A Dark Tower Soundtrack

[Nutty Bavarian]

I don't know about anyone else, but when I read I always listen to music when I can. The Dark Tower is certainly no different. However, I've found myself listening to specific songs when I do. These are just a few of my favorites:

The Door by Silverchair

Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter


What would you imagine as The Dark Tower Soundtrack?

[michal]

The House of the Rising Sun would go well for me - you know, kind of a sad Wild West style.

But that's a very lovely game you came up with Nutty Bavarian, and I'll give it some thoughts.

[sam peebles]

I think this has already been discussed somewhere else, but...

Hey Jude - Beatles

[Ophelia]

And we have to add these:

"Velcro Fly" --- Z.Z. Top
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" --- Elton John
"Iron Man" --- Black Sabbath
"Ordinary World" --- Duran Duran
"Lithium" --- Nirvana

[rjt65]

I stand Alone by Godsmack!

[DillonNelson]

No Quarter be Led Zeppelin has to be in there somehwere. Roland even says it several times, "GUNSLINGERS, TO ME! RIDE THEM DOWN, NO QUARTER!"

[Nutty Bavarian]

A few more to the list
In Time - Mark Collie
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
For some reason I can see Eddie Dean listening to "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - The Bob Seger System.

[the_last_gunslinger]

"Further on up the Road" by Bruce Springsteen.

I don't know how you can listen to music when you read, though. I find it too distracting. If I've got music on, especially music I really like, I'm reading the words, but hearing the song. The story doesn't sink in at all.

[costanza]

You Are by Pearl Jam

This broken wheel is coming undone
And the roads exploding
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you,...

Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
When you let me in

Keeping us close,... so close
On down the line

Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
With no one knowing
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you

You are a tower of
Strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again

Ooh wah, ooh wah, you are...

Love is a tower
Of strength to me
I am the shoreline
But you're the sea

You are.

[Mr. Palmer]

Oh, come on! There has to be some AC/DC in there somewhere. It worked perfectly for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE. Hee hee.

[Nutty Bavarian]

I know they did ZZ Top's Velcro Fly in Lud, but I think AC/DC's War Machine would fit pretty well considering the messed up nature of Lud.

[Mr. Palmer]

AC/DC's War Machine

Good choice! :cool2:

[ameliamalcolm]

This is an old post to comment on - but I've been thinking recently that "No Easy Action" by Mark Lanegan Band really jives with Roland's world...

[Connie Reader]

when they go back to save Stephen King, Prince's 1999 has to come into play, no? :)

Fearless Vampire Killers, The Regulators - Bad Brains
Basillica - Jawbreaker
The City - The Dismemberment Plan
Hang on Sloopy- Tommy James
Anything by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Red Rubber Ball - (can't remember who sings it)

[Connie Reader]

You Are by Pearl Jam

This broken wheel is coming undone
And the roads exploding
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you,...

Love is a tower
And you're the key
Leading me higher
When you let me in

Keeping us close,... so close
On down the line

Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
With no one knowing
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you

You are a tower of
Strength to me
The darkening hour
Sees light again

Ooh wah, ooh wah, you are...

Love is a tower
Of strength to me
I am the shoreline
But you're the sea

You are.

excellent choice!

[king family fan]

I have yet to purchase any of the soundtracks. But it is a definite plan of the near future.:laugh:

[Connie Reader]

Watching SNL this saturday and the song Linkin Park performed first immediately brought DT to mind:

Waiting for the End (appropriate, no?)

"This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady something empty's within them
We say yeah with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there
Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it, forget it, let it all disappear

[Chester:]
Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strength to stand
This is not what I had planned
It's out of my control
Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It's hard to let you go

I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I want to do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got

Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn't so

I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I want to do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got

[Mike:]
What was left when that fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what it's like moving on
And I don't even know what kind of things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead
So I'm picking up the pieces, now where to begin
The hardest part of ending is starting again

[Chester(till end):]
All I want to do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got
I'm holding on to what I haven't got
I'm holding on to what I haven't got

[Mike:]
This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady something empty's within them
We say yeah with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there
Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it, forget it let it all disappear"

[CaptainBaccarat]

Maybe Fade to Black by Metallica? As someone mentioned earlier, No Quarter by Led Zeppelin would be perfect.

