I love writing to music and if I can get some that go with the story and/or characters the more the better.
I came up with a little soundtrack for Soldiers of the Sun and wanted to share it.
Yes I wanted it to be on 8tracks but since I don't actually have a computer full of music from the 1930s, youtube it is.
I could have made this entirely Bing Crosby to be honest and still have the same feel. I did try to branch out a bit. The first song was from a group that helped to inspire this series, Big Bang Voo Doo Daddy. They were part of the swing revival in the 90s and I just love them so they kick off the sound track to give you a feel for the time period.
Just a Gigolo gets whistled by Temple in the novel for the obvious reasons and Bing's I Found Million Dollar Baby (in a five and ten store) is also in the novel. The next few songs were some of the top songs in 1931 (though Ella's version is a little later but I thought we could use a break from Bing!) Snowbound was set in 31 and Soldiers opens there so it gives you a great idea of what Temple would be playing on his prized radio and stereo system.
From there the sound track goes modern day with more from Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy and Brian Setzer. Big Bad's 'Big and Bad' is the theme song for the Soldiers because they are. The Maddest Kind of Love could easily describe a three-way relationship, especially in 1930.
And when researching music while writing Soldiers I came across a newish musical genre, electro-swing and fell in love with Parov Stelar. This has something of the sound that would have been in the dance halls of the day and Temple so love having the chance to dance. He's excellent at things like the Charleston. The one nice thing about the youtubes is that I could include Takes Some Crime and Just Some Motion, two young men who dance in a modified take of dance moves like the Charleston. Temple would approve
The soundtrack concludes with a new to me Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy song, Spooky Madness. Now if that's not the novel's theme, I don't know what is.
Hope you enjoy!

I came up with a little soundtrack for Soldiers of the Sun and wanted to share it.
Yes I wanted it to be on 8tracks but since I don't actually have a computer full of music from the 1930s, youtube it is.
I could have made this entirely Bing Crosby to be honest and still have the same feel. I did try to branch out a bit. The first song was from a group that helped to inspire this series, Big Bang Voo Doo Daddy. They were part of the swing revival in the 90s and I just love them so they kick off the sound track to give you a feel for the time period.
Just a Gigolo gets whistled by Temple in the novel for the obvious reasons and Bing's I Found Million Dollar Baby (in a five and ten store) is also in the novel. The next few songs were some of the top songs in 1931 (though Ella's version is a little later but I thought we could use a break from Bing!) Snowbound was set in 31 and Soldiers opens there so it gives you a great idea of what Temple would be playing on his prized radio and stereo system.
From there the sound track goes modern day with more from Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy and Brian Setzer. Big Bad's 'Big and Bad' is the theme song for the Soldiers because they are. The Maddest Kind of Love could easily describe a three-way relationship, especially in 1930.
And when researching music while writing Soldiers I came across a newish musical genre, electro-swing and fell in love with Parov Stelar. This has something of the sound that would have been in the dance halls of the day and Temple so love having the chance to dance. He's excellent at things like the Charleston. The one nice thing about the youtubes is that I could include Takes Some Crime and Just Some Motion, two young men who dance in a modified take of dance moves like the Charleston. Temple would approve
The soundtrack concludes with a new to me Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy song, Spooky Madness. Now if that's not the novel's theme, I don't know what is.
Hope you enjoy!
