82 - We Must Away Ere Break of Day

This one isn't playing fair.

I've heard it for the most part months ago when a certain movie trailer first hit screens.  Then yesterday, I was thrilled to find it on the score to the film.  So it's the most recently heard song in my list, it's also one that feels the oldest.

And in some ways it is.  The original lyrics were written barely two decades shy of 100 years ago.

But the way this song is done for this movie, makes it feel like an ancient song of a people seeking their homeland.  Well, that's exactly what it is, and that's what gave me chills when I saw the trailer.

Song 82
       "Misty Mountains" from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
                                            - Composed/Orchestrated/Conducted by Howard Shore

I get actual chills when I listen to this song.  The cast did an impressive job at singing it, the gentle music background is wonderful.  There is such longing and history laced in the words, and the performance.  I cannot wait to see it on the screen tomorrow night!

I was excited when the first  trailer for Hobbit came out.  As ran I just got more and more excited.  Then this moment came when Thorin (the lead dwarf) begins to sing with this deep rumbling voice.  Then some of the other 12 dwarves stand, and join in the song until they are all in.

It just moved me.  And the whole Autumn  thing should be obvious now.  Autumn, adventure/fantasy, and the fact that this sends shivers of wanderlust and heartache down my spine and to my heart just compounds it all.

Also, Howard Shore has to be one of the most talented composers out there.  I listed all the things he does, because I was told years ago that it was rare that a "Hollywood" composer would do all of that.  Especially for three massive movies, now six.  Between The Lord of the Rings and now the Hobbit Trilogy.

Go enjoy.  Also, I really like the "Blunt the Knives" as sung by the Dwarf Cast on this album as well.

grace, peace + hope
-Jesse