What is your story's theme song?

[serria]

If the story you are working on (or one you've written) had a theme song, what would it be? Even better, do you have a "soundtrack" of songs that fit your story?

If you listen to music while you write, do you listen to songs that are relevant in either lyrics or style to your story?

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[inkdust]

I always associate songs with my stories - in fact, I only tend to really like songs once I associate them with a story or character, and that means I never have just one theme song. Here are a few specific ones for my current story:

Closest to a true theme song, the first one that I connected to the story - Little Talks (Of Monsters & Men). The lyrics are actually scarily fitting, if you take it as a figurative ship. Like every line makes sense. Mountain Sound by them also reminds me of the relationships among some of the main characters.
More of an emotional theme - We're On Our Way (Radical Face)
A theme for one particular character - Wild Country (Wake Owl)
The song I could imagine for the predictable zoom-out ending shot from the front porch if it were ever made into a little indie movie - Snake Skin Heart (Chris Ayer)

It's interesting to me how much quieter this story is than my last one. Plot-wise that's obvious, but it's also reflected in the music I've been drawn to.

I write in total silence 90% of the time because music doesn't work. The other 10% is usually when I try to write away from home, and then I only listen to instrumental pieces like Ludovico Einaudi or Drift by Daughter (that one in particular makes me hyper-focus, it's unusual). Songs with lyrics are only for pre-writing concentration or especially for thinking about the story in the car. Something about listening in the car lets ideas flow better, haha.