Memories of Middle Earth was created by the Brobdingnagian Bards

Brobdingnagian Bards

-History:Marc Gunn, formerly of Austin Texas' alternative rock bands Skander and Breastfed, released a solo album featuring himself on autoharp and Andrew McKee on recorder in 1998...

 as a tribute to J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

's The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...

. It is composed of mainly instrumental, and entirely original Celtic/folk style music. The album was released two years after the band saw much success with its song "Tolkien (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)" from the album Songs of the Muse

Songs of the Muse

Songs of the Muse is an instrumental album of Celtic/Renaissance melodies. The tune "Tolkien ," which got over a million downloads on MP3.com and brought the band its first taste of fame, saw its first release on this album....

. It later earned the Bards a live performance at a The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...

Oscar Party in 2004.

Track listing

1. "TOLKIEN (The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings)"
2. "Moria"
3. "The Heart of Fangorn"
4. "Hobbit's Dance"
5. "Lothlorien"
6. "Like a Hobbit in a Mushroom Field"
7. "Weathertop"
8. "Fellowship of the Ring"
9. "The Ring of Hope"
10. "Galadriel's Mirror"
11. "Shadowfax"
12. "Breaking of the Fellowship"
13. "Legolas"
14. "The Grey & the White"
15. "Now It's Time to Go (Bilbo's Farewell Song)"
16. "Psychopathic, Chronic, Schizophrenic Gollum Blues"