While writing, my internet is usually turned to the wonderful allclassical.org (thank you DD!)
But then there is the specific music I seek out, or discover, that is divinely perfect for the story.
The soundtrack for my latest horror novel includes:
1. Swan Lake
2. music from the film version of Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita
3. lots of opera, including arias from La Pique Dame, Lulu, Elektra, and Lucia di Lammermoor
What music is inspiring your story?
7. Do you listen to music while you write? What kind? Are there any songs you like to relate/apply to your characters?
Not so long ago, the answer would have been, “no”. I worked in utter silence or with the television on. (yes, there is no need to point out the contrariness of that) But then the lovely DD of Filling Spaces alerted me to the wondrous allclassical.org, and I was thusly hooked. Love that station because they play such a fantastic variety of musicians and styles, introducing me to lots of composers I’d never heard of. And they prove such hosts can be tons of fun and lighthearted. No Charles Emerson Winchester the Third-ians need apply!
If PORTRAITS OF THE LIVING: A GHOST TALE has a soundtrack, then I think it would be The Hours. Philip Glass’s haunting, somewhat monotonous piano music is reminiscent of my characters trapped in their personal hells.
Do you listen to music while you write? Does your novel have a soundtrack?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is my favorite novel. Emily’s novel and her fierce poetry have been a huge influence on me. Although my own writing style is more down-to-earth (despite the dark subjects I tackle), Emily’s dramatic and fearless writing remains an inspiration.
Rasputina is one of my fave bands. Victorian garbed- rock cellists with irreverent humor
