The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
The orchestral compositions by full time composer, Martin Romberg, are some of the most beautiful original Tolkien music I have ever heard. When I first heard about his music I was very excited to hear […]
With the creation of Tauriel in The Hobbit trilogy, the discussion of female characters within Middle-earth arose once again. In the last decades, various discussions, essays, and even entire books examined Tolkien’s creation and representation […]
The beginning chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion is entitled “Ainulindalë, The Music of the Ainur.” It starts out with Eru, also know as Ilúvatar, creator and father of the Ainur. Who are the Ainur? They are “the […]
It’s officially March, which means Tolkien Reading Day (TRD) is not far away. For those of you unfamiliar with TRD, it is celebrated every March 25, the day Sauron was defeated and The One Ring destroyed, ushering […]
Critics Associated recently featured an interview with Jed Brophy. Interviewer Elisa Scubla discussed a breadth of topics with Jed, ranging from his many appearances in Peter Jackson’s films to the actor’s favorite things to read. […]
Tolkien spent a great amount of time delving into the history of every person, place, and object in his legendarium, working and reworking his ideas so that nearly everything in Middle-earth was linked. Some changes […]
Tolkien’s world has inspired a great number of artists and artisans over the years and the Middle-earth News Team is always pleased to be able to talk with these talented people. Recently, I had the […]
Last year, I began my project on Tolkien and the representation of female characters, called “Women and Chauvinism in Middle-earth”. The analysis started with The Lord of the Rings and will continue with The Silmarillion […]
Do you ever find artwork that quickly makes you daydream of another world? Well, when I first laid eyes on Steamey’s Tolkien art that’s exactly what happened. I found myself spending a long time looking […]
We’ve been fans of the LOTR Project for a while (some of us even have his Periodic Table of Middle-earth hanging on our walls). The latest project to come from our favorite Tolkien-research-inducing website is […]
