"Into the West" is an Oscar winning song, written by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox, and performed by Lennox.[1] The song plays during the closing credits of the film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[1] It has later been covered by New Zealand singers Yulia Townsend and Will Martin.
The song was conceived as a bittersweet Elvish lament sung by Galadriel for those who have sailed across the Sundering Sea. Several phrases from the song are taken from the last chapter of The Return of the King.
In the commentaries and documentaries accompanying the extended DVD edition of the film, director Peter Jackson explains that the song was partially inspired by the premature death from cancer of young New Zealand filmmaker Cameron Duncan, whose work had impressed Jackson and his team. The first public performance of the song was at Duncan's funeral.[2]
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The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 76th Academy Awards,[1] one of the film's eleven Academy Awards. Lennox performed the song at the Academy Awards ceremony.
It also won a Grammy for best film song.[3]
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