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glaurund.bsky.social
Heaven forbid! I am one who delights In all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse. Ooh, ah like a nice tune.
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Announcing #Westmoot special guest, Dr. Corey Olsen, a.k.a, “The Tolkien Professor!” Corey is the President of Signum University, and he is a passionate Tolkien scholar, author, and educator. Welcome, Corey! Register for #Westmoot25! www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm... #intothewest #tolkien

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S7 of SilmFilm is well underway and I am doing my best to cover it musically. This is one of the most iconic scenes in the Silmarillion and it needed to sound like Galadriel and Halbrand entering Numenor for the first time, hints of themes before a final full theme statement youtu.be/GwYi4AQOwck

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Here we go on the Covid merry-go-round again. All four family members got it. At least I have more time to write music. I’ve almost finished Hurin, Huor & Handir (talk to the SilmFilm people about that) go to Gondolin.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Here is my first composition for Season 7 of SilmFilm. It was fun. Set in the time when Hurin and Huor were living in the Forest of Brethil it follows the action in the script. This is a piece of fan fic to fill in the gaps in the story. The images act as storyboards youtu.be/TDKOaNBYuSc

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Keep up the good work @bearmccreary.bsky.social I’m all ears.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I am working on a new composition for #Silmfilm based on S7E1 called Enter the Perilous Realm. It is the story of Hurin and Huor going to Gondolin although for those not following Silm Film you may be shocked to find that they are accompanied by their cousin Hamdir from Brethil.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

I’m really getting into the Lordle of the Rings with much guidance from my very smart wife. Marvelous 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Lordle of the Rings #1129

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Ahead of the Grammys, explore the five excellent nominated game scores on ABC Classic 🎮🎵 Star Wars Outlaws | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | God of War Ragnarök Valhalla | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 🔊📻💻📱🎧 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

There’s a decent consensus that the contemporary superhero boom began with X-Men in the year 2000, which makes a full quarter century of it this year. Tonight on Screen Sounds from 6pm: the best soundtracks from the 25 years, including Batman, the MCU, and a few surprises.

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

I’ve done it. Cut the umbilical and gone cold turkey. No more notifications about Musk and his outrageousness or people whose attitudes are abhorrent to rational thought. Twitter X deactivated.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

I have improved on one of my earliest pieces of music, Mairon. I updated this for #Ozmoot25 and I may tinker with it more. youtu.be/xi8KjsUSA4A

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Appropriate for road trip from Sydney to Melbourne for Ozmoot.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

I’m on my way to Ozmoot in Melbourne, Australia. There is still time to register with virtual attendance. The music of words. signumuniversity.org/event/ozmoot...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

I really appreciated this belated obit for Karon Wynn Fonstad, cartographer of the Tolkien Atlas (and the maps for Dragonriders of Pern!) and not only for this killer quote re the Tolkien Atlas, "It was like the Velvet Underground of fantasy mapmaking": www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

submitted 93 days ago • 13 comments

New #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsofPower blog: OLD TOM BOMBADIL Writing this song, for one of Tolkien’s most legendary and musically inclined characters, was the most intimidating task of Season 2 for me! The full story is at the link below👇🏼

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

This is my 1st post here spruiking one of my musical compositions. It is one from 6 yrs ago that I redid with updated arrangement & just the song & some AI artwork as there is little original art of Melian singing into being the Girdle. Great vocals by Sheryl. #Tolkien youtu.be/rEPiUmTyhOk?...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Want to get more into @bearmccreary.bsky.social score for #Ringsofpower ? Here's a playlist with just the themes from S1 & 2. This way you can become familiar with the themes so when you are watching the show you will recognise them as they shift within each scene. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

On 24 December 1934: Father Christmas writes to Christopher #Tolkien. They will celebrate Christmas with 100 elves and red gnomes, polar cubs, snowbabies, and Paksu and Valkotukka (nephews of the Polar Bear). Image: © Tolkien Estate from Letters from Father Christmas

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

I’m thrilled to be nominated for 2 SCL Awards, for my score for #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsofPower, and for the song “Old Tom Bombadil.” Thanks to all my friends and colleagues in The SCL, especially my fellow nominees. I’m honored to see my name alongside all of yours!

submitted 119 days ago • 13 comments

My initial impressions of the score for #waroftherohirrim is that it was nice to hear the Howard Shore themes that we know so well and the new composer Stephen Gallagher introduced some new recognisable themes, but it had an old feel like the Bakshi LOTR or the Princess Bride by Mark Knoffler.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I am doing a deep dive into the ROP scores by Bear McCreary. My first discovery is in the Khazad Dum B theme which uses Lydian mode. It is only used twice in S1 and once in S2. Bear describes it as "more emotional" in his blog. I am seeing a connection to light and the heart of Khazad Dum. #ROP

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

NEW BLOG IS UP! #TheLordOfTheRings #TheRingsOfPower Ep203: “The Eagle and the Sceptre.” This massive episode required I write a beautiful melody for Estrid, and a terrifying theme for Shelob! 🕷️🎶 Read about it all at my site 👇🏼

submitted 133 days ago • 4 comments

So @bearmccreary.bsky.social any news on when the next blog entry for Rings of Power is due to drop? E203 is a big one, Shelob, Damrod, Estrid and the Funeral Pyre with wonderful @rayayarbrough.bsky.social vocals to talk about.

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

I’m getting excited about Ozmoot 25 in Melbourne. It will be great to see Tolkien Fellowship friends in person again. signumuniversity.org/event/ozmoot...

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments