Dark Tower music and such ::SPOILERS::

[Darkthoughts]

I like alot of the songs that are actually mentioned in DT - like Summer In The City and of course Bad Company's Bad Company. The lyrics could have been written about the ka-tet, its amazing. Plus, some members of Bad Company - who were also originally in Free - were also in a group called King Crimson and had an album called In The Court Of The Crimson King.

[Storyslinger]

Has anyone put Behind Blue Eyes by The Who

[Jean]

J'ARRIVE

De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
Nos amitiés sont en partance
De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
La mort potence nos dulcinées
De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
Les autres fleurs font ce qu'elles peuvent
De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
Les hommes pleurent les femmes pleuvent

J'arrive j'arrive
Mais qu'est-ce que j'aurais bien aimé
Encore une fois traîner mes os
Jusqu'au soleil jusqu'à l'été
Jusqu'au printemps jusqu'à demain
J'arrive, j'arrive
Mais qu'est-ce que j'aurais bien aimé
Encore une fois voir si le fleuve
Est encore fleuve voir si le port
Est encore port m'y voir encore
J'arrive j'arrive
Mais pourquoi moi pourquoi maintenant
Pourquoi déjà et où aller
J'arrive bien sûr, j'arrive
N'ai-je jamais rien fait d'autre qu'arriver

De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
A chaque fois plus solitaire
De chrysanthèmes en chrysanthèmes
A chaque fois surnuméraire
J'arrive j'arrive
Mais qu'est-ce que j'aurais bien aimé
Encore une fois prendre un amour
Comme on prend le train pour plus être seul
Pour être ailleurs pour être bien
J'arrive j'arrive
Mais qu'est-ce que j'aurais bien aimé
Encore une fois remplir d'étoiles
Un corps qui tremble et tomber mort
Brûlé d'amour le coeur en cendres
J'arrive j'arrive
C'est même pas toi qui est en avance
C'est déjà moi qui suis en retard
J'arrive, bien sûr j'arrive
N'ai-je jamais rien fait d'autre qu'arriver.

(Jacques Brel, 1968 )

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLgZUmbDFo4"]YouTube - Jacques Brel.J'arrive[/ame]

[Wuducynn]

I like alot of the songs that are actually mentioned in DT - like Summer In The City and of course Bad Company's Bad Company. The lyrics could have been written about the ka-tet, its amazing. Plus, some members of Bad Company - who were also originally in Free - were also in a group called King Crimson and had an album called In The Court Of The Crimson King.

Don't forget their song in that album The Court of the Crimson King

The dance of the puppets
The rusted chains of prison moons
Are shattered by the sun.
I walk a road, horizons change
The tournaments begun.
The purple piper plays his tune,
The choir softly sing;
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue,
For the court of the Crimson King.

The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams.
I wait outside the pilgrims door
With insufficient schemes.
The black queen chants
The funeral march,
The cracked brass bells will ring;
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the Crimson King.

The gardener plants an evergreen
Whilst trampling on a flower.
I chase the wind of a prism ship
To taste the sweet and sour.
The pattern juggler lifts his hand;
The orchestra begin.
As slowly turns the grinding wheel
In the court of the Crimson King.

On soft gray mornings widows cry
The wise men share a joke;
I run to grasp divining signs
To satisfy the hoax.
The yellow jester does not play
But gentle pulls the strings
And smiles as the puppets dance
In the court of the Crimson King.

[Darkthoughts]

Nice one CK

On Free's Alright Now album, there is also a song called "My Brother Jake".

[Brice]

Yes, I believe there is Lisa. I have an original copy on vinyl.

[Darkthoughts]

Cool! I only have it on cd

[sarah]

I hope Aesculapius comes in here to post. he is a big Tool fan and knows the lyrics forwards and backwards. He has told me in the past how much tool reminds him of the dark tower. Maybe he can post some of his favorite lyrics.

