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"Music to Write Novels By"
As the title explains, I’m holding up posting new MTWNB blogs until I’ve slogged and sweated and cried my way through the 30 days of NaNoWriMo.
You can still read all the previous MTWNBs here.
As for NaNoWriMo 2011 progress…it’s probably better you don’t ask me that just now. It’s been one hell of a week.
Next week, hopefully, everything will calm down and I’ll be able to get back into the swing of things. I currently need to write 2492 words a day (assuming I’m not working weekends) in order to finish on time. More than do-able, provided I don’t have a repeat of last week again.
Caio!
OK, just to forewarn you, this is going to be a big one (that’s what she said, hur hur), because I’ve been waiting a long time to get the opportunity to talk about Final Fantasy VII, and – on the off-chance that you have never played Final Fantasy VII – be aware that story spoilers are more than likely. If you want to skip the story and move straight to the tunes: I don’t care about your life story, woman, just tell me about the music…
To give you an idea of how much I love the music from Final Fantasy VII, I walked down the aisle to one of the songs. So, yeah, I think it’s safe to say I’m a big fan.
Shadow of the Colossus is a PlayStation 2 game released in 2005 (and re-released in HD for the PS3 in 2011). It tells the story of a young man who ventures into a forbidden land in the hope of reviving his dead girlfriend, and who is instructed by forces unknown to kill the creatures (the colossi) that inhabit this vast landscape in order to restore life to his beloved.
Kill all 16 of these majestic, building-sized beasts,
and you might get what you want…but at a price!
(Watch a video of this particular fight here)
It’s safe to assume that you have at least heard of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, whether through the book itself, the Disney classic based on it, the Tim Burton “re-imagining”, any of the lesser known TV movies based on it, or even the porno (yes, there’s a porno – click for a review, which is NSFW, for obvious reasons). But in October 2000, a PC game that explored a darker Wonderland was released for the PC.
Alice and the Cheshire Cat as they’re depicted in the game.
Koudelka was released in 2000, and is a Horror/RPG, one of the first of its kind to blend both classic ‘fantasy’ elements of an RPG with certain ‘horror’ elements akin to the likes of, say, Parasite Eve [...].
I like music. That’s OK, though, because other people also like music, too. There are people who don’t like music, and they should be rounded up like cattle and beaten to death with pool cues. I mean, really, who doesn’t like music? Soulless cretins, that’s who.
What was I saying?
Right. Yes. I like music, and I also write books (or, rather, I try to), and I like to listen to music while I write the aforementioned books. I find the right track can focus my mind on the task at hand: my fight scenes work to Pendulum, my death scenes (hypothetical death scenes, that is, since nobody dies…that would be spoilers!) are supported by Ludovico Einaudi, and so on.
So I’m going to try something new: every Sunday, I will share some of my music tastes with you (plus, in most cases, the stories behind how I came to listen to them). Won’t that be exciting! Yes, it will.
Shut up.
The Music
These won’t be released in this order; it’s more a case of ‘when I get around to it’.
- American McGee’s Alice & Alice: Madness Returns [VG]
- Bad Mojo [VG]
- Blood+ [Anime]
- Bloodrayne II [VG]
- The City of Lost Children [Film]
- Deus Ex [VG]
- Devil May Cry [VG]
- Discworld II: Missing Presumed Dead [VG]
- Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: the Tides of Time & Ecco: Defender of Earth’s Future [VG]
- Ergo Proxy [Anime]
- The Fifth Element [Film]
- Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core & Related Final Fantasy music
- Fingathing [Band]
- Folklore [Game]
- Ico [VG]
- Koudelka [VG]
- Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II [VG]
- Lost [TV]
- Ludovico Einaudi [Musician]
- Pendulum [Band]
- Puscifer [Band]
- Queen of the Damned Score [Film]
- Shadow of the Colossus [VG]
- Skindred [Band]
- Skinny Puppy [Band]
- Stardust [Film]
- Supernatural Score [TV]
- The Land Before Time [Film]
- Two Steps from Hell [Band]
- Underworld, Underworld: Evolution & Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [Film]
- Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines [VG]
- Vib Ribbon [VG]
FAQ
Q // Can you tell me where I can download [name of music here]?
Nope, sorry. While I can’t stop you stealing music off the Internet, I’m not about to support it by providing links. I will always look out for and provide links to any music that can be purchased (either through services such as iTunes or the good old-fashioned CD).
Q // Can you e-mail me a particular track/album?
Sorry, no. Again, I’ll provide purchase links, or you can look for the music yourself.
Q // Why haven’t you looked at [name of music here]?
The music I look it comes purely from my own experiences and discoveries. If I haven’t looked at something that seems blatantly obvious, chances are it’s just because I haven’t come across it.
Q // Will you look at [name of music here]?
If you have a suggestion, I’d be happy to hear it. Leave a comment below or contact me and I might check it out. Just bear in mind that music – like everything – is a matter of personal taste, and I will not talk about music that I don’t personally enjoy, as I would be unable to do it justice.
Q // So does this mean you’re not actually writing at the minute?
I am doing both. Now leave me alone.
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