Songs that are relevant to your favorite books or movies or nonmusical plays

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 9:43am

The origins of this thread began from the many playlists I have on my iTunes account of (see title), some of which are more complete than others. So I was wondering, what songs do you think are (see title)? I'll be interested and also stealing your picks for my playlists. Hey, at least I'm honest. Here's my picks:

Angels in America:

Will I? (Rent)
You Gotta Die Sometime (Falsettos)
You Can Get Away with Anything (The Woman in White)
A Little More Mascara (La Cage)
I Am What I Am (La Cage)
911 Emergency/I Have So Many Songs (A New Brain)
Heart and Music (A New Brain)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
The Word of Your Body (Spring Awakening)
Who Will Love Me As I Am? (Side Show)
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine (A New Brain)
Warning (Bare)
Tell Me It's Not True (Blood Brothers)
Pity The Child (Chess)
Back to Before (Ragtime)
Time (A New Brain)
Time and Music (A New Brain)
I Feel So Much Spring (A New Brain)


Gone With The Wind:

The Best of Times (La Cage)
Ah, Miss (Sweeney Todd)
I'll Cover You (Rent)
What Is This Feeling? (Wicked)
Think of Me (The Phantom of the Opera)
The Old Red Hills of Home (Parade)
In His Eyes (Jekyll and Hyde)
The Dream of Atlanta (Parade)
Enchantment Passing Through (Aida)
Will I? (Rent)
When It Ends (The Wild Party)
As Long As You're Mine (Wicked)
Easy To Be Hard (Hair)
Yes I's Finished On Y'All's Farmlands (Hair)
Totally (cover mouth) (Spring Awakening)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
We've Won (Tommy)
They Say It's Wonderful (Annie Get Your Gun)
When I First Saw You (Dreamgirls)
Wouldn't It Be Nice? (The Wild Party)
I'll Cover You (Reprise) (Rent)
This Is What It Is (The Wild Party)
Till There Was You (The Music Man)
Anything But Lonely (Aspects of Love)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
All The Wasted Time (Parade)
What I Did For Love (A Chorus Line)
Hear My Song (Songs for a New World)

Hamlet:

Facade (Jekyll and Hyde)
Everybody's Got The Right (Assassins)
Mother's Gonna Make Things Fine (A New Brain)
What About Love? (The Color Purple)
I'll Forget You (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Lost In The Darness (Jekyll and Hyde)
What A Piece of Work Is Man (Hair)
There's No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
What About Love? (reprise) (The Color Purple)
Farewell Good Angel (Jane Eyre)
Another Op'nin', Another Show (Kiss Me, Kate)
Now There Is No Choice (Jekyll and Hyde)
This Is The Moment (Jekyll and Hyde)
Finishing The Hat (Sunday in the Park with George)
When It Ends (The Wild Party)
I'd Give My Life For You (Miss Saigon)
Hold On (The Secret Garden)
After Midnight Dies (The Wild Party)
Will I? (Rent)
Back to Before (Ragtime)
Sail Me Away (Lestat)
Who Wants To Live Forever (We Will Rock You)
Evermore Without You (The Woman in White)
Flying Home (Songs for a New World)
For Good (Wicked)
Facade (reprise) (Jekyll and Hyde)
Make Them Hear You (Ragtime)
Those You've Known (Spring Awakening)
The Song of Purple Summer (Spring Awakening)
Finale (Jekyll and Hyde)

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone:

Heart and Music (A New Brain)
Wheels of a Dream (Ragtime)
Not a Sound (Brooklyn)
The Orphan (Jane Eyre)
Somebody, Somewhere (The Most Happy Fella)
The New World (Songs for a New World)
Waitin' for the Light to Shine (Big River)
To Be A Captain (Titanic)
Lily's Eyes (The Secret Garden)
What Is This Feeling? (Wicked)
You Two (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Friendship (Anything Goes)
They Live in You (The Lion King)
YOu Gotta Look Out For Yourself (City of Angels)
Waitin' for the Light to Shine (reprise) (Big River)
Wrestle With The Devil (Whistle Down The Wind)
Who Loves You (Jersey Boys)
You Are The Light (Metropolis)
Whistle Down The Wind (Whistle Down The Wind)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:

