Music To Write Novels By: Soul Reaver (Legacy of Kain)

(Best thing about this post? You can download ALL this music LEGITIMATELY right here.) My introduction to the Legacy of Kain series was with the PlayStation game, Soul Reaver. It was a dark, atmospheric third person adventure game, with the usual block-moving puzzles made most popular by Crystal “Tomb Raider” Dynamics. But by far the …

Music to Write Novels By: The Queen of the Damned Score & Soundtrack

With the mindset of “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything”, I’ll keep my opinions on the 2002 filmĀ brief. Suffice to say, it was a film with flaws, poorly-adapted characters with little to no faithfulness to the books (books plural – Queen of the Damned was an amalgamation of Anne Rice’s book of …

Music to Write Novels By: Final Fantasy VII & Related Soundtracks

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 …

Music to Write Novels By: Shadow of the Colossus Soundtrack

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 …

Music to Write Novels By: American McGee’s Alice & Alice: Madness Returns

Image Sauce 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 …

Music to Write Novels By: An Introduction & Index

Skip to the List 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. …