monday.

[sunfright]

While I've worked on this Omina-project, I've pretty much, with a few additions along the way, listened to the same music throughout. These songs have become completely ingrained in my writing process and in the very fabric of the universe I'm working in, like they can't properly be separated any longer. So I decided I wanted to share my musical journey for The Year of the Wolf with you and maybe give you some musical inspiration and if nothing else, a good story.

When I first started out, I asked on my Plurk if anyone had any recommendations for a character that was an Amazon, a warrior, a fighter - and especially songs that would show her strength and her courage. People weren't slow to respond and a repeated recommendation from various sides was Two Steps From Hell, a musical ensemble I'd never heard about before. But I checked out their stuff and a lot of it was so perfect. I ended up picking out Victory and Evergreen as, kinda, my two flagship musical numbers on the list.

From searching Greek myth playlists earlier, I had some of my own suggestions as well and added Perseus by Unknown Brain, Start A War by Klergy ft. Valerie Broussard and Midas by Skott. I also put in Soldier by Fleurie, because it seemed fitting.

Then, as I started writing and got further into the character and the universe with all its themes and repetitive patterns, I added My Love by Florence + the Machine and The Moment by Amy Stroup, the first which I already knew well and the second that I discovered by complete chance by clicking some song that was recommended to me by YouTube.

Finally, I discovered Warriors by 2WEI ft. Edda Hayes and it has the perfect mix of emotion and epic scope that I needed to complete my playlist. It feels like an honest soundtrack now, haha.

Anyway, I've included the whole playlist beneath the cut, should anyone be interested. Links to everything. Please enjoy!

VICTORY - TWO STEPS FROM HELL
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MY LOVE - FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
there is nothing to describe
except the moon still bright against the worrying sky
i pray the trees will get their leaves soon
so tell me where to put my love

PERSEUS - UNKNOWN BRAIN
was born to fight
mythical, so mystical, think what you like
you could be the sword, the shield
defender of

SOLDIER - FLEURIE
you wanna take a drink of that promised land
you gotta wipe the dirt off of your hands
careful, son, you've got dreamer's plans
but it gets hard to stand

WARRIORS - 2WEI FT. EDDA HAYES
here we are, don't turn away now
we are the warriors that built this town
here we are, don't turn away now
we are the warriors that built this town

START A WAR - KLERGY FT. VALERIE BROUSSARD
pain is what you desire
if the pen is mightier than the sword
then how did we get here, my god
my god

MIDAS - SKOTT
always live for always
till we die together
say you want to be here
you want to be young

THE MOMENT - AMY STROUP
we've only got one chance to live
and it all comes down to this
this is the moment
and it's time to rise

EVERGREEN - TWO STEPS FROM HELL
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youtube playlist. code by chriscodes