Working My Way Back To You (Jersey Boys)
He Did It (Curtains)
The Show Must Go On (Moulin Rouge)
No One Knows Who I Am (Jekyll and Hyde)
Anthem (Chess)
The Gods Love Nubia (Aida)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban:

Him Am The Devil (Jerry Springer The Opera)
March of the Witch Hunters (Wicked)
I Know The Truth (Aida)
Sailing (A New Brain)
Love Was A Song (Brooklyn)
I Want to Break Free (We Will Rock You)
Right Place, Right Time (Starlight Express)
Raven (Brooklyn)
People Like Us (The Wild Party)
Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way (Porgy and Bess)
Ogre Battle (We Will Rock You)
Not While I'm Around (Sweeeney Todd)
Unsettle Scores (Whistle Down The Wind)
Muddy Water (Big River)
Maybe This Time (Cabaret)
Free At Last (Big River)
One Day More (Les Mis)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Merano (Chess)
My Junk (Spring Awakening)
Pursue The Truth (Jekyll and Hyde)
That's The Beat For Me (Zombie Prom)
What You Don't Know About Women (City of Angels)
I Just Wanna Dance (Jerry Springer The Opera)
I Know HIm So Well (Chess)
When It Ends (The Wild Party)
Look Over There (La Cage)
Where Will You Stand When The Flood Comes (Parade)
Alive (Jekyll and Hyde)
Left Behind (Spring Awakening)
Hear My Song (Songs for a New World)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:

Still I Rise (The Civil War)
Shoes Upon The Table (Blood Brothers)
The Banishment (Jelly's Last Jam)
Poncia (Bernarda Alba)
Sweet Liberty (Jane Eyre)
Rules, Regulations and Respect (Zombie Prom)
Touch Me (Spring Awakening)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
When Children Rule The World (Whistle Down The Wind)
No Matter What (Whistle Down The Wind)
Heart an' Hand (Floyd Collins)
Unworthy of Your Love (Assassins)
The World Has Gone Insane (Jekyll and Hyde)
Under Pressure (We Will Rock You)
Look Around (The Will Rogers Follies)
Totally (cover mouth) (Spring Awakening)
Shoes Upon The Table (reprise) (Blood Brothers)
The River Won't Flow (Songs for a New World)
The Mirror-Blue Night (Spring Awakening)
Surrender (Sunset Boulevard)
Once Upon a Dream (reprise) (Jekyll and Hyde)
Rafiki Mourns (The Lion King)
The Glory (The Civil War)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:

Murder, Murder (Jekyll and Hyde)
To Be A Captain (Reprise) (Titanic)
Stay With Me (Into the Woods)
The More You Ruv Someone (Avenue Q)
The Dark I Know Well (Spring Awakening)
You Should Be Loved (Side Show)
(Cover mouth) You Talk (Jerry Springer The Opera)
Private Conversation (Side Show)
Who Will Love Me As I Am (Side Show)
One (Bare)
The Way Back (Jekyll and Hyde)
Tell Me It's Not True (Blood Brothers)
Make Like A Nail (Trailer Park)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:

I Will Never Leave You (Side Show)
Take Me As I Am (Jekyll and Hyde)
Christmas Lullaby (Songs for a New World)
Just Over The Line (Dessa Rose)
On The Deck of a Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492 (Songs for a New World)
The Flagmaker, 1775 (Songs for a New World)
Will I? (Rent)
Without You (Rent)
Thinking of Him (Curtains)
He Lives In You (The Lion King)
Madman (Blood Brothers)
Into the Fire (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
I'd Give It All For You (Songs for a New World)
Simba Confronts Scar (The Lion King)
The Day The Sun Stood Still (The Civil War)
Tell My Father (The Civil War)
Turning (Les Mis)
Momma Look Sharp (1776)
Now There Is No Choice (Jekyll and Hyde)
This Is The Moment (Jekyll and Hyde)
No One Is Alone (Into the Woods)
Those You've Known (Spring Awakening)
If Prayin' Were Horses (The Civil War)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
Confrontation (Jekyll and Hyde)
Time (A New Brain)
Time and Music (A New Brain)
I Feel So Much Spring (A New Brain)

North and South Book 1:
What Is This Feeling (Wicked)
Third Letter (Passion)
The Dark I Know Well (Spring Awakening)
Sweet Liberty (Jane Eyre)
I Believe My Heart (The Woman in White)
You Must Love Me (Evita)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (The Phantom of the Opera)
All I Ask Of You (The Phantom of the Opera)
Pity The Child (Chess)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
You Can Get Away With Anything (The Woman in White)
For Good (Wicked)

North and South Book 2:

Anthem (Chess)
Will I? (Rent)
Father How Long? (The Civil War)
Momma Look Sharp (1776)
Something Just Broke (Assassins)
No One But You (We Will Rock You)

North and South Book 3:

Evermore Without You (The Woman in White)
Flying Home (Songs for a New World)
Where In The World (The Secret Garden)
How Could I Ever Know (The Secret Garden)
Sirens (Jane Eyre)

Othello:

She Was There (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
The Old Red Hills of Home (Parade)
When I Look at You (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
When I Look at You (Reprise) (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
When It Ends (The Wild Party)
Sarah Brown Eyes (Ragtime)
Rafiki Mourns (The Lion King)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl:

If I Told You (The Wedding Singer)
No One Knows Who I Am (Jekyll and Hyde)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
If I Told You (reprise) (The Wedding Singer)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest:

Stars (Les Mis)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
Tell Me It's Not True (Blood Brothers)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

One Night in Bangkok (Chess)
Another National Anthem (Assassins)
Into the Fire (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Into the Fire (reprise) (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

Romeo and Juliet:

Overture (Blood Brothers)
Bright Lights, Big City (Bright Lights, Big City)
Back in the City (Bright Lights, Big City)
It's Only Love/Bring On The Night (Metropolis)

Star Wars:

Episode I:

No One Mourns The Wicked (Wicked)
We Are Descended (Dessa Rose)
All About The Green (The Wedding Singer)
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea (Pacific Overtures)
Mama Who Bore Me (Spring Awakening)
Big-(Rear End) Rock (The Full Monty)
There Is No Other Way (Pacific Overtures)
Four Black Dragons (Pacific Overtures)
This Side of the Tracks (Trailer Park)
Corner of the Sky (Pippin)
Lonely House (Street Scene)
The Race (Starlight Express)
You Could Never Shame Me (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
I'm Here (The Color Purple)
My Beautiful Boy or Nothing Here (Lestat)
Back in the City (Bright Lights, Big City)
Razzle Dazzle (Chicago)
Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility) (Chess)
Florence Quits (Chess)
Next (Pacific Overtures)

Episode II:

War Is Not Good (Bubbly Black Girl)
My Eyes Adored You (Jersey Boys)
Car Chase (Sunset Boulevard)
All That's Known (Spring Awakening)
Touch Me (Spring Awakening)
The Word of Your Body (Spring Awakening)
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Elaborate Lives (Aida)
I Believe (Spring Awakening)
Are You Still Holding My Hand (Bright Lights, Big City)
You Walk With Me (The Full Monty)
Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind (Spring Awakening)
Sensation (Tommy)
Opening Ceremony (Chess)
By The Sword/Sons of Dixie (The Civil War)
Elaborate Lives (reprise)
Who Wants To Live Forever (We Will Rock You)
The Glory (The Civil War)

Episode III:

How Many Devils (The Civil War)
Working My Way Back To You (Jersey Boys)
Come What May (Moulin Rouge)
Whispering (Spring Awakening)
You Rule My World (The Full Monty)
Where I Want To Be (Chess)
Nobody's Side (Chess)
Dividing Day (The Light in the Piazza)
Pity the Child (Chess)
Where Will You Stand When The Flood Comes (Parade)
Where Do I Go? (Hair)
The Rumble (Hair)
Steppin' to the Bad Side (Dreamgirls)
The Stampede (The Lion King)
Tell Me It's Not True (Blood Brothers)
Look Around (The Will Rogers Follies)
You Don't Know This Man (Parade)
Better If I Died (Dessa Rose)
Fallen Angel (Jersey Boys)
The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) (Hair)

