Soundtrack of my Life

This is a fun little exercise that I decided to try, since I've got an iPod. EDIT: I ran it again, March 13.

Here's the idea: set your iPod to shuffle. The first 18 songs make up The Soundtrack of Your Life.

The problem with these things is the presumption that anyone is interested in the results, but off we go anyway.

Opening Credits: "A Home" Dixie Chicks ...not a very auspicious beginning. Hmmm... Take 2: "River Tricks Early" from the Firefly soundtrack. Dark, mysterious instrumental music. I like this beginning...

Waking Up: "Heartbreak Town" Dixie Chicks ...okay, now this is downright depressing. "Star Wars Cantina" by Mark Jonathan Davis (based on Barry Manilow's Copacabana). Okay, this is fun!

First Day At School: "Hole in my Head" Dixie Chicks ...ha! But seriously, what's with all the Dixie Chicks? "Far Far" by Yael Naim. Strange, yet strangely appropriate.

Falling In Love: "More Holiness Give Me" USU Choir ...that's romantic? "When I Think About Angels" by Jamie O'Neal. Yeah, I think this is a great Falling in Love song for me. It fits.

Fight Song: "Firefly Main Theme" Joss Whedon ...awesome. I couldn't have picked a better fight song myself. "Saved / Isn't Home? / Reavers" from the Firefly soundtrack. Well, I if I couldn't get the main theme, at least I got something from Firefly. The "Isn't Home?" section in the middle is a bit too soft for a fight song, but when you get to the Reavers at the end...

Breaking Up: "Where We Belong" Jamie O'Neal ...this is actually a love song, and it's pretty pathetic if you listen to it as a breakup song. "I Got My Baby" by Faith Hill. Another love song as a breakup song. Ironic, but it works.

Prom: "Because It's Spring" Primary Children ...well, prom does happen in the spring... "Baby I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain. This one fits because it came off a "Greatest Hits of the 90's" album. And I think it may well have been played at my prom...

Life: "This is God's House" Primary Children ...I have a very religious life? "Prolog" from Les Miserables... this is the part with Jean Valjean in prison. And yet, oddly, this works for me. Perhaps it would've fit better in the Mental Breakdown category, but maybe my life is one big mental breakdown... of course, Valjean also gets out of prison in this piece.

Mental Breakdown: "Once You've Loved Somebody" Dixie Chicks ...I suppose this could cause a mental breakdown. "If I Fall You're Going Down With Me" by the Dixie Chicks. Why do I keep getting love songs for the Mental Breakdown? Is this a message of some sort?

Driving: "To Be With You" Mr. Big ...ummm... okay. "My Joy is Full" from the Book of Mormon seminary video... lots of "Hallelujahs" in this piece. Hallelujah, I can drive!

Flashback: "Could It Be Me" Charlie Daniels ...unless I'm having a flashback of Moses, this really doesn't work. The song is from "Prince of Egypt." "Firm in the Faith of Christ Theme" from the same seminary video. This one is all instrumental, so it could certainly work over a flashback scene. Particularly over a spiritual one, like while I made my missionary scrapbook or something.

Getting Back Together: "Never Say Die" Dixie Chicks ...sure, that works. "Royal Blue" by Henry Mancini. This is off my Pink Panther album. Nice romantic little jazz piece. My iPod is really good at this!

Wedding: "Tortured, Tangled Hearts" Dixie Chicks ...oh dear. There are indeed wedding references in this song, but not the kind I want. "Press Forward, Saints" by the USU choir. You know, the organ in this one really could work as a wedding march! Of course, we didn't actually have a wedding march...

Birth of Child: "Tears/River's Eyes" Firefly ...this is a sweet piece of instrumental music. Very lovely. "Numb" by my friend Lisa Jenkins. The only way I see this one fitting is in reference perhaps to Michelle's epidural?

Final Battle: "The Lord Gave Me a Temple" Primary Children ...say what? "To Bring Them to Thee" from the Old Testament seminary video. Again, a church song for my Final Battle. I think this is another message.

Death Scene: "Javert's Selbstmord" Les Miserables ...German for "Javert's Suicide." Apparently I'm going to jump off a bridge. "Forever" by Lisa Jenkins. I definitely think I like this Death better than the suicide one.

Funeral Song: "Bringing Out the Elvis" Faith Hill ...is he going to be at my funeral? "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something. I'm really trying here, but I just can't make this fit. I guess I should take it as a good sign that my iPod can't come up with a funeral song.

End Credits: "Whoomp! (There It Is)" Tag Team ...oh yeah. "Our Father's Plan" from the Old Testament seminary video. Okay, I cheated on this one. I didn't want Shania Twain's "Leaving is the Only Way Out" to have the last word on my life, so I skipped ahead to the next one.

I think I might try this again sometime... after I've removed the primary songs from my iPod. Yeah, obviously I just did that. Overall, I think it came out a bit better than the first time.