Billy
Boyd, perhaps best known as Peregrin "Pippin" Took from The Lord of
the Rings trilogy will be co-writing and performing the end credit song for the
Peter Jackson's final entry in The Hobbit franchise.
Titled
The Last Goodbye, the song will not only speak of the end of the film, trilogy but
also Middle Earth.
“It
is hard, after 16 years and six films, to know exactly how to say goodbye. We
knew that we wanted to speak directly to all those who have taken this journey
with us, especially to the fans whose love of these films has so often kept us
going"
stated the filmmakers.
Boyd, who co-wrote the song said that he “wanted the song to be a goodbye to all the fans who have been part of this amazing journey and to the whole world of Tolkien as it has been told in the cinema for our generation". And lastly, “No one knows the world of Tolkien better than Peter, Fran and Philippa, and I feel incredibly touched and honored to be asked to write and perform this song, and to be at the start and end of these beautiful, historic stories. To once again work so closely with them has been one of the true honors of my working life.”
More
recently in the trailer for Battle of the Five Armies, Boyd could be heard
singing the iconic song that he sang in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King, Edge of Night.
The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies is scheduled to open on December 17.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Official Synopsis:
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson
comes “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” the third in a trilogy of
films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R.
Tolkien.
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.
Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain.
As darkness converges on their escalating conflict,
the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo
finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic
Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.
Source - EW
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