[Aesculapius]

not T00L, but close enough:

The Hollow - Aperfectcircle

run, desire, run
a sexual being
run him like a blade
to and through the heart, no conscience
one motive: cater to the hollow

screaming feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacify this hungering
so grow, libido
throw
dominoes of indiscretions down
falling all around in cycles, in circles
constantly consuming
conquer and devour

'cause its time to bring a fire down
throttle all this indiscretion
long enough to edify
and permanently fill this hollow

screaming feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacifying
feed me here
fill me up again
temporarily pacifying

[sarah]

oooo good one, aesculapius. Thanks for posting

[Lord_Vertigo]

After my second read through the series, I kept hearing music to fit certain images and scenes from the stories. Here's what I came up with just for the heck of it.

1. Vespertilio - Batman Begins - "Opening Credits"

2. The Abyss - Stryper, To Hell With the Devil - "The Man In Black Fled Across the Desert"

3. Myotis - Batman Begins - "Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger" - the picture in my head is Roland shooting up the town of Tull in the first book.

4. "The Wardrobe" - Chronicles of Narnia - "Jake Chambers of New York, 1977"

5. I forget the name but it's a great one from the Stigmata sountrack - "Eddie Dean of New York, 1987"

6. "Immolation Scene" - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - "Wizard and Glass: Charyou Tree" - The image is of Susan being burned at the stake at the end of book 4.

7. "At Land's End" - Resurrection Band, Lament - "Ka-Tet, One From Many" - music and lyrics fit PERFECTLY. I hear this one as Roland and company are traveling along I-70 in book 4 after having escaped Blaine the monorail, and Roland is getting ready to tell them about Susan.

8. "Arthur's Farewell" - First Knight (the music with the final battle scene if you have the movie) - "Wolves, Last Comes Gunfire" from Wolves of the Calla (the end of book 5)

9. "The Last Battle" - Chronicles of Narnia - "Saving the Beams" (from book seven - one of the most incredible scenes in the series)

10. "Death of Jonathan Kent" - Superman soundtrack - "Susannah Says Goodbye" from book seven (don't worry, I haven't spoiled anything)

11. "Anakin's Dark Deeds" - Revenge of the Sith - "Crimson King" - from book seven

12. "Molossus" - Batman Begins - "Ascent of the Tower" - book seven

13. "Who Wants To Live Forever" - Queen - "End Credits"

[obscurejude]

I don't like to listen to music when I read, so I can focus more on the book. Its a cool thread though. Wish I had a song to contribute.

[MonteGss]

I never listen to music when I read either. I do have a "Dark Tower playlist" though...songs from the series and about the series.

[Letti]

I never listen to music when I read either.

The same here. Anyway I can read anywhere (in a crowded bus or in the middle of a concert) but I do prefer silence.

[jayson]

i love to listen to music when i read, but only instrumental music, words are too distracting when i am reading. i have a LOT of music which i think goes well with the Tower but I suspect few people other than Frunobulax would have a clue who I was talking about should I start naming some of it.

[Unfound One]

i can't listen to anything but classical when i read, i get distracted and sing along...
but if they were to make a movie, here's the end credits in my head:
knights of cydonia by muse.
plus, if you watch them music video, it's a western - i didn't know that when i first heard it but that's always how i imagined it. works out quite perfectly imo

[Girlystevedave]

I can't listen to music while I'm reading. But, if I listen to music later, the story is still in my mind, which I permanently link to the books.

[Wuducynn]

Crimson King

By Demons and Wizards

Discordia! Discordia!
Show me your banner
Come show me your sign
The Crimson King's eye
Is the mark to reveal you are mine
I am your master
I will make your dreams come true
I'm your messiah
A twisted one as you may know

My right hands, my servants
My soldiers, my tools
Spread out the good news
Find my children and gather them all
We'll take all low men
All the hatred, evil souls
We share one desire
A wicked one as you may know

Touched by the Crimson King
Touched by the Savior
The tower falls on Judgement Day
Touched by the Crimson King
Touched by the Saviour
Like it's been written many years ago

I am the angel I am madness
I am the word I am the law
I am holding truth release your sadness
I am the key I am the door
Release!
Oh there is
War and evil
Whores and sinners
Take my hand and I show you
Where to go
Call me Flagg
I'm the Good Man
I'm the Dark Man
Take my hand and
I show you where to go
Release!
Come take my hand
To the promised land

