Your Soundtrack

[Spookie Monster]

Try to imagine Star Wars without its soundtrack.

Go on.  I dare you.

Try to imagine Indiana Jones running, jumping, digging up artifacts, and making time with the babes -- in silence.  Try to imagine that freaky crab Sebastian in The Little Mermaid keeping his mouth shut.  Try to imagine Youngblood Priest hanging out without any music in the background.  Try to imagine Jaws stalking her prey unaccompanied by the angriest tuba in history.  Try to imagine Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace dancing in Jack Rabbit Slim's to nothing at all.

Now imagine that you're me trying to imagine your soundtrack.

When I read something that you've written, I hear nothing.  It's silent.  But you have a soundtrack of your own -- I know that you have a soundtrack of your own.  I can't hear it yet, granted, but I know that it exists.

Ladies and gentlemen, maidens and monsters, I'd love to learn about your soundtrack.

Therefore, I'm asking you to list the tunes that symbolize you and your life.  If you're a fan of vinyl, choose up to 52 minutes of songs for your LP and a single comprised of an A-side and a B-side.  If you prefer CDs, choose up to 80 minutes of songs.  (If you prefer 8-track tapes, please seek help.)  And if you're willing to detail why these specific tunes represent you, so much the better.

Help me hear you! :)

Spel

[Cherri Tart]

oh, this is brilliant - and, i think i'm going to take some time to think about it seriously and THEN make it a play list on my ipod. :D

[Sherona]

ooo same here :)

[Trieste]

I really don't think I need that many minutes. It'd be something like...


Ladies and gentlemen... Welcome to my moon base.

Don't worry, it's just for dancing with cute guys with long hair.

I'm a bit of a flirt and find myself easily tempted by things I can't have. Sometimes I forget myself and stick along for the ride, but only if I'm not in a predatory mood.

Sometimes I am on top, and sometimes I would rather have someone to worship. Really, though, it doesn't matter who runs the show as long as I remember that I love to watch it and I wouldn't change a damned thing about my life.

I do think quite a bit about what I want to do when I grow up but really I don't mind being one of the children for a while.

[Kazyth]

That, my dear, is made of awesome!

[Schwarzepard]

Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans (The seashore of Hereticat's mental landscape.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHxuOGBIebY&feature=related#

Funeral - Red Moon (Musical representation of most Heretikat conversation.)
Funeral - Red Moon

Manowar - Call to Arms (The one constant in existence is human evil.  Fight.)
300 - Manowar: Call to arms

Dream Evil - Back From The Dead (Unspoken opinion of those attending informal social events upon Heretikat's arrival.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kORqO6sEr3M#

Mojo Rib - You Need Rock (I in fact do.)
http://www.amazon.com/You-Need-Rock/dp/B0012LUI12

Planet Funk - Who Said (Heretikat retail slave theme.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lYeaf5XK4#noexternalembed

Alice Cooper - Vicious Young Man (Show me a person who has a deep loathing of humanity, and I will show you someone who works retail.)
(WARNING:  this Donnie Darko video is the only video of this song relevant to this list.  Other youtube videos of this song contain objectionable material and I don't recommend watching them.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAe54gAklY8#

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Riders on the Storm (Every once in a great while the odious get what they deserve.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYtIcg6-Rgw#

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Ghostriders in the Sky (Serving despicable masters for what seems like an eternity.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjCnWf-kEI&feature=related#

Dragonforce - Revolution Deathsquad (All rise for the Heretikat National Anthem.  Diced shit hors d'œuvres await in the lobby for those who decline.)
-UPDATE-Revolution Deathsquad-Dragonforce-(HQ)-Mp3 Download-

Excalion - Life on Fire (Fast the Heretikat rides, to his destiny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMR6zxoVLN8#

Black Majesty - Silent Company (There is truth within the lies, and Heretikat's time will come.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCHkue09EA#

Iron Fire - The Final Crusade (No comfort, no profit, no justice.  Perserverance for naught but pride that comes in hardship and refusal to capitulate to a despicable enemy.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnKzzqEr_ho#

Krokus - Russian Winter (As above.  No one is right, no one is wrong, no one seems to care.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJRJiuDfFeg#

Therion - Seawinds (The Heretikat reflection theme and requiem for stillborn inspiration.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpPrl0kGpw&feature=related#

Helloween - Just a Little Sign (Heretikat love theme.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAegHGGwru8&feature=related#

Within Temptation - Running Up That Hill (Heretikat love-goes-to-shit theme.)
Within Temptation - Running Up That Hill[PV]

Beseech - Illusionate (Beseech - Souls Highway is the Heretikat death theme.  It wasn't on youtube so Illusionate will have to do.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCcZkoTHjfY&feature=related#

[Lilias]

My initial list was long enough for a boxed set... After a lot of trimming, here's something close to the definitive version:

