Whenever I 'do' a play (act, direct, crew), I compile a soundtrack for it. This excludes musicals, obviously, which have kindly provided their own. Music is very closely linked to memory in my mind, so I find the 'soundtrack' a useful device and aide memoire. It picks up on certain lines or characters, and focuses my mind as I drive to rehearsals. It also manages to keep me awake as I drive home late and exhausted after rehearsals. I've not got to bed before midnight for over a week and we open on Friday so I need it.
For people unfamiliar with Alan Ayckbourn's Improbable Fiction, this playlist may seem a little odd. For those who do know the play, it may seem even more so. But these are the tracks that come to mind when I'm working on the play. "They're in order, but... well, you'll see..."
- Paperback Writer - The Beatles
- I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten - Dusty Springfield
- City Hobgoblins - The Fall
- Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
- Writer's Block - Just Jack
- The Social Network Song (Oh Oh - Uh - Oh Oh) - Valentina Monetta
- I Write the Songs - Tom Jones
- Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello
- Java Jive - The Ink Spots
- Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
- Invisible - Alison Moyet
- Thunder in the Mountains - Toyah
- Something Canged - Pulp
- Just an Illusion - Imagination
- Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
- We Are Detective - The Thompson Twins
- Hot Soup - Da Vinci's Notebook
- I've Committed Murder - Macy Gray
- Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx
- Wasted Life - Stiff Little Fingers
- Spaceman - Babylon Zoo
