Character Theme Songs

kailene134

29 pages

Posted
April 5, 2009 - 00:53

Character Theme Songs

Does anyone else have certain songs that are "theme songs" to certain characters?

I do. The ones I really have so far are:

Julie - "She's Gonna Break Soon" by Less Than Jake
Michelle - "Overrated" by Less Than Jake
Billy - "Tortures of the Damned"

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CostumeKitty

Posted
April 5, 2009 - 01:59

RE: Character Theme Songs

I do. :)
Christine's is "The Dog Song" by Nellie McKey, haha. She's kind of casual like that.
Raoul's is "Everything I Ask For" by The Maine.
The Phantom's is "crushcrushcrush" by Paramore.
Mod for the old, lol.

thepillsburydoughgirl

10 pages

Posted
April 5, 2009 - 05:30

RE: Character Theme Songs

Richard - "Let it Rain" - Ok Go
Izzy - "The Call" - Regina Spektor
Chris (antag.) - undecided :( need to find one though

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bionicfemme

105 pages

Posted
April 5, 2009 - 21:48

RE: Character Theme Songs

I have a character in my script who's classy and cynical with a deadpan sort of humor. She's also very ladylike.

I've found that Garbage's, "You look so fine" fits her PERFECTLY!

She also would be fond of Hole or The Cardigans, come to think of it.

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ArakniRae

100 pages

Posted
April 6, 2009 - 00:06

RE: Character Theme Songs

I've got some for my two MCs.

Grimm- "Story of My Life" Bon Jovi
Pepper- "Dance Magic" David Bowie

Mstar

20 pages

Posted
April 6, 2009 - 05:32

RE: Character Theme Songs

I'm not sure what my MC's theme song would be through the first half, but Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" descibes my MC in the second half perfectly. There's this definate moment where she goes from being rather pathetic to being a total badass. ^_^

oUbObCaT17

100 pages

Posted
April 8, 2009 - 00:53

RE: Character Theme Songs

Yes... I actually had then written down when I was first doing a character outline!!
The main theme of the entire project is My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson

Briana's theme song is either Tomorrow by Avril Lavigne or The Climb by Miley Cyrus
Ethan's theme song by far is Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Alex's theme is Just Like You by Three Days Grace
Lisa's theme is One Of The Boys by Katy Perry

Briana & Ethan have a few themes together:
I Learned From You by Miley Cyrus
I Thought I Lost You by Miley Cyrus & John Travolta

so yea... I've thought about this way too much

cdmaze

100 pages

Posted
April 8, 2009 - 02:16

RE: Character Theme Songs

Fun thread!

Ok, here goes:

Nina: Resurrection Fern by Iron and Wine

John: The Giant of Illinois by Andrew Bird.

Jeremy: Hey Jupiter by Tori Amos

A song I'm using for a series of flashbacks that I just love is Mimizan by Beirut, so freaking perfect.

John and Nina together have always had Iron and Wine's Flightless Bird, American Mouth, since the moment I heard it the day the album came out. (this story is about 7 years old). I have always pictured it for the end, when they finally find each other. But then Twilight had to go and ruin it for me. Damnit. It's still their song, regardless of the cheese-factor the song now carries.

taqueria

104 pages

Posted
April 8, 2009 - 22:29

RE: Character Theme Songs

I do ^^!

Dee: Fat Lip by Sum 41
Mike: Mind Playing Tricks on Me by Geto Boys
Teresa: Lovefool by The Cardigans

freewingsonata

167 pages

Posted
April 9, 2009 - 02:50

RE: Character Theme Songs

I do, though I didn't realize what they were until I got involved in a soundtrack swap and had to make a CD for my screenplay. :)
Great creativity booster.

Alice- White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane and The Seeker by The Who
Ben- The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden and Objects in the Rear View Mirror (May Appear Closer than They Are) by Meatloaf--now there's a combo!

They fall in love, and their love theme is Bat Out of Hell, also Meatloaf

The opening theme for the movie is Hotel California by the Eagles.

I guess I'm just a classic rock kind of girl.

It's a horror movie though, and my villain has no theme! Uh-oh

neverwinterrains

100 pages

Posted
April 11, 2009 - 00:11

RE: Character Theme Songs

I made an entire playlist for my script. :)

Pudge: La La Lie by Jack's Mannequin
Alaska: Mad World by Michael Andrews
The Colonel: Boss of Me by They Might Be Giants

jannie_delta

101 pages

Posted
April 13, 2009 - 00:53

RE: Character Theme Songs

Definitely -- I have a theme song for each of my major characters. ... and all of them happen to be by Abney Park. I wonder why... (not really)

Robert: "The Change Cage", which is also the theme song for the tv show, and possibly "The Root of All Evil" but I'm not sure about that one yet.
Averill: "Stigmata Martyr"
Cinzia: "Breathe" ... she was actually written specifically so that I'd be able to use the song in the script... and then she became a pivotal character in the pilot episode.
Jethero: "Airship Pirate"
Lauraleigh: "She"
Isabella: she hasn't appeared yet, but her song is "Sleep, Isabella"... for obvious reasons
Valdemar: "The Secret Life of Dr. Calgori"
the Mayor of London: "Black Day" ... the line "no chance for heaven, we're already in hell" fits especially well. He happens to be the villain.

So, yeah, this script is going to be impossible to sell because it depends so much on the music... oh well. It's way too much fun to change it now.

Jewell A Pentagram

105 pages

Posted
April 18, 2009 - 20:07

RE: Character Theme Songs

Nice idea! I tried to choose one rock-ish and one erm.... unexpected theme song for my MCs. Here they are. XD

Gregory- Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)& Requiem "Confutatis" (Mozart)

Symphony- Hazy Shade of Winter (the Bangles)& Book of Days (Enya)

Juliet- Rooftops (Lost Prophets) & Boadicea (Enya)

Christopher- Lithium (Evanescence) & E Volenteri (Midaeval Baebes)

Swifty03

100 pages

Posted
April 19, 2009 - 03:43

RE: Character Theme Songs

-goes through playlist- =D
Peter - Show Me What I'm Looking For by Carolina Liar
Lily - Weightless by Nada Surf
Nash - Forget It by Breaking Benjamin
Aaron - Yellow by Coldplay

Bookish13

101 pages

Posted
April 21, 2009 - 13:26

RE: Character Theme Songs

:) I love this thread.

Mia - Fly by Hilary Duff
Liam - Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
And for Jake, well, I don't know. I haven't found the right song yet. *blush* But I'm looking!