The Official Soundtrack!

Ok, we have to name several songs that would be good for a soundtrack for our books (mine being The Amber Spyglass), so here goes nothing:
Hmmmmm...

Angel, Sarah McLachlan- This song is appropriate because in this book, Will starts out with angels for guardians and relies on them to take care of him. That is the whole point of this song, that an angel may care for you.

Born For This, Paramore- This song works because Lyra is the girl in a prophecy of the witches who will make the decision that will doom or preserve man-kind. Thus "born for this".

Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day- In this song, we talk about being alone and on your own, with no one to care for or help you. When Lyra and Will go to the world of the dead, they are alone till they get out, with only dead souls for company.

Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas- Will's dad dies just before this book starts, but he gave him directions to keep doing the right thing and control and use the subtle knife, and this song is telling a boy to do what he has to to get things done.

Holiday, Green Day- This song, unlike the title, is actually about rebelling from the leaders and government, which is what Lord Asriel is doing against the Authority, or God.

How to Save a Life, The Fray- Just that- how to save a life. Lyra thinks they should cut a way out of the World of the Dead to free the ghosts so they can go back to the worlds they once lived in, to give them another life.

It's Not My Time, 3 Doors Down- Everyone in the World of the Dead says they must die to cross to the other side, but she refuses to do so, saying that her life isn't over and that it isn't her time.

Know Your Enemy, Green Day- The children are very confused to who's with them or against them, as the angels help, but the Authority hunts, Mrs. Coulter is an agent of the Church, but now spying for them, and Lord Asriel is Lyra's dad who has people spying on her.

Story of My Life, Bon Jovi- This really is a story of all their lives, showing them grow and change every day, letting them think and plot for their own good.

We Weren't Born to Follow, Bon Jovi- Will refuses to go to Lord Asriel, no matter what the spies say, for he has a mission and won't do what anyone else wants him to.

100 Years, Five for Fighting- For most of the book, they are with the dead, talking to them, seeing them, the whole thing, and they realize just how short their lives are, just how easy it is for them to die and that there is no way to avoid it.

Well, those are the songs on my new soundtrack for this book, and they are some of my favorites too. Enjoy and try to listen to them!
Ciao,

Carli