Re: music for Tolkien lyrics: I thought the music by Flanders and Swan was terrible. It was classical art music. The lyrics are strongly rhythmic in a very primal way and the music missed that entirely. If you've never read Tolkien's poetry out loud, you should try it. I've only written music to one Tolkien song, "The Man in the Moon". I thought it worked pretty well, and have always intended to write more, but I always seem to have other more immediately practical projects in hand.

John Peekstok