Music
My playlists for this book were built from three types of sources:
- Soundtracks to pulp adventure movies (e.g. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow)
- Music from dragon-related things (e.g. How to Train Your Dragon, Bioware’s Dragon Age games)
- Polynesian/Hawaiian music (e.g. Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu)
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. A playlist of most of these tracks is available on Spotify.
Voyage of the Basilisk
- Voyage of the Basilisk — “Desert,” Cirque du Soleil, O
- A Meeting of the Flying University — “The End,” Stephen Warbeck, Princess Ka’iulani
- Tidings from Bayembe — “Flute Fruit,” Shpongle, Tales of the Inexpressible
- The RSS Basilisk — “Syracuse,” Harry Gregson-Williams, Sinbad
- Serpents of the Northern Seas — “The Rescue,” John Debney, Cutthroat Island
- Among the Feathered Serpents — “Semantics,” Jerry Goldsmith, The 13th Warrior
- In Dragon Turtle Bay — “Way of the Open Palm,” Jack Wall, Jade Empire
- Soldiers in the Mountains — “Being Patient/Beifong’s Sacrifice,” Jeremy Zuckerman, Legend of Korra
- Not a Dragon at All — “The Downed Dragon,” John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
- The Great Storm — “Storm,” Cirque du Soleil, Kà
- Dragon-Spirited — “Journey Away,” Lisa Gerrard, Whale Rider
- In the Diving Bell — “Swords Crossed,” Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Peak of Homa’apia — “The Doldrums,” Christopher Gordon, Master and Commander
- Intellectual Errors — “Data, Data, Data,” Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
- To Ride the Waves — “Jim Saves the Crew,” James Newton Howard, Treasure Planet [edited]
- On the Cursed Isle — “Whisper,” Cirque du Soleil, Amaluna
- Made of Bone — “The Zeppelin Arrives,” Edward Sheamur, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- An Untrammeled Shadow — “Red Route 1,” Basil Poledouris, Hunt for Red October
- Flight from the Islands — “Escape from Mordechai’s,” John Debney, Cutthroat Island
- The Battle of Keonga — “Barbossa Is Hungry,” Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
- A Plaster Cast — “Aftermath,” David Arnold, Independence Day