Phillip Menzies
@glaurund.bsky.social
Heaven forbid! I am one who delights
In all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse. Ooh, ah like a nice tune.
In all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse. Ooh, ah like a nice tune.
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Phillip Menzies
@glaurund.bsky.social
· Jun 25
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.
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.
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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.
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
The Wedding of Galadriel and Celeborn
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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
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
youtu.be/hzxxh6xWptc
Luthien and Huan Meet
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
youtu.be/hzxxh6xWptc
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.
June 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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.
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
AURË ENTULUVA!!!
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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
Here is an excerpt from one of my musical pieces showcased last week on the SilmFilm end of season 7 session. The Nirnaeth Arnoediad was a great season to score, and I'm not finished. Here is a taste of what you can find on YouTube www.youtube.com/@philmen32
June 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here is an excerpt from one of my musical pieces showcased last week on the SilmFilm end of season 7 session. The Nirnaeth Arnoediad was a great season to score, and I'm not finished. Here is a taste of what you can find on YouTube www.youtube.com/@philmen32
I have just dropped a new piece of music, the City and people of Sudh Beredin, the place where the Easterlings came from in The Silmarillion which was probably near what later became known as Bree youtu.be/uZ3bGd1hYZw #SilmFilm adaptation
The City and People of Sudh Beredin (Bree)
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have just dropped a new piece of music, the City and people of Sudh Beredin, the place where the Easterlings came from in The Silmarillion which was probably near what later became known as Bree youtu.be/uZ3bGd1hYZw #SilmFilm adaptation
@jtauber.com thinking more about “the kiss” and your comments about Bear McCreary missed the memo with the swell of G’s theme, I think there is more going on in the music. Just before, we get for the first time in the show G’s ostinato. She’s at her lowest point about to die. Only way is up.
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
@jtauber.com thinking more about “the kiss” and your comments about Bear McCreary missed the memo with the swell of G’s theme, I think there is more going on in the music. Just before, we get for the first time in the show G’s ostinato. She’s at her lowest point about to die. Only way is up.
I'm leaping into the world of YouTube shorts. One problem with publishing music on YouTube is the short attention span of most viewers, most not getting past 30 seconds. This short is the climax of my longer video Enter the Perilous Realm youtube.com/shorts/EWr4Q...
Gondolin #lordoftherings #silmarillion #hurin #huor #Gondolin
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtube.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm leaping into the world of YouTube shorts. One problem with publishing music on YouTube is the short attention span of most viewers, most not getting past 30 seconds. This short is the climax of my longer video Enter the Perilous Realm youtube.com/shorts/EWr4Q...
My latest musical piece for SilmFilm is the Laughter of Lalaith. She only gets a few lines in the SIlmarillion but her story is loved by many and is far too brief. This is a scene from S7E8 called Laughter and shows the calm before the storm. youtu.be/Xq3m9enEIj4
The Laughter of Lalaith
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My latest musical piece for SilmFilm is the Laughter of Lalaith. She only gets a few lines in the SIlmarillion but her story is loved by many and is far too brief. This is a scene from S7E8 called Laughter and shows the calm before the storm. youtu.be/Xq3m9enEIj4
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Announcing #Westmoot special guest, Dr. Corey Olsen, a.k.a, “The Tolkien Professor!”
Corey is the President of Signum University, and he is a passionate Tolkien scholar, author, and educator.
Welcome, Corey!
Register for #Westmoot25!
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...
#intothewest #tolkien
Corey is the President of Signum University, and he is a passionate Tolkien scholar, author, and educator.
Welcome, Corey!
Register for #Westmoot25!
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...
#intothewest #tolkien
April 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Announcing #Westmoot special guest, Dr. Corey Olsen, a.k.a, “The Tolkien Professor!”
Corey is the President of Signum University, and he is a passionate Tolkien scholar, author, and educator.
Welcome, Corey!
Register for #Westmoot25!
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...
#intothewest #tolkien
Corey is the President of Signum University, and he is a passionate Tolkien scholar, author, and educator.
Welcome, Corey!
Register for #Westmoot25!
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...
#intothewest #tolkien
S7 of SilmFilm is well underway and I am doing my best to cover it musically. This is one of the most iconic scenes in the Silmarillion and it needed to sound like Galadriel and Halbrand entering Numenor for the first time, hints of themes before a final full theme statement
youtu.be/GwYi4AQOwck
youtu.be/GwYi4AQOwck
Enter The Perilous Realm
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
March 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
S7 of SilmFilm is well underway and I am doing my best to cover it musically. This is one of the most iconic scenes in the Silmarillion and it needed to sound like Galadriel and Halbrand entering Numenor for the first time, hints of themes before a final full theme statement
youtu.be/GwYi4AQOwck
youtu.be/GwYi4AQOwck
Here we go on the Covid merry-go-round again. All four family members got it. At least I have more time to write music. I’ve almost finished Hurin, Huor & Handir (talk to the SilmFilm people about that) go to Gondolin.
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Here we go on the Covid merry-go-round again. All four family members got it. At least I have more time to write music. I’ve almost finished Hurin, Huor & Handir (talk to the SilmFilm people about that) go to Gondolin.
