Does anyone else have a list of songs that they listen to when writing that feel like they were written for your main character? Here's my list: Misery – Gallows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLfRTogxnKc Make Art Not Friends- Sturgill Simpson https://youtu.be/U0-mjAB_Mig Hidden Truth - Vampire Knight OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkaLedOAd_s Last Dinosaur - The Pillows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9i1f_vt43c (English lyric translation https://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/thepillows/lastdinosaur.htm ) Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d9vrnptuF0 Middle of Nowhere - The Blank Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUTORvTyACU Running Up That Hill – Placebo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-mYX0qKkB8 Burning Bright – Shinedown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NsQr33wbdY Sexual Hallucination - In This Moment feat. Brent Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fp4yRDEVyM Bloodstream - Stateless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05vSgyzELMM Not Strong Enough - Apocalyptica ft. Brent Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlZuqUTgcss Easier To Run - Linkin Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5zdmjVeQzE A Vampire's Lament - Atreyu The lyrics for the last one really suit my character: I am the walking dead heartbreaker, my apologies I'm happy you'll never understand what it's like To be trapped under six feet of solid glass I can see out, but no one gets in Screaming at this prison I've locked myself into I'm sorry that I'm still breathing and that I'll kill again But the loneliness is too much for me to handle The taste of fresh blood pushes me on I told myself the constant pain could ease the tension burning inside But the nights were cold and the days dragged to weeks I will die here alone, I will die The fear of romance The pain of living The joy of sorrow The strength of unforgiving The strength of unforgiving God help me, I'm so tired But in my dreams, the wolves eat out my soul God help me, I'm so frightened But in my dreams, the wolves tear out my heart I used to be golden, a saint in a time of sorrow But then the turning came and I kissed the sun goodbye Don't you get it? It's always darker in my eyes The screams of my brothers egging me on
Nope, I tend to think in a bit broader sense and terms when it comes to music and story. Sometimes a song can fit the tone of a scene, but there is some overlap with the overall story.
Damned good thread idea, Bear. I have an entire playlist of over 400 songs that I've chosen over the last couple of years, not just for my characters, but for specific scenes/settings that get me in the mood when im about to write. I'll just provide a selection. Namazu (the young Japanese hacker) Raz Kadir (the globe trotting private investigator) Zarina Verma (the Indian corporate spaceship Commander) This one is rather apt, since her story is tied in to her parents, and this is based on a traditional Hindi song about the mother and father. Milan Kalakov (a no-nonsense Major in the Russian Space Force) Liv Rademaker (a Councilor for the Colony on Mars, when the Martians keep getting screwed over by Earth) I set one of the chapters in my full novel, a bike chase scene involving Raz and Namazu, to this. The illustrious and awesome - Justice. This is the best remix of Waters of Nazereth I've heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUdydkR4QxM And the first chapter in my novel ended with me using this as a backdrop... Run Boy Run by Woodkid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0
Alexander: Leonhard Cohen First we take Manhatten and Rammstein Ich will and Shinedown How do you love Micah: Angels & Agony Destination and Feuerengel and Unheilig Brief an Dich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrtfArGT4hw
Ranbu Escalation - a duet from the Kamen Rider franchise, more precisely Kamen Rider Gaim, really fit my main antagonist Huanglong and the character Ouryuu from my series Chronicles Of Sekai during the third book. They were as close as can be until events at the end of the second book put them on opposite sides in the conflict. Finally, just some info for the video: Huanglong is the one with black background and Ouryuu is the one with white background.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your songs with me everyone. I love Rammstein, Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown. Currently making my way through the list of songs you've shared with me. It's amazing isn't it how some songs have lyrics that just seem to fit our characters perfectly. I love my music, such a great source of inspiration and I love it when people share the songs with me too.