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The "theme song" I usually have in mind between my main character and her mate is "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling. When you know their backgrounds, it's pretty obvious why. :)Wherever You Will Go
Joe wrote: "The "theme song" I usually have in mind between my main character and her mate is "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling. When you know their backgrounds, it's pretty obvious why. :)Wherever You W..."
I listened to the song. I'm definitely interested in the relationship between the two characters. Post the book.
That sounds fun. It gives an idea about the books.I'm not sure mine would be that accurate but I couldn't think of anything else.
Book The Legacy Destiny
Characters: LX about being away from Mellie for so long.
Song: Journey- The Wheel in the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGEV...
G.G. wrote: "That sounds fun. It gives an idea about the books.I'm not sure mine would be that accurate but I couldn't think of anything else.
Book The Legacy Destiny
Characters: LX about being away from Mell..."
I'll have to dive into those characters.
BOOK: The Technicality Series: CassidyCHARACTERS: Bradley feels for Cassidy
SONG: Love-Musiqu Soul Child
Sums them up perfectly.
Dorsey wrote: "If you had to create a soundtrack for your book: Name the book, the characters, and choose a song that sums up the relationship between two characters. I'll startBook: Order
Characters: What Diam..."
Love this idea!
Angelmovingonup wrote: "BOOK: The Technicality Series: CassidyCHARACTERS: Bradley feels for Cassidy
SONG: Love-Musiqu Soul Child
Sums them up perfectly."
I know that song very well. Excellent choice. Musiqu soul child is a trailblazer.
Dorsey wrote: "Angelmovingonup wrote: "BOOK: The Technicality Series: CassidyCHARACTERS: Bradley feels for Cassidy
SONG: Love-Musiqu Soul Child
Sums them up perfectly."
I know that song very well. Excellent cho..."
AGREED!
Dorsey wrote: "I listened to the song. I'm definitely interested in the relationship between the two characters. Post the book."Salvation's Dawn
G.G. wrote: "That sounds fun. It gives an idea about the books.
I'm not sure mine would be that accurate but I couldn't think of anything else.
Book The Legacy Destiny
Characters: LX about being away from Mell..."
Interesting to me, since Wheel In the Sky also fits another relationship later in the series well, where the characters are split apart.
Joe wrote: "Interesting to me, since Wheel In the Sky also fits another relationship later in the series well, where the characters are split apart..."Yep, if we'd only sit and think for a bit, plenty more songs would come to mind. :)
BOOK: Apocalypse WowCHARACTERS: How Jack feels for Lola
SONG: She's Got Skillz - All 4 One
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Vampire talking to Gypsy -
"Sinister Purpose" by Southern Culture on the Skids with Zacherle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxb_R...
And Gypsy would say -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f4Cy...
I've always thought about this. This isn't a perfect fit but it's the closest song I know to it.Book: The Masks of Monsters
Characters: Darius' thoughts on Aeron
Song: 'Rose' - A Perfect Circle
Book: LuminescenceWhat Rayne thinks about Rafe: I Think I Love you (the second verse pretty much nails it.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb4FM...
What Rafe would say to Rayne: Young Girl (just the chorus though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0ZJ...
BOOK: The Thimblerig Solution (still beligerently unpublished/able)CHARACTERS: Mark Rube's song about himself and Helen Cooper
SONG: This Wreckage -- Gary Numan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiRFU...
Pretty incredible how apropos all of the lyrics are (spoilered to save space):
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This is fun!The Dark Side Of Chemistry.
Skyla to Jensen.
Thinking Of You Katy Perry
https://youtu.be/wdGZBRAwW74
hmm Aside from Evanescence, I can't say I knew any of the songs posted. Thanks to Quoleena, I now know 3! :P
Book: Operation Cosmic TeapotOdin and Loki, discussing Loki's new power to play songs out of thin air.
Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. Because that's actually the song he plays. :)
Book: Amrin the Dreamer (published but currently being rewritten). Characters: Amrin, his brother Eewren, and their individual journey as they try to find each other.
Song: Show Me by Moya Brennan - https://youtu.be/xWNbKnr0O1w
I also have to include this song, which I've come to consider to be Amrin's song, because it pretty much sums him up.
Two Horizons by Moya Brennan - https://youtu.be/Sk2pycJ2WgE
Book: The Jacq of SpadesCharacters: Jacqui and her former lover Joe (who she's still in love with despite being married to someone else)
Song: Adele's cover of Lovesong - https://youtu.be/0RUZpOsL1JQ
As far as a soundtrack song, this would be perfect for when Jacqui and her husband Tony descend into the Grand Ball: Fashion Killa by A$AP Rocky - https://youtu.be/snY-MhPcPg0
Those are the only ones I've thought of so far.
