> > It was good and atmospheric and it fitted the mood in several notable places but was it Enya on the part when the camera pans over The Shire at the beginning (I think)? I was convinced that Celine Dion was going to burst into "My Heart Will Go On" and this did not make for comfortable viewing.
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> On the CD, that track is titled "Concerning Hobbits," and it starts out with a panflute playing the theme and then goes into a quaint, rustic ensemble of violins and other stringed instruments. It has no ambient choral voices singing ah ah ah, it has no haunting ethereal reverb on the instruments, and the performer Eithne Ní Bhraonáin never sings a note. Not Enya. Not Enya. Not Enya.
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There is a reason she's thinking Celine Dion. As one of our journos (Anna someone, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29/12/01) said, Peter Jackson made hobbits rather Irish. Dancing Jigs, and themed with pan-pipes.
To paraphrase: "Afterall, Titanic showed us how popular the Irish could make a film."
There is another film. Pan-pipes, Irish jigs. And Celine Dion.

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