AURORA’s Rings of Power Song Is Here

Morning Shall Come, AURORA’s new song with composer Bear McCreary, came out on Friday 6 November ahead of The Rings of Power season 3. It’s written for the love story between Galadriel and Celeborn, and it opens the season’s soundtrack album. I’ve had it on headphones once or twice so far, it gave me goosebumps straight away, and on first listen it’s her best screen song for me.

The Lord of the Rings is one of my favourite fandoms and AURORA is one of my favourite artists, so the combination is a match made in heaven for me. I want more time with it, and I want to hear it inside the show, before I put a score on it.

A love song for Galadriel and Celeborn

AURORA and McCreary wrote the song together, and the lyrics are by McCreary and showrunner J.D. Payne, according to the press release. It’s released through Capitol Records, and the pair perform it as a duo.

“In this season we’re telling a love story about Galadriel and Celeborn,” McCreary said in Billboard, calling the song a “heartbreaking tribute” to the pair. Celeborn arrives in season 3, played by Jamie Campbell Bower, with Morfydd Clark returning as Galadriel.

AURORA described the idea behind it to Billboard as showing “the duality that lives inside of all of us”. Her hope is that listeners hear “the part that wants to break and the part that refuses to.”

It started with “Can I make it more folk?”

Prime Video’s making-of video tells the story of how it came together. McCreary says hers “was the first voice that I thought of” when he pictured the emotion the season needed, so he sent her a demo with a text asking if she’d work on it.

AURORA got the message at home in Norway, in what she calls her “own version of Rivendell”, by the fjord with her parents. McCreary remembers her reply as a question: could she make it more folk? He said yes, and she signed on. Describing the song later in the video, AURORA calls it “very earthly and new, but also ancient and fantastical”.

The project was personal for AURORA, who wrote to fans in an email on release day: “I have carried the Tolkien world with me since I first read his books as a child.”

Goosebumps on the first listen

All of it stood out to me: the big notes when AURORA opens up, the folk sound she asked for and the lyrics.

I can’t think how to describe her voice, but as always AURORA’s vocals hit me in different ways and this one scratches an itch. It’s beautiful.

There’s nothing wrong with it. I like the song, I just want more time with it, and I’m struggling to think of anyone it won’t work for.

My favourite of her screen songs so far

AURORA has form with soundtracks, from Into the Unknown in Frozen II onwards, and Merch Mates has covered how her music is shaping soundtracks. Next to Into the Unknown, Morning Shall Come comes out on top for me.

Where to listen to Morning Shall Come

Morning Shall Come is out now as a single, and the Apple Music player below has the full track.

The official music video premieres exclusively on Amazon Music, while an official lyric video is already up on AURORA’s YouTube channel with the words on screen as the song plays. The song opens the 22-track Rings of Power season 3 soundtrack, out on 13 November.

The song is nominated in the Song, TV Show/Limited Series category at the 2026 Hollywood Music in Media Awards, up against songs from The Pitt and The Boys, among others.

Frequently asked questions

Once I’ve spent more time with it and heard it in the show, I’ll come back with a full verdict. Until then, the Merch Mates guide to Rings of Power season 3 has the schedule, cast and story before 11 November.