THE SCARLET LION SOUNDTRACK AND NOTES

THE SCARLET LION:
SOUNDTRACK AND NOTES

I've linked many of the tracks to urls at Youtube. Not all of the video content is appropriate to what I had in mind, but the songs themselves are all very relevant and will give readers an idea - I hope!

Track:
1. Hymn To Her - The Pretenders.
It's about the female element in the novel and it opens with a childbirth scene and concerns the power of women. Url to the song at youtube here
http://tinyurl.com/ysjnf4

2. Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler
William Marshal's theme music if ever there was. 'Somewhere after midnight, in my wildest fantasy, somewhere just beyond my reach, there's someone reaching back for me.' http://tinyurl.com/2kpaq9

3. THE BEST - Tina Turner
Isabelle's view of her husband. May sound a bit cheesy through familiarity these days, but it has tremendous resonance and feeling. There's a reason it always gets played at discos as weddings!

4. LANDSLIDE - Fleetwood Mac
Isabelle's feelings about the passage of time and coming into her own. She and William married when she was a girl. Now she's a woman and looking to future responsibilities and duties.
http://tinyurl.com/ytuxo6

5. THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD - Gordon Lightfoot
The voyage to Ireland which was pretty grim. http://tinyurl.com/3xxpbj

6. CHANGE MY WORLD - Moya Brenan
Arriving in Ireland - a different place to the courts of Normandy and England

7. INTO THE FIRE - Sarah McLachlan
Isabelle is reunited with her mother http://tinyurl.com/34pv3o

8. SHERRY DARLING - Bruce Springsteen
One of several Springsteen tracks. William is not enamoured of his mother in law!

9.DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN - Bruce Springsteen
A bitter, dark number concerning the burdens shouldered by the men who knew what happened to Prince Arthur. http://tinyurl.com/2hegjm

10. ALL MY LIFE - Foofighters
King John and the incident with Prince Arthur - and all the other incidents throughout John's life. 'Done, done and I'm on to the next one....' http://tinyurl.com/24zxs6

11. STORY OF ISAAC - Suzanne Vega
The hostage situation

12. WORLDS APART - Bruce Springsteen
Isabelle and William disagree over the hostage situation and their difference of opinion is fuelled by suspicions about what happened to Prince Arthur 'Sometimes the truth just ain't enough, or it's too much in times like this, let's throw the truth away and find it in this kiss.' http://tinyurl.com/2xcqa8

13. FLYING COLOURS - Jethro Tull
William and Isabelle's marriage continues rocky because of John and their sons.

14. STICK TO YOUR GUNS - Bon Jovi
Isabelle has to cope in Ireland while William goes to court http://tinyurl.com/24ppke

15. AGAINST THE WIND - Marie Brenan
Hanging tough in Ireland http://tinyurl.com/3ykhqn

16. THE ONE I LOVE - REM
William at court in England, biding time, sending out a mental warning to Isabelle. I know the meaning of the song is different in reality, but it has the above meaning to me, with 'Fire!' meaning 'Beware!' http://tinyurl.com/2lfgw4

17. EMERALD - Thin Lizzy
The Battle at Newtown and subsequent battles in Ireland. 'Down from the glen came the marching men with their shields and their swords.' http://tinyurl.com/29zusp

18. I NEED SOME SLEEP - Eels
William struggling at court, not knowing what's happening at home. Everything has gone to hell in a handcart. http://tinyurl.com/3y4468

19. A MATTER OF TRUST - Billy Joel
William returns to Ireland and is reunited with his family

20. SCARLET - About Eve
Isabelle and William's daughter-in-law Alais de Bethune. Her character and what happens to her.

21. SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - Nirvana
More on Alais and the happenings at Pembroke. William's son Will when he hears what has happened. 'A denial, a denial, a denial.' Raw, ragged, emotional. http://tinyurl.com/324kwt

22. IF IT BE YOUR WILL - Jann Arden
My feelings about Alais and giving her a voice that history hasn't heard until now.

22. LOVE HURTS - Nazareth
William Marshal and his family are threatening to tear apart beneath all that's happening to them. Particularly a song for Will, William's eldest son. http://tinyurl.com/2h3nkh

23. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS - Greenday
Will squaring his shoulders and trying to come to terms with what's happened to him
http://tinyurl.com/3yf663

24. JUST FOR YOU -Lionel Richie
Will thinking back and realising life isn't like that. http://tinyurl.com/3x5tky

25. FATHER AND SON - Ronan Keating
The conflict between William and Will. http://tinyurl.com/35n8jw

26. PARALLEL UNIVERSE - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The battle of Lincoln and William's altered state of mind as he enters the fight. That joyous surge of the sword. 'Christ I'm a sidewinder, I'm a California King.' http://tinyurl.com/36aaja

27. IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH - Coheed & Cambria
The battle of Sandwich and more stirring battle action. http://tinyurl.com/347xok

28. AVALON - Roxy Music
William and Isabelle share some poignant moments.

29. HEAVEN CAN WAIT - Meatloaf
William making preparations to depart. http://tinyurl.com/3xkyx2

30. I HOPE YOU DANCE - Ronan Keating
William sending out thoughts to his eldest daughter, Mahelt. http://tinyurl.com/2sh8el

31. MY IMMORTAL - Evanescence
Isabelle's feelings about William as she comes to terms with what's happening, especially his association with the Templars. http://tinyurl.com/28cwtp

32. EVENSTAR - Isabel Bayakdarian
A bidding farewell. I was inspired not only by the music, but by the scene of Arwen standing before Aragorn's tomb in the second Lord of the Rings film The Two Towers
http://tinyurl.com/24gwe4

33.SAND AND WATER - Beth Nielsen Chapman
Isabelle coming to terms with her life. I felt this one extremely appropriate as in 1219, her youngest son would have been about 11 years old. http://tinyurl.com/2d9rsb

34. THE MIRACLE OF LOVE - Eurythmics
Finale http://tinyurl.com/2f9gb5