Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien inspired by Tolkien's works, particularly "Songs of the Quendi". The Hobbitons was the name of a Dutch folk group who released a CD in 1996, containing 16 tracks of poems by J. R. R. Tolkien, from "The Hobbit", "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", and "The Lord of the Rings". Production was with permission of the Tolkien Estate, with the provision that it would not be sold commercially. The CD is sold out. Irish singer Enya contributed a song "May it Be" for (2001) movie soundtrack. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. She also released a
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien evident in a great many letters which he wrote during the Second World War to his son Christopher, which often invoke a sense of gloom. Notable among these is his reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in which he refers to the bombmakers of the Manhattan Project as "lunatics" and "Babel builders". The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien is a selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's letters published in 1981, edited by Tolkien's biographer Humphrey Carpenter assisted by Christopher Tolkien. The selection contains 354 letters, dating between October 1914, when Tolkien