Hear the Songs. Get the Tuning.

Everything is better with the songs on.

DAY SONG AND ARTISTSCENE IN THE BOOK
 1“Phase” — Beck — Morning Phase, 2014Introduction: Spinning the Round
MONDAY2“Mansion” — Calvin Harris — 18 Months, 2012Chapter 1: Juke’s Theme (I stay in my head)
 3“Grace” — Future Generations — Future Generations, 2016Chapter 4: The attack on Ms. Grace
 4“Langage” — Moodoïd, Wednesday Campanella — Cité Champagne, 2018Chapter 8: Mom puts Juke to bed
MONDAY NIGHT5“Estonian Lullaby” — Arvo Pärt, 2002H.D. Logic: Rise and Shine (Hush, hush, Darling)
 6“Genesis” — Grimes — Visions, 2012Emily and Julian meet
 7“Sequentia: Confutatis” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Requiem in D-minor, 1791The nating and funeral of Beth
 8“The Ride of the Valkyries” — Richard Wagner — Die Walküre, 1856The Walküren fight for Emily
TUESDAY9“Song 2” — Blur — Blur, 1997Chapter 10: Set 1 to Mom
 10“Band On the Run” — Paul McCartney and Wings — Band On the Run, 1973Chapter 10: She plays songs with pictures
 11“Act Naturally” — The Beatles — Help!, 1965[1]Chapter 11: Mom hails it on Ringo
 12“Free Falling” — Florrie — Sirens, 2014Chapter 11: I dance a good fight
 13“Voicething” — Goldfrapp — Head First, 2010Chapter 12-13: I cannot keep my mind
 14“Get Myself Together” — Robyn — Body Talk, 2010Chapter 14: The family finds its members
 15“With Or Without You” — U2 — The Joshua Tree, 1987Chapter 16: Ms. Joyce announces the waiver
TUESDAY NIGHT16“C’est La Mort” — The Civil Wars — Barton Hollow, 2011Julian shares a song with Emily
 17“No. 16 in B-Flat Minor” — Frédéric Chopin — 24 Préludes, 1839Julian’s problem is Gene’s
 18“II. Allegro vivo” — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Francesca da Rimini, 1876The Dragons Attack
 19“Pie Jesu” — Gabriel Fauré — Reqiuem, 1893The Vision of Zeëdzekiah
 20“Act III. Immolation (Finale)” — Richard Wagner — Götterdämmerung, 1874Emily and Julian, Of the Noble and Great Ones
WEDNESDAY MORNING21“Let Me Be Mine” — Spoon — They Want My Soul, 2014Chapter 19: Dad pushes the buttons
WEDNESDAY NAP22“Orion” — Metallica — Master of Puppets, 1986Training; the Mission Call
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON23“Where Have All the Good Times Gone?” — Van Halen — Diver Down, 1982[2]Chapter 21: Going to Target
 24“Interstate Love Song” — Stone Temple Pilots — Purple, 1994Chapter 24: We hear love but watch lies
 25“The Seal Lullaby” — Eric Whitacre — Light and Gold, 2010Chapter 24: Mom safeguards my dignity and cries me to bed
WEDNESDAY NIGHT26“myyyy medssss” — LŪN, 2021The lovely little chemicals swimming in his head
 27“Pray” — SUUNS — Fiction, 2020Thoughts and Prayers
 28“I Will Remember You (Rhythm Remix)” — Amy Grant — Heart in Motion, 1991 (30th Anniversary Ed., 2021)You will not pass away; I will hold fast to you
THURSDAY MORNING29“Never Let You Go” — Third Eye Blind — Blue, 1999Chapter 25: Future Expeditions
 30“Train In Vain (Stand By Me)” — The Clash — London Calling, 1979Chapter 25: A modest but permeating sadness
 31“Disconnexion” — La Femme — Paradigmes, 2021Chapter 26: Traffics in lengthy and tedious monologues
 32“Book 2: Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp Minor”— Johann Sebastian Bach — Well-Tempered Klavier, 1722Chapter 29: Unspoken Volumes
 33“Sleeping Tiger On the Bund” — Mindy Meng Wang, Tim Shiel, 2021Chapter 31: One hour in the group home
 34“(Forever) Live and Die” — Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark — The Pacific Age, 1986Chapter 32: Why am I in this bed?
THURSDAY NIGHT35“III. Scherzo. Lebhaft” — Robert Schumann — Symphony No. 4, 1851Meet the Bills
 36“Book 2: Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major”— Johann Sebastian Bach — Well-Tempered Klavier, 1722The Johns
 37“II. Scherzo (Bewegt und lebhaft)” — Anton Bruckner — Symphony No. 9, 1896The fiery serpent attack[3]
FRIDAY38“Étude (No. 12) in D-sharp Minor” — Alexander Scriabin — Études, 1894Chapter 33: “Stupid Retard” Music
 39“Trampled Under Foot” — Led Zeppelin — Physical Graffiti, 1975[4]Chapter 36: Goes down like a Led Zeppelin
 40“All Things Must Pass” — George Harrison — All Things Must Pass, 1970Chapter 37: Lunch is full of surprises
 41“Follow That Dream” — Elvis Presley — Follow That Dream, 1962Chapter 40: This man has both style and taste
 42“That’s Someone You Never Forget” — Elvis Presley — Pot Luck, 1962[5]Chapter 40: Unforgettable
FRIDAY NIGHT43“No. 2 Chor ‘Denn alles Fleisch’ (excerpt)” — Johannes Brahms — Ein deutsches Requieum, 1868The Angels’ Anthem
 44“Glorification” — Igor Stravinsky — Le Sacre du Printemps, 1913The mountain assault
 45“Ausklang (Final Sounds)” — Richard Strauss — Eine Alpensinfonie, 1915Elegy to the Johns
 46“Nacht (Night)” — Richard Strauss — Eine Alpensinfonie, 1915To sleep like the innocent, exhausted in the face of a sentence of birth
SATURDAY47“Step” — f(x) — Pink Tape – The Second Album, 2013Chapter 42: Pre-Jubilee songs
 48“Faithful” — Pearl Jam — Yield, 1998Chapters 44-45: Philosophy and spelling in the pool
 49“Calling It Quits” — Aimee Mann — Bachelor No. 2 (Or, The Last Remains of the Dodo), 2000Chapter 46: Blessings don’t work for what Juke’s got
 50“eez-eh” — Kasabian — 48:13, 2014Chapter 48: Jukejams
 51“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — Simple Minds — The Breakfast Club, 1985Chapter 48: Dance maneuvers
SATURDAY NIGHT52“Daddy” — Devin Townsend, Ché Aimee Dorval — Casualties of Cool, 2014They think the things you think you’d think
 53“Act I: Ombra mai fu (Largo)” — George Frideric Handel — Xerxes, 1738The Vision of Lilith
 54“Beautiful Child of Everlasting Love” — Majestyy, 20151 Lilith 5:20 (To live well without fear or coercion)
 55“Mind Games” — John Lennon — Mind Games, 19732 Lilith 1:8-9 (Waste not on fables)
 56“Go Deeper” — Lenka — The Bright Side, 2015The deepest secrets
 57“By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan) – Dom Dolla Remix” — Calvin Harris, Tom Grennan, Dom Dolla, 2021Saturday Night (cont.): Last
SUNDAY58“Holier Than Thou” — Metallica — Metallica, 1991Chapters 50-51: Church (on the pew behind the 70)
 59“II. 30 ans, Quasi-Faust. Assez vite” — Charles-Valentin Alkan — Grande Sonate, Les quatre âges, 1847Chapter 55: Lucy, Of the Noble and Great Ones[6]
 60“Oblivion” — Grimes — Visions, 2012Chapter 56: The exception to my oblivion
SUNDAY NIGHT61“III. Preghiera (A Prayer): Andante ma non tanto” — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G Major, “Mozartiana,” 1887The Sacred Bond of Emily and Julian
 62“Feather” — Little Dragon — Machine Dreams, 2009Emily stares at the mountains she came from
 63“Act III: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music” — Richard Wagner — Die Walküre, 1856Emily is ready to give birth; the Inducement of Emily; Emily’s remains
 64“Act I: Prelude” — Richard Wagner — Lohengrin, 1850Julian achieves enlightenment; The Inducement of Julian
MONDAY DAWNING65“Kusskuss, kallike (Estnisches Wiegenlied)” — Arvo Pärt, 2002I dream of Emily
 66“Bad – Live” — U2 — Wide Awake in America, 1985Julian awakes
 67“In Dreams” — Roy Orbison — In Dreams, 1963For Emily, the love of my dreams
THE BEGINNING AND THE END68“Inspirit – Extended Version” — Julianna Barwick — Healing Is a Miracle – Extended Versions, 2020Of Course This Of Course