Jewel - Intuition (3:52)
Kate Bush - Love And Anger (4:37)
Kansas - On The Other Side (6:23)
Paradise Lost - Say Just Words (4:02)
Anastacia - Seasons Change (4:17)
Sydney Youngblood - Sit And Wait (3:48)
Belinda Carlisle - I Plead Insanity (4:11)
Fates Warning - Point Of View (5:07)
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (10:02)
Pandora's Box - It Just Won't Quit (6:39)
Scorpions - Media Overkill (3:33)
The Mission - Deliverance (6:06)
Yanni - Dance With A Stranger (4:59)
Epica - Chasing The Dragon (7:40)
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (3:46)

Total Playing Time 79:02

[Trieste]

I just added mine up out of curiosity and it went just a wee bit long at 81:28... not bad for someone who wasn't counting, but apparently I really did need ALL that time. :)

[Spookie Monster]

Thanks very much for the replies!  I find them interesting indeed.  Oh, and Cherri Tart, Sherona, please take as much time as you need -- I understand that it's quite a task!

Thanks again, everyone! :)

Spel

[WyldRanger]

This collection is very indicative of my nature (even if it is one that I made over 5 years ago it still fits)

1. A Cruel Angel's Thesis (Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme Song)
2. R.E.M. - Fall On Me
3. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4. Aeris' Theme from Final Fantasy VII
5. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Jam
6. Across the Stars (Love Theme from Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones)
7. Ava Maria
8. Tifa's Theme from Final Fantasy VII
9. R.E.M. - The One I Love (acoustic version)
10. Toad the Wet Sprocket - all right
11. End Title to The Empire Strikes Back
12. Final Fantasy VII Theme
13. Yoko Kanno - The Real Folk Blues (End Title to Cowboy Bebop)

[HairyHeretic]

It took a lot of effort to whittle my songs list down. However, here it is

1 - Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs37NSLy3z4 (the full version of the video)

2 - AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM

3 - Twisted Sister - I'll Never Grow Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPqdvd1J450 (music only)

4 - Avenue Q - The Internet is for Porn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TA57L0kuc (the stage show version)

5 - Helloween - I Want Out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjV8SHjHvHk

6 - Man'o'war - Blood Brothers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM5vDvi4mXY (music only)

7 - Peter Cetera - Glory of Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmSJDOVGIL8

8 - Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erPnyi90cIc (The S&M version - very low volume on this clip)

9 - Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D99n9f3vU4

10 - AC/DC - Sink the Pink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyA_BNIcIZ8

11 - Lordi - Who's Your Daddy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsOeBRY4mX8

12 - Dominion Tank Police - Puma Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Hy1GAvzcE

13 - E Nomine - Der Ring Der Niebelungen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypoXpFi_vQ (clip looks like Hellsing)

14 - KMFDM - Anarchy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avwxZX_pYXU

15 - Clawfinger - Truth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRjqx1bdSiA

16 - Pantera - Walk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZ9bL2WGBE

17 - Man'o'war - Army of the Dead, Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLG9RiGcX44 (It was the only one I could find)

18 - Man'o'war - Sleipnir

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6riVcUOl9Y (With the spoken intro)

19 - Heather Dale - Measure of a Man

Unfortunately I can't seem to find this one streamed anywhere, so here's just a link to the lyrics

http://lyricwiki.org/Heather_Dale:Measure_Of_A_Man

[Josietta]

I think soundtracks give a meaning to the soul of the film. The soul of my film would include something like this.

The sweet loving outer shell of a goddess that opens her arms to welcome you in. And as each person passes through they leave their own mark. The romance, the affection,the softness, and those devious stares. In the end you are left wondering, wishing, watching, waiting, and most of all, wanting for something to happen. In reality, it never ends. Its forever growing, winning you over, and leaving a sweet taste in your mouth. The feeling of warm breath on your skin, and a melody in your head that you cannot forgot. When you see it, you will always remember that one final melody, the one that is unwritten or the one I sing in your ear, whether its a good sound or not, you'd never forget it (should be lucky enough to have heard it from my lips).

1. Curly Sue - Takida  3:47
2. I Touch Myself - Divinyls  3:41
3. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground 3:06
4. Lips of an Angel - Hinder  4:17
5. I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick  3:43
6. Immortal - Evanescence  4:32
7. Head Over Feet - Alanis Morisette  4:33
8. Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield  3:47
9. Do I - Sung by Me 4:00 (no video available, only heard upon request or by special offer)

Total Time: 33:66
((I guess I just had to be different.. neither evil nor half.. somewhere in between? Not long enough for a vinyl or a cd..hrmm...))

[Josietta]

My initial list was long enough for a boxed set... After a lot of trimming, here's something close to the definitive version:

Jewel - Intuition (3:52)
Kate Bush - Love And Anger (4:37)
Kansas - On The Other Side (6:23)
Paradise Lost - Say Just Words (4:02)
Anastacia - Seasons Change (4:17)
Sydney Youngblood - Sit And Wait (3:48)
Belinda Carlisle - I Plead Insanity (4:11)
Fates Warning - Point Of View (5:07)
Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (10:02)
Pandora's Box - It Just Won't Quit (6:39)
Scorpions - Media Overkill (3:33)
The Mission - Deliverance (6:06)
Yanni - Dance With A Stranger (4:59)
Epica - Chasing The Dragon (7:40)
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten (3:46)

Total Playing Time 79:02

I just noticed we share a song! hehe

[Dawg]

.

