another addition to the Covenant Soundtrack

[Corwin]

I was listening to Slipknots newest album, Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses. and i came across a song called "The Virus of Life". simply put, this song is about a guy who has been watching a woman all day, stalking her, waiting patiently for the right moment to jump her, rape her. if you were sadistic you could play this while reading about the Rape of Lena. However, the scene that came to my mind when i heard that song, was Linden's first perceptions of the Sun of Pestilence. It's graphic, abrupt and it leaves its mark on you. Give it a listen and let me know what you think. Peace

-Corwin

[Warmark]

I think i have listened to that album but i cant remember the song, ill go have a listen if i can find it.

[spacemonkey]

Yep i've heard that one....i'm a big fan of heavy metal/hard rock...i do believe your synopsis is quite correct... either way with the rape of Lena or Linden's first view of the sunbane.....also if you really think about it,it really fits when Gibbon-raver assaults her Land borne health sense she recalled the experience as personal as rape or possesion.She felt is was down right evil either way.Which also set the whole theme of the first two-thirds of The One Tree.........rape and possesion both evil and befits the song quite nicely. Good idea Corwin,i'll try to read those passages with the song playing...........thanx...........spacemonkey

[Buckarama]

Did you know that Slip Knot is from Iowa, we call them practice knot.

[jwaneeta]

Oooh, ooh! A soundtrack thread! Okay, most of my filkish musings arise from non-canon sources. Like, I think that Duel of the Fates ( from The Phantom Menace) would be awesome for the moment when the Sunbane rises over Morinmoss and Caer-Caver fights a desperate rearguard action in the retreat to Andelain. Yes, I'm a total geek, why do you ask?

I think the joyously petulant Blister in the Sun, by Violent Femmes, would be a great signature tune for Covenant.

When I'm a-walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out

Let me go out, like a blister in the sun
Let me go out, big hands I know you're the one

Sweet Dreams (are made of this), by the Eurythmics, for Linden, circa second Chrons:

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I've traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

It's a Sunshine Day, by the Brady Bunch, for the inhabitants of Revelstone.

Anything by Tori Amos for Joan.

[A Gunslinger]

Changing of the Guard by Bob Dylan: Verse 8 in particular! I could see TC saying this to the council.

Sixteen years,
Sixteen banners united over the field
Where the good shepherd grieves.
Desperate men, desperate women divided,
Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves.

Fortune calls.
I stepped forth from the shadows, to the marketplace,
Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down.
She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born,
On midsummer's eve, near the tower.

The cold-blooded moon.
The captain waits above the celebration
Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid
Whose ebony face is beyond communication.
The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid.

They shaved her head.
She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo.
A messenger arrived with a black nightingale.
I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow,
Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil.

I stumbled to my feet.
I rode past destruction in the ditches
With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo.
Renegade priests and treacherous young witches
Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you.

The palace of mirrors
Where dog soldiers are reflected,
The endless road and the wailing of chimes,
The empty rooms where her memory is protected,
Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times.

She wakes him up
Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking
Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks.
She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking.
He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks.

Gentlemen, he said,
I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes,
I've moved your mountains and marked your cards
But Eden is burning, either brace yourself for elimination
Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards.

Peace will come
With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire
But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall
And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating
Between the King and the Queen of Swords.

[jwaneeta]

Gunslinger, that's positively eerie.

[Sgt. Mhoram]

Am I the only one who thinks Covenant needs an original soundtrack. I was thinking of people who could score it..

John Williams - Needs no introduction but if you don't know him he did all the greats (Superman, Harry Potter, Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Jaws)

Howard Shore - LOTR

James Newton Howard - Batman Begins, King Kong

Hans Zimmer - Batman Begins (co-scored), Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Carribean, War of the Worlds

[A Gunslinger]

Gunslinger, that's positively eerie.

Ain't it though? Everytime I hear that song all I can imagine is 'ol TC.

