May It Be

"May It Be"
Single by Enya
from the album The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
B-side
  • "Isobella"
  • "The First of Autumn"
Released10 December 2001 (2001-12-10)
StudioAigle (Dublin, Ireland)
GenreNew-age[1]
Length4:19 (album version) 3:31 (single/radio edit)
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nicky Ryan
Enya singles chronology
"Wild Child"
(2001)
"May It Be"
(2001)
"I Don't Wanna Know"
(2004)
Licensed audio
"May It Be" on YouTube

"May It Be" is a song by the Irish recording artist Enya. She and Roma Ryan respectively composed and wrote lyrics to the song, for Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.[2] The song entered the German Singles Chart at number one in 2002, and Enya performed it at the 74th Academy Awards. "May It Be" was acclaimed by music critics and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

  1. ^ May It Be at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Albums". Enya. Aigle Music. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.