This is a music video I've put together for my recent track Sauron's Childhood — which is, of course, heavily inspired by my love to JRR Tolkien.

The stunning photos were provided by the nature photographer Anton Ilinski whose works you should absolutely discover here.

This is an attempt to take a peek into what the early life of a villain might look like and find that ambiguous point where things go awry. Do they all have a fatal flaw in which evil fits in like a key in a lock? Is there a subtle melody that triggers the whole body of darkness and eventually sends the orc legions marching into the battle? Do they at any point in their lives regret this seemingly benign choice? Is there a gentle humane understory hidden in the grand maleficent theme? These are all the questions that I was asking myself when I embarked on creating this piece and the video clip. I hope you'll find them interesting!