[danlo]

Those are amazing Dylan lyrics Guns! (I moved all of the soundtrack threads to the TC Movie Discussion forum )

[spacemonkey]

I've got one for Lord Foul.....Aenima by Tool. "I'm praying for mayhem.I'm praying for tidal waves,Iwant to see the ground give way,I want watch it all go down.Mom flush it all away....... really twisted!!! Perfect for the antagonist of this particular story line.

[spacemonkey]

Oh,yeah btw,the Dylan tune is most definately dead on!!! Great choice Gunslinger!!!!

[A Gunslinger]

Heres Another one that puts me in the mind of TC and Linden Re: the Last Chrons

Tom Petty
Square One

Had to find some higher ground
Had some fear to get around
You can't say what you don't know
Later on won’t work no more
Last time though I hid my tracks
So well I could not get back
Yeah my way was hard to find
Can't sell your soul for peace of mind

Square one, my slate is clear
Rest your head and meet my dear
It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears
It took a long time to get back here

Try so hard to stand alone
Struggle to see past my nose
Always had more dogs than bones
I could never wear those clothes
It's a dark victory
You won and you are so lost
Told her you were satisfied
But it never came across

Square one, my slate is clear
Rest your head on me my dear
It took a world of trouble, it took a world of tears
It took a long time to get back here

[Phantasm]

I always associate the 1st Chronicles with Survivors "Eye of the Tiger" album, as thatis what I was listening to when I first read the books.


I'd love them to do the theme tune for the movie (if it ever emerges)

[A Gunslinger]

I always associate the 1st Chronicles with Survivors "Eye of the Tiger" album, as thatis what I was listening to when I first read the books.


I'd love them to do the theme tune for the movie (if it ever emerges)

surely you jest.

[Akasri]

Coming soon: Survivor's "Eye of the Raver!"

[rusmeister]

The central problem with suggesting any music for a soundtrack is that it has got to appeal to the largest number of people while describing a scene and most songs represent different genres and highly individual tastes.

If for no other reason (although I have a couple) than that, filmmakers most often go with symphonic scores, which back up film scenes without being partisan to the taste of a minority. Most movies with primarily or exclusively rock/pop/punk/new age (name your genre of modern music) music tend to appeal primarily to people who, uh, like that type of music. This is bad for business when you are aiming for box office figures.

Ironically, symphonic music, the outgrowth of classical, is what drives the big modern films. (The word modern also generally means 'temporary'). The trouble with pop (and other genres, all quite similar when compared to classical) is that it is literally that. It's temp - it pops like a balloon. 10 years from now it is forgotten. Symphonic music has a broad, non-partisan appeal that can span over cultures and centuries (although the latter is admittedly not important to the money-makers).

[Relayer]

Rus, I agree with your comments. Most pop music is just that, pop, and will be gone in a short time.. which is fine for pop movies. Also as you said, most people already have associations with well-known songs or artists that can then affect how they view that scene in a movie, and it may not be what the director really intends. But symphonic (or trance, or folk, or whatever) music can be used to evoke a mood, in a much more universal way. Of course, the other thing w/ pop music in movies is that it often isn't about setting a mood or telling the story. It's about cro$$-marketing.

That being said, it's a fun game to play, so...

Styx "Fooling Yourself" always reminds me of the "Golden Boy" poem at the beginning of LFB. In my version of the movie, this would be the intro sequence Starting w/ the keyboard buildup into the verses as we see some scenes from TC's life, and then the middle keyboard solo section has a jerky rhythm that sounds like the way TC walks mechanically... to the triumphant final solo (probably need to keep this part for the end of LFB or TPTP)...

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relax... take it easy...

You see the world through your cynical eyes
You're a troubled young man I can tell
You've got it all in the palm of your hand
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest

And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it

How can you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
How can there be such a sinister plan
That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man

You're fooling yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Get up, get back on your feet
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
Come on, let's see what you've got
Just take your best shot and don't blow it

[Phantasm]

I always associate the 1st Chronicles with Survivors "Eye of the Tiger" album, as thatis what I was listening to when I first read the books.


I'd love them to do the theme tune for the movie (if it ever emerges)

surely you jest.

No jest.

[A Gunslinger]

..should I stop calling you Shirley?