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The song "Misty Mountains" became popular among Tolkien fans. [ 73 ] TheOneRing.net described the score of The Desolation of Smaug as "extraordinar[ily good]" with many new themes, noting in particular the Smaug theme which powerfully "dominates the later scenes", and the Tauriel theme which recalled "many a swashbuckling adventure from cinema ...
Published by Bethany House: "America's first frontier were the misty Appalachian Mountains and the men and women who braved their crossing needed all the faith, courage, and hope they could muster. This series brings together all the romance, excitement, and danger of early frontier life." Over The Misty Mountains, 1996; Beyond The Quiet Hills ...
The Misty Mountains were thrown up by the Dark Lord Melkor in the First Age to impede Oromë, one of the Valar, who often rode across Middle-earth hunting. [ T 4 ] The Dwarf -realm of Moria was built in the First Age beneath the midpoint of the mountain range.
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The East-gate or the Dimrill Gate was the main entrance, looking over Dimrill Dale. [T 2] It opened into the First Hall of Moria. The West-gate enabled travellers to pass right through the Misty Mountains, thus providing a weather-free alternative to the notorious and arduous Redhorn Pass, 15–20 miles to the north.
The Misty Mountains are drawn in three dimensions. Mirkwood is shown as a mixture of closely packed tree symbols, spiders and their webs, hills, lakes, and villages. The map is overprinted with placenames in red. [T 2] Both maps have a heavy vertical line not far from the left-hand side, the one on the map of Wilderland marked "Edge of the Wild ...
This book contains three adventures that take place in the vestiges of the former kingdom of Rhudaur that once lay against the eastern side of the Misty Mountains. The time is 1600 years after the defeat of Sauron by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, and 1500 years before the events described in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .
"Over the Hills and Far Away" is a traditional English song, dating back to at least the late 17th century. Two versions were published in the fifth volume of Thomas D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy ; a version that is similar to the second Wit and Mirth one appears in George Farquhar 's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer .