Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Azguard on September 27, 2008, 04:57:06 PM
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I really really think that some music enhances the books so well. Sometimes, I don't even realize that the music is in the background, but then i get chills as i read a line and I realize that the music was really helping whether to enhance an emotional scene, or to make it stand out.
i just thought of this, because I was listening to "Do you hear the people sing?" from Lez Mis while reading the quote from Terenia about rachel and David in book #48, this one
<Kill me, Rachel! If there's any humanity left in you at all, please kill me!>
"I'm one of the good guys." I choked, tears welling up in my eyes.
<Then do the good thing!>
[...]
I caught a glimpse of myself in a broken shard of mirror.
And saw what anyone looking down the alleyway from the sidewalk would have seen.
A young girl sitting knees-up in the sun, staring at a white rat.
It would be hard to believe the entire fate of the planet depended on that girl.
A girl who wanted to do the right thing.
But who had no idea at all what that was...
and reading it while listening to the music (even though it might not be antthing similar) just accented that scene and made Rachel seem like a strong, yet at some point, young vulnerable girl. It gave the character a new dimension.
I also remember rereading #18 to the soundtrack from "Perfect Dark 64" the game, and wow, it heightened it alittle.
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This should be in the Animorphs thread.
But yes, I think that the right backround music can make a book have more of an emotional impact on the reader. Similar to a soundtrack for a movie.
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Not with Animorphs, but I enjoy listening to VAST albums when I'm reading Remnants...
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the right music really does make reading any book more emotional.
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don't really like listening to music, and music actually bothers me when reading, so no I've never listened to music while reading animorphs.
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well, what music do you like morfowt?
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I prefer to read in quiet, but I am more than used to reading in loud places too. Music did used to bother me when I'm reading, partly because I sometimes ended up listening to the music instead of reading, but it doesn't bother me anymore. There are still a few songs I associate with certain books because I was listening to them while reading, but not really with Animorphs.
don't really like listening to music, and music actually bothers me when reading, so no I've never listened to music while reading animorphs.
Don't worry about it, I only really started liking music about half way through high school.
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I read most things while listening to music. So, while I'm not entirely sure, the answer is probably yes.
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well, what music do you like morfowt?
I don't really know if there's even a way to classify the songs I like. I guess some songs just appeal to me more than others. Although, I think, whether I like a song or not depends on the video that used with it. Like some songs I kind of like but only because it sort of associates with animorphs. But the only way I can see the connection is if someone else does first, and actually makes a music video of it. Yeah, kinda confusing.
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i see isee. i get it. nice. so what music videos do you like?
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um...some of my favourites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHj0XbDfSM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csKf-GioNlc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSag9rW2U7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56CKvSNo1gs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6y5ydGbzxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q54I-ei8cJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3wwubqrpEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efu52LdsmAk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyud5qeXwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlSpwSFX2VE
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For some people, it's hard to read and listen music in the same time. And sometimes it's the same for me. When I read, I shouldn't listen to French music. But I can, for example, read in English and listen to English musics in the same time (as I do for Remnants). No problem. I often do 2 things in the same time... My mind is quite strange ^^' It sometimes NEED to do 2 things in the same time. For example, it's sometimes hard to follow a movie, doing nothing else... so I often draw or something like that, in the same time...
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yeah that's true. it's cuz we're not equipped for that. sometimes though, the mood is just right. I think soundtracks and themes work the best!
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yeah, soundtracks, classical... and all that kind... are the best.
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For me, it's very hard to concentrate on anything else while listening to music. I usually only listen to music when I'm on the train or otherwise unoccupied.
And anyway, I tend to associate really stupid songs/songs that have nothing to do with anything with Animorphs. :P
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I sometimes listen to music; it depends on where I am (it's usually to drown out all the background noise). Occasionally, I have to switch to instrumental music because it's too confusing to try to read while litening to lyrics.
A while ago, I discovered a "Music That Reminds You of Animorphs" post on the Fans of the Animorphs LiveJournal, and bought a bunch of songs on Amazon MP3. Amazon hasn't figured out that I read Animorphs yet, though. (I also haven't fed any Animorphs books into its recommendation system. I tried it once, and it completely smothered the recommendations, since there are so many books in the series.)
-- J.P.
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Yeah, I listen to music while I'm reading, but it has to be the right kind for the mood of the book. And I also listen to music while I'm thinking of ideas for writing, but I can't listen to it while actually writing, because it's too distracting.
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Sometimes, really depends on the situation and the music.
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Personally, I prefer to have absolute peace and quiet while I'm reading, mainly because I feel that it distracts me and takes me out of the moment of whatever part I'm in. I can still understand and read through the book, but depending on what's going on around me, it can end up spoiling the type of emotion the author is trying to get across to me at that moment. It's one of the things I completely hate to have to lose.
