Yes, Virginia, there was a musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, with music by A. R. Rahman, Värttinä, and Christopher Nightingale and lyrics and a book by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was performed in Toronto in 2006 and transferred to London's West End in 2007 and by its closing in 2008 was one of the biggest commercial flops in West End history.