• 8:30 - Racing in the Street ~ Bruce Springsteen / Darkness on the edge of Town / 1978
  
• 5:07 - Baba O'Riley ~ The Who  / Who’s Next  /  1971
  
• 6:41 - Spill the Wine ~ War  / Released as a single  /  1970
  
• 2:45 - Paranoid ~ Black Sabbath  / Paranoid  /  1970
  
• 5:53 - Iron Man ~ Black Sabbath  / Paranoid  /  1970
  
• 2:52 - Whammer Jammer ~ J Geils  Band / Live Full House  /  1972
  
• 9:34 - Celebrate Me  Home ~ Kenny Loggins / Celebrate Me Home  /  1976
  
• 2:27 - House at Pooh Corner ~ Kenny Loggins (Loggins and Messina) / Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy (Written By Kenny while in High School as a staff writer for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and released by them on this Album; Later as a single by Loggins and Messina)  /  1970
  
• 4:48 - Return to  Pooh Corner ~ Kenny Loggins  / Return to Pooh Corner  (He wrote a new verse for his son Luke  when he was born and re-released the song on this album | My son was born 1995)  /  1994
  It's hard to explain how a few precious things
  Seem to follow throughout all our lives
  After all's said and done I was watching my son
  Sleeping there with my bear by his side
  So I tucked him in, I kissed him and as I was going
  I swear that the old bear whispered "Boy welcome home"
  
• 2:40 - Oh Very Young (Dedicated to my Sister Kathy) ~ Cat Stevens  / Buddha and the Chocolate Box.  /  1974
  

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[Maeven]

It's a long time coming, but I've not forgotten... without further adieu... Maeven's soundtrack:

More often than not I'm reminded that you can't always get what you want but you get what you need.  When I don't get it, well then I'm left, at times, untanglin' my mind.  After that, you've just got to adopt a mellow mood.

I've been known to get whiskey bent and hell bound but I hope I make it up by making you comfortably numb.  If not, there's always control if you've figured me out...

At the end, I hope, I can truly say or someone can say about me... that regrets are few and I did it my way.

[OwenNo6]

My soundtrack could take days, even years, but I’ll give it a shot.

When you see the world from Behind Blue Eyes, you go through periods of vivid color, as Bold as Love, before things turn a Whiter Shade of Pale.  You sometimes experience Piece of Mind, if only In Dreams, only to come back to reality and find Nobody Home.

You go through that phase while you’re still Learning to Fly and your world revolves around Sex and Fast Cars.  You get the Funk out of bed every morning like you’re Cock of the Walk until you wake up one morning at the age of twenty-one and decide to go live the life of a Trooper.  You’re still Young enough to plan your nights around All Tomorrow’s Parties, even though every Sunday Morning is a bitch when you’re hung over.

After you’ve partied all those years away, you begin to seek Shelter against the elements that you fear will be your Undoing.  You hope someone will Sympathize with you and spend a few years in your company; in time, you begin to see this person Everywhere you go. 

And at the end of it all, when your Bones are weak and weary, just remind yourself one last time that All You Need is Love.

[jouzinka]

[noembed]First off, this topic is WONDERFUL, thank you so much for it, Spel.

OK, so I've got a little special CD, as it plays over an hour :) Also, I do love music and it varies in genre and I can say, that only songs, that I rarely fast forward, made it. I realized that even though I do have a vast collection of foreign music, I still listen to a lot of Czech music. I made a list of favourite songs, then I trimmed the Czech ones and this is what has left. :D

1. Kansas - Carry On My Wayward, Son - aka Supernatural fans' anthem

2. Elvis Presley - (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame - probably only for the sound, but what A sound

3. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark - you see, I have a sister, who's twelve years older than I. I sort of grew up on her hits and her heroes and Bruce was one of them.

4. Gloria Estefan - Hoy - for the Spanish ancestors I have, I guess. Lovin' almost everything of Gloria, but the line "Tengo una frase colgada entre mi boca y mi almohada, que me desnuda ante ti" in this song just gets me.

5. Shakira - Ojos Así - probably for the text and lines like "Le pido al cielo solo un deseo que en tus ojos yo pueda vivir" "The only thing I ask of heavens is that I could live in your eyes" in it, it's just so ingenious.

6. Apocalyptica feat. Ville Valo and Lauri Ylönen - Bittersweet - I'm a voice pervert and these two should be enough of an excuse. :D

7. Andrea Bocelli ft. Lara Fabian (or Hélène Ségara? this confuses the hell out of me) - Vivo Per Lei

8. Lara Fabian - Adagio in Italian - Adagio is a baroque composition of an Italian composer, Tomasso Albinoni, that has a certain, almost mythical, touch to it. It has various interpretations nowadays and I personally dig also the one of Cyprian soprano singer, Marilena Solomou.

9. Lara Fabian - Broken Vow - I doubt it is possible to paint, picture, describe or name feelings this song fills me with. Lara is my favourite singer of all time. She can put so much emotions to her texts and songs it sends chills down my spine.