Redeemer
Deceiver
The demon
The man in black

The universe is void
Just you and I
Let there be light
The stars will rise
Then fall again
Climbing to the top
An empty room
Is all there is
Oh I fear it is
Prophecies were made of you and I
The vision's strong
But meanwhile keep on falling
Oh what a miracle is life
An even bigger one is size
It's just the way it is
I fear it is
It's just the way it is

Life's a wheel nothing more
It goes round and around and a...
I am the ageless
I am "Legion"
I'm your lord
I will bring terror
I'm a demon in disguise
The thrill of a thousand
Worlds dying at once
But my ultimate goal
Lies beyond the downfall

Touched by the Crimson King
Touched by the Saviour
The tower falls on Judgement Day
Touched by the Crimson King
Touched by the Saviour
Like it's been written many years ago

The Gunslinger

by Demons and Wizards

Songs to sing....

Song of turtle
And the cry of the bear
Awake
I can sense it
Still I'm afraid
Tower road lies ahead
Commala-come-ka
Ka has come to me
Grey old fellow
If you finally fail the test
What would it mean?
We 're getting near
We 're getting near
Maid of sorrow
Your time goes by

Fade away
Fade....

"Say thank, ya'" for the beams are safe my friend
Long days and pleasant nights to you"

Save me,
The final chord
Don't let it end like this
No, not like this
Tell me
When things were finally getting out of hand
It's out of hand

Entangled, I am captured
You have put a spell on me
The last in line
Gunslinger's line

The sacrifice of innocence
This work needs to be done
Now blow the horn
Hail to the gun!

Done is done
Yes, there will be no taking back
Every journey must come to an end
All hail to the gunslinger
Praise to the Dinh and the King
Beyond our reach, out of control

Save me
To touch the rose it will not bring release
No taking back
Come save me
There are other worlds
But surely none like this!
The world has changed

Done is done
Yes there will be no taking back
The word is the law
Law is Ka

The end of the road lies
Straight ahead its lies
I'm feeling pure
The end of the road lies......

The sacrifice of innocence
The hailing of the gun
My Way was Death and madness
Now let the tower come

Done is done
Yes, there will be no taking back
Every journey must come to an end
All hail to the gunslinger
Praise to the Dinh and the King
Beyond our reach, out of control

[Daghain]

Again, J.R. Flynn. He wrote a DT score. Go to iTunes and check him out. His fanfare is BANG ON for Roland, IMHO.

[MonteGss]

I tried Flynn but I was not really a big fan. Some of them are ok but overall it sounds too video game to me.

[Unfound One]

i'm with monte here, it sounds like video games or old midi files... though i think it's a noble attempt.
roland's theme specifically - try to imagine it with strings instead of how it sounds now... potential? maybe?

[Daghain]

It would probably be way cool with strings.

[Unfound One]

that's what i think too.
definitely.

[Mark]

I also had songs that reminded me of the books very much, and when i lsiten to them i also get the feeling that i got at the end. The two songs that spring to mind are "The Fallen Angel" by Iron Maiden.

You and only god will know
What can be done?
you and only god will know
I am the only one.
you and only god will know
I am the chosen one.

Could it be it's the end of our world?
All the things that we charish and Love
Nothing left but to face this all of my own
cause I am the chosen one.

Rainmaker, also by Iron Maiden.

When I was wandering in the desert,
And was searching for the truth
I heard a choir of angels calling out my name,
I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again
I turn my face towards the barren sun

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in our lives like the cracks upon the ground,
They are sealed and are now washed away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away,
You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives,
They are sealed and now far away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away,
You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives,
They are sealed and now far away

That's only the first two that sping to mind.

[MonteGss]

i'm with monte here, it sounds like video games or old midi files... though i think it's a noble attempt.
roland's theme specifically - try to imagine it with strings instead of how it sounds now... potential? maybe?

Yeah, maybe it would be cool with strings.
As it stands now though, not worth the money, imo.

I do applaud his efforts for making it though...that in itself is cool as shit!