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crystalclaire · 3 years

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ok so i wanna give a lil in-depth explanation for my 1917 playlist? i finally shared it but now let’s talk about it.

it starts off with “1917″ from the soundtrack, think of this as the title sequence of the playlist.

then we go into Jos Slovick’s wonderful rendition of “I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger” because as the only song in the film, i wanted to be first on the playlist.

next is “epiphany” by taylor swift, i don’t think i need to explain that one.

(scattered throughout the playlist is the original score by thomas newman, this keeps the storyline oriented through the playlist and it’s a stunning! soundtrack so)

“savior complex” by phoebe bridgers. both scho and blake.

“long lost” by lord huron bc the lyrics are how i imagine scho feels in the beginning, so wholly exhausted by the war. especially the first verse “Leave me where the light pours down / Through the trees like rain / Let it wash over me like a flood / Let it ease my pain / Let it drown me”

“be still” by the killers. i love this song. i imagine these lyrics being sung to both scho and blake, i will probably make a longer post relating the lyrics to 1917.

“bells in santa fe” by halsey. even suggested this one (thank u!) and it fits so well. sonically it reminds me a bit of some motifs in the soundtrack, but also the repetition of the lyrics “All of this is temporary” and “It's not a happy ending” are !!!

“this is me trying” by taylor swift. again, prob don’t need to explain this one but scho and blake really are just trying their best but damn all of this is so. hard. to get through.

“ends of the earth” by lord huron. both scho and blake at different points are being led by the other, through no man’s land, through the mine, through to meet death (the end of the earth?) it just. yeah. feelings.

“i will follow you into the dark” by miya folick. i love this song, but specifically her version, it’s so much more haunting (it’s originally death cab for cutie). and just, when blake guides scho through the collapsing mine shaft and tunnel while scho can’t see, while he follows him through the dark, but also all of the lyrics i can’t even pick a line rn

“not dead yet” by lord huron. uhhh well at this point in the film they’re both still alive.

“safe & sound” by taylor swift. will comforting tom as uh, he, uhhhhh yeah.

“drop dead” by holly humberstone. yeah so, both of them are not still alive at this point in the film.

“the parting glass” by hozier. i love this traditional song a lot, some parts feel like tom leaving, heading to the beyond, some lyrics feel more like will having to leave tom’s body.

“in the bleak midwinter” by worcester cathedral choir. yes i have a lot of feelings about tom’s death scene. the lyrics are a poem by christina rossetti (who i love). i honestly got the idea to add this to the playlist from tommy in peaky blinders (this is tied to his experience in france in the war and death so, it fits ok)

“headstones and landmines” by lizzy mcalpine. this is during the period of time when will is knocked out, i imagine words and thoughts floating through his unconscious mind?

“the jumblies by edward lear” by dorothy rose gribble. i listened to basically every recording of this poem on spotify and i liked her’s the best. the way she says “they went to sea in a sieve they did, in a sieve they went to sea” reminded me quite a lot of how george said it in the film (i need someone to get george to do a recording of this whole poem pls i love his voice and the rhythm he recites the jumblies in the film)

“at sea” by lord huron. in a sieve they went to sea.

“generous heart” by maya hawke. i love maya’s album but relating to the film: scho has such a generous heart. he shares what little food he has with blake. age before beauty. the way he is honest with blake as he dies. when he gives all his food and the milk to lauri and the baby. but i put this song here because of the moment between scho and baumer. he tries to give the boy a chance to let them each go their own ways. also in my hc, he only chokes baumer till he passes out, he doesn’t kill him unnecessarily.

“all i want” by kodaline. i WILL be making a whole separate explanation for this song but for now, just, ugh, listen to the lyrics, it is as if scho and blake are speaking to each other. “take my body” takes on a whole new meaning. it’s scho floating down the river thinking this.

“cherry blossom” by czarina frost, sam blakelock. blake

“ICU” by phoebe bridgers. I've been playing dead / My whole life / And I get this feeling / Whenever I feel good / It'll be the last time / But I feel something / When I see you now

“i am a poor wayfaring stranger” by e v e n. we already heard jos’s version and i love the production of even’s, and she helped me finialize a bit of the playlist so. go listen to their music!

“my own soul’s warning” by the killers. lyrically, this feels like it could be the inner monologue of all of the characters in 1917 at one point or another.

“i will be back one day” by lord huron. scho @ his family.

“i know the end” by phoebe bridgers. even pointed out that the pathway of this song runs parallel to this film and that is so true.

“in memorium” by laura rossi, the chamber orchestra of london. from an album of classical music inspired by ww1 poems.

and we end with 1917 again, the credits, if you will.

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