Music

I have a long-standing habit of making soundtracks for my novels. The titles below are designed to minimize spoilers, but still, proceed at your own risk. You can also find a playlist of some of these songs on Spotify, though unfortunately several of the albums I drew from are not available there.

The Game of 100 Candles

• Half a Life — “Mei and Leo,” Umebayashi Shigeru, The House of Flying Daggers
• A Very Good Dog — “At Last, the Time Has Come,” Ueda Masami, Ōkami
• Winter Court — “Rokudan no Shirabe,” [artist unknown], 日本の筝曲 (Japanese Koto Music)
• The Kanjiro Library — “飛鳥井 催馬楽 廃絶歌曲 律歌 (asukai saibara haizetsukakyoku ritsuka),” 伶楽舎, 陰陽師 (Onmyōji)
• Kaikoga Hanemi — “The Last Emperor – Theme Variation 1,” Sakamoto Ryūchi, The Last Emperor
• The Game of 100 Candles — “Korra Confronts Tarrlok,” Jeremy Zuckerman, The Legend of Korra: Book One
• Lucky Paw — “Haiku,” Solace, Balance
• Isawa Miyuki — “Princess Sakuya’s Theme,” Ueda Masami, Ōkami
• The Sleepers — “Cursed Hanasaki Valley,” Yamaguchi Hiroshi, Ōkami
• In the Komoriyome Pavilion — “Blood,” Asakura Noriyuki, るろうに剣心 – 明治剣客浪漫譚 (Rurouni Kenshin – Meiji Kenkaku Rōmantan [OVA])
• A Shared Life — “Lovers – Flower Garden,” Umebayashi Shigeru, The House of Flying Daggers
• The Governor’s Decision — “Rebellion,” Umebayashi Shigeru, The Curse of the Golden Flower
• A Little Black Cat — “青音の宿命 (Aone’s Destiny),” Umebayashi Shigeru, Onmyōji
• Happily Ever After — “Hills and Fields/Dance of the Babbling Brook/Fallow Ground,” Jack Wall, Jade Empire
• Return From Whence You Came — “An Impossible Crime,” Jeremy Zuckerman, The Legend of Korra: Book One
• The End of a Dream — “守り給う (Receiving Protection),” Satō Naoki, Ballad 名もなき恋のうた
• Human Tales — “けらくの夢 (Pleasurable Dream),” Satō Naoki, るろうに剣心 (Rurouni Kenshin)
• A Cup of Tea — “Sanctuary,” Jack Wall, Jade Empire