The Chosen Music – Roh Morgon's The Chosen

Music gives meaning to life

and life to meaning.

Welcome to the world of The Chosen

and to the music that embodies

their emotions and

their lives.

~ RM ~

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Music plays an important part in these stories. From melancholic melodies to crashing crescendos, it enhances the mood and emotions in every scene. It provides a sound buffer, preventing the outer world from intruding into my inner one. It helps me to feel the emotions of the story inhabitants and bring those emotions to the page.

Many times I’ll discover a song that belongs to a specific scene after the scene has been written, then I’ll play the song over and over during subsequent editing sessions, using its energy to breath more life into the scene.

Each book has its own soundtrack, its own mood. I wish I could share all of the music with you, but in many cases that is not possible due to copyright restrictions. I hope to bring audio to this page in the future; for now, please take the time to look up the artists and listen to their music. ~RM ~

WATCHER

One of the most influential music artists on the writing and editing of Watcher was Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Trent believes in artists sharing their talents and generously makes his tracks available for download on the NIN remix site. The resulting blend of Trent’s music with that of various remix artists can be amazingly beautiful and moving. Along with Trent’s instrumental originals and his own remixes, these songs created much of the background tone for Watcher. My favorite is the haunting NIN/Justin St.Charles remix, “Leaving Hope, Still” which beautifully captures the mood of Sunny and Nicolas's first meeting and is their theme song.

Enjoy.

~RM~

PROLOGUE

04.10 Piano – Justin St.Charles

PART I - CALIFORNIA

The Red – Chevelle
Corona Radiata – NIN
11 – Hyneria Moss Soundscape

PART II - COLORADO

08.09 Piano – Justin St.Charles
Black Orchid – Blue October
The Four of Us Are Dying – NIN
Bosendorfer Morpher (Unheard) – NIN/As Serious As Your Life remix
Leaving Hope, Still – NIN/Justin St.Charles remix
Gone, Still – NIN
Dracula’s Return – Transylvania 1847
The Frail – NIN
Luna – Hyneria Moss Soundscape
When He Thinks of Her – Justin St.Charles
Black Heart Inertia – Incubus
La Serenissima – Loreena McKennit
Night Ride Across the Caucasus – Loreena McKennit
Right Person, Right Place, Wrong Time – Justin St.Charles
Quicksand – Incubus
Every Right Things Fall – Hyneria Moss Soundscape
Spaces Piano – Hyneria Moss Soundscape
I’m Looking Forward to Joining You Finally – NIN/Justin St.Charles remix
8 Ghosts – NIN

PART III - THE TAMING

Ripe (With Decay) – NIN
Hurt, Slowly – NIN/Justin St.Charles remix
Dig – Incubus
Everything We Could Have – Hyneria Moss Soundscape
Love Hurts – Incubus
34 Ghosts – NIN
Soul Sleep – Justin St.Charles
Shampoo – Elvis Perkins
Another Version of the Truth – NIN/Enrique G. Müller & Kronos remix
23 Ghosts – NIN
La Mer (Version) – NIN/Jerome Dillon & Keith Hillebrandt remix
The Mark Has Been Made – NIN
24 Ghosts – NIN
This Bleeding Heart – Justin St.Charles
A Familiar Taste – The Social Network
Penetration – The Social Network
Eventually We Find Our Way – The Social Network
Slipping Away – NIN/Trent Reznor & Alan Moulder remix
Erased, Over, Out – NIN/Hyde, McDowall, Balance, Christopherson (Coil)
Right Where It Belongs – NIN

PART IV - THE WILD

Hurt (Quiet) – NIN/Trent Reznor remix
26 Ghosts – NIN
Early Exit – Justin St.Charles
Adrift and At Peace – NIN/Vika Yermolyeva remix
Zero-Sum – NIN/Stephen Morris & Gillian Gilbert remix
In This Twilight: Fennesz – NIN/Fennesz remix
In Motion – The Social Network
1 Ghosts – NIN
Right Where It Belongs v.3 – NIN/Justin St.Charles remix
Eraser – NIN
A Warm Place Instrumental – NIN

EPILOGUE

Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

RUNNER

Some songs on this list belong to a specific character; others to a scene. For me, the most important part of a song is the mood it creates and enhances, whether it does that through the melody, the rhythm, or the tone. The lyrics may or may not have anything to do the scene, but the emotion with which they are sung does. And when the words in the song align with the words on the page, the effect is magnified.

Sunny’s emotions are all over the map in this book, and the songs for her vary, from quiet laments to proclamations of strength. Sandy is epitomized with Leona Lewis’s "I See You.” Taz’s old-school biker attitude harkens back to The Allman Brothers and The Doors. And Chia—poor Chia—gives her frustration and outrage a voice in Skrillex’s “First of the Year.” Though the words don’t quite fit, the tone most certainly does.

Colin continues to slip through these stories with honor and elegance, belying the steel beneath, and in the process, winning the hearts of more than a few readers. The Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi best captures Colin’s essence in “Life” and “Two Trees.”

Enjoy.

~RM~

PROLOGUE