#tsfh

[yeahthatswhatimtolkienabout]

🎶✨when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to some of your favourite followers / mutuals <3

Oooooo this is gonna be hard 😬

Also @aventizya - thank you for asking meeee - I'm waltzing round my living room like so thankyouuu! Also, I love your art!!

Bonus:

[bhaalsbabe]

Goodbye TSFH, thank you for helping me survive for 12 years. You will be missed...very much so...

[rainintheevening]

Okay, got tagged by @ablatheringblatherskite for this.

Rules: Shuffle your repeat playlist 10 times and tag 10 people. (Meaning, list the first 10 different songs that come up as a result of hitting shuffle.)

Well, my current repeat playlist is the take my hand playlist. :))))))

'Star Sky' -- Two Steps From Hell

'Don't Wake Me' -- Skillet

'Best Is Yet To Come' -- RED

'Last Man Standing' -- David Hodges

'Anger' --Sleeping At Last

'Remind Me Who I Am' -- Jason Gray

'Mercy in Darkness' -- Two Steps From Hell

'Scream' -- Thousand Foot Krutch

'Feel Invincible' -- Skillet

'Love and Loss' -- Two Steps From Hell

Okay! Tagging... @novelmonger @sailforvalinor @authortobenamedlater @dangerva @steampunk-archer @cheerssweetiedarling @scribblermerlin @ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask @clawedandcute @sliverswords

[hwanswerland]

I was tagged by @parkchvnyeols to show my receptify for the last month

what can i say. I've reverted to my true form (fantasy girlie (gn))

tagging @applejongho @jeongyunho99 @seonghwacore @oyeixcher if you want to do this/havent yet

[tangents-within-tangents]

Alright finally finished my freakin finals (ahhhhhhh) so let's do this! No one asked for this but until Spotify adds an annotation feature I gotta get my overexplaining out somewhere lol

So some of these are here for the lyrics but some are just for titles and the vibes don’t always match up with the book/scene.

Very important aspects of the book, as we all know

This one was a surprise find while looking through Tsfh songs for relevant titles lol! Serendipitously the mood of the song really fits the rising suspense leading up to the arrival at castle Dracula. The spooky vibe paired with the silly title fits pretty well with Jonathan obliviously enjoying paprika hendl while all the villagers are freaking out around him

“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!”

Obviously the title lends well as an introduction to the guy who can control wolves. I also like how this one starts softer and mimics the sound of howling in a very melodic way (fitting the sentiment of the aforementioned quote) and then gets more intense

“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”

Yeah you get it

Ha ha I'm clever

“Close every door to me. Hide all the world from me. Bar all the windows, and shut out the light

Do what you want with me. Hate me and laugh at me. Darken my daytime, and torture my night”

Little specific and emo after that but regardless, poor trapped and terrorized Jonathan :( 

I found a better fitting wolf song for the later moment but I really love the vibe of this song and wanted to keep it in here. And there’s some significant wolf stuff going on around this time so. Some lyrics fit for Jonathan too “Falling from high places” “Now that we're lonely. Now that there's nowhere to go” “Now that we're so far from home” “I've lost my mind here, oh I've lost my patience with the Lord” “Red tongues and hands” 

Inspired completely by @marghen's animatic (link). For the most part it seems a good representation of Jonathan’s stay at the castle and his relationship with Dracula. Since the decision (“I can’t decide whether you should live or die”) is never made it also fits how Jonathan’s fate is left up in the air after his last entry 

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”

May 9th, return of the queen! I think the soft instrumental fits the tone shift we get when we switch over to happy fun times with our girls. (Originally had Don McClean’s song but it’s more of a break up song so didn’t make sense here)

Can't believe a song this perfect for this part of the book exists? Yeah neither can I. It’s cutesy and fun and the lyrics actually line up surprisingly well. First suitor in the song is science-y like Seward, second is adventurous like Quincey and the third is just cute and romantic. And we’ve got “Choosing is a chore, now I’m caught in the middle of a jealousy storm, Limitations are a bore”  😉💀

Vibe does not fit in the slightest but the title was too funny so I did it anyway 

Rip Seward lol. I found it for the title but the lyrics happened to fit quite nicely for the poor guy wallowing in loneliness after his rejection 

“My dear Art,— We’ve told yarns by the camp-fire in the prairies; and dressed one another’s wounds after trying a landing at the Marquesas; and drunk healths on the shore of Titicaca. There are more yarns to be told, and other wounds to be healed, and another health to be drunk. Won’t you let this be at my camp-fire to-morrow night?”

I debated using “The Woods” by Hollow Coves for the lyric “We all sit around the fire. We feel so much better now” but this one from an album called ‘Cowboy Campfire Songs’ fit the vibe better

“I came up here alone, for I am very sad. There was no letter for me. I hope there cannot be anything the matter with Jonathan.”

It’s impossible for me to make a playlist without Sleeping at Last showing up (like a lot), sorry I don’t make the rules. Lucked out with the title and tone of the song (instrumental) lining right up with Mina’s worry about not hearing from Jonathan

It’s Chapter 7 log of the ghost ship Demeter time! (Yeah more tsfh get used to it, they cool). I debated between a few songs with better fitting titles but I think the mood of this one best fit the horror the poor trapped crew faced. Also love the spooky bell tolls at the end

Lol but tone be damned bc I just had to. The captain literally says some version of “another one gone” so many times

Spooky/tense vibes for Lucy’s fateful jaunt into the churchyard

This one's for Renfield. Idk if the lyrics really fit, maybe "I want to feed the sparrow in your heart" but *shrug*

“Joy, joy, joy! At last, news of Jonathan.”