[1] For completists—and if you are here, you might be—add “Yellow Submarine,” The Beatles, Revolver, 1966.

[2] For completists: “Hang ‘Em High,” “Secrets,” “Little Guitars,” “Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now),” and “The Full Bug” from Diver Down, and then “Jump,” “Panama,” “Top Jimmy,” “Drop Dead Legs,” and “Hot for Teacher” from 1984.  There was a lot of Van Halen on that car ride.

[3] In the version on the playlist, the stopping point is at the 4:00 mark.

[4] Completists also listen to “In My Time of Dying” and “Sick Again.”

[5] The entire sequence is: “(You’re the) Devil in Disguise,” “Suspicion,” “What Now, What Next, Were To,” “I Gotta Know,” “Follow That Dream,” and “That’s Someone You Never Forget,” all by Mr. Elvis Aron Presley.

[6] And Lucretia, Ms. Ashley Tara Saunders, Mary Doöver, and Natalie, and all our Wicked Angels: “Sataniquement,” of course.

Get the Tuning?

If you play guitar, you can try “Juke Tuning” and have a go at channeling your own musical H.D. Logic.

Juke Tuning is for electric guitars and requires a professional or experienced setup. It defaults to keys rarely played, and since the guitar strings are in a different order, individual notes are “out of place.” Standard chord shapes take on interesting new sounds.

Juke Tuning is particularly awesome for fingerpicking.