G.G. wrote: "hmm Aside from Evanescence, I can't say I knew any of the songs posted. Thanks to Quoleena, I now know 3! :P"Don't worry, GG, you're not alone. I only knew Micah's and Quoleena's, but I've at least heard Journey even if I didn't know your song.
I don't think musically, so this is nearly impossible for me, but in Kind of Like Life, Renee puts on a song from the 80s and asks Blake to dance with her. The song is never mentioned by name, but it's If You Leave by OMD
https://youtu.be/EPmTGFg06zA
haha I can add your song to the list of songs I knew Christina. To be honest, I don't think musically either and when I were to I'd think metal, usually more symphonic metal, but it's not something popular. Most people never heard of it so I don't see why I'd dig for such a title. Journey? It's because it's on my hubby's phone and I hear it often in the car. (Yeah we only listen to his songs so...) Anyway, It's fun to see what people listen to. :)
Wheel In the Sky is one of those songs you'd probably know if you heard it.
Christina wrote: "I don't think musically..."G.G. wrote: "...To be honest, I don't think musically either..."
Whereas I do, having spent a couple decades mostly involved in music. But I don't know new music or much pop or conventional blues/rock/country, preferring to stick on the fringes of the underground movements. The most pop I ever got was back in the '80s when electronic music turned mainstream for a while. I even played in a band that did warm up for A Flock of Seagulls once (they had abandoned the dumb hair by then!). Most of what I know and like is A) instrumental (mostly electronic and not necessarily dance music), B) nonsense lyrically, C) really old (1930s swing, '50s/'60s jazz, world music, medieval/renaissance), or D) just plain weird (which might explain why I write SF).
];D
I don't think what I write is that weird, but there's got to be some cross pollination between my musical likes and my writing.
P.S. I talked to the keyboardist in A Flock of Seagulls when I played warm up for them and he had actually played on a Gary Numan live tour. So there's that makes me two degrees of separation from Gary Numan, yeah?
Joe wrote: "Wheel In the Sky is one of those songs you'd probably know if you heard it."Yeah, you'd know it if you heard it.
Micah wrote: "Christina wrote: "I don't think musically..."G.G. wrote: "...To be honest, I don't think musically either..."
Whereas I do, having spent a couple decades mostly involved in music. But I don't kn..."
Hey Micah, most of my background is in music as well. Lived it growing up, went to school for Music Business, and pursued the industry for a while. My musical taste is so broad, I don't really listen to the mainstream anymore. Like you I like to journey through the underground. However, when I hear a good song I just hear a good song. Stumbled upon the Evanescence song. Music actually inspires me to write.
G.G. wrote: "haha I can add your song to the list of songs I knew Christina. To be honest, I don't think musically either and when I were to I'd think metal, usually more symphonic metal, but it's not something..."All this great music!!
Micah wrote: " A) instrumental (mostly electronic and not necessarily dance music), B) nonsense lyrically, C) really old (1930s swing, '50s/'60s jazz, world music, medieval/renaissance), or D) just plain weird (which might explain why I write SF)..."Very eclectic and WEIRD! lol
The soundtrack I like is anything by Scott Alan or Ramin Karimloo...I lot of their work reminds me of my stories.This is a playlist of songs and scores for my fan-fiction After The Barricade:
1.The Journey by Josh Strickland and Jill Zadeh
2. Always by Sutton Foster
3.With These Hands by Bryan White & Amy Grant
4. Nash And Brenda by Queen & Michael Kamen
5. Only This Love by Bering Strait
6.The Violet Hour The Civil Wars
7. Wings by Birdy
8. An Army Against One Man byThe Chamber Orchestra of London
9. Last Moments Before Dying by Kerry Muzzey
10. Always Goodnight (feat. Sierra Boggess & Jane Monheit) by Scott Alan
11.The Longest Walk by The Chamber Orchestra of London
12. Haunted by Kerry Muzzey
13. Anything Worth Holding on To by Crystal Monee Hall
14. The Shadow Woman by Julia Murney
15. Birth by Kerry Muzzey
16. Now by Kasia Howley
17. Goodbye by Simon Bailey
18. I Am Longing [From December Songs] by Philip Chaffin
19. Lonely Waltz for Two by Josh Kramer
20. Just for One Moment in Time by Summer Strallen
21. Why Am I Falling? by Ramin Karimloo
22. Stay by Scott Alan & Oliver Tompsett Sing Scott Alan
23. Brass Bed by Josh Gracin
24. Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
25. Magic by Adriane Lenox
26. Becoming Porcelain by The Chamber Orchestra of London
27. Near You Always by Jewel
28. No One Is Promised Tomorrow by Carolee Carmello
29. And There It Is by Lisa Brescia
30.The Crossroads by The Chamber Orchestra of London
31. I Don't Love You Anymore by Lea Salonga
32.More Than a Memory by Oliver Tompsett
33. Anyone but You by Jenna Lee-James & Dean Collinson
34. I dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables
35. This Marriage by Eric Whitacre & Eric Whitacre Singers
36. Again by Hadley Fraser
37.Looking Back (As Heard on GLEE) by Kerry Muzzey
So far anyway!!! it changes as I aqquire music, mood, and how I picture the story changing in my head.
