I then proceeded to hunt Western soundtracks. Video games and movies, even some songs that have literally nothing to do with it (Tom Waits, for example, or the True Detective soundtrack) other than not sounding electronic.
I can't really tell why these songs inspired me, but I felt like they put me in the right mood to write about the Old West. Some of them felt epic, others melancholic, some are here because of their lyrics and the feelings they give away. To be honest, the Tom Waits songs can be applied in many situations, but they all scream "THIS IS A STORY" to me. (I'm sorry, I don't know how to explain things).
This is a playlist, you can see it here. (but the player in this article will play every song anyway).
My personal favorites are :
- The Magnificent Seven theme
- Nel Cimitero Di Tucson by Gianfranco & Gian Piero Reverberi (initially heard on Red Dead Revolver's soundtrack, which is why it's included here)
- L'Arena from Il Mercenario by Ennio Morricone
- The High Noon theme by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You by Tom Waits
- Wandering Star by Lee Marvin
- The Green Leaves of Summer by Dimitri Tiomkin (of which I heard another version first in Inglourious Basterds 5 years ago and only last year discovered it existed independently with lyrics)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford soundtrack by Nick Cage
- Far From Any Road by the Handsome Family (discovered on True Detective)
- The Red Dead Redemption soundtrack (successor to Red Dead Revolver)
- The Parting Glass (which I heard first on The Walking Dead)
I thought about including parts of some lyrics in titles, or associating one song to each chapter to give the mood, but this is too restricting — both for writing and choosing a song.
This isn't relevant at all, but I've been writing these blog posts on 80s songs (Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, A-Ha and the soundtrack from the Breakfast Club) as well as Lana Del Rey. I tried listening to Disney songs but it was too disconcerting.
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