Here is my first composition for Season 7 of SilmFilm. It was fun. Set in the time when Hurin and Huor were living in the Forest of Brethil it follows the action in the script. This is a piece of fan fic to fill in the gaps in the story. The images act as storyboards youtu.be/TDKOaNBYuSc
The Race
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here is my first composition for Season 7 of SilmFilm. It was fun. Set in the time when Hurin and Huor were living in the Forest of Brethil it follows the action in the script. This is a piece of fan fic to fill in the gaps in the story. The images act as storyboards youtu.be/TDKOaNBYuSc
Keep up the good work @bearmccreary.bsky.social
I’m all ears.
I’m all ears.
February 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Keep up the good work @bearmccreary.bsky.social
I’m all ears.
I’m all ears.
I am working on a new composition for #Silmfilm based on S7E1 called Enter the Perilous Realm. It is the story of Hurin and Huor going to Gondolin although for those not following Silm Film you may be shocked to find that they are accompanied by their cousin Hamdir from Brethil.
February 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I am working on a new composition for #Silmfilm based on S7E1 called Enter the Perilous Realm. It is the story of Hurin and Huor going to Gondolin although for those not following Silm Film you may be shocked to find that they are accompanied by their cousin Hamdir from Brethil.
I’m really getting into the Lordle of the Rings with much guidance from my very smart wife.
Marvelous
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Lordle of the Rings #1129
Marvelous
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Lordle of the Rings #1129
February 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I’m really getting into the Lordle of the Rings with much guidance from my very smart wife.
Marvelous
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🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨
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Lordle of the Rings #1129
Marvelous
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Lordle of the Rings #1129
Reposted by Phillip Menzies
Ahead of the Grammys, explore the five excellent nominated game scores on ABC Classic 🎮🎵
Star Wars Outlaws | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | God of War Ragnarök Valhalla | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Marvel's Spider-Man 2
🔊📻💻📱🎧
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Star Wars Outlaws | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | God of War Ragnarök Valhalla | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Marvel's Spider-Man 2
🔊📻💻📱🎧
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Grammy nominees 2025 - ABC listen
Meena Shamaly explores the five video game soundtrack albums nominated for an award at the 67th Grammy Awards, including God of War, Wizardry, Star Wars, Spider-Man, and Avatar.
www.abc.net.au
February 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Ahead of the Grammys, explore the five excellent nominated game scores on ABC Classic 🎮🎵
Star Wars Outlaws | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | God of War Ragnarök Valhalla | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Marvel's Spider-Man 2
🔊📻💻📱🎧
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Star Wars Outlaws | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora | God of War Ragnarök Valhalla | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | Marvel's Spider-Man 2
🔊📻💻📱🎧
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Reposted by Phillip Menzies
There’s a decent consensus that the contemporary superhero boom began with X-Men in the year 2000, which makes a full quarter century of it this year.
Tonight on Screen Sounds from 6pm: the best soundtracks from the 25 years, including Batman, the MCU, and a few surprises.
Tonight on Screen Sounds from 6pm: the best soundtracks from the 25 years, including Batman, the MCU, and a few surprises.
Screen Sounds with Dan Golding - ABC listen
The best soundtracks for film and television, from the golden age to new releases.
www.abc.net.au
February 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There’s a decent consensus that the contemporary superhero boom began with X-Men in the year 2000, which makes a full quarter century of it this year.
Tonight on Screen Sounds from 6pm: the best soundtracks from the 25 years, including Batman, the MCU, and a few surprises.
Tonight on Screen Sounds from 6pm: the best soundtracks from the 25 years, including Batman, the MCU, and a few surprises.
I’ve done it. Cut the umbilical and gone cold turkey. No more notifications about Musk and his outrageousness or people whose attitudes are abhorrent to rational thought. Twitter X deactivated.
January 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I’ve done it. Cut the umbilical and gone cold turkey. No more notifications about Musk and his outrageousness or people whose attitudes are abhorrent to rational thought. Twitter X deactivated.
I have improved on one of my earliest pieces of music, Mairon. I updated this for #Ozmoot25 and I may tinker with it more.
youtu.be/xi8KjsUSA4A
youtu.be/xi8KjsUSA4A
Mairon Maiar of Aule
YouTube video by Phillip Menzies
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I have improved on one of my earliest pieces of music, Mairon. I updated this for #Ozmoot25 and I may tinker with it more.
youtu.be/xi8KjsUSA4A
youtu.be/xi8KjsUSA4A
Appropriate for road trip from Sydney to Melbourne for Ozmoot.
January 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Appropriate for road trip from Sydney to Melbourne for Ozmoot.
I’m on my way to Ozmoot in Melbourne, Australia. There is still time to register with virtual attendance. The music of words. signumuniversity.org/event/ozmoot...
2025.01.24-26 OzMoot, 24-26 January, 2025 - Signum University
Join us in Melbourne as we discuss our theme "The Music of Words: Language, Poetry, and Music in Tolkien's Works."
signumuniversity.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’m on my way to Ozmoot in Melbourne, Australia. There is still time to register with virtual attendance. The music of words. signumuniversity.org/event/ozmoot...
Reposted by Phillip Menzies
I really appreciated this belated obit for Karon Wynn Fonstad, cartographer of the Tolkien Atlas (and the maps for Dragonriders of Pern!) and not only for this killer quote re the Tolkien Atlas, "It was like the Velvet Underground of fantasy mapmaking": www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I really appreciated this belated obit for Karon Wynn Fonstad, cartographer of the Tolkien Atlas (and the maps for Dragonriders of Pern!) and not only for this killer quote re the Tolkien Atlas, "It was like the Velvet Underground of fantasy mapmaking": www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...