Elvish songs in games soundtraks: Dragon Age
1 OctInon Zur (b. July 4, 1965) is an award-winning Israeli composer who wrote the soundtrack for Dragon Age: Origins. His brother, Brogan Zur, inspired him with his previous musical talent. He conducted and produced the score with the Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra. Zur also collaborated with singer/songwriter Aubrey Ashburn on the lyrics for the opening theme, as well as the music and lyrics for the elvish ballad “I Am The One,” which plays as the end title track. Zur describes the Dragon Age: Origins soundtrack as “expressing an array of powerful emotions with eloquent dramatic orchestrations and stirring ethereal vocals, the score and songs are crafted and woven to narrate the epic story.”
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Namárië (Quenia)
29 Aug
NAMÁRIË, with Tolkien’s translation interspersed (most lines translate the Quenya text above them, but in some cases the lines cannot be matched perfectly with the translation, since the word order is not the same):
Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,
Ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind,
yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
long years numberless as the wings of trees!
Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier
The long years have passed like swift draughts
mi oromardi lissë-miruvóreva
of the sweet mead in lofty halls
Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar
beyond the West, beneath the blue vaults of Varda
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
wherein the stars tremble
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.
in the voice of her song, holy and queenly.
Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?
Who now shall refill the cup for me?
An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo
For now the Kindler, Varda, the Queen of the stars,
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë
from Mount Everwhite has uplifted her hands like clouds
ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë
and all paths are drowned deep in shadow;
ar sindanóriello caita mornië
and out of a grey country darkness lies
i falmalinnar imbë met,
on the foaming waves between us,
ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.
and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya for ever.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!
Now lost, lost to those of the East is Valimar!
Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar!
Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar!
Nai elyë hiruva! Namárië!
Maybe even thou shalt find it! Farewell!








