Sorrows’ Master – The Playlist

Here’s the playlist that I often listen to while writing the Sorrows Chronicles. I wanted to share this bit of inspiration with you so you can dance along with the figments and me. This playlist will be updated periodically, most likely. I’ll also include it in my next #urbanfantasy books. 🙂

• So far: 66 Songs, 293 Minutes. Songs are all available on iTunes.
• I picked some of these songs because they reminded me of particular events or characters in the stories. Others I just picked out a mood or theme. Genres include classical-type movie soundtrack music, trance, dance, electronica, goth, and pop. You don’t have to listen to them in this order, but it won’t hurt if you do. J
• Oh yes. There may be mild spoilers in here.

On to the Playlist:

I’m Not Dead, P!nk, I’m Not Dead
–Alex especially, as he manages to be almost-dead more often than he would like

Hotel California, The Eagles, Hotel California             
–It’s just the way the Coven works; mentioned in the books

Wicked Ways, Garbage, Garbage 2.0

All You Zombies, The Hooters, Nervous Night Temptation Waits, Garbage, Garbage 2.0
–Yes, vampires

Deception (Original English Version), Cruxshadows, Frozen Embers
–More vamps

Mercy on Me, Christina Aguilera, Back to Basics
­–Alex sings a version of this

Gods and Monsters, Lana Del Rey, Paradise
–Because we have lots of both

The Angry River (from soundtrack of HBO’s True Detective, Season One ), The Hat
–Dark, dark, dark times

Radioactive, Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
–Alex, in Sorrows’ Knights

Demons, Imagine Dragons, Night Visions
–Ian in Sorrows’ Knights

Straight for the Knife, Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear
–Hello again, Ian!

Chandelier, Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear

Beautiful, Goldfrapp, Number 1 EP
–Ian should have been dancing to this when Mike first saw him

Find Yourself (feat. Sarah Howells), John O’Callaghan, Trance World 7
–Very Michael Kaminski

Bulletproof (Dave Aude Cherry Remix), La Roux, Bulletproof Remixes

Titanium (feat. Sia), David Guetta, Nothing But the Beat 2.0

In the Dark, Tiesto feat. Christian Burns

Can You Love Me Again, Noah Stuck, I Like Girlfriends & Co. Full Power
–Mike for Ian

Find Yourself (tyDi Remix) feat. Sarah Howell, John O’Callaghan, Never Fade Away/The Remixes
–Because this is a nice variation

In My Arms (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit), Plumb, In My Arms/The Remixes
–Dolores for Alex, and in later books, Alex for his children

 Angel on My Shoulder (EDX’s Belo Horizonte At Night Remix), Kaskade, Club Anthems

Baby When the Light (feat. Cozi), David Guetta, Pop Life (Extended Version)[Bonus Version]

Bang My Head (feat. Sia), David Guetta, Listen (Deluxe Version)

Surreal, John O’Callaghan, Never Fade Away (Bonus Track Version)

Hooligan Spirit, Hybrid, I Choose Noise

First of the Year (Equinox), Skrillex, More Monsters and Sprites

Master of Tides, Linsdsey Stirling, Shatter Me
–for our Elfy friends

First of the Year, Tufstrings, Tufstrings EP

Mona Lisa Overdrive, Juno Reactor, Labyrinth
–Alex in Sorrows’ Knights

Sarabande, Escala, Escala
–Sorrows, the god, in Her majestic moments

Moonlight Sonata, E.S. Poshumus, Makara
–Alex, because, Beethoven! Also a nice rendition of it.

Homecoming, Thomas Bergesen, Illusions
–Sword-bearer coming home from war…

Super Strength, Two Steps from Hell, Invincible
–Sword-bearers in millennia past

Immortal, Thomas Bergesen, Illusions
–For Dolores and the Master of Wisdom

Protectors of the Earth, Two Steps from Hell, Invincible
–Because, Sorrows is that

The Ancients, Two Steps from Hell, Classics, Volume 1
–To all our Ancients who participate in the stories

Am I Not Human?, Two Steps from Hell, Invincible
–Alex frequently wonders this

Lucretia, My Reflection, The Sisters of Mercy, Floodland
–Because, gothy

Falling Down, Hybrid, I Choose Noise
–Way early spoiler for Trent, beyond Book 5

The Bells, I:Scintilla, Havestar

Severine, Ego Likeness, The Order of the Reptile

Behind Blue Eyes, Limp Bizkit, Results May Vary
–For our blue-eyed Bad Men… sort of.

Try, P!nk, The Truth About Love

Running Up That Hill, Track and Field, Running Up That Hill, Single

Holding Out for a Hero, Bonnie Tyler, Footloose, (15^th Anniversary Collectors’ Edition)
–Because, hero! And it’s fun and cheesy.

Smalltown Boy, Bronski Beat, The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and the Communards
–Surely you know this Gay anthem? I was thinking of Ian leaving home all alone.

I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor, Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive: The Anthology
–For Ian’s Dad, in Sorrows’ Conjurors

What Can I Say, Brandi Carlisle, Brandi Carlisle

Save Me, Remy Zero, The Golden Hum

Where Is My Mind, Mindy Jones, Under the Covers – EP
–We frequently ask this, here in Palmers Rest

In the Air Tonight, Mindy Jones, Under the Covers – EP

Mysterious Ways, U2, Achtung Baby
–Dolores has these

Bleeding Out, Imagine Dragons, Night Visions

Extraordinary Way (feat. Jane), Conjure One, Extraordinary Ways
–Alex’s mates, to Alex, especially Kerry and Ian

Defiant, VNV Nation, Of Faith, Power and Glory

Marchin’ On, OneRepublic, Waking Up

Secrets, OneRepublic, iTunes Session

I Lived, OneRepublic, Native

I Saved the World Today, Eurythmics, Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection

Tomorrow Never Knows, Carla Azar & Alison Mosshart, Sucker Punch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

God’s Whisper, Raury, Indigo Child EP

Titanium (Gregori Klosman Remix) [feat. Sia], David Guetta, Titanium Remixes [feat. Sia]

Breakeven (Falling to Pieces), The Script, The Script

Dangerous (feat. Sam Martin), David Guetta, Listen (Deluxe Version)
–Julian, for Ian in Sorrows’ Conjurors