Episode IV:

Freedom's Child (The Civil War)
Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) (Spring Awakening)
You're Nothing Without Me (City of Angels)
I Want to Break Free (We Will Rock You)
The (Charlotte St. Martin) of Living (Spring Awakening)
Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News (The Wiz)
One of Those Nights (Metropolis)
Terrible (Dessa Rose)
Do You Hear The People Sing (Les Mis)
One Day More (Les Mis)

Episode V:

The Old Red Hills of Home (Parade)
Let It Go (The Full Monty)
Right In Front of Your Eyes (The Wedding Singer)
So Many Little Things (Bright Lights, Big City)
Say It Somehow (The Light in the Piazza)
The Mirror-Blue Night (Spring Awakening)
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
Your Eyes (Rent)
Finale (Parade)

Episode VI:

Innuendo (We Will Rock You)
Totally (Cover mouth) (Spring Awakening)
I Know Where I've Been (Hairspray)
Drink With Me (Les Mis)
Now There Is No Choice (Jekyll and Hyde)
This Is The Moment (Jekyll and Hyde)
I Never Knew His Name (Brooklyn)
All The Wasted Time (Parade)
Sometimes (Brooklyn)
The Final Battle (Les Mis)
Simba Confronts Scar (The Lion King)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
Everybody Rejoice (The Wiz)
Those You've Known (Spring Awakening)
The Song of Purple Summer (Spring Awakening)

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 11:37am

I commend you for taking- rather having- the time to do this *lol* Quite creative and thoughtful.

I have all of next week off, so I will tackle this then because I really have some ideas of my own, I just need to have the time all atonce to type it out and think it all through.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 12:23pm

Well, I didn't think of these in one day. This is stuff that's come about over a long period of time.

[StarUsher]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 1:04pm

That is really awesome. I do something similar. I write my own stories and each one has its own "soundtrack". I create a playlist of songs that capture the sentiments of all the major scened in the story.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/8/08 at 5:44pm

I left off my far from completed Nicholas Nickleby playlist:

All For Laura (The Woman in White)
I Will Never Leave You (Side Show)
I'm Not Afraid of Anything (Songs for a New World)
He Lives In You (The Lion King)
Left Behind (Spring Awakening)

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 7:39am

As well as my Lord of the Rings playlist:

Circle of Life (The Lion King)
Anthem (Chess)
Will I? (Rent)
If I Were A Man (Victor/Victoria)
Confrontation (Jekyll and Hyde)
I'm Not That Girl (Wicked)
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
Left Behind (Spring Awakening)
For Good (Wicked)
King of Pride Rock/Circle of Life (reprise) (The Lion King)
Finale (Wicked)

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 6:52pm

Just to let you guys know, you don't have to make up entire lists. Just throw out any titles you can think of. My lists are the result of daydreaming in class and any free time I can get my hands on.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 10:40am

bump

Updated On: 1/11/08 at 10:40 AM

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/19/08 at 2:53pm

Bump

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 1/19/08 at 3:43pm

Painting Her Portrait (Jane Eyre) - The Picture of Dorian Grey

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:04am

Bump

[jordangirl]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:28am

You know, this could be a great idea if everyone set everything to music, but they don't. I personally prefer to enjoy my books as BOOKS and not try to set a soundtrack to them. Perhaps the lack of responses means other people think the same way?

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 9:33am

How the hell does The Gods Love Nubia fit in with Harry Potter? Or Flamaker 1776? No offense, but those are some pretty strage choices

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:02am

You've got a point, Jordangirl. This was basically just an excuse to show off my playlists.

And EverythingIsRENT, with The Gods Love Nubia, it's the idea behind the song, that the place you call home still lives on in your heart and Flagmaker is me imagining what's going through Molly's mind in Harry Potter 7.