Gil-galad

This song I am going to present is a song called Gil Galad. Originally it was called Amon Sul, and it was made for 3 years ago, before we joined Weatherstock for the first time.
When years have gone by, we have used it under different names, and one of them was Gil-galad. The reason for this namechange was that we needed some new Lyrics to one of my songs, to a concert we should have in 2012. The theme was “Lady of The Golden Wood“, A concert about Galadriel, Celeborn and Gil-galad and her storyline taken from Silmarillion. One of my ingame friends (Earinlin) made lyrics to it as you can see here:

Gil-galad (Lyrics by Earinlin)
A scion of kings,
Ereinion
Born in the lost and forgotten West.

Valiant son
Fingon the great
The Last High King of the Noldor.

Mallorn seeds of old
Gifted, they grew tall.
Legacies of noble King

Aiglos,spear so cold
To ruin, foes were smote
A rare Mastery to behold.

Last Alliance..
Of Elves and Men
Laid seige to fortress of BaradDur

Sadness and tears
Ereinion
Dwells with us here no more.

Mallorn seeds of old
Gifted, they grew tall.
Legacies of noble King

Aiglos,spear so cold
To ruin, foes were smote
A rare Mastery to behold.

(This is the song I have composed, and the vocalist/choir and music is constructed by me.)

(This is the lotro version in ABC)

If someone wonder who Gil-galad is:
(Ref: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Gil-galad)
Gil-galad was the last of the High Kings of the Noldor in exile in Middle-earth. An Elf of the House of Finwë, he was named High King of the Noldor in Exile in Beleriand after the fall of Gondolin and the death of the previous High King, Turgon.

The early history of Gil-galad is somewhat obscure, as Tolkien himself repeatedly changed his mind about who exactly Gil-galad was, and how to fit him into the already existing history of the First Age. Gil-galad was certainly born in Beleriand at some point during the First Age. He was perhaps at some point sent to live in the Falas with Círdan the Shipwright, but this is unclear, certainly after the fall of Nargothrond he was living on the Isle of Balar with Círdan, and became the last High King of the Noldor following the fall of Gondolin and the death of Turgon. Gil-galad, despite his long life (he was born during the First Age and lived through almost the entirety of the Second), was not known to have a wife, nor any children. Due to this, and the fact that there were few Noldor remaining in Middle-earth, the title of High King of the Noldor in Exile ended with his death.

Picture from 1st movie Lord of the Rings. (In the beginning when Galadriel speaks about the rings and the battle between elves, people and Sauron, Galad can be seen on two scenes)

5 comments

  1. Andang /

    Another great article with amazing music Achazia!

  2. AnUnexpectedVidcast /

    This is beautiful. And lovely to hear the vocal version. I featured the Shades Winterstock version on the Vidcast a few weeks back and a fair few people commented on how much they loved that piece of music.

  3. Achazia /

    Thanks a lot Andang and Pashbo! Glad you like it 🙂 <3

  4. this is truly wonderful! Great song Achazia 😀

  5. Achazia /

    Thank you Gloredh :)<3

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