forum Does your book/story need a soundtrack? Say no more

Started October 06, 2020 by @LittleRiver local_movies

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Omg YES I have some perfect songs. I’ll start putting your list together!

aaa i cant wait!! i'm horrible at doing things like this lmao, so thank you!!!

Small Town Vibes:

• Ooh La La — Faces
• *There She Goes — The La’s
• California Stars — Billy Bragg & Wilco
• *Thirteen — Big Star
• *New Slang — The Shins
• Jolene — Great Caesar
• *North Carolina — Little Chief
• Barcelona — George Ezra

“Chaotic” Teens: (These give me more a vibe of like… summer night rebellion idk what to name it)

• *When U Love Somebody — Fruit Bats
• Rhythm & Blues — The Head and the Heart
• *Unbelievers — Vampire Weekend
• Astrovan — Mt. Joy
• First — Cold War Kids
• *Fool in the Rain — Led Zeppelin
• *Summertime — The Mowgli’s
• *Silver Lining — Mt. Joy
• San Francisco — The Mowgli’s
• Sons & Daughters — The American Spirit

Mystery Boys:

• *Meet Me in the Woods — Lord Huron
• *Shadow Wind — Dotan
• ***You Would Have to Lose Your Mind — The Barr Brothers
• Don’t Say — LULLANAS
• ***Welcome Rain — Morningsiders

No Category Dudes That I Still Believe Fit The Atmosphere:

• 42 — Mumford & Sons
• Wander. Wonder. — The Arcadian Wild
• Blind Leading the Blind — Mumford & Sons

_{Again, friends with a “*” fit best. The others are there just … cuz.}

Could I inquire about a playlist? (It took me a long while to chose which story in the making to choose but I've got one now!)

A summary: (I don't really have the story yet but-)
There are illegal backalley gangs that exist to survive. Each one is basically a cult because they have some form of spirit or god that they get magic from. But they can't use the magic themselves (mostly) and put it into animals instead. The type of animal depends on the gang but they are mostly dogs. The gang keeps these animals to use in fights and other crimes (which the animals do willingly btw)

Basically a boy who isn't in a gang but lives in the backalleys finds himself a dog that already has magic and he finds out he can speak to animals. He gathers some other people from the backalleys and they decide to start their own gang and they have to figure out how to do it with out a patron spirit/god.

Vibe: 'Punk, dystopian pokémon', spooky alley vibes, running from the cops, surviving on your own, teenage angst, animal companions, making your own family, cults, gangs

I want to give people feels as well as not all characters will survive

If you need any more details, let me know, I'm not the best at narrowing down my stories

(Oh oh oh yes this is right up my alley, pun intended)

Grungy Angst Swagger Friends:

• *Wanted Man — Royal Deluxe
• **Raise Hell — Dorothy
• *Jungle — X Ambassadors
• *Hot Blood — KALEO
• Riverbottom — Jonathan Tyler
• *LUCKY PENNY — JD McPherson
• Call Me Devil — Friends in Tokyo
• **Thank God I’m Not You — Himalayas
• Low Lays the Devil — The Veils
• **DON’T BRING THAT TROUBLE — NEEDTOBREATHE
• Horns — Bryce Fox
• **Cops — NEEDTOBREATHE
• Come with Me Now — KONGOS
• *Heavy Is the Head — Zac Brown Band
• **Gypsy Woman — Jonathan Tyler
• *White Lines — Bones Owens

Sadder/Slower/Feels Dudes:

• Mercy — Lewis Capaldi
• Cringe — Matt Maeson
• *Straight Razor — Matt Maeson
• *Fly Away With Me — Tom Walker
• Feel Good — Matt Maeson
• Glory — Dermont Kennedy
• Way down We Go — KALEO
• Power Over Me — Dermont Kennedy
• Shakin’ Off The Rust — The Blue Stones

Upbeat (Still Angst) Friends:

• Money — Oh The Larceny
• *GREAT NIGHT — NEEDTOBREATHE
• **Hallucinogenics — Matt Maeson
• Fire — Barns Courtney
• **Grave Digger — Matt Maeson
• Young & Free — Dermont Kennedy
• *Troublemaker — Devon Gilfillian
• River — Bishop Briggs

_{Songs with the “*” fit best :D — Still don’t have a reason for the others, they’re just there.}

If you have the time, I would love if you could make a playlist for my story!

So it's about a boy and his little sister who get taken and transformed into mutants by this scientist who also belongs to a cult. They were made into mutants so that they could begin WWIII by assassinating people in powerful positions such as queens, kings, presidents, representatives, etc. and create chaos and havoc. This will allow a certain cult to rise up to power and become a new beacon of hope to this "new world". Pretty much, the majority of the story is a competition for power and full of deception and schemes against everyone.

Vibes: Bada*s, dark, powerful, sly, dangerous, mysterious, sophisticated in a way that's still dark, villainous and deception.

Also, because there is a bit of torture and lots of death, maybe some sadder kind of songs that seem angry but sad. This might be hard to find, but if you could that would be amazing!

Thank you in advance! I checked out other songs you listed and the songs fit the vibes so well and you seem very talented in the musical area and it's super impressive!

Slower Sinister Ominous Dudes:

• Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight — Doug Hoyer
• *Atlas: Sorrow — Sleeping At Last
• *NFWMB — Hozier
• Writer In The Dark — Lorde
• *In The Woods Somewhere — Hozier
• House of the Rising Sun — Lauren O’Connell
• ***Devil’s Playground — The Rigs
• Start a War — Klergy
• Harsh Realm — Widowspeak

Angry/Mad/Sick Songs:

• *Play With Fire — Sam Tinnesz
• Atlas: Anger — Sleeping At Last
• *Twisted — MISSIO
• Glory And Gore — Lorde
• **A Little Wicked — Valerie Broussard
• **Wicked Ones — Dorothy
• ***Scars — Boy Epic

Upbeat But With Issues:

• Bottom of the River — Delta Rae
• *Dinner & Diatribes — Hozier
• **Bedroom Hymns — Florence & The Machine
• Be — Hozier
• The Devil Within — Digital Daggers

Epics Adjacent (They build up well):

• *Earth — Sleeping At Last
• Big God — Florence & The Machine
• *Devil Devil — MILCK
• *Black Magic Woman — VCTRYS

Wildcards:

• Talk — Hozier
• Me and the Devil — Soap&Skin
• Become the Beast — Karliene
• *Man or a Monster — Sam Tinnesz (Ft. Zayde Wølf)

_{(Bro’s marked with a “*” are the good good. Others are there because River still does not have a reason—)}

Here’s what I have so far! If you’d like any more of a certain category, let me know!