The BRIGHT dream soundtrack/playlist part VII
51.) "Miles Away" by Jen Gloeckner, from her 2004 album of the same name. This meloncholy song describes Monty to a tee when he realises that life in the fast lane with Shane Levander and company isn't all it's cracked up to be, and he knows he made a horrible mistake cursing Walter and Natalie out and deserting them to deal with Helena on their own. He wants to go home, but he's both too ashamed, and too proud, to call or email them. He is "miles away from any logical place."
52.) "Sign of the Zodiac" by Rasputina, from How We Quit The Forest (1998). This is a song about healing, about how someone who feels alone and unloved must be reminded that he/she is surrounded by family who love them and will be by their side through the worst of times. This is Monty's Sweat ceremony song. Cleansing, treating wounds or infections/toxins, believing in God and in family. It describes ancient medical treatments, such as bloodletting, used from medieval times all the way through modern eras. Rasputina is a very talented group of ladies who incorporate the cello into their haunting music.
53.) "I Saw A Light" by Bat For Lashes, from 2007's "Fur and Gold". A tragic song that seems to be inspired by some real life tragic event, this song describes a person's epithany after witnessing something terrible. Beautiful, but dark enough to raise gooseflesh, this is the song of Natalie's realisation that she is being destroyed by her own anger after the death of her mother Sharon and the sickening discovery of her father's child pornography. Perhaps she has visions, of herself being ruined beyond hope, or perhaps she sees what could happen to Walter and Monty if she doesn't move to live with them. Maybe she reads between the lines and knows without knowing that the fate of her two close friends will be bad unless she intervenes. Can she save herself, and them? Suicidal people, sleepwalking children, sadness...And so Natalie makes the decision to search for something new.
54.) "Beautiful Life" by Annie Barker, from "Mountains and Tumult" (2007). This would be a most perfect song for imaginary end credits. It describes a love that has come full circle. Someone planned to escape but their "plans fell through".
55.) "Into This Dream" by Stendhal Syndrome from 2012's Winter Is Coming. This song, too, is about Monty's regret. He knows how stupid he has been. He's been ejected from Shane's world, he is now homeless and broke, and he is about to do what only the most desperate people do, call his Aunt Samantha, and beg her forgiveness for his role in her daughter Krystal's death. He then learns that his mother Lucienne has brain cancer.
56.) "Osaka Dub" by Hopscotch, from the 2003 album Cinema. Jerome Yarbro has just died, and Walter is overcome with feelings of grief and of his own physical and mental exhaustion resulting from dealing with Helena's lack of respect for Jerome's posthumous wishes. The theme of "birds" and freedom is evident in this song. Sometimes we wish we could "shade our eyes from the light...birds can fly...why oh why can't I?"
57.) "The Sensual World" by Kate Bush, from the 1989 album of the same name. A song of joy, of happiness, of being in love, of hope, of possibility, of the future. This was the ONLY song to use in the beautiful scene in which Walter harvests sperm from Monty for their very first attempt to create a baby. There is nothing but positivity in this song. I love the use of old Irish instruments, drums, flutes, etc. Beautiful.
57.) "Hospital/Apartment" by Barbara Streisand, from the movie soundtrack for her 1987 movie, Nuts. These were placed out of order by yours truly here. The Apartment is for the miscarriage of Darius Jerome (D.J.), and the hospital is for Betsy Marie. Why these pieces? The Apartment is a little more upbeat. They've lost a baby for the first time, but hope is still strong. The Hospital piece is darker, like waning hope. Now they've lost 2 children. What if they can never conceive a child? This music shrouds the moments in which the family sadly places the cremains of their two precious babies into the beautiful urns Monty has carved. They buy tiny caskets and fill them with baby clothing and toys to bury. This would never truly go into a movie soundtrack should that happen for real, but when I was writing these sad scenes, I was in a numb depression and I couldn't express myself properly. Then I watched Nuts on DVD, and this music set my emotions free. I cried and cried, and I knew it was right.
