When I started writing ACID, I found myself doing something I've never done before – making a soundtrack for it (you can read my post about it over at the Lucky 13s blog here). And now I've ended up doing the same thing for my WIP, AKA the book that I now have a deadline to get the first draft done by, which is exciting and scary at the same time as I've never had a deadline for a first draft before! Anyway, to get myself into the writing zone while I get this draft done, I'm listening to its soundtrack pretty much exclusively. As the world of ACID is futuristic and high-tech, the soundtrack included a lot of electronic music; in contrast, the world of my WIP is much lower tech, so the songs I've chosen for it are quieter, with a strong leaning towards acoustic and classical music. There's some heavier stuff in there too, though – in fact, Many of Horror might now be my favourite song ever.
Ludovico Einaudi - I Due Fiumi
Mumford & Sons - I Gave You All
Erik Satie - 3 Gnossienes - #1. Lent
Mumford & Sons - Awake My Soul
Message To Bears - Running Through Woodland
Temper Trap - Soldier On
Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Ludovico Einaudi - La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete
(Links are to official videos licensed under Creative Commons, via search.creativecommons.org, but if you want to see the rest you can find them on YouTube.)
In other news, ACID is up on Amazon! With an ISBN and a release date and everything! Woo-hoo!
There's nothing much else to see at the moment (no cover yet, sorry!), but if you want to check it out (and maybe *cough* add it to your wishlist/preorder *cough*) it's here.
In other news, ACID is up on Amazon! With an ISBN and a release date and everything! Woo-hoo!
There's nothing much else to see at the moment (no cover yet, sorry!), but if you want to check it out (and maybe *cough* add it to your wishlist/preorder *cough*) it's here.
So, how about you? Which song or songs best sum up what you're working on at the moment? Share them with me in the comments!
