About The Misty Mountains Cold#
This song comes from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012, where Thorin’s company of dwarves sings it quietly at Bilbo’s table before the adventure begins. Howard Shore set the music; the words are lifted almost directly from the poem in Tolkien’s original novel, which gives the scene its weight of old grief and buried gold. It is meant to sound less like a performance than a shared memory.
The melody keeps to a modest span on the ocarina, from low C up to B, never reaching for the very top of the instrument. That, together with its slow and even pace, makes it a forgiving piece to learn.
The Misty Mountains Cold (LOTR) Ocarina Tab#
| C | D | E | G | A | B | A | G | F# | E | |
| C | E | F# | F# | G | A | G | F# | E | ||
| G | A | F# | B | G | A | E | F# | |||
| C | D | F# | G | G | F# | D | E | |||
| C | C | D | E | E | G | A | G | F# | D | E |
| C | E | F# | F# | F# | G | A | G | F# | E | F# |
| G | A | F# | B | G | A | E | F# | |||
| C | D | F# | G | G | F# | D | E |