The Groove is in the Heart

Last week I talked about action adventure films and somewhere in there I mentioned that The Last of the Mohicans had a great soundtrack, especially for writers. See, I have many writer friends who only write with iPods in their ears. They play any music and just write away. I can’t do that. I love songs and the meaning of lyrics too much to listen to music while I write. Ha, I’d be zoning out of writing so fast, too caught up in the lyrics to keep typing.  What I’ve found I can write with are instrumental soundtracks (well, so long as I don’t start day dreaming about the scene in the movie where that song was played. LOL!)

Here are some of my favorite movie soundtracks:

The Last of the Mohicans
Far and Away
The Secret of Roan Inish (love, love, LOVE this soundtrack. If you like traditional Irish music, this is an awesome CD.  The movie is wonderful, one the entire family can enjoy. If you’ve ever wanted to watch a movie about the Selkie legend, this one is fantastic. It was filmed in Ireland so the scenery is breathtaking!

A favorite music CD: (Irish music)

The Best of Altan: The Songs - Half the songs are in Irish and half are in English.
What about you? Care to share some great soundtracks (instrumental or otherwise) you just had to buy after watching a movie? (We bought the Juno soundtrack after seeing the movie. It’s wonderful too, but I can’t write to it).  I’m hoping I’ll be able to add more instrumental soundtracks to my collection after this discussion.

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