58.) "Mouth Of Mars" by Jen Gloeckner from her 2010 album of the same name. Wind chimes, soft drums, mysterious tones, and lyrics about "healing all of our scars", slowly building to an orgasmic crescendo of sounds from beyond the sky, louder and louder. Soaring up, then floating down. Monty harvests from Walter for the 2nd attempt by fisting him. When Monty presents the idea to Walter, Walter is terrified to put it mildly. Surely such an act could end up injuring or disfiguring him, right? But Monty has been both giver and recipient before. The act joins them together in ways neither of them could have imagined. There is joy, but the dark tone of the song conveys the fact that they've lost one baby, and there's no guarantee that they will not lose a second.
59.) "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" by Kate Bush, from her 1978 album "The Kick Inside". This is the lonely song for when Walter self harvests for a 3rd attempt. They've lost D.J. and Betsy. Monty has stormed off in a rage and may never return. Walter is grieving the loss of his husband, and still wants a child, and he wants Monty here to help him do his part. He feels Monty's presence in spite of the miles between them. "I'm so worried about my man. I just took a trip on my love for him." Monty has always been somewhat of a child at heart, in every way. In the official Kate Bush music video for this song, she is wearing a shimmering pink/nude body suit, and sometimes you see 3 images of her singing at once. I always imagine that this is symbolic of Monty, Walter, and Natalie being a team of 3, and that perhaps Natalie is the "Kate" closest to the camera. She is their guardian and protector in so many ways. The images in this video remind me of a naked person, alone, yet not alone, trying to continue the dream they always shared with their loved one. The heartbreak Walter must feel after Monty had promised never to leave him ever again, and the helplessness Natalie must feel while she watches Walter struggle to hold onto hope. This was the first song Kate Bush ever demo'd in her quest to become a singer.
60.) "Siren Song" by Bat For Lashes, from 2009's Two Suns. This takes place when Monty shows up to thank Walter for saving him in the river. Walter begs Monty to move in and stay, but the lyrics of this song are Monty's. He wants to stay. He already loves Walter too, but he's afraid that his duality will ruin everything. He has an evil, selfish side in spite of his best intentions. He wants to care for Walter, but he's afraid he will only break Walter's heart. "It won't be long until you break." Natasha Khan, the singer in Bat For Lashes, created an alter ego named Pearl for her Two Suns album. What is a pearl? A beautiful, dazzling, yet hardened perfection created by irritation and invasion of a foreign badness into tender tissues. Reminder, these songs aren't in order. The scenes and the songs I'm talking about are in a random order because of how I added them to the youtube list.
Part VIII coming next!
52.) "Sign of the Zodiac" by Rasputina, from How We Quit The Forest (1998). This is a song about healing, about how someone who feels alone and unloved must be reminded that he/she is surrounded by family who love them and will be by their side through the worst of times. This is Monty's Sweat ceremony song. Cleansing, treating wounds or infections/toxins, believing in God and in family. It describes ancient medical treatments, such as bloodletting, used from medieval times all the way through modern eras. Rasputina is a very talented group of ladies who incorporate the cello into their haunting music.
53.) "I Saw A Light" by Bat For Lashes, from 2007's "Fur and Gold". A tragic song that seems to be inspired by some real life tragic event, this song describes a person's epithany after witnessing something terrible. Beautiful, but dark enough to raise gooseflesh, this is the song of Natalie's realisation that she is being destroyed by her own anger after the death of her mother Sharon and the sickening discovery of her father's child pornography. Perhaps she has visions, of herself being ruined beyond hope, or perhaps she sees what could happen to Walter and Monty if she doesn't move to live with them. Maybe she reads between the lines and knows without knowing that the fate of her two close friends will be bad unless she intervenes. Can she save herself, and them? Suicidal people, sleepwalking children, sadness...And so Natalie makes the decision to search for something new.
54.) "Beautiful Life" by Annie Barker, from "Mountains and Tumult" (2007). This would be a most perfect song for imaginary end credits. It describes a love that has come full circle. Someone planned to escape but their "plans fell through".
55.) "Into This Dream" by Stendhal Syndrome from 2012's Winter Is Coming. This song, too, is about Monty's regret. He knows how stupid he has been. He's been ejected from Shane's world, he is now homeless and broke, and he is about to do what only the most desperate people do, call his Aunt Samantha, and beg her forgiveness for his role in her daughter Krystal's death. He then learns that his mother Lucienne has brain cancer.