10. The Complete Recordings, LotR soundrack - The Grace of Undómiel - I'm a "Learning-Elvish" level of LotR freak, so... don't even get me started. Because I may not be able to stop. ;D

11. Amanda Marshall - I Believe in You

12. Reamon - Tonight

13. Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last

14. Vaya Con Dios - What's A Woman

I don't really have anything special to say about the last four, but there they are. :) Yes, I do like classic music, I also like certain samples of rock, punk etc...[/noembed]

[Spookie Monster]

You're welcome indeed, jouzinka!  I'm pleased that you enjoyed it!

Thanks for all of the replies, everybody!

Spel

We played our songs...

[WyldRanger]

My Soundtrack....now updated....

Xana's Soundtrack 2009

Radiohead - High & Dry (4:18) Radiohead - High & Dry

Radiohead - There There (4:43) Radiohead - There There

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)  (4:13) radiohead street spirit

Stereophonics - I Could Lose You (3:26) I could Lose Ya

Roddy Womble - My Secret Is My Silence (3:53) Roddy Woomble: My Secret Is My Silence

Live - We Deal In Dreams (3:53) We deal in dreams

R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful (3:29) At my most beautiful - R.E.M.

Travis - Song to Self (3:54) Song To Self - Out Now!!

Idlewild - Once In Your Life (4:11) Suir Valley railway

Evanescence - Going Under (3:41) Evanescence -  Going Under

[Bayushi]

Akiko has a really varied taste in music, but you'll notice I tend to steer in certain directions with my musical choices.

I'll provide music according to “themes” where the music would be played.

For instance, Fight Scenes, Love Scenes, etc.

Fight Scenes:
Rammstein – Feur Frei

Anger/Rage:
Rammstein – Du Hast

Happiness/Joy:
Smashing Pumpkins – Today

Travelling/Running:
Pink Floyd – On the Run

Idle Time:
Pink Floyd – Time

Epic Scenes(Walking off into(or from) the Sunset-ish)
Moby – Everloving

Urgency:
The Offspring – TotalImmortal

Love/Romance:
Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty(Unplugged/Acoustic)

Sadness:
Evanescence - My Immortal

Varied Additional Music:
Juno Reactor – Conga Fury
Guns'n'Roses – You Could Be Mine
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

[Diabolus Lupus]

Blue County - Good Little Girls
She's Country
She's Not Just a Pretty Face
Whiskey Girl
Second Chance
You Learn
Redneck Woman
Gunpowder and Lead
She's a Hottie- I couldn't find a good video or lyrics for this one

Yep, lot's of country. I don't have the to to explain any of the songs right now but feel free to PM if you want.

[Moreth]

Alright, my tastes tend to vary wildly but I suppose everyone has the same problem.

Balmorhea - Settler

Smashing Pumpkins - Muzzle

Smashing Pumpkins - Galapagos

Tommy Gauthier and Antoine Dufour - Spiritual Groove

Andy Mckee - Africa (Toto Cover)

A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras

A Perfect Circle - The Outsider

The Fugees - Fu Gee La

Youngbloodz - 85

MGMT - Time to Pretend

Soulfly - Prophecy

Megadeth - Foreclosure of A Dream

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could you be Loved

Ulrich Schnauss - Suddenly the trees are giving

Ulrich Schnauss - Nothing Happens in June

Pendulum - Slam

State of Mind - Sun King

Sevendust - Black

Sevendust - Follow

Lo Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag

RedLight - Rock is Dead

Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip

Apocalyptica & Sandra Nasic - Path

Radiohead - Karma Police

Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Orbital - Halcyon & On & On

Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone

Sublime - Badfish

The Roots - The Seed 2.0

Seether - Truth

Seether - Fake It

Prodigy - Baby Has Got A Temper

Beck - Devils Haircut

Beck - Where It's At

Audioslave - Show Me How To Live

Audioslave - Like a Stone

Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun

Our Lady Peace - Naveed

Our Lady Peace - 4am

Our Lady Peace - Clumsy

Ultramagnetic MC's - Poppa Large


Eminence Symphony - Final Fantasy VII One Winged Angel

Outkast - Bombs over Baghdad

Outkast - Morris Brown [Ft Scar-Sleepy Brown]

Rage against the Machine - Killing in the name

Rage against the Machine - Freedom

Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada - Music Is Math

Chi-Lites - Are you my Woman ( tell me so )


Weird list! I could go on for days, but I figured just one of my playlists would do.

[Elektra]

The Cramps - Bikini girls with machine girls

Revolting Cocks - Da ya Thing I’m Sexy

Jamiroquai - Supersonic 

Benny Benassi - Satisfaction


Tricky - Overcome  

Radiohead - A Wolf at the Door  

David Bowie's - Space Oddity

Pixes - Been Trying to meet you

Suzanne Vega - Caramel

Al - Green - Lets stay together

Sam Cooke - A Change is going to come

Pusficer - 22:20  

Tool - Hooker with a penis 

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

[Trieste]

Bear in mind that there is a time limit, and that's part of the challenge. Anyone can describe themselves with hours and hours of music, but can you do to with just one album's worth?

