Very Old Friends

about this song

Gandalf arrives at Bilbo’s doorstep. “Here’s the Shire theme without whistle,” points out the composer. “It makes it seem a little more nostalgic with just the strings, like an older version of what you heard earlier for Frodo. It’s a bit statelier—a little more elegant than with the whistle.” Once the action moves inside Bag End, Shore plays up both the humorous and enigmatic airs of this little hobbit and the quest he will soon set into motion.

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