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Weird and wonderful tunes! Ithildin's music is steeped in Tolkien lore but never lets the cemented ideas of fantasy worlds become an encumbrance to pushing the edge of genre and style in musical storytelling. Here we can see the pratfalling, lazy, and pleasure seeking hobbits that Gandalf did not invite to adventure. There is much fun and laughter in these tone poems but atonality gives a sinister underpinning that perhaps critiques the complacency and xenophobia of Hobbit culture.
Favorite track: La paix, la tranquillité et une terre bien cultivée.