Every Novel Needs a Soundtrack

Growing up watching a lot of films with my mom and listening to a lot of music on vinyl, I have always had music playing in the background while life happens. I have always felt like my life has a soundtrack playing as the scenes unfold daily. The same goes for novels. Whether reading them or writing them, there is always a soundtrack to accompany any good story.

I had a string of songs that helped set the tone and the mood for the different segments of my novel UNDER PARIS SPIES as I wrote it so I've put together a playlist if you would like to have a listen to get into the mood while reading this thrilling spy adventure set in the streets of Paris. Enjoy!

Playlist Part 1:

SOUS LE CIEL DE PARIS - Jill Barber version

ROUND MIDNIGHT - Miles Davis

BORN TO BE BLUE - Chet Baker

NEARNESS OF YOU - Chris Botti

STRAIGHT, NO CHASER - Thelonious Monk

AN ENDING, A BEGINNING - Dustin O'Halloran

FEELING LONELY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON - Alfonso de Villallonga

COMPTINE D'UN AUTRE TE, L'APRES MIDI - Yann Tiersen (Amelie)

IL Y A - Jacques Brel

I LOVE PARIS - Al Hirt

BIENTOT TU L'OUBLIERAS - Jaqueline Taieb

FREE MAN IN PARIS - Joni Mitchell

A PARIS - Francis Lemarque

SUITE BERGAMASQUE, L.75: III. CLAIR DE LUNE - Debussy

WHEN A WOMAN IS AROUND - Unloved

TOUJOURS DES MENSONGES - Owlle

BAD GUY - Billie Eilish

BAKER STREET - Foo Fighters version

ZOMBIE - The Cranberries

WHITE LIMO - Foo Fighters

FALLING OR FLYING - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

TSHIRT - Foo Fighters

GREEN EYES - Coldplay

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Chet Baker

QUI - Stefi Celma

GIMME SHELTER - The Rolling Stones

STACKED ACTORS - Foo Fighters

WHAT IF I DO? - Foo Fighters

AGAIN & AGAIN - The Bird and the Bee

RUNNING UP THAT HILL - Kate Bush

Gustav Klimt exhibit at L'Atelier des Lumieres in Paris (photo by author)