Friday, July 22, 2016

Musical Inspiration

One of my favorite ways to imagine or plan out a story is on the long 3 hour drive to Anchorage in the summer. I just LOVE the high mountains covered in green life, the icy blue Kenai river rushing past and brief glimpses of free animals. My favorite are the swans at Tern Lake, turning on the Seward Highway. 

But not everyone can have this glorious majesty in driving distance to lure the muse. Pictures and videos are awesome but can never grasp the complete beauty of the wild. That's when I turn to music (especially in the winter when all the above is covered in a sheet of white snow and I refuse to drive).  
Thanks to my wonderful sister Christine (woot!woot!), I have expanded my list of heart-swelling, mind-blowing, and love-inducing musical playlists. Though some are great for sparking a new idea or working out a scene in my head, most are story-specific. 
Some of my favorites (I.e. You REALLY REALLY REALLY have to listen to these!!) are:
SUN - Thomas Bergersen
CHRONICLES - Audiomachine (epic!)
GLORY & FREEDOM - Michael W Smith
OPEN SKY - Iona
Anything by PIANO GUYS (love!)
Or HANS ZIMMER & HOWARD SHORE
And I am always looking for more music! What are your favorites? 


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  1. PeterSeptember 18, 2016 at 3:01 PM

    Ok here is a whole bunch of my favorites that is similar to the music you mentioned:

    Clubbed to death:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA&index=4&list=PLcf5FvVdwJ4FuB1GSs8vxr2xL_jbgf6b8

    Balmorhea Theme No. 1 (Awesome song. They do some other good ones too)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWL0RPW1-mM&list=PLcf5FvVdwJ4GSHLsul48vOjLaxAw-1YLA&index=14

    Craig Armstrong (I think he has some other good ones too)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2d3_qbhKBw&list=PLcf5FvVdwJ4GSHLsul48vOjLaxAw-1YLA&index=18

    Secret Garden:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evut8k_Oq2g&list=PLcf5FvVdwJ4GSHLsul48vOjLaxAw-1YLA&index=6

    Glitch Mob (This is one of their few slower ones)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ7pyiHg2BY&index=6&list=PLcf5FvVdwJ4H_DPa_QEgEiGs0FSOcZ0H9

    Literally one of my favorite Songs Ever Composed, LuxAeterna:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byl3hl5r6OA

    To all my dear friends:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHegjO-tKm4

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    1. UnknownSeptember 23, 2016 at 12:01 PM

      Nice! I really liked Clubbed to Death, Secret Garden, ANYTHING from Glitch Mob, and Lux Aeterna is one of my FAVS too! :D
      "To All My Dear Friends" music video reminded me of Lindsey Stirling. She's awesome too!
      Have you heard "Sail" -any of the remixes- by AWOLNATION? I love it!
      And, if you need some EPIC music, listen to... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWAzBZ2hDA This was on repeat when I was writing my pirate novel. :P

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