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 Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: Character/novel's theme songs |
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If you think this is a hard question, it helps to think of your book as a movie. Now ask yourself, what song would be in the opening credits? the closing credits? the climax? Post the title of the song, the lyrics, and the artist, please! Hopefully this will be fun.
Here's an example. These are some songs that inspired my story "Firebrand".
Artist: Disciple
Song: The Wait is Over
Lyrics:
I can feel it in the thunder rolling, lightning crashing
It’s our time, the wait is over
Fire’s burning, floods are rising
It’s our time, the wait is over
Sitting in ashes, we’re broken,
With our faces downward,
Like there’s nothing we are looking forward to
We’ve been waiting so long
For this moment all of our lives
Let it pour out
I can feel it in the thunder rolling, lightning crashing
It’s our time, the wait is over
Fire’s burning, floods are rising
It’s our time, the wait is over
Hoping and praying in silence,
That the blessings of the former
Isn’t the end of what we look forward to
We’ve been waiting so long
For this moment all of our lives
Let it pour out
Artist: Skillet
Song: Energy
Lyrics:
Oh
Power is another word that I use to describe You
Your mighty winds come in and blow me away
Frightening, coming at me like lightning
It's You that I fear, yeah, yeah
I shake whenever You speak my name
And I'm surrounded
You overpower me
You're a silent rage, you're a hurricane
You are everything I cannot see and can't explain
You're an enigma wrapped in a mystery
Everywhere I go, I can't escape Your energy
Oh
Divine is a reality that You define
You defy time
I see You in everything in fire and wind and rain
Captured is just the word to capture how I feel when I still
you are what I crave
You set me free I want to be Your slave
And I'm surrounded
You overpower me
You're a silent rage, you're a hurricane
You are everything I cannot see and can't explain
You're an enigma wrapped in a mystery
Everywhere I go, I can't escape Your energy
I can't escape You energy [8x]
Oh
Power is another word I use to describe You
Your might winds come and blow me away
You're a silent rage, you're a hurricane
You are everything I cannot see and can't explain
You're an enigma wrapped in a mystery
Everywhere I go, I can't escape Your energy
I can't escape it
I can't escape, no, no, no, no, etc...
Everywhere I go, I can't escape Your energy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I've done this sort of thing!  But most of the music I find is already on another movie's soundtrack.  Track 13 of the Spirit soundtrack is a good one for Rainbow. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Okay! I guess for Kale Hart, this would work.
Artist: Two-Mix
Song: Just Communication
Just wild beat
Communication
Standing in the lashing rain.
I want to express my passionate
Undying feelings
With my whole body tonight! |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Well, my story, House of Wolves, was mainly just inspired from the title of this song, but looking back on the lyrics, I have to say that it's very in keeping with the whole story.
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: House of Wolves
Lyrics:
Well, I know a thing about contrition,
Because I got enough to spare.
And I'll be granting your permission,
'Cause you haven't got a prayer.
Well I said hey, hey hallelujah,
I'm gonna come on sing the praise.
And let the spirit come on through ya,
We got innocence for days!
Well, I think I'm gonna burn in hell,
Everybody burn the house right down.
And say, ha
What I wanna say
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I'm a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
(S-I-N, I S-I-N
S-I-N, I S-I-N
S-I-N, I S-I-N
S-I-N, I S-I-N)
You play ring around the ambulance,
Well like you never gave a care.
So get the choir boys around you,
It's a compliment, I swear.
And I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down,
I wanna hear you sing the praise,
I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down,
We got innocence for days!
Well, I think I'm gonna burn in hell,
Everybody burn the house right down.
And say, ha
What I wanna say
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I'm a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
You better run like the devil,
'Cause they're never gonna leave you alone!
You better hide up in the alley,
'Cause they're never gonna find you a home!
And as the blood runs down the walls,
You see me creepin' up these halls.
I've been a bad motherf***er
Tell your sister I'm another
Go! Go! Go!
And I said, say,
What I wanna say
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I'm a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I'm an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
So get up!
So get out!
S-I-N, I S-I-N!
