With fitting circularity, the Hobbit saga will end pretty much as The Lord Of The Rings did 12 years earlier with Billy Boyd - Pippin, no less - singing out The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies with a closing credits song.
In collaboration with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, the actor, singer and once-Hobbit has co-written an original song, 'The Last Goodbye', which he'll perform over the end credits, presumably using a battered orc as a mic stand, in collaboration with. The news was spotted by Hitflix on a For Your Consideration award from Warner Bros., who'll no doubt be hoping that Boyd gets some belated Best Song acclaim at the Oscars next year.
As Peregrin 'Pippin' Took, of course, he sang ['The Edge Of Night'](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9dQ8hUi7UdQ8hUi7U) towards the conclusion of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and has kept his vocal chords loose and limber in the meantime performing with his band Beecake. Boyd will follow Neil Finn ('Song Of The Lonely Mountain') and Ed Sheeran ('I See Fire') into the recording studio to provide a Hobbit outro ditty.
Of course, before we hear his dulcet tones again, there's the small matter of the battle itself to witness as Sauron's legions and the forces of good do battle and everyone hopes that at least one of the armies remembered to bring its away strip. It will end soon - to misquote Brad Pitt in **Fury **- but before it does, a whole lot more orcs gotta die. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies lands in your neighbour cinema on December 12.