Challenge! Create a Soundtrack for Your Favorite Book
February 18, 2009 by Rachel
Filed under Challenges & Contests
I’m really inspired today by our household’s latest toy, which is the 120GB Zune MP3 player. My husband is a musician, and we’ve thought about taking his collection digital for a while. He was a little resistant because he’s a bit of a purist. All reservations aside, I managed to convince him to try it, surprised him with the gift, and he hasn’t looked back since.
Not only do we now have the ability to play his thousands of songs in the car, through headphones, or at work… we also can network the Zune software from our PC through our Xbox. Suddenly this little gadget has turned into a household stereo! We can even play slideshows for our little guy set to his favorite music on our TV. No more tantrums at the office door. YES!
So anyway, here’s my challenge to you! Think of the soundtrack you’d create to illustrate your feelings about your favorite book. Post it here in the comments, or leave a link to your blog post. If you’re feeling ambitious, link to You Tube so we can all share the music love!
I’ll be posting mine soon…
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I love this idea! In fact, I’ve done it already, when I reviewed “The Host” for the January discussion group: http://hcgambrell.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/wandering-star/. But perhaps now, I’ll work on another one. Yay!
This is a great idea! I know sometimes certain songs get stuck in my head when I read books, but I’ve not thought of trying this. I know some authors do it…I read Marisha Pessl had soundtracks for each of the characters in Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Fun!
@ Haley: I remember when you did this! Can you comment with a link to it? It was awesome!!
@ Priscilla: Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Thanks, Rachel! The link in my first comment should take you to the original post…I had such a great time making that list!
I’ve actually finished mine…finally! Here’s the link. This was great fun.
http://eveningreader.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/the-secret-history-a-soundtrack/
Sounds great. I think it’s time that we do that. Our sites need this because it looks like our sites were developed by a caveman who hadn’t even seen fire yet. Thanks for the clue.
Mmy favorite books are about reducing child’s tantrums. What music should I load on my Zune MP3? Thanks. Randy.
What a wonderful idea and I can’t wait to hear your post. I’m always envious of those who can are (a) musically inclined and (b) can recall tunes for all occasions. I’m one of those people who can’t remember titles, artists, characters, authors, lol…you get my point!
Oh I like this idea! My fave book is POSSESSION by AS Byatt; you could do a neat mix on that!
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really great idea i will make mine too..lol if I’ve finished then i will post the link here..thanks