Actually, I could really see this being the song over the end credits if HOW was ever made into a film XD |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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ha! i found one of my character's songs! she has more, of course, but here's one. :D
Title: Going Under
Artist: Evanescence
Lyrics:
Now I will tell you what I've done for you -
50 thousand tears I've cried.
Screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you -
And you still won't hear me.
(going under)
Don't want your hand this time - I'll save myself.
Maybe I'll wake up for once (wake up for once)
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again
I'm going under (going under)
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under
Blurring and stirring - the truth and the lies.
(So I don't know what's real) So I don't know what's real and what's not (and what's not)
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again
I'm going under (going under)
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm...
So go on and scream
Scream at me I'm so far away (so far away)
I won't be broken again (again)
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under
I'm dying again
I'm going under (going under)
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under (going under)
I'm going under (drowning in you)
I'm going under |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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The above. Seriously, I think you read my mind (or at least thought of what I would think, but earlier...)
And I suppose all of Evanescence's songs. I love them. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: |
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yeah, they're good. actually, a lot of their songs could probably be in my story. that and Skillet. and "Frontline" by Pillar. awesome song
"Everybody with your fist raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside or step aside
We're on the frontline"
yeah baby. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Here's the theme songs for my novel-in-progress, which doesn't have a name yet:
"Fly From The Inside" by Shinedown
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
On my shoulders
All alone I pierce the chain
And on and on the sting remains
And dieing eyes consume me now
The voice inside screams out loud
I am focused on what I am after
The key to the next open chapter
Cause I found a way to steal the sun from the sky
Long live that day that I decided to fly from the inside
Every day a new deception
Pick your scene and take direction
And on and on I search to connect
But I don't wear a mask and I have no regrets
I am focused on what I am after
The key to the next open chapter
I can't escape the pain
I can't control the rage
Sometimes I think that I'm gonna go insane
I'm not against what's right
I'm not for what's wrong
I'm just making my way and I'm gone
Here's the weight of the world on my shoulders
"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
'Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| ooh, i love that last song! good choice . can you post a link for your novel? i'd like to read it. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't actually started yet, still outlining it. I'll send you a link when I post it, though.
Also, a friend of mine told me this song fit with my story too:
"Ordinary" by Train
Whose eyes am I behind
I don’t recognize anything that I see
Whose skin is this design
I don’t want this to be the way that you see me
I don’t understand anything anymore
In this world that I’m tired of
Is taking me right up these walls
That I climb up
To get to your story
It’s anything but ordinary
And when the world is on its knees with me its fine
And when I come to the rescue I get nothing but left behind
Everybody seems to be getting what they need where's mine
‘Cause your what I need so very but im anything but ordinary
Can you save me from this world of mine
Before I get myself arrested with this expectation
You are the one look what you’ve done
What have you done?
This is not some kind of joke
You’re just a kid
You weren’t ready for what you did
And when the world is on its knees with me its fine
And when I come to the rescue I do it for you time after time
Everybody seems to be getting what they need where's mine
‘Cause you what I need so very but im anything but ordinary
I think im trying to save the world from you
You’ve been saving me too
We could just stay in and save each other
Im anything but ordinary
(ordinary)
Im anything but ordinary
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Perfect, perfect song...
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
by the Monkees
The local rock group down the street
Is trying hard to learn their song
Serenade the weekend squire, who just came out to mow his lawn
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
And no one seems to care
See Mrs. Gray she's proud today because her roses are in bloom
Mr. Green hes so serene, he's got a t.v. in every room
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Mothers complain about how hard life is
And the kids just don't understand
Creature comfort goals
They only numb my soul and make it hard for me to see
My thoughts all seem to stray, to places far away
I need a change of scenery
Ta ta ta...
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Charcoal burning everywhere
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land
Another pleasant valley Sunday... |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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yay! i have found Jake's song now. :D
poor Jake. He's had a lousy life. His dad is a butthead. :evil: Some days I'm tempted to kill him off.
Artist: Linkin Park
Title: Numb
Lyrics:
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take
[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be |
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