Soundtrack Sunday – DIAL V FOR VAMPIRE Edition

I ended up skipping the Damaged soundtrack as there wasn’t really anything new for Zara songs (other than “Titanium” by David Guetta ft Sia, both the original and this cover), so we go straight to Dial V for Vampire.

This one’s a bit bittersweet. Dial V‘s soundtrack also would’ve been Solace‘s (book six)–that’s how it’s labelled on iTunes for me and what I used when writing this novella. When I pulled it out to set up this draft post a month ago, the music made me nostalgic and I got that sad, “I want to write these books” feeling, and thought maybe, MAYBE, I could try swinging one book a year later despite the horrifically low sales because I so want to tell more of these stories.

Twenty-four hours later, Exhumed ended up on a piracy site.

So.

This is it for these characters. Solace will never be published; Dial V for Vampire will have to suffice as the only glimpse at Zara’s future.

Most of the songs lean toward sappy. Shut up, I CAN be girly sometimes.

Jake Coco and Madilyn Bailey (cover) – “Somebody That I Used to Know“
The opening chapters of DVfV was written to this one.
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness//Like resignation to the end, always the end

Jewel – “Break Me“
I will let you undress me//But I warn you I have thorns//Like any rose

Pink – “I Don’t Believe You“
It’s like you’re the swing set and I’m the kid that falls

Within Temptation – “All I Need“
There’s a very specific scene in Solace with this one. And now I’m just making myself sad.
Do you still see//The heart of me? and also: Make my heart a better place//Give me something I can believe//Don’t tear me down//You’ve opened the door now, don’t let it close

E.S. Posthumus – “Unstoppable“

The Cranberries – “Linger“
You know I’m such a fool for you//You’ve got me wrapped around your finger

Lisa Loeb – “How“
I didn’t come this far for you to make this hard for me.

Two Steps from Hell – “After the Fall“

Two Steps from Hell – “Protectors of the Earth“
One of the themes of the, er, creatures Zara battles when she and Maximilian go looking for evidence at the apartment.

Sara Bareilles – “Gravity“
This was basically the theme song for Solace and every post-Exhumed Z/N meeting.
Something always brings me back to you//It never takes too long

Elijah Bossenbroek – “I Give Up“

Adele – “Lovesong”
The epilogue song for this one, and also what Z/N danced to at Alchemy Red.
Whenever I’m alone with you//You make me feel like I am home again

Bonus: Viral song

Andrew Belle – “In My Veins“
This was to be Nate’s book, the eighth, and this was a theme for it.
Oh, you’re in my veins//And I cannot get you out

So that’s it for this series of soundtracks until it’s time for Oblivion.  I’m taking next week off and then it’ll be time for Rebellion.