Writing Soundtracks

I was inspired by Paty Jager's post What is your trigger? on Monday at the Mid-Willamette Valley RWA blog. Part of the conversation had to do with what music, if any, we listen to while writing. As I was commenting, I realized that I used to create song playlists that fit whatever current writing project I was working on, but that for some reason I'd stopped doing that. I'm not really sure why I stopped. Maybe out of some misguided impression that now that I view writing as a serious occupation that I shouldn't be so frivolous? Who knows?

Anyhoo...I decided I needed playlists for my current project(s). Yep, I'm working on two projects at once, but I'm not giving them equal time. The main project is the one I've given the working title of The Space Between. I only work on the second project when: a) I have a brainstorm I don't want to forget, and b) I'm seriously stuck on The Space Between and need to give my subconscious a chance to recharge.

I've put together preliminary playlists for each project. I fully expect to change/add/delete these as I get further into each project. For now, they capture the essence of the emotions in each project. It was easier to come up with the list for the second project (notice it's longer?) because that project has an "end of the world" motif and we all know how I'm all about the Apocalypse. :-)

The Space Between

Nocturne (Alexander Borodin) from Classical Juckebox, Vol. II
Pick Up The Pieces (Avenue Blue Feat.Jeff Golub) from KKSF Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 8
Ever Returning (Bernward Koch) from KKSF Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 3
Song for Olabi (Bliss) from CSI Soundtrack
Trinidad (Boney James) from Backbone
Caribbean Dream (Bryan Savage) from KKSF Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 7
Malaguena (E. Lecuona) from Classical Jukebox, Vol. II
Spontaneous Combustion (Fishbelly Black) from KKSF Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 8
Nothing But You (Kim Ferron) from Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album
A Place Called Home (Kim Richey) from The Collection
Harlem Nocturne (Kofi) from KKSF Sampler for AIDS Relief, Vol. 7
Fallen (Lauren Wood) from Pretty Woman Soundtrack
Madrid (Marc Antoine) from Madrid
It Must Have Been Love (Roxette) from Pretty Woman Soundtrack
Give It Away (Zero 7) from CSI Soundtrack


Untitled Second Project

Day By Day (Badmarsh & Shri) from CSI Soundtrack
Zydeco Gris Gris (BeauSoleil) from The Big Easy
Keep Myself Awake (Black Lab) from Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album
Come Into Our Room (Clinic) from CSI Soundtrack
Hell Above Water (Curve) from CSI Soundtrack
Little Gem (Euphoria) from CSI Soundtrack
Pain (Four Star Mary) from Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album
We Luv U (Grand Theft Audio) from CSI Soundtrack
Inhaler (Hooverphonic) from CSI Soundtrack
Pacing The Cage (Jimmy Buffett) from Beach House On The Moon
Savannah Fare You Well (Jimmy Buffett) from Far Side Of The World
Party At The End Of The World (Jimmy Buffett) from Take The Weather With You
Just My Luck (Kim Richey) from The Collection
I Know (Kim Richey) from The Collection
Break You Down (Kim Richey) from The Collection
Cabrillo (Marc Antoine) from Madrid
Crazy Love (Poco) from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
A Kind Of Magic (Queen) from Classic Queen
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M.) from Eponymous
Unbound (Robbie Robertson) from CSI Soundtrack
Possession (Piano Version) (Sarah McLachlan) from Due South Soundtrack
Ice (Sarah McLachlan) from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Angel (Sarah McLachlan) from Surfacing
Full of Grace (Sarah McLachlan) from Surfacing
To Get Down (Fatboy Slim Mix) (Timo Maas) from CSI Soundtrack
Everybody Out Of The Water (The Wallflowers) from CSI Soundtrack