{"id":3074,"date":"2019-04-03T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2019-04-03T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T08:30:48","slug":"soundtracks-to-write-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=3074","title":{"rendered":";soundtracks to write to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3080\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/soundtracks-to-write-to.png\" alt=\"soundtracks to write to\" width=\"1010\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is April, and that means Camp NaNoWriMo. Are you taking part?<\/p>\n<p>While I am taking part this year, once again, I&#8217;ve set my sights low because with a toddler running around the house, and taking on more responsibility at work, I know I won&#8217;t be able to write as much as I want to. Hopefully once the little one starts her play school, I&#8217;ll be able to add some writing to my routine.<\/p>\n<p>But that is not what this post is about. This post is about some of my favourite soundtracks* to write to! I try to make playlists for every individual story I write &#8211; follow me on Spotify and you can probably find them &#8211; but sometimes, I just want a little instrumental mood music when I&#8217;m stuck with scenes.<\/p>\n<p>I went through a phase of time when I was writing to &#8220;Non-Stop&#8221; from <em>Hamilton<\/em> on repeat, and sometimes I still go back to that, but these are other soundtracks that also get words on the page.<\/p>\n<h5>*All of these soundtracks can be found on Spotify because FREE!<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2836 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/earphones.jpg\" alt=\"earphones\" width=\"520\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/earphones.jpg 520w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/earphones-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Pacific Rim<\/em> soundtrack is EPIC. Have you heard it? It gets the blood pumping, it&#8217;s addictive &#8211; it is the perfect background for when you want to write fast-paced scenes and fight scenes. It sets the mood for a lot of sci-fi stories, and maybe even car chases, if you&#8217;re writing that. The <em>Uprising<\/em> soundtrack is also great, but I love the original more. Put both together for a long playlist, and you&#8217;re just going to be writing away for a while, I think.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes, when I&#8217;m writing fantasy &#8211; which is very rare these days &#8211; I like to play the <em>Hobbit<\/em> soundtrack in the background. It&#8217;s a little more meandering as compared, there are some tracks that are appropriately eerie and melancholy, and it is great for establishing scenes and relationships.<\/li>\n<li>I have recently fallen in love with the <em>King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword<\/em> soundtrack. And no, it doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with Charlie Hunnam. Much. But honestly, it&#8217;s a mix of great music to write action to, and eerie music to write the establishing scenes for Betrayal and Angst.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other soundtracks that are pretty good for writing, but I would mix them up among themselves are: <em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, <em>Star Wars<\/em> (look, the Imperial March is actually Great for writing villains to, I won&#8217;t apologise for my love for it) and the recent <em>Power Rangers<\/em> movie&#8217;s soundtrack. All of them are great for less contemporary and more sci-fi\/fantasy stories. For contemporaries, well, I&#8217;m sure everyone has their favourite songs already. I know I do!<\/p>\n<p>What are some of your favourite soundtracks to listen to and to write to?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3053\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer.png\" alt=\"footer\" width=\"1010\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer.png 1010w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/footer-600x238.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3051\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post.jpg\" alt=\"pin this post\" width=\"1010\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-300x15.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-768x38.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pin-this-post-600x30.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3081 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/soundtracks-to-write-to-pin-200x300.png\" alt=\"soundtracks to write to pin\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is April, and that means Camp NaNoWriMo. Are you taking part? While I am taking part this year, once again, I&#8217;ve set my sights low because with a toddler running around the house, and taking on more responsibility at work, I know I won&#8217;t be able to write as much as I want to. Hopefully once the little one starts her play school, I&#8217;ll be able to add some writing to my routine. But that is not what this post is about. This post is about some of my favourite soundtracks* to write to! I try to make playlists for every individual story I write &#8211; follow me on Spotify and you can probably find them &#8211; but sometimes, I just want a little instrumental mood music when I&#8217;m stuck with scenes. I went through a phase of time when I was writing to &#8220;Non-Stop&#8221; from Hamilton on repeat, and sometimes I still go back to that, but these are other soundtracks that also get words on the page. *All of these soundtracks can be found on Spotify because FREE! The Pacific Rim soundtrack is EPIC. Have you heard it? It gets the blood pumping, it&#8217;s addictive &#8211; it is the perfect background for when you want to write fast-paced scenes and fight scenes. It sets the mood for a lot of sci-fi stories, and maybe even car chases, if you&#8217;re writing that. The Uprising soundtrack is also great, but I love the original more. Put both together for a long playlist, and you&#8217;re just going to be writing away for a while, I think. Sometimes, when I&#8217;m writing fantasy &#8211; which is very rare these days &#8211; I like to play the Hobbit soundtrack in the background. It&#8217;s a little more meandering as compared, there are some tracks that are appropriately eerie and melancholy, and it is great for establishing scenes and relationships. I have recently fallen in love with the King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword soundtrack. And no, it doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with Charlie Hunnam. Much. But honestly, it&#8217;s a mix of great music to write action to, and eerie music to write the establishing scenes for Betrayal and Angst. Other soundtracks that are pretty good for writing, but I would mix them up among themselves are: Wonder Woman, Star Wars (look, the Imperial March is actually Great for writing villains to, I won&#8217;t apologise for my love for it) and the recent Power Rangers movie&#8217;s soundtrack. All of them are great for less contemporary and more sci-fi\/fantasy stories. For contemporaries, well, I&#8217;m sure everyone has their favourite songs already. I know I do! What are some of your favourite soundtracks to listen to and to write to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[618,59],"class_list":["post-3074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-post","tag-soundtracks-to-write-to","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}