THE SOUNDTRACK OF
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
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SONGS & POEMS
Here follows a list of the songs and poems that feature in the score for The Hobbit: An Expected Journey.
Please note this is a work in progress, and for the present, I have only provided the lyrics to those that I could find in the digital soundtrack booklet that came with the Special Edition. I have taken the added liberty of providing the lyrics to some of the more obvious English songs and poems that feature in the movie but have not been presented on any of the soundtracks thus far.
I have titled all songs and poems that I could not find an official title for using the format "Music for..." followed by a description of the scene that it features in.
If you have any information regarding the lyrics or the song titles, please see the "About" page for how I can be contacted.
BLUNT THE KNIVES
Hear It On
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 4 - Blunt The Knives (Bonus Track)
Lyrics by JRR Tolkien
Composed by Stephen Gallagher
Performed by the Dwarf Cast (except Richard Armitage)
Blunt the knives, bend the forks
Smash the bottles and burn the corks
Chip the glasses and crack the plates
That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates!
Cut the cloth, tread on the fat
Leave the bones on the bedroom mat
Pour the milk on the pantry . floor
Splash the wine on every door!
Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl
Pound them up with a thumping pole
When you’re finished if they are whole
Send them down the hall to roll!
That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates!
MISTY MOUNTAINS
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 1 - Track 6 - Misty Mountains
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 6 - Misty Mountains
Lyrics by JRR Tolkien
Composed by Plan 9 & David Long
Performed by the Dwarf Cast
Far over the Misty Mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To find our long-forgotten gold.
The pines were roaring on the height
The winds were moaning in the night
The fire was red, it flaming spread
The trees like torches blazed with light.
HOLD FAST
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 1 - Track 08 - An Ancient Enemy
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 09 - An Ancient Enemy
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Khuzdul translation by David Salo
Îridzu du-khuzd
Igribî 'b-bekâr.
M’imnu Durin,
Ikhf’ id-ursu khazâd.
Therek ikhlit.
You are a Dwarf
Arm yourselves.
In Durin's name,
Feel the fire of the Dwarves.
Hold firm.
SON OF DURIN
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 1 - Track 08 - An Ancient Enemy
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 09 - An Ancient Enemy
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Khuzdul translation by David Salo
Yand Durinul,
Adbâr geleth bat’ ar’âkâtizu
Anâs arbâtul sanagênizu.
Son of Durin,
Grief sits cold upon your face
Years of hardship have left their trace.
RADAGAST THE BROWN
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 1 - Track 09 - Radagast the Brown
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 10 - Radagast the Brown (Extended Version)
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Sindarin translation by David Salo
Meno, edveno
O galad vos i lais
Lim, meno lim
Na fuin, trí dhuaith...
Away, away
From soft leaf-light
Hurry, hurry
Through dark of night...
RIVENDELL REVEALED
Hear It On
The Special Edition
Disc 2 - Track 4 - The White Council (Extended Version)
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Sindarin translation by David Salo
Edwenno brestaid en-Amar.
Lay down your troubles, set aside your fear.
THE MAN IN THE MOON
Movie only. Not released on disc.
Lyrics by JRR Tolkien
Composed & Performed by James Nesbitt
There’s an inn, there’s an inn, there’s a merry old inn
Beneath an old grey hill
And there they brew a beer so brown
The man in the moon himself came down
One night to drink his fill.
O The ostler has a tipsy cat
That plays a five-stringed fiddle
And up and down he saws his bow
Now squeaking high, now purring low
Now sawing in the middle.
So the cat in the fiddle played “Hey! Diddle, Diddle”
A drink that’ll wake the dead
He squeaked and he sawed and he quickened the tune
And the landlord shook the Man in the Moon
“It’s after three!” he said.
MUSIC FOR GALADRIEL
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 1 - Track 1 - My Dear Frodo
Disc 2 - Track 4 - The White Council
The Special Edition
Disc 1 - Track 1 - My Dear Frodo
Disc 2 - Track 4 - The White Council
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Quenya translation by David Salo
Ninque sile mise nár
Nóna silme andané.
A white fire shines within her
The light of a star, born long ago.
DOWN IN GOBLIN-TOWN
Movie only. Not released on disc.
Composed by Stephen Gallaghar, Plan 9 & David Long
Performed by Barry Humphries
Clap! Snap! The black crack
Grip! Grab! Pinch and nab
Batter and beat, milk ‘em, stammer and squeak
Pound, pound, far underground
Down, down, down in Goblin-town.
With a swish and a smack
And a whip and a crack
Everybody talks when they’re on my rack
Pound, pound, far underground
Down, down, down in Goblin-town.
Hammer and torch
Get out your knockers and gongs
You won’t last long on the end of my prongs...
Clish, clash, crush and smash
Bang, break, shiver and shake
You can yell and yelp, but there ain’t no help
Pound, pound, far underground
Down, down, down in Goblin-town.
THE TORTURE SONG
Movie only. Not released on disc.
Composed by Stephen Gallaghar, Plan 9, David Longe & Fran Walsh
Performed by Barry Humphries
Bones will be shattered
Necks will be wrung
You'll be beaten and battered
From racks you'll be hung
You will die down here and never be found
Down in the deep of Goblin-town.
THE EAGLES
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 2 - Track 11 - A Good Omen
The Special Edition
Disc 2 - Track 11 - A Good Omen
Lyrics by Philippa Boyens
Sindarin translation by David Salo
Orthannen im vi ól.
Coll e dû
Or hiriath naur
Na rovail mae sui ‘waew
Man prestant i ardhon?
Cerithar aen illiad dim úthenin?
In a dream I was lifted up.
Borne from the darkness
Above the rivers of fire
On wings soft as the wind
What’s happened to the world?
Is everything sad going to come untrue?
SONG OF THE LONELY MOUNTAIN
Hear It On
The Standard Edition
Disc 2 - Track 12 - Song Of The Lonely Mountain
The Special Edition
Disc 2 - Track 12 - Song Of The Lonely Mountain (Extended Version)
Lyrics by Neil Finn
Composed by Neil Finn, Plan 9 & David Long
Far over the Misty Mountains rise
Leave us standing upon the heights
What was before, we see once more
Our kingdom a distant light.
Fiery mountain beneath the moon
The words unspoken, we’ll be there soon
For home a song that echoes on
And all who find us will know the tune.
Some folk we never forget
Some kind we never forgive
Haven’t seen the back of us yet
We’ll fight as long as we live
All eyes on the hidden door
To the Lonely Mountain borne
We’ll ride in the gathering storm
Until we get our long-forgotten gold.
We lay under the Misty Mountains cold
In slumbers deep and dreams of gold
We must awake, our lives to make
And in the darkness a torch we hold.
From long ago when lanterns burned
Till this day our hearts have yearned
Her fate unknown the Arkenstone
What was stolen must be returned.
We must awake and make the day
To find a song for heart and soul
Some folk we never forget
Some kind we never forgive
Haven’t seen the end of it yet
We’ll fight as long as we live
All eyes on the hidden door
To the Lonely Mountain borne
We’ll ride in the gathering storm
Until we get our long-forgotten gold
Far away from Misty Mountains cold.
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