May it Be is the third song of Enya presented in this music library. Enya presented a good performance of this at the Academy Awards in 2002 and she hardly does live performances. Her voice palpitates more (nerves? – don’t know) and resembles the sound of fellow Irish lass Sinead O’Connor. Enya and Roma Ryan composed May it Be for Peter Jackson’s 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin was anglicised as Enya Patricia Brennan; born 17 May 1961 and known as Enya. She is a best-selling Irish solo artist and the second-best-selling Irish musical act overall after the rock band U2.
[Verse 1]
May it be, an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be, when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh, how far you are from home
[Chorus]
Mornië utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië
A promise lives within you now
From Wikipedia:
Enya was thrilled at the prospect of working on Peter Jackson’s movie. Enya worked on the song with Nicky Ryan, her producer, and Roma Ryan, her lyricist. Nicky produced Enya’s vocals and arranged the music while Roma wrote the lyrics. They recorded the song through Enya’s contract with Warner Music in the Ryans’ Dublin studio, Aigle Studio.
The vocals were recorded in “Aigle Studios”, Enya’s Studio near Dublin and the orchestration was recorded in London, directed by Howard Shore and performed by the London Voices and London Philharmonic Orchestra…. The lyrics of this theme song include English words, as well as words in the fictional Elvish language, Quenya, created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Reference:
1. May It Be – Wikipedia
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Observation Blogger 
This was a hit song for my all-women choirs to sing. It included some competitive solo options and lush harmonies. You know, it’s been in my music library moratorium long enough. Thank you for the idea of bringing it back!
I can see why it was congenial for Choirs to sing. Cheers.
Enya has an incredible vocal style, and I’ve loved a lot of her music.
I liked some of it. The Celtic sound always appealed to me. The album that got me hooked was ‘Memory of Trees’.