However, saying that, I don't completely mind music when I read. It just has to be something low-key, preferably with no vocals, and in the background where it can simply just melt away if I want to completely focus on what I'm reading.
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I sometimes listen to music while reading Animorphs.
For Remnants, I usually listened to (former Nightwish singer) Tarja's album "My Winter Storm" on repeat. The tone of the music actually enhanced several of the books, particularly book 4. "Oasis" would play while the blimp creatures bounded across the water, and "Sing for Me" as one character was slowly drowning. Props to anyone who understands these references.
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When I read Animorphs, I usually pretty much block out every other noise, so there's never much point in me listening to music, coz I'd most probably ignore it and not really hear it.
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I've found recently that me+reading+music isn't always a good thing. Especially when a car is involved...
However, I've also found that when I don't kill my head-phones, music is kind of a nice background when reading a book. It helps keep my mind on track when I haven't had my daily dosage of caffine and/or meds more than anything else. Though I tend to notice enhancement with music more when I'm watching a movie or a TV show. Which is why no one should ever watch POTC with me, because I have the soundtrack and will sing along with it. Even though it has no words.
The one thing I cannot seem to do is have a TV nearby when I'm reading. Especially not 1776. *Shudders*
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Actually, I do sometimes listen to music. I'm kind of a multitasker so when I'm reading, I have to have my music. It happened once that I was listening to Coldplay's Violet Hill when I was reading Andalite Chronicles. I have just gotten that song so I had it on repeat alone in my playlist and I read the book while listening to that song for hours, like 5-6 hours straight. It did have the feeling that I thought was very appropriate to the book, and now whenever I listen to it again the words 'Andalite Chronicles' keep flashing in my head.
Anyway, back to the topic, some people might not like listening to music because they can contrate more that way, others don't mind. So I guess it's a matter of habbit and state.
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that's sooo kewl Anifan.
yeah, some music now definately reminds me of certain moments or specific things in my life.
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I'm a terriblr multitasker, and if I listen to music while reading, I always find myself on like page twelve and having no idea what I just read. But when I listen to certain music, I just think Animorphs.
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like what music?
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i must have complete silence when i read, except for some occasional classical/calming music.
no singing, of course!
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yeah...i notice that too. no singing...
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i always do that. anybook i read
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Nope, I try not to listen to music a lot. Only when I'm trying to write or something and I've got total writer's block :P
I'd rather get the emotion of the book from the book, ya know? Just so I can see how well the author wrote out the emotions and junk
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yeh .sometimes it can be a huge distraction...but the way I did was only on accident!
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Gordon Lightfoot's "If you could read my mind."
"You won't read that book again because the ending is just too hard to take."
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^ Aw :'(
I usually don't listen to music while reading (to "stay in the zone", so to speak), but if I read a sad part (or re-read a sad part), I will blast some music to cry to. I think I'm weird like that, but I love to cry, haha.
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yeah, sometimes I'm like that too. I'm sad, but I want to be!
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Well, its not so much the story thats sad but the ending itself. Knowing its the end means that once you read it, thats it, its done. Thats the trouble with book series, the attachment to the characters. After all, you probably spent more time of your life reading the books than talking to your closest friends.
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hahha .true that! and they feel like close friends!!
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I totally loved Linkin Park back in the day and listened to that while reading the final story arc. Kind of ashamed of that now.
Not sure what I would listen to now, but I've been working on adding a soundtrack to this movie I made that has some themes similar to Animorphs, what with the paranoia and overarching conspiracy, and I've mostly been using Nine Inch Nails and excerpts from the film scores of Jerry Bruckheimer / Michael Bay movies. ;)
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yeah! what soundtrack would go good with animorphs?
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Oooh, I've done that. All sorts of song lyrics would catch my ear, and I'd sit and think about Animorphs after hearing it.
I think one song I associate with the series is "Tension" by Avenged Sevenfold. It really captures the stress and responsibility they all felt, I think.
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I know what you mean, sometimes I'll listen to a song and think, "Wow, this really reminds of that book I read"
As for as music while reading, usually not because the lyrics in the music take my mind of the pages in the book. I can read with background noise, but usually I prefer quiet, but if I want music while reading its usually something long with no or minimal lyrics.
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When ever I hear a song and think "That would go great as the soundtrack for a book." Its always animorphs.
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hahhaha... yeah, usually soundtracks work best.
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I always read Animorphs while listening to music.
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really? what kind of music?
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i read animorphs while listening to music and when ever i listen to that song i think about animorphs. But the song has nothing to do with animorphs
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I can't do both at once either. Either the song distracts me and I can't concentrate on the book, or I get focused on the book and miss the music. I did used to watch TV and listen to my CDs at the same time but not so much anymore.