Soundtracks for an Insect Age: Dragonfly Falling
Following on from the critically acclaimed soundtrack for Empire in Black and Gold, I now prolong this exercise in vanity just so far. Be warned, here be Spoilers for anyone who hasn't read Dragonfly Falling.
Dragonfly Falling (un)original Soundtrack
Track 1 — The Wasps come to Tark (The Blitz, from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Harry Gregson-Williams)
Track 2 — Tisamon and Felise (Tooth and Claw, from Doctor Who series 2 by Murray Gold)
Track 3 — Tarkesh Night Battle (Hanging, from Plunkett and Macleane by Craig Armstrong)
Track 4 — Salma in the Wasp Camp (Escape, from Plunkett and Macleane by Craig Armstrong) (1)
Track 5 — Parops's Orders and the Fall of Tark (Anakin's Betrayal, from Revenge of the Sith by John Williams) (2)
Track 6 — Salma and Grief (Houses of Healing, from Return of the King special edition by Howard Shore) (4)
Track 7 — Collegium Prepares ('Where is the Horse and the Rider', from The Two Towers special edition by Howard Shore)
Track 8 — Scuto on the Workbench (Gelt's Death, from Battle Beyond the Stars by James Horner)
Track 9 — Harbour Assault (Davy Jones, from Pirates of the Caribbean 2 by Hans Zimmer)
Track 10 — Vekken Inside the City (Breach of the Deeping Wall, from The Two Towers special edition by Howard Shore)
Track 11 — Teornis's Victory Parade (Farewell Apollo, from Battlestar Galactica series 4 by Bear McCreary)
Track 12 — The Mantis-kinden (The Warrior, from Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman) (5)
Track 13 — The Battle of the Rails (Raid on the Castle, from Prince Caspian by Harry Gregson-Williams)
(1) Because it would be a crime against music to separate those two tracks.
(2) In actual fact this isn't the perfect piece of music for this — what I wanted to point to here was a track from the soundtrack of Gunbuster, a fantastically obscure giant robot manga involving intergalactic dust mites that move at relativistic speeds (3), but my CD, obtained after a lengthy hunt, has a Japanese sleeve and I couldn't even reliably say which track I mean, let alone the name of the composer. For the purists, the best I can do is suggest the 22nd track on the CD (that I have), which appears to be labelled M10.
(3) I'm absolutely serious.
(4) I know, I know, this and track 10 are far too close to the originals, but when the music fits, what can you do?
(5) Yes, that Lord of the Dance
Ahaha! Another one that made great listening and Farewell Apollo fits so wonderfully with Teornis!
The only one I couldn't quite get into an superimpose on the events was the Harbour Assault one. Something didn't quite fit for me alas.
I am currently in the last few chapters of Salute the Dark and enjoying where the series is going. It's still pleasantly full of surprise, adventure and excitement!