[OneOfAKiind]

oooooh so into this!!! When I'm RPing, I almost always have songs playing in my head...I have no idea if I can narrow my life into one cd but I'm gonna try!!!


1. The Veronicas: Untouched (4:19)

2. Griffin House: Tell Me A Lie (4:33)

3. Greg Laswell: Sweet Dream (~1:00)

4. Bloc Party: Signs (5:46)

5: The Shins: New Slang (3:56)

6: Dashboard Confessional: Stolen (3:28)

7: Corpse Bride Soundtrack: Piano Duet (1:54)

8: Joseph Arthur: In the Sun (5:14)

9: Remy Zero: Yellow Light (~3:00)

10: Garbage: I'm Only Happy When It Rains (3:57)

11: the Killers: When You Were Young (5:22)

12: Children of Bodom: IN yOur Face (3:59) (*shiver* alexi laiho is sooo hotttt)

13: Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit (2:36)

14: Lucky Boys Confusion: Anything, Anything (3:53)

15: Scorpions: Rhythm of LOVE (3:39)

16: Tom Petty: It'll All WOrk Out (4:29)

17: Cute is What we Aim For: Curse of Curves (3:29)

18: Three Six Mafia: Lolly Lolly (4:19)

19: Sponge: Plowed (3:11)

20: Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (4:54)


total time..70:02. lonngggg!

[Elektra]

Bear in mind that there is a time limit, and that's part of the challenge. Anyone can describe themselves with hours and hours of music, but can you do to with just one album's worth?

It was hard but I kept mine under 55mins. I also made it into a playlist on my Itunes.
Thanks Ziggy Speldust for posting this. It was fun to do.

[Trieste]

Oooh, that was directed at Moreth, sorry! :)

I agree. Thanks, Spel. You're the best!

[Doomsday]

I believe the lead singer says it well when he screams "LET'S START THE PARTY AND GET FUCKING RIPPED"
Attila - One Night Stand (6:34)
Attila - One Night Stand

Maybe the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard. Right near the middle, elegant and complex acoustic melodies smack a wall of growling death metal head on.
Opeth - Hessian Peel (10:51)
Opeth - Hessian Peel

Drifting with little sense of direction...
Modest Mouse - World at Large (4:39)
Modest Mouse - World at Large lyrics

We've all been lonely...
Blink 182 - Carousel (2:40)
Blink 182 - Carousel

In this remixed wonder, classical piano meets modern rap. A beautiful song that teaches you to follow your heart.
Kanye West - I WONDER REMIX with Labi Siffre (6:10)
Kanye West - I WONDER REMIX with Labi Siffre

A Flashback to simpler times... when Linkin Park was good and I loved them.
Linkin Park - Live In Texas - Faint [HQ] (2:46)
Linkin Park - Live In Texas - Faint [HQ]

Everyone has their struggles... Here's where I deal with them.
"The Harder They Come" Jimmy Cliff (3:36)
"The Harder They Come" Jimmy Cliff

Technical Post-Hardcore at its' best... A story about being rejected at a rave, and of course, lots of xtc.
Enter Shikari - Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour (4:39)
Enter Shikari - Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour

A poem to myself... (In acoustic! Now I really want to learn this)
Taproot - Poem (3:02)
Taproot - Poem

The high point of the soundtrack. When listening to this, you can do no wrong! Everything is great.
Kanye West - We Major (7:28)
http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7579528&artistId=art.5015309

Simple... trust is the greatest gift someone can give you.
thrice - Trust - Live At The House Of Blues (3:40)
thrice - Trust - Live At The House Of Blues

Someday I hope my dreams come true... Because when I wake up, sometimes I wish I could have just dreamed a minute longer...
Young Jeezy- Dreamin (4:46)
Young Jeezy- Dreamin

The Fall of Troy-GhostShip pt.5 (5:48)
The Fall of Troy-GhostShip pt.5

And the conclusion... (Which is also the conclusion of Final Fantasy X, fitting I suppose)

Final Fantasy X Music - Ending Theme (5:27)
Final Fantasy X Music - Ending Theme

Well, at 71 minutes, 38 seconds, I think I put together a pretty good soundtrack, and rediscovered a few old gems in my musical library.

EDIT: I forgot arguably the best song, Part V of Fall of Troy's Ghostship Demo's.

[Sho]

Totally posting in this once I add up the times/get links to my songs. :) I love this idea!

[TheWriter]

I don't so much have a soundtrack that goes with my posts, as I do a soundtrack that goes with my gaming habit.  If I were to come up with a life soundtrack, it'd mostly be music to bust heads to.  Looking at it, it's a pretty varied selection; some I just have an affinity to the sound, with others I connect to the lyrics, some to both.

Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
Funky Dealer - Hideki Naganuma
Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
Hitotoshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (I'm Human, Therefore I'm Twisted) - Kenji Ohtsuki
Zessei Bijin (Unparalleled Beauty) - Ai Nonaka
Ultra - KMFDM
Red Fraction - Mell
BB Corps - Harry Gregson Williams (there are versions without the SFX, but this scene is too cool to pass up)
Around The World - Satoru Kosaki
Yet Oh See Mind - Capcom Sound Team
Salvas Nos - Kaida Yuriko
Furious Angels - Rob Dougan
Inner Universe - Origa
Epic - Faith No More
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
No One Sleep In Tokyo - Edo Boys
I'm An Asshole - Denis Leary
El Tango De Roxanne - Moulin Rouge
Devils Never Cry - Shootie HG

[Defiance]

I decided to write a little story to go along with all this. Since I found it amusing. The soundtrack of life should tell a story with lyrics. The narration is just there to string you along.

Still, here's the TL;DR/song list for the impatient or otherwise uninterested!

T.I. - Act III (The Confrontation) (1:50)
Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar (5:35)
Big Wreck - Overemphasizing (8:00)
NoFX - Fun Things to Fuck (1:16)
Ice Cube - Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It (5:24)
Big Wreck - Mistake (5:09)
Chamillionaire - Middle Finger Up (3:53)
Flogging Molly - What's Left of the Flag (4:09)
T.I. - What Up, What's Haapnin' (5:04)
T.I. - Tell 'Em I Said That (4:58)
Wax - Music and Liquor (5:55)
Esthero - Superheroes (3:58)
Chamillionaire - Outro (3:11)
Total time: 58:36

[Editor's Note: Upon rereading this the author in me realizes that my tenses are all over the place. It's rather sloppy. But then, it's 8:30 in the morning... lets just say I was awake when the sun rose yesterday too.]

The soundtrack for me and my life...

Well, I'll have to give you a little story for that.

This story features two main characters; a Gentleman and a Bastard. Heh, they're more than just monikers to make myself seem all mysterious. Fact of the matter is, in real life, the battle between Gentleman and Bastard is fought on a daily basis. But the distinction between the two wasn't realized until much later.

As a boy, he got into many fights. So he learned to cool his temper, and as he grew, he learned to bottle it better. As a result, his patience evolved till he often felt like he understood mountains. However there was rarely a time to open the bottle. And so with its contents, its capacity also grew. Till it turned out that he was pretty chill all the time.

Amidst every crowd of people, he was always there. And through these people, he learned many things. In fact, he continues to do so till this day. However, seeking himself even then, he decided he was going to build himself up as a man that would mirror all of his heroes. As that great man, he would succeed at life. Of course, a great man, needs a great woman.

Needless to say, he was a little naive.

But he bounced back regardless. After all, that's what everyone else does, right? But then he started giving a listen to what else other people had to say. He listened, he observed, he experienced, and it was all of those things that helped him make up his own mind. If the world was going to turn its back on him, he would turn his back on the world.

Still... the system is all encompassing. The influences so subtle, so vast. If he was going to get through it, he would do it his own way. He created a name for himself, Defiance Black.

The man that nothing in life could wound, con, or catch.

Defiance Black looked the way the young man wanted to look and fucked the way the young man wanted to fuck. He was smart, capable, and free in all the ways the young man was not.

With this pseudo-Tyler Durden, he would survive.

Unfortunately, being a little less naive than before didn't stop him from making terrible mistakes.

When he sat down and looked at the world in its entirety, he thought of the dreams he had dared to hope for and slowly build up towards. He reflected on how the world saw fit to knock his building blocks over at any point along the process of success.

Every captain is a king aboard his own ship. So he decided he was going to set sail. If there was no port of call that would suit his fancy, he would explore life on his own until he found one that did. He would do things his own way... again.

However, there was no failing this time.

He would make sure of it by letting go of everything. He would miss the important people in his life, but it was the women he would miss the most. For, while knowing more than his fair share, he only kept to a very small few. But they too had to be let go.

To plot this new course; to see himself through; and to have his own ship so that he could claim the title of Captain and be a king where ever he went; he gave himself a reminder...

We must mark this moment in time.

It was this moment in time, that the Bastard became it's own half that would not go unrecognized. No matter where, with a very Jack Sparrow sway to his step, a smile on his face, the Bastard greeted one and all the same.

It wasn't all happiness and fun times. Not at all. There were still many things he had to deal with, many things he had to learn and many people he would find out weren't real at all. His own experiences combined with his own observations until his faith in people diminished to nothing. It came to a point where the only company he was ever happy with was himself.

And that's where he is right now.

Passing time between the superheroes. Between them, because it was only when he stopped trying to aspire to greatness that he actually found peace. It was only once he stopped believing. It was only once he let go.

The Gentleman is still around. He socializes on E all the time. He's only really eclipsed by the Bastard every now and then. Okay, maybe a little more than every now and then.

Fact of the matter is, it's the Bastard who runs much of the show these days.

And while he drifts through life between the cracks of all the things he used to believe in, he plots his master stroke.

[Sho]

The soundtrack for my life would probably be pretty upbeat, but...here goes. Also, it would probably be mostly in Japanese.

