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)
  • music from the regions Isabella travels through, e.g. India and China

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 many of these tracks is available on Spotify.

Within the Sanctuary of Wings

  • Opening Titles: Within the Sanctuary of Wings — “Adiemus,” Adiemus, Songs of Sanctuary
  • Deciphering the Past — “Orlais Theme,” Trevor Morris, Dragon Age Inquisition
  • Thu Phim-lat — “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Across Vidwatha — “Dances With Knives,” Joe LoDuca, Brotherhood of the Wolf
  • Into the Air — “Mandala in the Clouds,” Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica: Season Three
  • Hlamtse Rong — “Postlude: Chrysanthemums & Orchids,” Mark Deutsch, Fool…
  • Concerning Mews — “Snaky Message,” Thomas Newman, A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • The Mrtyahaima — “Dragon Age Inquisition Theme,” Trevor Morris, Dragon Age Inquisition
  • Buried in the Snow — “Hieroglyphs and Betrayal,” Bear McCreary, Dark Void
  • Gyaptse’s Wrath — “Flying Lizard,” Edward Sheamur, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • My Three Saviours — “The Den of the Beast/Mani’s Pyre,” Joe LoDuca, Brotherhood of the Wolf (selection)
  • Sratar Vrey — “Blue Ales,” Cirque du Soleil, Zaia
  • On the Slopes of Anshakkar — “The Lost Temple,” Trevor Morris, Dragon Age Inquisition
  • A Tale in Pictures — “Journey to Deep Fear,” Inon Zur, Dragon Age 2
  • The Place of the Elders — “The High Council Meeting/Qui-Gon’s Funeral,” John Williams, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
  • Two Figures — “Where’s Hiccup?,” John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
  • Against the Wind — “The Inquisition Marches,” Trevor Morris, Dragon Age Inquisition
  • Our Alliance — “Shadow of the Evanescence,” Taro Iwashiro, Red Cliff
  • The Dragons Dance — “Beyond the River,” Taro Iwashiro, Red Cliff
  • The Fellowship — “Flying,” Cirque du Soleil, Journey of a Man