56.) "Osaka Dub" by Hopscotch, from the 2003 album Cinema. Jerome Yarbro has just died, and Walter is overcome with feelings of grief and of his own physical and mental exhaustion resulting from dealing with Helena's lack of respect for Jerome's posthumous wishes. The theme of "birds" and freedom is evident in this song. Sometimes we wish we could "shade our eyes from the light...birds can fly...why oh why can't I?"
57.) "The Sensual World" by Kate Bush, from the 1989 album of the same name. A song of joy, of happiness, of being in love, of hope, of possibility, of the future. This was the ONLY song to use in the beautiful scene in which Walter harvests sperm from Monty for their very first attempt to create a baby. There is nothing but positivity in this song. I love the use of old Irish instruments, drums, flutes, etc. Beautiful.
57.) "Hospital/Apartment" by Barbara Streisand, from the movie soundtrack for her 1987 movie, Nuts. These were placed out of order by yours truly here. The Apartment is for the miscarriage of Darius Jerome (D.J.), and the hospital is for Betsy Marie. Why these pieces? The Apartment is a little more upbeat. They've lost a baby for the first time, but hope is still strong. The Hospital piece is darker, like waning hope. Now they've lost 2 children. What if they can never conceive a child? This music shrouds the moments in which the family sadly places the cremains of their two precious babies into the beautiful urns Monty has carved. They buy tiny caskets and fill them with baby clothing and toys to bury. This would never truly go into a movie soundtrack should that happen for real, but when I was writing these sad scenes, I was in a numb depression and I couldn't express myself properly. Then I watched Nuts on DVD, and this music set my emotions free. I cried and cried, and I knew it was right.
58.) "Mouth Of Mars" by Jen Gloeckner from her 2010 album of the same name. Wind chimes, soft drums, mysterious tones, and lyrics about "healing all of our scars", slowly building to an orgasmic crescendo of sounds from beyond the sky, louder and louder. Soaring up, then floating down. Monty harvests from Walter for the 2nd attempt by fisting him. When Monty presents the idea to Walter, Walter is terrified to put it mildly. Surely such an act could end up injuring or disfiguring him, right? But Monty has been both giver and recipient before. The act joins them together in ways neither of them could have imagined. There is joy, but the dark tone of the song conveys the fact that they've lost one baby, and there's no guarantee that they will not lose a second.
59.) "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" by Kate Bush, from her 1978 album "The Kick Inside". This is the lonely song for when Walter self harvests for a 3rd attempt. They've lost D.J. and Betsy. Monty has stormed off in a rage and may never return. Walter is grieving the loss of his husband, and still wants a child, and he wants Monty here to help him do his part. He feels Monty's presence in spite of the miles between them. "I'm so worried about my man. I just took a trip on my love for him." Monty has always been somewhat of a child at heart, in every way. In the official Kate Bush music video for this song, she is wearing a shimmering pink/nude body suit, and sometimes you see 3 images of her singing at once. I always imagine that this is symbolic of Monty, Walter, and Natalie being a team of 3, and that perhaps Natalie is the "Kate" closest to the camera. She is their guardian and protector in so many ways. The images in this video remind me of a naked person, alone, yet not alone, trying to continue the dream they always shared with their loved one. The heartbreak Walter must feel after Monty had promised never to leave him ever again, and the helplessness Natalie must feel while she watches Walter struggle to hold onto hope. This was the first song Kate Bush ever demo'd in her quest to become a singer.
60.) "Siren Song" by Bat For Lashes, from 2009's Two Suns. This takes place when Monty shows up to thank Walter for saving him in the river. Walter begs Monty to move in and stay, but the lyrics of this song are Monty's. He wants to stay. He already loves Walter too, but he's afraid that his duality will ruin everything. He has an evil, selfish side in spite of his best intentions. He wants to care for Walter, but he's afraid he will only break Walter's heart. "It won't be long until you break." Natasha Khan, the singer in Bat For Lashes, created an alter ego named Pearl for her Two Suns album. What is a pearl? A beautiful, dazzling, yet hardened perfection created by irritation and invasion of a foreign badness into tender tissues. Reminder, these songs aren't in order. The scenes and the songs I'm talking about are in a random order because of how I added them to the youtube list.
Part VIII coming next!
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