang)

This Means War by Avenged Sevenfold (Melkor)

Familiar Taste of Poison by Halestorm (angbang / seduction of Mairon)

Masterpiece by Motionless in White (Sauron)

Pain Remains III: In a Sea of Fire by Lorna Shore (Sauron)

The Kill (bury me) by 30 Seconds to Mars (Melkor)

Snakestate by Morgoth (Sauron / fall of numenor)

(then of course there’s the whole album Nightfall in Middle Earth by Blind Guardian for a complete silm muiscal experience)

[maeofthenoldor]

A birthday gift for the talented and amazing @gilfadriel​ , a playlist inspired by Anárion, the (true) king of Arnor.

Anárion was the youngest son of Elendil, the High King of Arnor and Gondor. He and his brother Isildur jointly ruled Gondor

[general-illyrin]

This is a playlist I created for Finarfin and Eönwë's queerplatonic relationship, inspired by @that-angry-noldo's absolutely incredible fics of them!

The first song, "Eight", shows Finarfin's character, the second song, "Two", shows Eönwë's character, and the rest of the songs characterize their relationship without focusing specifically on one or the other. (That said, "Save You" was directly inspired by Noldo's AU in which Finarfin is captured by Morgoth, though the song can also show Finarfin's feelings for Eönwë. And some of the songs are more Eönwë or Finarfin coded just because of their personalities, though the songs work for both.)

I also submitted this to Scribbles & Drabbles, hosted by @fall-for-tolkien!

[mai-sau]

Here come the wolves Coming to get ya I run through the woods I'm not gonna let you go I'm baring my teeth, I'm ready My tongue is a sharp machete So why do I feel unsteady?

Unsteady: A Silvergifting Playlist (Listen on Spotify) (Listen on Youtube)

eng translations for diablo, mira

[that-angry-noldo]

(Just saying that Finarfin's soundtrack during the War of Wrath was "Doomsday" by Derivakat)

An anthem of death sings out a cry

A whispering voice invading your mind

You're stuck in the web and caught in the lie

All corrupted, so corrupted

You're all out of luck and all out of time

With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide

So lift up your head and face your demise

This is justice, this is justice

Raise your shield,

and cry for help -

But no one is coming, no, no one is coming

Walk through fire and straight into hell

Your doomsday is calling

your doomsday is calling

Betrayal breeds revenge, you sought out

your

own

end

This is what happens when you turn your back on a friend

Waste your last amends!

you've spent your life condemned

Condemned

to your

cursed

doomsday!

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[edennill]

In the grand tradition of mini playlists, have the highly specific vibes of "right after the first age, looking back", ft: a lot of regrets:

Antebellum by Vienna Teng

First House on the Left by Katherine Priddy (finrod wandering tirion after everything, of course)

In Our Bedroom After the War by Stars ("we won, or we think we did/when you went away, you were just a kid/and if you lost it all..." makes me crack every time)

The Fellowship by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen (instrumental)

Forgive the Children We Once Were by Delta Rae ('kay this one's cheating, because I imagine it as sung from a way later perspective, say an inhabitant of third age rivendell... but like, "all the lines we knew back then, they now are faded/...people that I used to hate, I hardly remember" is so heartbreaking in this context. it no longer matters who followed whom, there's two dozen of you left. what did you even personally hate fingolfin for. what did it matter)

[allthatglittersisnotgoldrush]

#1 injustice about the AU not being actual filmed content is that no one can ever make a fan vid for it to this song tbh

[direful]

one of these days I’ll drop my silm playlist & then you will all see my genius & impeccable music taste