Again it’s basically cheating, title and tone fit all too well

Enter Abraham Van Helsing, M. D., D. Ph., D. Lit., etc., etc.

“I never liked garlic before, but to-night it is delightful! There is peace in its smell; I feel sleep coming already.”

Another good find that I think fits the mix of somber peace and tension. (Side note I think it’s cool that they only use garlic flowers in the book whereas we are so used to garlic bulbs in vampire media for some reason)

This one was first for Seward and the many nights of sleep he lost watching over and taking care of Lucy. But the lyrics also fit well, if not better, for Mina attending to Jonathan as he mentally recuperates. Both of which are happening kinda around the same time so that’s nice.

This is for the wolf that breaks through the window, essentially delivering the final blow. This one just fit the mood of this scene better, especially with “Mama there's wolves in the house” seeing as this is what kills Lucy’s mother. (I used a cover for the female voice)

“What’s the matter with me, anyhow?” The voice came from the sofa across the room, and its tones brought relief and joy to my heart, for they were those of Quincey Morris!”

Cowboy entrance™ is one of my favorite moments. Just thought we needed some more cowboy music in here for the legend himself

Sad times as Lucy is fading away and becoming less and less of herself. Also speaks to the tragedy of all the time she lost, she really was so young and had so many hopes for the future

Funeral song basically :(

This one is for Arthur as well as for Mina when she receives news of Lucy’s death. There’s a lot of deaths all at once here. Arthur’s father, Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. Westenra, and dearest Lucy. Add to that Jonathan’s relapse and you can see why Mina is so worried “We will grow old as friends” and “What the hell would I be without you” in particular stand out

Stuff is getting spooky with this “Bloofer Lady” about

Alright this one is specifically for Van Helsing’s rant to Seward at the end of Chapter 14 to get him to believe in the impossible. I’ve talked about it before but one of my favorite themes of the book is about how they can only defeat Dracula by using science, reason, religion, and superstition together. I think “We can all learn things from many avenues” and the whole jist of the song represents that pretty well

Yeah our boys are seeing vampire Lucy and stuff is getting intense again

Since there aren't spoilers anymore I figured I drop my great big chronological, overthought, sometimes deep, sometimes irreverent, oddly specific, book-accurate Dracula playlist

I’m actually surprised at a lot of the stuff I was able to find lol, though it definitely reflects my own taste and interpretations of the novel. Most of the songs are self explanatory but some are more vague so if anyone’s interested I’ll walk through my reasoning in reblogs

[narutos-sloppy-pussy]

Who else is doing it like 2011’s Two Steps from Hell’s album Archangel. Archangel. United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Nero, for the soft whimsy. Strength of a Thousand Men. Dragon Rider. He Who Brings the Night. She slays!!!!

[delicatebluebirdruins]

I listened to the complete village soundtrack i have some thoughts on some songs

should i share them?

[corvidarcana]

Not to be dramatic but i might cry, tonight’s gonna be the best night EVER

Also, everyone wish me a “good luck getting this huge ass poster home on the plane”

[yeahthatswhatimtolkienabout]

✨️When you get this ask you have to put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positive vibes are cool)🎶✨️

OoooOOOo

De Selby pt 1 - Hozier

Andante Andate - Abba (now i am not a self-proclaimed Abba girlie, but this song is totally perfect for an OG novel I'm trying (KEY FUCKING WORD IS TRYING) to plan and I fucking love it.)

Wings - Thomas Bergersen

El Dorado - Two Steps From Hell

Northern Attitude - Noah Kahan and Hozier. This one dropped a few days ago and I'm putting it here as more of a reminder to listen to it more because it is such a good tune.

[thegreenleavesofspringinsunlight]

Listening to Colin Frake like *gulping down cold water after an extended desert stay*

[hearth-of-olympus]

i dont think a song will ever make me feel like norwegian pirate by two steps from hell

[dbphantom]

Listening to the drums makes me want to listen to the entirety of All Drums Go To Hell again so I think I'm going to go do that

[ross-hollander]

Created from the works of Mike Sparks and TSFH "False King".

[octahedral-chaos]

Absolutely ASCENDING because of my TSFH playlist-

(AKA I'm trying to finish up Chapter 6 of Puppet Dance. E-)

[justacynicalromantic]

Still my favourite cover. As a classical musical fan, as well as fan of things like Audiomachine and TSFH, this makes me happy.

Just listen to the melodiousness of Ukrainian language.

"Hey, Hey, Falcons" symphonic orchestra cover.

Somewhere in a land washed by black waters, a young cossack mounted his horse. A young girl is crying - the cossack is leaving Ukraine.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Ding, my steppe bell, ding.

The girl is crying, crying, my beloved swallow. I am in a stranger land, and my heart knows no rest.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Sing, steppe skylark.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Ding, my steppe bell, ding.

Missing, missing my beloved homeland. Woe is me, woe is me, my heart is crying. I will never see it again.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Ding, my steppe bell, ding.

Pour glasses full of mead and wine. When I die, bury me in my dear Ukraine, near my beloved.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Sing, steppe skylark.

Hey, hey, falcons, fly past mountains, forests, valleys. Ding, ding, ding, bluebell. Ding, my steppe bell, ding.

[arttecair]

Roque de las Bodegas and Playa de Benijo. Beaches in the Anaga Rural Park. Tenerife. Music TSFH.