Īccording to Jackson, the song was devised while shooting the film. Pippin's song in the film is only a fraction of Tolkien's poem, the lines being a sample of the last stanza, some slightly rewritten. In a later scene, a gravely wounded Faramir is dragged back to the city by his horse, to his father's remorse. As the song ends, Pippin begins to cry softly, as he realizes that Faramir most likely died in vain to try to prove to his father that he was like his slain older brother Boromir, whom Denethor loved greatly. Pippin sings while Faramir and his horsemen are riding in slow motion to be massacred by the Orcs. At the same time, Denethor's son Faramir attempts to retake the city of Osgiliath which has been occupied by Orcs, as requested by his father. In this version, Denethor, the Steward of Gondor residing in its capital Minas Tirith, bids Pippin to sing for him while he eats. Its melody was composed by Billy Boyd, who plays Pippin. The song is called "The Edge of Night" after a phrase in the lyrics. Some lines from the poem are part of a larger montage entitled "The Steward of Gondor", written by Howard Shore and arranged by Philippa Boyens. Part of "A Walking Song" is featured in Peter Jackson's 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Adaptations įurther information: Music of Middle-earth In film The character Bottom, who describes his dream as something that "the eye of man hath not heard, the eye of man hath not seen" in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, has been likened to the version of A Walking Song modified to tell of the "hidden path" Frodo seeks. Wood concludes from a Christian point of view that A Walking Song references the inevitable journey towards death and beyond. Elgin, A Walking Song is "a song about the roads that go ever on until they return to at last to the familiar things they have always known." The journeys of Bilbo and Frodo have been interpreted as such a confined road as they both start and end their respective adventures in Bag End. According to Tom Shippey, the name Bag End is a direct translation of French cul-de-sac meaning a dead end or a road with only one outlet. The road in A Walking Song has been seen as a metaphor for destiny and experience for both Bilbo and Frodo that begins at their home Bag End. Frodo sings part of the song with slightly changed words, as he is leaving for the Undying Lands. "A Walking Song" is mirrored at the end of the novel, in the chapter "The Grey Havens". Ī different walking song, " The Road Goes Ever On", appears in different versions in The Hobbit, the first and third chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring – the first two by Bilbo, the third instance spoken by Frodo, alongside "A Walking Song" and again in chapter six of The Return of the King, where again it is voiced by Bilbo. After the song ends, the hobbits encounter a Black Rider for the second time. įrodo's uncle Bilbo Baggins, who had adopted him, had made up the words "to a tune that was as old as the hills, and taught it to Frodo as they walked in the lanes of the Water-valley and talked about Adventure". With most hobbits it is a supper-song or a bed-song but these hobbits hummed a walking-song (though not, of course, without any mention of supper and bed). They began to hum softly, as hobbits have a way of doing as they walk along, especially when they are drawing near to home at night. They journey into the night, and at this point However, he and Sam have secretly planned to journey beyond, to Bree where he will meet again with Gandalf, so that they can travel to Rivendell Frodo has the Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron in his possession, and he believes it will be safe there. Frodo is ostensibly moving to a newly purchased house, having sold his hobbit-hole to his relatives, the Sackville-Bagginses. The hobbit Frodo Baggins is travelling to Bucklebury in the Shire, accompanied by his gardener and friend Sam Gamgee and his kinsman Pippin Took. Further information: The Lord of the Rings § Book 1 The Hobbits, having set out across the Shire, sing a song as they walk at the start of their epic journey.
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