1. Vanilla (4:09) - Gackt
2. Everything - Arashi
3. Bad - Michael Jackson
4. Glamorous Sky (4:26)- Mika Nakashima
5. Pretty Girl (3:18) - L'arc-en-Ciel
6. At Last (3:02) - Etta James
7. Part of Your World (3:15) - Jodi Benson
8. Evanescent (4:28) - Vamps
9. Eden (5:00) - Janne da Arc
10. White Eyes (3:45) - Gackt
11. Fuminshou no Nemurihime (3:39) - Miyavi
12. Love Addict (4:03) - Vamps
13. Sugar (feat. Wynter) (4:12) - Flo Rida
14. The Cape of Storms (5:45) - Hyde
15. Pure Eyes (4:47) - Yuna Ito

[Spookie Monster]

Thank you for all of the cool new soundtracks, everybody!  Some really interesting revelations.  And thanks for the thoughtful words, too, Supersonic, Trieste, and Sho -- I'm very pleased that you find the idea worthwhile!

Spel

Can you hear me?

[Oreo]

The Early Years :), They were pretty much bright and cheeful.
Filled with youthful dreams; most certainly built on castles in the air.
My nickname?... Rainbow.

Jason Castro Somewhere Over The Rainbow American Idol Top 8

There was that first sweet tender love, where my great hopes and dreams were suspended.
But at the end of the day, love's illusions shattered, and the painful realization that there was
only so much self sacrifice I could make in order to hold love together.
Patching together the pieces of my broken heart, I moved on.

Jim Croce - Lovers Cross - BBC



   

Guess that it was bound to happen Was just a matter of time But now Ive come to my decision And its a-one of the painful kind cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr Just a regular guy wouldnt do But baby I cant hang upon no lovers cross for you

You really got to hand it to ya cause girl you really tried But for every time that we spent laughin There were two times that I cried And you were tryin to make me your martyr And thats the one thing I just couldnt do cause baby, I cant hang upon no lovers cross for you

cause tables are meant for turnin And people are bound to change And bridges are meant for burnin When the people and memories they join arent the same

Still I hope that you can find Another who can take what I could not He'll have to be a super guy Or maybe a super god cause I never was much of a martyr before And I aint bout to start nothin new And baby, I cant hang upon no lovers cross for you                      ~Jim Croce

Then there came the pain of a loved one snatched away; the death of my mate.
Though our few years were full of pain, the anguish of permanent separation
remained to slice deeply into my heart.

~°CloudxYuna - Tears of an Angel°~



   

Cover my eyes Cover my ears Tell me these words are a lie It cant be true That I'm losing you The sun cannot fall from the sky Can you hear heaven cry Tears of an angel

Stop every clock Stars are in shock The river will flow to the sea I wont let you fly I wont say goodbye I wont let you slip away from me Can you hear heaven cry Tears of an angel

So  hold on Be strong Everyday on we'll go I'm here, dont you fear Little one dont let go Cover my eyes Cover my ears Tell me these words are a lie. ~RyanDan

I wasn't always the tender hearted woman I am today.
With death came great introspection and soul searching.
The years where I found myself.
Knowing, where I wanted to go, who I wanted to be.
The struggle to get there, casting off the refuse of my character.
The years when I learned to love unconditionally.

KD Lang - Hallelujah



   

Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah... Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you To a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before I know this room, I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you. I've seen your flag on the marble arch Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah There was a time you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show it to me, do you? And remember when I moved in you The holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah                              ~Leonard Cohen

Finally a time of joy. I found my best friend.
*winks* our first dates were spent watching my entire StarGate dvd collection.
Married 5 years now.

Whenever I Call You Friend



   

Whenever I call you friend, I begin to think I understand Anywhere we are, you and I have always been, forever and ever I see myself within your eyes, and thats all I need to show me why Everything I do always takes me home to you, ever and ever now I know my life has given me more than memories, day by day, we can see In every moment theres a reason to carry on

Sweet loves showin us a heavenly light, never seen such a beautiful sight See love glowin on us every night, I know forever well be doin it right Whenever I call you friend, I believe Ive come to understand Everywhere we are, you and I were meant to be, forever and ever I think about the times to come, knowin I will be the lucky one And ever our love will last, I always want to call you friend.                                        ~ Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks

Illness enters. I struggle each day, focused on not giving in to despair and depression.
As my world continues to spin, I find surcease here on E.
This is dedicated to my RP partners.
You make my days seem lighter, and transport me to the fantastic.

Wind beneath my wings



   

It must have been cold there in my shadow, To never have sunlight on your face. You were content to let me shine, thats your way. You always walked a step behind. So I was the one with all the glory, While you were the one with all the strain. A beautiful face without a name for so long. A beautiful smile to hide the pain. Did you ever know that you're my hero, And everything I would like to be? I can fly higher than an eagle, For you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed, But Ive got it all here in my heart. I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it. I would be nothing without you. Did you ever know that youre my hero? Youre everything I wish I could be. I could fly higher than an eagle, For you are the wind beneath my wings. Did I ever tell you youre my hero? Youre everything, everything I wish I could be. Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle, For you are the wind beneath my wings, cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

For my White Knight; my special friend who is always there.
You lift my spirits, and fulfill 'my' fantasies.
Thank you for renewing my dreams.

