Writing "Reavers": The Soundtrack

Reavers of the Void releases on the Kindle Store this Friday. A lot went into making this happen, but this post focuses on the music.

Yes, music. You don't write a series featuring a heroine named after the living goddess of music--well, her alter-ego--and not have a de facto soundtrack playing.

Not all of it is anison, but--go figure--a lot of it is and a lot of that is now-classic themes and songs. I played specific tracks when writing specific parts so I had that emotion foremost in mind and therefore could focus on putting that feeling into the words that best conveyed the effect.

• Theme Song: "Skies of Love", from Legend of the Galactic Heroes
• Galactic Christendom (secular side): "Valyries Love Thy Valor", from Legend of the Galactic Heroes; (sacred side) "Ava Maria".
• Roland's theme song: "Stormbringer", from New Steel God Jeeg.
• Gabriela's theme song: "Lion", from Macross Frontier.
• Vikuun Qis's theme: "Emperor Palpatine's Suite", a fan-created edit of Sheev's themes from the films.
• "Victory For Babylon" theme: "Ziggurat", from Tezuka's Metropolis.
• Dashing Jack's theme: He's more Char than Harlock in this book, especially in the inciting incident, where "The Red Comet of Loum" from Mobile Suit Gundam Origin applies. When in the Captain's chair, it's more Harlock.
• House Ireton's theme: House Atreides' theme (Main Title) from Children of Dune.
• Creton's event theme: "The King of Heroes is Born!", from Gaogaigar.
• Oklahoma's theme: You can play anything Yamato, but "Yamato Descends" is most apt for her appearances in this book.

In addition, you can include "Libera Me From Hell" from Gurren Lagann, "Fly, Dunbine!" from Aura Battler Dunbine, and "Gong" by JAM Project for Super Robot Wars Alpha 3. Finally, this release is me raising my flag, so that means including one more track- this one by Man With a Mission (for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans).