Fellowship of the Ring<\/i> closed with Enya’s “May It Be.” The Two Towers<\/i> closed with “Gollum’s Song” by Emiliana Torrini.<\/p>\n
Return of the King<\/i> should close with “Frodo of the Nine Fingers.”<\/p>\n
I’m serious.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t have to be sung by Aerosmith, though I appreciated their take on the classic Spider-Man theme song. But for people of a certain age, fond memories are had of the classic Rankin-Bass animated adaptations of The Hobbit<\/i> and Return of the King<\/i>, and part of what made those adaptations so memorable are the catchy songs. “Frodo of the Nine Fingers” sums up Tolkien’s saga so well, that not<\/i> using Glenn Yarbrough’s song to close out the trilogy seems wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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