Final Fantasy Heroes (VII/X) - Holding out for a hero



   

Where have all the good men gone And where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise hercules To fight the rising odds? Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night toss and turn and dream of what I need Somewhere after midnight In my wildest fantasy Somewhere just beyond my reach There's someone reaching back for me Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above Out where the lightning splits the sea I would swear that there's someone somewhere Watching me ..Through the wind and the chill and the rain And the storm and the flood I can feel his approach Like the fire in my blood I need a hero! I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life.

Then there are the times when I know I should probably not be indulging myself here.
The fantasies swirl me further into the vortex, but I can't seem to say Farewell.

Avantasia & Sharon den Adel - the metal opera(1) - farewell



   

[Gabriel] Days had come, winters had gone, and we gamboled like siblings in Paradise. I was your knight, holding you tight as a brother when I saw your crying eyes. Time went by and we had to say goodbye. Staring up to the clouds above Children - so little and sad. Hoping the saints could help one day Lead us together again. Holding the key to the alley of dreams still in hands. Time telling me to say farewell but I knew that I would fight hell and I knew: We will go for another time we can see, for another time we'll be free, for no more farewell.

[Anna] Stepbrother tell me where have you been when they brought me to this godforsaken place. Sign of the cross - they took me away for healing with herbs by the way of grace. Now I wait for the day to feed the flames.

[Gabriel] I have been caught in a cage of despair. My heart as a monk's cell so empty and bare. But no holy water can make me forget you again... Time telling me to say farewell but I knew that I would fight hell and I knew: We will go for another time we can see, for another time we'll be free, for no more farewell.

[Lugaid] No farewell could be the last one. If you long to meet again...                               ~Avantasia

[Queen Be Damned Sheiba]

My Soundtrack is all the songs that have gotten me through rough times, and then a few songs that are just kick ass in my book.

Fallout Boy - Golden

Shinedown - .45

Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim

Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

Evanescence - Whisper

Gun N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

...well that covers it for the moment...of wait, one more...

Shinedown - What A Shame

And being that it;s only six songs, it definitly fits the time constrants

[Cysma]

You know what this reminded me of? In John Steinbeck's short novel The Pearl, the main character is mentioned to hear different "songs" in his head related to the situation, like a song about his family, and a song for the titular pearl, which gets reprised a few times as it goes from bringing hope to sowing discord over the course of the story. If The Pearl were ever adapted into a film, these songs could make up the soundtrack!

[Queen Be Damned Sheiba]

awesomeness ^^

[Thufir Hawat]

I don't think this will help anyone to "hear my soundtrack". It helped me see something about myself and music, though, so it wasn't just lost time >:)!

Rage Against The Machine: Know Your Enemy
http://www.youtube.com/v/4smim2MNvF8&hl=en_GB&fs=1&#
That's a good advice. Practice it diligently! :P

Voltaire/and Richard FTW!/ - "When you're evil"
http://www.youtube.com/v/blXBGkQpSVc&hl=en_GB&fs=1&#
Self-explanatory

Bill Evans - Beautiful Love
Bill Evans - Jazz Piano Workshop - Beautiful Lov

One Is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night
One Is the Loneliest Number for Three Dog Night (lyrics and download)

Manowar - My spirit lives on!
http://www.youtube.com/v/k0CUMVwWNGw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&#

Black Eyed Peas - Hey mama!
Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama



Ice T - 99 problems
Ice T - 99 Problems
The man speaks truth!

Love Hurts - Nazareth
love hurts Lyrics

Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love?
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackeyedpeasvideo?blend=1&ob=4#p/f/12/ucRzVGSgCgs

Incubus - Love hurts
Incubus - Love hurts [with lyrics]

Black Eyed Peas - Karma
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackeyedpeasvideo?blend=1&ob=4#p/f/5/lhQSMWiwAeA

Black Eyed Peas - Don't Lie
http://www.youtube.com/user/blackeyedpeasvideo?blend=1&ob=4#p/f/8/WbJNkH-pDd8

HAMMERFALL - Last Man standing
Hammerfall - Last Man Standing

Manowar - Die With Honor
Manowar - Die With Honor [ AMV ]

Tears in Rain - Blade Runner Final Cut
http://www.youtube.com/v/YOphFl88U-g&hl=en_GB&fs=1&#
Technically not a song, but what better way to finish a playlist?

[Exneal]

Ladies and gentlemen...

The Introduction
Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen (+ Lyrics)

The Rise
Ill Bill - White Nigger [Prod. Ill Bill]

The Journey
The Blues Brothers - Peter Gunn Theme

The Entrance
Gangstarr- Full Clip

The Fight
Godsmack - Changes

The Truth
Rage Against The Machine feat. Cypress Hill - How I Could Ju

The Beggining of The End
Dub Pistols - Six Million Ways To Live

The End
NOFX - The Decline (Lasts 18 minutes so I can't show it to you)