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The Lord of the Rings Playlist
A Tolkien-evoking arc that moves from quiet, hearthlike beginnings to wider wilderness, then toward peril and hard-won hope—mirroring the Fellowship’s journey across the Shire, Middle-earth, and toward Mordor’s shadow. Instrumentals set the atmosphere of lands and legend, while the vocal tracks echo courage, longing, and resilient fellowship without overpowering reading focus.
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20 songs
1
Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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2
Largo from Xerxes, "Ombra mai fu"
George Frideric Handel · The 50 Most Essential New Year's Classics
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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Last Night of the Proms
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Lieder ohne Worte V, Op. 62: VI. Allegretto grazioso, MWV U161 "Spring Song"
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Songs without Words
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Orpheo ed Euridice, Wq 30, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Christoph Willibald Gluck · Pachelbel: Canon; Albinoni: Adagio; Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; more
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Nimrod
Edward Elgar · Crown Imperial: Coronation Music
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Ramble On
In The Light of Led Zeppelin · Pompeii Sessions
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9
May It Be
Enya · May It Be
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10
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush · The Kick Inside
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11
Little Lion Man
Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More
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12
The River
Bruce Springsteen · The River
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13
The Sound of Silence
Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)
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14
The Parting Glass
The High Kings · The High Kings
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15
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker · True Believers
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Home
Michael Bublé · It's Time (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
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17
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band · The Band
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18
Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner · Wagner: Works for Orchestra
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The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II · Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes
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