As part of the #RedDeathSaga blog tour, I get to share this great guest post by Bethany Griffin about the soundtrack to the first book in the series, The Masque Of The Red Death!
When I’m actually sitting at the keyboard
and typing I rarely listen to music and even if it’s playing I tend to tune it
out, but I really enjoy walking and thinking about my story and my
characters—that’s when I work out any kinks or plot issues that are bothering
me, and that’s typically when I use soundtracks. Most of the time I’ll focus on
a few lines from a song that make it seem (to me) about the character or world
I’m writing in. In other cases, it’s more the feeling of the music that evokes
the world.
Plain Song by the Cure is one of my
favorites for a sense of hopelessness and I think the very brief lyrics are
perfect. It’s the first song on the Disintegration album which I could listen
to on repeat for hours.
The Beginning is the End is the Beginning
by The Smashing Pumpkins – I love the feeling of this (probably doesn’t hurt
that it was used for the trailers for the Watchmen movie), it just feels so
dark, and yet sort of epic and adventurous?
Another Smashing Pumpkins song that I’d use
in a Red Death Saga soundtrack is Eye, which also has a certain hopelessness
that I like, also the is it any wonder I can’t sleep, line reminds me of Araby.
Nine Inch Nails is probably my favorite
band for evoking the emotions of my characters. I love this pared down version
of Something I Can Never Have http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW8riKU_tE
I’d honestly make this the soundtrack for
everything I ever write, I love it so much.
I also love NIN’s the Day the World Went
Away for the world of Masque and Dance
I also really love everything by
Portishead. Roads is a great song for the Red Death Saga, I love the feel of
it, and the emotion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52bAsZI9xm8
Machine Gun by Portishead is also a song
that I listened to a lot as I was working on the books http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00PdHIPjaWQ
For the Debauchery Club I always think of
Under the Milkyway by Church, and We are Young by Fun. Both are great
Debauchery Club songs, and of course the Debauchery Club also makes me think of
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd.
Check out the other posts on the #RedDeathSaga blog tour below!
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