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Phillip Menzies

@glaurund.bsky.social
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Heaven forbid! I am one who delights In all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse. Ooh, ah like a nice tune.

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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey @bearmccreary.bsky.social I’ve been thinking about Galadriel’s A theme. With the 5 year gap between S2&3 would I be right in saying that the only full versions of the A theme in Valinor S1E1 and Rivendell S2E8 act as bookends on a significant part of her story arc?
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Make sure you get up early for the Australian contingent.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'll try and get my new video up in "The Words and Magic of Music in the Rings of Power" series by the end of the weekend. In the meantime here is an updated version of my Manwë theme featuring brillian artwork by Elijah Buckout new to the SilmFilm forums. youtube.com/shorts/untnd...
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Manwë
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@jtauber.com this is what I was talking about when I made this post about “the Kiss” over 12 months ago. It just took me that long to publish the thought coherently The Words and Magic of Music in Rings of Power - 02 Galadriel youtu.be/ZwI5PbfZTn0
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The Words and Magic of Music in Rings of Power - 02 Galadriel
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My second installment of my critique of Bear McCreary's score to Rings of Power is up. I pull apart Galadriel's theme and point out when in the show we hear parts of her theme. I've used this to find the turnaround point where she begins upon the path towards the light youtu.be/ZwI5PbfZTn0
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just for starters Estel Mountain Horn Beacon Gold and Silver Dread Forge Faery Gift Tree
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Full respect to you two for acknowledging your areas of expertise and not wading into areas you don’t specialise in, but still saying “this is an issue that can’t be ignored.”
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Must be a depiction of the Slime Balrog. That’s an interesting idea.
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WHO @who.int · 03/09/2026
Tsuchiya-San’s world shattered when she lost her husband, and soon after, her son. Grief and #loneliness engulfed her. Then she began visiting a community salon and life took a turn for the better. She felt heard and cared for. The power of #SocialConnection.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm getting my new series off the ground this Friday with my analysis of Bear McCreary's Rings of Power scores. Join me for my introductory video and then followup videos, one theme each time. There is a lot to uncover and lay bare in Bear's thematic scores. youtu.be/AZZG5JN9GbI
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The Words and Magic of Music in Rings of Power - Introduction
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I finished my series of musical pieces outlining the story of Hurin and Morwen's romance as depicted in #SilmFilm This short has exerpts from all 7 pieces. You can watch the whole story through this playlist. youtube.com/playlist?lis... The script team is responsible for the great dialogue.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It is all about the kindness of strangers
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This SilmFilm track features two of my favourite themes, Life is good, a very human theme about the simple joys and rewards in life. The other is Evanescent Lightsomeness, joy and Laughter that fades too soon, which is a very #Tolkien theme. If only the story stopped here.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is my final musical piece in a series about Hurin and Morwen from Tolkien’s Silmarillion. Wouldn’t it be nice if the story ended here at this happy ending/beginning. Great dialogue from SilmFilm writer Ilana Mushin. The Wedding of Huor and Rian youtu.be/4O_qkE3Wc8o
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The Wedding of Huor and Rian
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just released my latest piece of music, Laughter in Dor-Lomin following a SilmFilm script. These were times of joy and laughter and a remnder of how full of joy life can be with new beginnings and raising families. Just don't think about how the story ends. youtu.be/sV0jsIa1Rwc
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Laughter in Dor-lómin
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We are pulling out all stops to keep our place at the head of that ranking thanks to Pauline and Karl. No one is going to pip us at the post.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hey everyone. I've just posted a new tune in the world of Tolkien for the Silmarillion Film Project continuing the story of the courtship of Hurin and Morwen. This time they finally get it right in a great scene written by Ilana Mushin. If you like it please share it wider. youtu.be/9W4bUYzcJlE
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A Woodland Proposal - Húrin and Morwen
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Continuing my musical exploration of the early relationship of Húrin and Morwen as developed by #SilmFilm This one is in the middle of their troubled courtship featuring music themes for the 3 houses of the Edain and a Wise Woman leitmotif youtu.be/vxJ6bFHP0qo I invite you to enjoy my music channel
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The Wisdom of Old Women
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Here's my 3rd piece of music in the Tale of Húrin and Morwen, Brothers. It takes place just after Húrin's failed proposal as he tries to understand what went wrong, supported by his brother Huor. It is a great script by Ilana Mushin and it was my joy to score such a moving scene youtu.be/eOgiCJz1BVU
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Brothers - Húrin and Huor
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Would Dolly tell you that her door leads to certain death?
