Which singer performed the song "Into the West" for The Return of the King?

Scottish singer Annie Lennox performed “Into the West” for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The song plays over the film’s closing credits and serves as its emotional farewell to Middle-earth.

Lennox co-wrote the song with Fran Walsh and Howard Shore. Walsh supplied lyrics connected to the film’s themes of departure and death, while Shore developed the musical ideas within the broader score. Instrumental elements of the song also appear earlier in the film, particularly in music associated with the Grey Havens.

“Into the West” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 76th Academy Awards. It also received the Golden Globe in the same category. It is sometimes confused with Enya’s “May It Be,” which appears in The Fellowship of the Ring, or with Liv Tyler’s vocal performance of “Arwen’s Song.”