[KnockoutMouse]

I was listening to this song while reading The Wolves, and it matched it perfectly. All these books have a touch of the Western, but this one is PURE Western. The song matched the book in a couple of different ways, the colour red (rose), the bells (todash), the threat behind the lyrics. And of course the Country-Western feel.

he led you to this hiding place
his lightning threats on silver tongue
the red bells beckon you to ride
a handprint on the driver's side
it looks a lot like engine oil
and tastes like being poor and small
and popsicles in the summer

deep red bells, deep as I've been done
deep red bells, deep as I've been done

it always has to come to this
red bells ring this tragic hour
lost sight of the overpass
the daylight won't remember her
when speckled fronds raise round your bones
who took the time to fold your clothes?
who shook the valley of the shadow?

deep red bells, deep as I've been done
deep red bells, deep as I've been done

where does this mean world cast its cold eye?
who's left to suffer long about you?
does your soul cast about like an old paper bag
past empty lots and early graves?
those like you who lost their way
murdered on the interstate
while the red bells rang like thunder

deep red bells, deep as I've been done
deep red bells, deep as I've been done
deep red bells, deep as I've been done

[SarahLo]

I think the new song Pumped Up Kick by Foster For the People would be a great song for the first book The Gunslinger while Roland is walking through the desert with Jake.

Another song that just screamed perfect to me was Eddie's Gun by The Kooks. Ka? I think yes!

[bluesology]

Lots of good suggestions - can't forget Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan though.

[Turd Ferguson]

Electric Funeral- Black Sabbath
To Live Is To Die- Metallica

[jellydonut25]

Terror Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ZVN2Z2uzo) - Demons and Wizards
Crimson King (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV7BYSxsKhw) - Demons and Wizards
The Gunslinger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxB9_j2MvZ0&feature=related) - Demons and Wizards

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I just hope T-Bone Burnett gets the job of putting it all together.

As he's apparently doing for Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.

Long days and pleasant nights (singing Steely Dan as we speak)

[Turd Ferguson]

Solitude- Black Sabbath
And I Am Suffering- Virgin Black
The Loss Of Innocence- Pantheist

[AndyDufresne]

Hi,

I just hope T-Bone Burnett gets the job of putting it all together.

As he's apparently doing for Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.

Long days and pleasant nights (singing Steely Dan as we speak)

How about some actual, especially created score? I hope that, whenever (and if) the movies are made, either Christopher Young or Marco Beltrami get to do the music. Both are capable of writing for horror, otherworldly stuff, and can write beautiful, heartfelt melodies. I think those are a must for a project like this.

As for actual reading music, I can't concentrate on my book when music is playing. I can't even concentrate when the television is on. So I'd like to sit in my room and then I'm able to focus on a story properly.

[J.T. Adams]

Can't listen to music while I read, love music and reading too much and would have to give my focus on one or the other. Cool to see others who do though.

[Cuthbert Chambers]

I don't know but every time I walk to school I listen to Velcro Fly (Only the track) It feels great:)

[Mr.Ace]

How аbout thе Gеrmаn bаnd Вlind Guаrdiаn? Тhеу hаvе sеvеrаl sоngs bаsеd on thе books of Mr.King, inсluding "Somewhere Far Beyond" (based on "Тhе Gunslinger" and аlso mеntionеd еvеnts of "Тhе Drаwing of Тhе Тhrее") аnd "Carrу The Blessed Home" ("Thе Dаrk Тоwеr VII").

[AchtungBaby]

U2's Joshua Tree - the whole album just seems to 'fit' with the mood of the series...especially songs such as I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Trip Through Your Wires, Mothers of the Disappeared, and Where the Streets Have No Name. Whenever I hear any of those songs (or any song from the album, really) it makes me want to re-read DT.

[Patricia A]

I have this blasting the walls down at this very moment.

The Dark Tower - Lud: The God Drums


http://youtu.be/BmePghg9nCY

[not_nadine]

That is very very cool, Patricia - Thankee

[Anders77]

I think Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms is the perfect DT song. the lyrics are made for DT.

Cheers,
Anders

[Chris1974100]

How about Broken Land by The Adventure

[Mr.Ace]

"Wanderlust" of Megadeth. Just listen these words:
As I ride into the sunset to take another town
Thank you for the invite, but I just can't settle down
The dust that coats my hat is from a dozen towns
Dust from shooting down another dozen clowns