Music is a huge part of my life, so naturally, it's a huge part of my writing. I find that listening to music while I write helps me to slip into my fictional worlds much easier, allowing me to drown out everything else. Early on, I knew what kind of feel Still the Song had, and over time as I wrote, I made a playlist that coincides with the book as if it were a movie. Each of these songs is connected to a specific scene. It was fun to plug the songs in to certain parts and, to me, it helped the book come alive even more. I've listed the scenes below, as vaguely as I could. Enjoy!
1. "Sixteen Steps" – Team Me
Ch. 1 Opening scene when Jonah drives up to the house
2. "Get Up" – Barcelona
Ch. 1 Jacob's funeral / Jonah sees Hannah again
3. "Looking For You Again" – Matthew Perryman Jones
Ch. 1 Flashback of Jonah leaving
4. "252" – Gem Club
Ch. 1 The porch
5. "A Drop in the Ocean" – Ron Pope
Ch. 2 Jonah visits Hannah
6. "Never Had" – Oscar Isaac
Ch. 3 Driving home from Gatsby's
7. "Bloodstream" – Stateless
Ch. 3 Hammock
8. "Make It Without You" – Andrew Belle
Ch. 4 Jonah leaves
9. "Inevitable" – Anberlin
Ch. 4 Flashback when Hannah confesses
10. "Hello My Old Heart" – The Oh Hellos
Ch. 4 The park
**This track is not available on Spotify, but I included it anyway. The lyrics are perfect!
("Hazy" – Rosi Golan & William Fitzsimmons
Ch. 5 Hannah wakes up)
11. "Tomorrow" – Daughter
Ch. 5 Flashback at airport
12. "Losing Your Memory" – Ryan Star
Ch. 6 Hannah tells Jonah
13. "Be Here Now" – Ray Lamontagne
Ch. 6 The scrapbook
14. "Hymn For Her" – Anchor & Braille
Ch. 7 Hot chocolate at the park
15. "Hesitate" – Steve Moakler
Ch. 8 Tattoo talk
**This track is not available on Spotify, but I love this acoustic version!
("Take Me Away (acoustic)" – Lifehouse
Ch. 9 Hotel)
16. "Uneven Odds" – Sleeping At Last
Ch. 9 Driving
17. "Normal Song" – Perfume Genius
Ch. 9 Packing
18. "We Become" – Ryan Edgar
Ch. 10 Beach sunrise
19. "Trouble" – Coldplay
Ch. 12 Crazy Hannah
20. "All You Wanted" – Sounds Under Radio
Ch. 14 Nathan at Gasby's
21. "Featherstone" – The Paper Kites
Ch. 15 Hannah's memory box
22. "Robbers" – The 1975
Ch. 16 Bathroom, cleaning cuts
23. "I'll Keep You Safe" – Sleeping At Last
Ch. 17 Jonah talks to Gracie in her room
24. "The Moon" – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Ch. 18 Jonah and Hannah's long good night talk
**This track is not available on Spotify, but it's probably my absolute favorite Anberlin song.
("All We Have" – Anberlin
Ch. 19 Hannah plays Anberlin in the car)
25. "The Blower's Daughter" – Damien Rice
Ch. 19 Flashback of first date
26. "Settle Down" – The 1975
Ch. 20 Nathan plays The 1975
27. "Without Fear of Their Return." – Weaver At the Loom
Ch. 20 Jacob's grave
28. "I'd Like to Die" – Anberlin
Ch. 21 Jonah and Hannah talk on her bed
29, "Be the Song" – Foy Vance
Ch. 21 New Year's Eve
30. "Keep On Trying" – Lanterns on the Lake
End of epilogue
End of epilogue
