forum A song that inspires you?
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@disneyfanatic7

Really anything by Taylor Swift, especially the faster ones such as "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things," "Better Than Revenge," or "I knew You Were Trouble." I also like "Why" by Sabrina Carpenter.

@Bandito

One I really like is "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men and pretty much anything by Twenty One Pilots and Fall out boy or Imagine Dragons.

I LOVE ALL OF THOSE

@OrionTheWolf

A few songs by Lord Huron have a very foresty feel to them, so coming from someone that has more than a few plot lines that take place in large, lush forests, those are very inspiring (The songs are "Meet Me In The Woods" "Night We Met" and "Love Like Ghosts"). When looking for plot lines that take place in more dystopian or post war theme, I try to listen to Imagine Dragons or Starset ("Rise" "It Has Begun" and "Demons" are a few of my personal favorites). When I want more of a romance feel to what I want to write, I try to find stuff from the Hamilton soundtrack or Marina & The Diamonds. "Do I Wanna Know" by the Arctic Monkeys is also a good song that could be used to get inspiration for multiple different genres (from what I've seen).

Mina

When I hear “young as the morning old as the sea” by Passenger, I really get inspired to just sit down and write <3

@disneyfanatic7

Sad/Intense Songs:
Sad Beautiful Tragic - Taylor Swift
Say Something - A Great Big World
Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley (I prefer the TOP version)

Upbeat Songs:
Upside Down and Inside Out - Ok Go
Death of a Bachelor - P!ATD
Gives You Hell - All American Rejects
Barcelona - Ed Sheeran
Don't - Ed Sheeran
Weak - AJR

@disneyfanatic7

Yeah ikr, I didn't even put any disney songs XD
Guess I have to now

  1. I Can Go the Distance - Hercules
  2. When Will My Life Begin -Tangled
  3. Almost There - Princess and the Frog
  4. One Step Ahead - Aladdin

@FantaPop

I've got a tonne of fantasy-inspired songs if you want them, lmao
The Cauldron Born - Damh the Bard, Witches Rune - S.J. Tucker, Mordred's Lullaby - Heather Dale, Stonehenge - Kellianna, The Willow Maid - Erutan, etc., etc.. Though, I have listened to Jonathan Young's Dark Horse/ET mashup a few more times than I'd like to admit. ^^;

@Celestial-B

Ohh I found some other things that I like!

Supermarket flowers: By Ed Sheeran (its rlly sad D:)
I write Sins Not Tragedies: By P!ATD
Any Lofi song: Its a type of music not a band and it helps me focus on writing
I Miss You: By Clean Bandit
Human: By Rag 'n' Bone Man
human: By Christina Perri
If I Die Young: By The Band Perry
Marry Me: By Thomas Rhett

And that plus the ones before is all I listen to besides some other country songs

@ravens

Non-Stop from Hamilton. If Hamilton can write 51 essays in 6 months, then I can do whatever it is that I don't feel like I can do.

@cami

i'll make a man out of you - mulan
reflection - mulan
i am moana - moana
how far i'll go - moana
let it go - frozen
colours of the wind - pocahontas
(pretty much any disney song ever)
the call - regina spektor
song of the lonely mountain - the hobbit
the last goodbye - the hobbit (billy boyd)
any dream will do - joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

@Cocopttz@gmail.com

A few songs by Lord Huron have a very foresty feel to them, so coming from someone that has more than a few plot lines that take place in large, lush forests, those are very inspiring (The songs are "Meet Me In The Woods" "Night We Met" and "Love Like Ghosts"). When looking for plot lines that take place in more dystopian or post war theme, I try to listen to Imagine Dragons or Starset ("Rise" "It Has Begun" and "Demons" are a few of my personal favorites). When I want more of a romance feel to what I want to write, I try to find stuff from the Hamilton soundtrack or Marina & The Diamonds. "Do I Wanna Know" by the Arctic Monkeys is also a good song that could be used to get inspiration for multiple different genres (from what I've seen).

These are some great suggestions! Thank you.

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Warriors by Imagine Dragons
Is She With You? by Hans Zimmer
Anything John Williams
Most songs by M.I.A.

@disneyfanatic7

Ohh, lots of Matchbox 20 songs like How Far We've Come and She's So Mean are good upbeat songs. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and other 80's songs are good as well, as they tend to be faster.

@sydp828

Lots of Fall Out Boy for hype, Declan Mckenna is one of my faves, Dua Lipa, Hippo Campus has some bops top 3 songs right now are

  1. The Kids Don't Want to Come Home -Declan Mckenna
    2 Be the One- Dua Lipa
  2. Church- Fall Out Boy

@HighPockets group

My writing playlist is:
Anything from Hamilton
Snuff Out The Light and Poor Unfortunate Souls are my go to villain songs
Take On Me is a classic
Eye of the Tiger and Viva La Vida, because they’re the life stories of some of my characters
If I’m writing a light/happy scene, Prince Ali or Friend Like Me are go tos, because then I can practice my karaoke

@Mere

My all time favorites: Young the Giant, P!ATD, Foster the People, & Queen

Some other bands/artists I'd recommend: Saint's Motel, San Cisco, Coast Modern, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Black Keys, Wallows, Switchfoot, Johnnyswim, Sam Smith, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marty Robbins, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Britten

Some musicals: Greatest Showman, Hamilton, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera…

I've recently noticed I don't listen to a lot of female artists aside from ladies staring in musicals. I dunno.

shurikenwolfbadass_13

Depends on your genre.
I like everything badass, so try classic rock.
AC/DC
Metallica
Scorpions
Motörhead's
Ozzy Osbourne (solo)
Styx
Queen
Bob Sever

I find that when writing action scenes, Zotiyac, XXXTentacion, $ki-Mask the Slump God, Fukkit, Kamiyada, ONI INC. and other hard rappers do the trick.