We’ve known for a while now that Billy Boyd - ‘Pippin’ in Peter Jackson’s on-screen Tolkienverse - would perform the closing song for the upcoming THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES.
A sample of that tune was recently issued, and can be heard via the embed below. My understanding is that Boyd co-wrote the song with longtime Jackson collaborators (LOTR/HOBBIT scripters/producers) Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES will release December 17; its score will release a few days earlier.
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Glen Oliver
“Merrick”
