Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Soundtrack

As I write, I listen to music.  Every once in a while, a song will pop up that just suits the book or a character to a tee.  I thought today I'd share the soundtrack that fits for Oracles Promise.  We'll see how this goes.

I can't find them all in the playlist creator.

The playlist is in the sidebar. I think.

Here are the songs for the full list, including what I couldn't find on the site.

Bigger than My Body by John Mayer
You Found Me by Kelly Clarkson
Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of by U2
The Best Thing by Savage Garden
Elgar/Something Inside from the August Rush soundtrack

Then for my climax, a medley of Mozart:

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro
Symphony No. 40 Allegro
Piano Concerto no. 21: Andante
Symphony No. 40 "Jupiter": Moldo Allegro
Clarinet Concerto in A: Adagio

And for scenes with a certain character:
Violin Concerto no. 3 Adagio

And for a mysterious character:
Around the Corner of Your Eye by M2M




12 comments:

  1. I love coming up with the soundtrack for my books. So much fun!

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  2. Thanks, Roni! This one was kind of fun. I forgot a couple of songs so I just added them to the list in the post. I don't know if they're available at the site where you make the playlist though.

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  3. I'm not sure if I've heard any of those or not, I'm hopeless at paying attention to who does what and what it's called lol.

    I love classical as a mood invoker-emotions, drama...

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  4. I love listening to classical while I write. I can't usually do songs with words in them- they choke up my brain and then I can't think of the words I want for my story.

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  5. Great soundtrack! One of these days I will have to post my own. Like you, I listen to music while writing. Sometime a song just "fits" the scene so well it's like the music is telling you what to write.

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  6. WOW! With a soundtrack like that as you write, I am very curious about your books and stories! Love the lsi - diverse and much of it evocative & powerful.

    I totally get what you mean about music and characters. My sleuth is wandering around tow with her MP3 player blaring away, and I think I hit the mark with the songs I mention from her playlist.

    Music can define a charcater (to a certain extent). What they listen to can tell readers a lot about them (but there are always exceptions).

    Listening as I write may influence me or bring out things about a charcater that I didn't know myself...

    Great post! Jill
    www.jilledmondson.com

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  7. GREAT choices for your soundtrack! I really need to think about mine. I found myself listening to the "Atonement" score very often when I write this story. I highly recommend!

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  8. Deb, I know what you mean. I'll get a CD and realize that I know more songs than I thought.

    Stephanie, Songs with lyrics don't bother me so much, but the classical pieces just really work for the climax.

    Katie, Thanks! It's so great how a song will just come on that absolutely fits a character or a scene.

    Jill, thanks! It's definitely an interesting book. I'm enjoying it. Very true about music and our characters.

    Julie, thanks! Music is great for writing.

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  9. Awesome songs! I have to say, I couldn't write without music. My recently finished ms and currently in progress wip are both results of songs I love.

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  10. Thanks, Windy. Music makes the world go round in a way. Harmonics of the universe, and all that. That's so cool that songs sparked story ideas.

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  11. I've done character casting but never sound tracks, although my second book had a piano playing MC and I had song lyrics in several scenes and I had to have that song playing in the background while I wrote/reviewed the scene.

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  12. Julie, I've done character casting as well. Just living out the small fantasies to keep me going on writing.

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