Independent Reading Update

Something Wild (from Pete’s Dragon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtmCCNB8wqc

I think that this song fits well into the magical, mystical world of Emberfall because it’s an adventure-based song. It’s all about travelling in the woods and the wild. This makes sense because of all the time they spend travelling together on the road or in the woods. It also matches the sort of wistful feeling of both the main characters’ dreams. All in all, this song fits the travelling theme in the story.

 

Pure Imagination (Pixels remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO_37OokXic

This song fits well with the idea of fantasy in the novel, and I’d like to imagine it going perfectly with a scene of the 2 main characters dancing. In the book it says that they were dancing to the violin, but this song is piano. I believe that this fits just as well because the book described the dance as simply ‘swaying’. This instrumental is sort of dreamy, and I can imagine the two main characters swaying easily to it. It can also be played in any other scene with music in it.

 

Soldier, Poet, King (The Oh Hellos)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzVKsltzYdI

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos matches the main characters’ personalities well and has a sort of adventure tone to it. One of the lines is “there will come a soldier, who carries a mighty sword.” This describes the one character, Grey, perfectly because he’s a talented bodyguard who survived all the monster attacks. Another line, “There will come a poet, whose weapon is his word.”. This describes Harper, who uses her words as part of a method to save Emberfall and Rhen. One other line is, “There will come a ruler, whose brow is laid in thorn.” This describes Rhen as he is technically a prince, but the thorns are his curse. So, this song fit because it describes the characters.

 

Karma (AJR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1JwiXHwI4

This song by AJR matches Rhens’ struggle to break his curse. Most of the emphasis is put on how hard Rhen is working to fix his kingdom, but how it isn’t paying off by breaking his curse. It also relays some of his emotions of frustration towards Harper and how she still hasn’t helped him even though he’s helped her. Rhen’s done everything Harper’s told him to to fix his kingdom, but he’s still questioning whether it’s worth it or not in the long run if the monster comes out to destroy it all. So, this song fits well as an embodiment of Rhen’s feelings in the book.

 

Home (Madeon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxq3GIxlv20

This song fits the storyline of Harper wishing to go home. Since Harper was abducted from her home, she really wants to go back to her brother and mother. This song also embodies her need and desperation to go home, as she was even willing to accept a one-way ticket by the sorceress who cursed Rhen. Also a very beautiful song, with some wistfulness to it that can relate to Harper’s homesickness. As a bonus, this song is also quite easy to visualize to.

 

Unstoppable (The Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBlykN4KIY

Unstoppable by the score lines up perfectly with the training and fighting scenes in the book. Harper wants to be able to fight well and help people, mainly her older brother. If you’re looking for one of those songs to play over a training montage in your head, this one fits well! It’s an upbeat song, and can make you feel like you want to do something. This compelling song can help along the fight scenes as well, and is very easy to visualize to.

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