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I wrote some music based on Tolkien’s world and posted it. All you wonderful people can listen to it while you are baking and sowing and painting Húrin Proposes to Morwen youtu.be/pmPvX9uSt2g
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Húrin Proposes to Morwen
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Keep your eye out for my new series The Words and Magic of Music in Rings of Power where I take a deep dive into Bear McCreary's score and hope to blow your socks off with some of the revelations that can be found with his thematic score.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Here is my second piece of music in the series covering the relationship of Húrin and Morwen, this time Hurin's failed proposal as put together by the Tolkien Professor and the SilmFilm script team, notably Ilana Mushin. youtu.be/pmPvX9uSt2g
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Húrin Proposes to Morwen
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thank you for fixing my big rock issue. I was so surprised to see it in the release notes.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Anna's second single from the Cicle of Light dropped today, Intuition showing how much of a bada** Idril was. Anna plans to have whole album released by October this year. youtu.be/YD-b391u0Uk?...
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Anna Grob - Intuition (official video)
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
For those who like their Tolkien content, at Ozmoot 2026 we had the pleasure of hearing a preview of Annas Grob's rock opera the Circle of Light, the story of the Fall of Gondolin. Anna released The Messenger in January youtu.be/xFV2yZCcgcc?...
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Anna Grob - The Messenger (official video)
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
What better for #TolkienReadingDay than some Tolkien inspired music. This is the first of a series of pieces of music following the courtship of Húrin and Morwen first presented at Ozmoot 2026. From a SilmFilm script the music leads to Húrin's realisation that he needs a wife. youtu.be/fM1TWnDC_S8
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The Crowning of Hurin Lord of Dor-lómin
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Here's an updated piece of music that I did for Ozmoot 2026. It shows how the Sindar and Noldor came together under Turgon through the Mereth Aderthad the Feast of Reuniting and formed one people in Gondolin. Their musical themes combine as well to form my Gondolin theme youtu.be/SSKvDyxU4Ik
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A Theme is Born - Mereth Aderthad to Gondolin
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A re-re-released video Hurdy Gurdy Goblin Feet for #SilmFilm incorporated into the larger scene unfolding by Sauron and Thuringwethil disguised as Noldo. A prelude to Luthien and Sauron's song battle she shows him who's boss. We've got Trouble, at the Mereth Aderthad. youtu.be/SrjjHl90drI
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Hurdy Gurdy Goblin Feet
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I always have a listen to your music Phil. I'm bookmarking it now. And I'll go and follow you on Bandcamp.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Yes it is very northern hemisphere centric. A detail that is hard to ignore for us Southern hemisphere residents.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Ozmoot will be over in 3 weeks. (I can’t believe it). You can make contact with the Australian Tolkien Fellowship while you are here. Last year some of us hosted a German tourist through our Fellowship.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Maybe another year you might adjust your visiting dates and be here for the end of January and Ozmoot. A whole lot of us would love to meet our prodigal.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This scene sums up my recent experience with AI image generation 😬I had a wonderful conversation with the AI interface about this Monty Python scene and it understood exactly the point I was making.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Personally I think they would have called it Valinilla Bliss
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Many of us had python installed in our brains decades ago. (Inner voice is saying “Stop that! It’s too silly”)
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Major role, Gandalf. If he only had time for a cameo, Mr Proudfoot.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I have an interesting take on it which includes the music. I’ll be sharing this in the future but it is related to her ostinato (musical term for a repeated pattern). Why is this scene the first time we have heard it in the whole show?
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WHO @who.int · 23/08/2025
Don’t get played by false information. Learn how to spot and stop it before it spreads 👇
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Ozmoot is comeing to Canberra in January 2026. The theme is celebrations so I'll be doing some SilmFilm music catchup to have a few pieces to play at Ozmoot. First one is the Wedding of Galadriel and Celeborn, never written into a scene by Tolkien but scripted by SilmFilm youtu.be/_fvozXvSNiI
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The Wedding of Galadriel and Celeborn
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I find this an illecebrous proposal but we don’t want to jargogle everyone and leave them in a state of widdendreaming.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Satirists are the worst
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Whereas I would watch a musical episode any day, full stop! “Hail the kingons”
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I’m going to spell it this way from now on
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I've just dropped a new piece of music for SilmFilm. I'm back in S6 to continue Luthien's story after her escape from a sentient tree and she has a fateful meeting with a large dog. youtu.be/hzxxh6xWptc
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Luthien and Huan Meet
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I meant to say you are never too old to begin something new. I’m no spring chicken.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
What a great milestone to get 500 subscribers on my YouTube channel. Thank you to all those who support my music which is done for love of Tolkien’s works. I’ve only been composing for about 8 years. You are never too young to begin something new.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Very cute, but please tell me you pronounce it heilan coo
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Australia was one of the first to have this type of labelling. Sometimes the truth is confronting.
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Phillip Menzies @glaurund.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
My final piece of music for season 7 of SilmFilm. I hope this is moving. It is meant to be as it captures the sacrifice of the men of Dor-lomin to allow the elves of Gondolin to escape what becomes known as the Battle of Unnumbered Tears from Tolkien's the Silmarillion youtu.be/0gc1d2Q8U_M
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AURË ENTULUVA!!!
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