All of my books have an unofficial soundtrack, because I’m always connecting songs I hear to the stories in my head, and listening to them helps inspire me throughout the various stages of the writing process. You can listen to my unofficial soundtrack for A Mortal Song<\/em> here on my website<\/a>. I wanted to share a little about how certain songs fit into the story for me.<\/p>\n Note: Vague spoilers if you haven’t yet read the book.<\/p>\n “Evolution” by Ayumi Hamasaki<\/strong> has always been Song<\/em>‘s theme song, as it were. I used to picture it playing over an anime TV-show style opening featuring the characters and scenes from the book. It’s got a high energy vibe that suits that story’s action, and many of the lyrics fit Sora’s emotional journey (translation from PrimeNova<\/a>):<\/p>\n “With your own two eyes “We’ve arrived on this kind of world. “Magic” by Ben Folds Five<\/strong> is the love theme from Keiji’s point of view, because to him Sora is<\/em> magic. It was always playing in my head during the night scene where Sora dances apart from the kami:<\/p>\n “saw you last night “You Picked Me” by A Fine Frenzy<\/strong> is the love theme from Sora’s point of view. After feeling she is\u2014and must be\u2014second to Chiyo in everyone’s eyes, having someone see her as powerful and desirable helps her recognize the value in herself and accept the feelings for him she doesn’t totally understand. And it’s seeing his willingness to put her first that allows her to accept his accidental betrayal.<\/p>\n “Like an apple on a tree “You got me, Finally, “Hello Another Way” by The Brilliant Green<\/strong> makes a perfect ending theme. It looks both backward to connections formed and forward to a hopeful future, acknowledging the uncertainty of what lies ahead but appreciating being in this spot all the same (translation from AnimeLyrics<\/a>):<\/p>\n “Sing\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0beautiful\u00a0summer\u00a0which\u00a0had\u00a0just\u00a0blossomed\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0phantom\u00a0darkness.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I\u00a0reach\u00a0out\u00a0a\u00a0hand\u00a0to\u00a0my\u00a0dream. “For\u00a0it’s\u00a0because\u00a0of\u00a0you\u00a0that\u00a0I’ve\u00a0managed\u00a0to\u00a0come\u00a0this\u00a0far. All of my books have an unofficial soundtrack, because I’m always connecting songs I hear to the stories in my head, and listening to them helps inspire me throughout the various stages of the writing process. You can listen to … Continue reading
\nplease decide the worth of this place.
\nDo it with your own standards.”<\/p>\n
\nSomehow I’m very happy
\nsomehow it hurts a lot.”<\/p>\n
\ndance by the light of the moon
\nstars in your eyes
\nfree from the life that you knew”<\/p>\n
\nHiding out behind the leaves
\nI was difficult to reach
\nBut you picked me”<\/p>\n
\nSearched the sand
\nAnd climbed the tree
\nAnd brought me back down”<\/p>\n
\nThough\u00a0it’s\u00a0still\u00a0far\u00a0away,\u00a0I\u00a0want\u00a0to\u00a0believe
\nThat\u00a0someday\u00a0it\u00a0will\u00a0surely\u00a0come\u00a0true.<\/span>”<\/p>\n
\nI’m\u00a0so\u00a0glad\u00a0we’ve\u00a0met.<\/span>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"