Fantasy music & art compilation VII.

VII. Eclipse: Themes of the Spirits, Music of the Fëanturi

“Farewell sweet earth and northern sky,
for ever blest, since here did lie
and here with lissom limbs did run
beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun,
Lúthien Tinúviel
more fair than mortal tongue can tell.
Though all to ruin fell the world
and were dissolved and backward hurled
unmade into the old abyss,
yet were its making good, for this-
the dusk, the dawn, the earth, the sea-
that Lúthien for a time should be.

[...] doom she chose, forsaking the Blessed Realm, and putting aside all claim to kinship with those that dwell there; that thus whatever grief might lie in wait, the fates of Beren and Lúthien might be joined, and their paths lead together beyond the confines of the world. So it was that alone of the Eldalië she has died indeed, and left the world long ago.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

“...the sons of Men die indeed, and leave the world; wherefore they are called the Guests, or the Strangers. Death is their fate, the gift of Ilúvatar, which as Time wears even the Powers shall envy. But Melkor has cast his shadow upon it, and confounded it with darkness, and brought forth evil out of good, and fear out of hope. Yet of old the Valar declared to the Elves in Valinor that Men shall join in the Second Music of the Ainur; whereas Ilúvatar has not revealed what he purposes for the Elves after the World's end, and Melkor has not discovered it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion


“The Fëanturi, masters of spirits, are brethren, and they are called most often Mandos and Lórien. Yet these are rightly the names of the places of their dwelling, and their true names are Námo and Irmo.

Námo the elder dwells in Mandos, which is westward in Valinor. He is the keeper of the Houses of the Dead, and the summoner of the spirits of the slain. He forgets nothing; and he knows all things that shall be, save only those that lie still in the freedom of Ilúvatar. He is the Doomsman of the Valar; but he pronounces his dooms and his Judgements only at the bidding of Manwë. Vairë the Weaver is his spouse, who weaves all things that have ever been in Time into her storied webs, and the halls of Mandos that ever widen as the ages pass are clothed with them.

Irmo the younger is the master of visions and dreams. In Lórien are his gardens in the land of the Valar, and they are the fairest of all places in the world, filled with many spirits. Estë the gentle, healer of hurts and of weariness, is his spouse. Grey is her raiment; and rest is her gift. She walks not by day, but sleeps upon an island in the tree-shadowed lake of Lórellin. From the fountains of Irmo and Estë all those who dwell in Valinor draw refreshment; and often the Valar come themselves to Lórien and there find repose and easing of the burden of Arda.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion


01. Woedica 00:00
02. Silent Footsteps 02:00
03. Skean 04:52
04. Toru 09:00
05. Over the Next Hill 12:00
06. Wake Up, Ciri 15:04
07. Encampment 16:38
08. Curse of the Worgen 19:13
09. Naga Theme 22:39
10. Runes 24:08
11. Uldum 27:53
12. Kaldera Day Explore 33:15
13. Cross-Reality Collaboration 34:51
14. Fate Calls 35:13
15. Temple of the Forgotten God Entrace 37:11
16. Witch Doctor 38:04
17. Aen Seidhe 39:22
18. Dyrwood 41:58
19. Taken 46:22
20. Black Soulstone 47:07
21. Elizabeth 49:53
22. Ysgith 50:53
23. Ancestors 53:22
24. The Sin'dorei 55:09
25. Shadow of the Sun 01:01:50
26. Withdrawn Art 01:03:36
27. Twilight 01:05:30
28. Haunted Ruins 01:06:09
29. Gwen's Theme 01:08:29
30. Ominous Woods at Night 01:09:41
31. Restoring the Balance 01:12:59
32. Sunrise Over Astorea 01:16:04
33. Roger And Me 01:18:17
34. Within The Mist 01:19:20
35. Stranglethorn Vale 01:22:24
36. The Hunter's Path 01:26:36
37. Journey To The Mists 01:29:30
38. The Dalish 01:31:50
39. Through the Asura Gates 01:33:08
40. Mages In Their Chantry 01:36:19
41. Fire Keepers 01:38:20
42. Fix What I Broke 01:40:34
43. Witch Hunters 01:41:49
44. Guardian Sunspears 01:44:29
45. Unseen Intruders 01:47:46
46. Old Growth 01:48:41
47. Desert Dwellers 01:53:20
48. Of Tides and Quaggan 01:54:21
49. Wizard 01:56:36
50. Paths of The Drowned 01:57:54
51. The Forgotten God 02:01:22
52. The Purple Lotus Swamp 02:03:42
53. Death Valley 02:06:39
54. Burial Isle 02:10:39
55. King Vendrick 02:12:29
56. Lesters Tal 02:15:35
57. Ominous Woods 02:18:47
58. Outland Suite 02:20:49
59. Turai's Legacy 02:23:34
60. Mist 02:26:44
61. Visions Of The Prophet 02:29:13
62. Strange Stairs 02:32:35
63. The Dig 02:33:05
64. Darkness Beneath 02:34:52
65. Standing Stones 02:38:09
66. The Forbearer 02:44:48
67. Tristram 02:46:49