G.G. wrote: "Micah wrote: "Very eclectic and WEIRD! lol "Ha! I'll take that as my new slogan.
Micah R. Sisk
Very Eclectic...and WEIRD (tm)
V.M. wrote: "Nice picks guys! If the relationship between survey droid GR3T3L & combat drone H4NS3L could be summed up in a single track, it would be Steven Price's "Don't Let Go" https://youtu.be/QdT-su1Xipo
..."
Nice one. Probably enjoyed that far more than I would have the movie ];P
Since this book is in the same universe as the first one I posted (#16, above), I'll stick with an '80s synth pop theme...Book: PleshaCore
Characters: Captain Pierre Jacobs, aka Mrs. Magdalene Benson
Song: Destination Unknown -- Missing Persons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RqHB...
The book is a search for identity story wrapped in thriller clothing. Who is Captain Jacobs, qua Mrs. Benson? It's unknown. Well...life is so strange.
Dorsey wrote: "Joe wrote: "Wheel In the Sky is one of those songs you'd probably know if you heard it."Yeah, you'd know it if you heard it."
You guys do realize that she added a link to the song right? I know it comes as a surprise, but Journey simply isn't a band that has ever been on my radar. :p
Honestly, Journey is one of those bands people think they love, until they sit down and realize they only like 5-6 of their songs.
OK, time for my Journey story...In college back in the late '70s I was a DJ at WUVT (Virginia Tech) but my show was from 3 AM to 6 AM on Saturday night (well, Sunday morning) and I played a wide variety of non-commercial music from space music to prog rock to RIO to avant garde and a tiny bit of punk.
I'm pretty sure I had no regular listeners at all. No one ever called with comments or requests ... until one night.
Some guy calls up and says "Hey, this is pretty cool music you're playing! Do you play requests?"
"If it fits the show's format, sure," I said.
"Cool! What's the show's format?"
"Well," I say, thinking the question was a bit odd if he'd been listening. "I play a lot of stuff but mainly songs you can't hear on normal radio stations, songs with a lot of synthesizers in them."
"Oh, OK. How about playing some Journey?"
I was like WHAT?! "Uh, I don't think that fits my format."
"Why not? Journey uses synthesizers!"
Only then did I realize it was a friend of mine--another DJ--pranking me.
...A few weeks later I called his show:
"Hey, cool music! Do you play requests?"
"As long as they fit the show's format."
"Oh. What's the format?"
"I play all kinds of Indie rock." (I honestly can't remember how he answered the question but in today's language that's what he meant)
"How about playing some Journey!"
"That doesn't fit the format..."
At which point I started laughing my head off and he realized what was up.
"SISK, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
**sigh** Revenge is sweet.
I miss you, Ken. RIP, man. RIP.
Don't know about conversations between characters, but John Prine's song Sam Stone comes to mind when Tech Sergeant Tramaine Geary thinks about growing up with a PTSD veteran father minus the heroine addiction.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9Zk...
J.J. wrote: "Don't know about conversations between characters, but John Prine's song Sam Stone comes to mind when Tech Sergeant Tramaine Geary thinks about growing up with a PTSD veteran father minus the heroi..."A girl I knew in college spent a night out on the town (Georgetown, MD, aka Washington DC) with John Prine and Leon Redbone after a concert back in '77.
Two degrees of separation (again). ];P
P.S. That's always the song I think of when I think of Prine (didn't know the song title, though). That or Dear Abbey.
Micah wrote: "J.J. wrote: "Don't know about conversations between characters, but John Prine's song Sam Stone comes to mind when Tech Sergeant Tramaine Geary thinks about growing up with a PTSD veteran father mi..."That's kind of cool.
I have to admit I never heard of him until I came across a cover of the song, but with a new generation of vets struggling with the effects of war and the statistic that something like 22 a day are committing suicide, it seems to me a song that once again bears relevance.
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Book: Order
Characters: What Diamond would say to Dizz.
Song: Evanesence - Where Will You Go
://m.youtube.com/watch?v=896aYYpa1y0