Part four of this series, in which we look at the musical playlists/influences of Chapters 08, 09 and 10. Click on the links to read part one, part two and part three.
Comments on Chapter 08
For this chapter needed to be balanced between sadness/melancholy and a touch of gritty darkness (without being too grim). Jesu's "Don't Dream It" (yes, it samples the Rocky Horror song) and "Medicine" both fall into this space. All three of the Tool tracks feel appropriate for the chapter's main theme.
Mogwai - Helps Both Ways
From the album Come On Die Young
Massive Attack - Teardrop
From the album Mezzanine
Nine Inch Nails - Help Me I Am In Hell
From the album Broken
Jesu - Don't Dream It
From the album Pale Sketches
Jesu - Medicine
From the album Conqueror
Tool - 10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)
From the album 10,000 Days*
Tool - Disposition
Tool - Reflection
From the album Lateralus*
Dead Can Dance - Wilderness
From the album A Passage In Time
* These albums are not on Spotify. If you're curious about the songs, please check out the last.fm links or search for them on Amazon or iTunes.
Comments on Chapter 09
Back to Palicosta, except this time we see a merging a characters, rather than just a focus on Flynn. As such, I begin to sneak in the likes of Thought Industry. Mastodon has always struck me as an adventurous kind of metal. Probably doesn't hurt that many of their early albums were strongly-themed.
Thought Industry - Patiently Waiting for Summer
From the album Mods Carve the Pig: Assassins, Toads and God's Flesh
Keiichi Okabe, Kakeru Ishihama, Keigo Hoashi, Takafumi Nishimura - Temple of the Drifting Sands
From the album NieR Gestalt & Replicant Original Soundtrack*
Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
From the album Blood Mountain
Mastodon - Ghost of Karelia
From the album Crack the Skye
Tool - Ænema
From the album Ænima*
Quoit - Stranger
From the album Lounge
Gojira - Global Warming
From the album From Mars To Sirius
Gojira - The Wild Healer
From the album L'enfant Sauvage
* These albums are not on Spotify. If you're curious about the songs, please check out the last.fm links or search for them on Amazon or iTunes.
Comments on Chapter 10
As with Chapter 04, tracks by Morphine are being used to frame the mood for Zane Grymore. Along with this is a number of jazz pieces by Torso and David Axelrod. Anyone familiar with the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto 4 will recognize Axelrod's "Holy Thursday." Also, in the vein of videogame soundtracks, I'm actually surprised that this is the first time I dipped into Akira Yamaoka, who's worked on Silent Hill, Killer7 and Shadows of the Damned (to name a few).
Morphine - Murder For The Money
Morphine - Hanging On A Curtain
From the album Like Swimming*
Tricky - Broken Homes
From the album Angels With Dirty Faces
Akira Yamaoka - Waverer
From the album Silent Hill 4 The Room OST*
Torso - If You Prefer...
Torso - Hammer And Chiseler
Torso - 10:10pm
From the album Naked Came The She Squid
Lamb - B.Line (Andy Votel Mix)
From the album Lamb Remixed [Disc 2]
David Axelrod - The Smile
David Axelrod - Songs Of Innocence
From the album The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1966-1970
David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
From the album Blue Break Beats, Vol. 4
* These albums are not on Spotify. If you're curious about the songs, please check out the last.fm links or search for them on Amazon or iTunes.
