My novel's soundtrack, or "It came without a warning or a clue"

In an earlier post, when I asked about music that inspires your writing, I mentioned that my book has a soundtrack of sorts, songs that I listened to often while I was writing, or songs that came up randomly in iTunes and made me think of a character or a scene. Per Marika's request, I present the list here.



Breathe Me, Sia
Moments Of Pleasure, Kate Bush
I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love), Emma Bunton
Summertime, The Sundays
Wild Horses, Susan Boyle
Precious, Erasure
Don't Push Your Foot On The Heartbrake, Kate Bush
What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys
Save Me Darling, Erasure
I'm with Stupid, Pet Shop Boys
DHDQ, Andy Bell
Stand Back, Stevie Nicks
White Lies  (Radio Edit), Paul Van Dyk (with Jessica Sutta)
Somebody Else's Business, Pet Shop Boys
Break My Fall, Tiësto Feat BT
So Long, ABBA
You Don't Treat Me No Good, Sonia Dada
Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me, The Pipettes
Calling It Quits, Aimee Mann
Shambala, Three Dog Night
One By One, Enya
Mornin Song, Monica Casey
Dizzy, Throwing Muses
Grand Canyon, Tracey Thorn
Flamboyant (Michael Mayer Kompakt Mix), Pet Shop Boys
Gray, Amie Miriello
They Don't Know About Us, Tracy Ullman
Love Locked Inside, Voice of the Beehive
The Saltwater Room, Owl City
Get Together, Madonna
Wild Horses, The Sundays
Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Judy Collins
The Dreaming Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Lovers Rock, Sade

As you can imagine, I've tinkered with this playlist to no end, changed the order, deleted songs that, in hindsight, don't fit the story anymore. This is pretty good, at least until the director's cut.



PS: Let it be noted that no one is more acutely aware than me of the absence in this track list of Kylie. Had Aphrodite come out before I was finished with the book, it's certain "Looking for an Angel" would have been an inspiring song. So consider that a bonus track.


PPS: Hey, Marika! I've shown you mine; you show me yours!



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Published on February 02, 2011 15:26
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