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There is no direct reference to the song in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ).

The film's distributor, New Line Cinema, was not licensed to use the poem as it is a separate work from The Lord of the Rings and Christopher Tolkien, son of the author and his literary executor, refused to license it as he steadfastly refused to have anything to do with the movies.

The movie's closing credits are accompanied by the original song " Into the West ", sung by Annie Lennox, meant to have similar emotional resonance.

In addition, composer Howard Shore wrote an original composition for choir and orchestra called " Bilbo's Song ", which can be heard at the end of the Extended Edition DVD Fan Credits.

( The song, " Bilbo's Song ", heard in the movie, is an Elvish translation of the song identified in the " Lord of the Ring's " song index as " Bilbo's Song ".

It is, in fact, the walking song that starts " I Sit Beside the Fire and Think ".