In 2001 , Enya agreed to write and perform on two tracks for the soundtrack of '' The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring '' ( 2001 ) at the request of director Peter Jackson . Its composer Howard Shore " imagined her voice " as he wrote the film 's score , making an uncommon exception to include another artist in one of his soundtracks . After flying to New Zealand to observe the filming and to watch a rough cut of the film , Enya returned to Ireland and composed " Aníron ( Theme for Aragon and Arwen ) " with lyrics by Roma in J. R. R. Tolkien 's fictional Elvish language Sindarin , and " May It Be " , sung in English and another Tolkien language , Quenya . Shore then based his orchestrations around Enya 's recorded vocals and themes to create " a seamless sound " . In 2002 , Enya released " May It Be " as a single which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song . She performed the song live at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony with an orchestra in March 2002 , and later cited the moment as a career highlight
74th Academy Awards
74th Academy Awards
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