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SOUNDTRACK: Dangerous Animals by Arctic Monkeys, High Speed by Coldplay & Cool With You by Hers
Soundtrack to The Elite: Danger Zone by Brooke Blake & Ella Frank
Soundtrack to The Elite: Need for Speed by Brooke Blake & Ella Frank
Soundtrack to The Elite: Classified by Brooke Blake & Ella Frank
Dangerous Animals is the pursuit between Panther and Solo. High Speed is them going fast and relishing every minute of it. Cool With You is them settling comfortably into a nice pace.
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SOUNDTRACK: Unfinished Business by White Lies
Soundtrack to Badlands: Loose Ends by Morgan Brice
According to the band, this song is about “a boyfriend’s ghost trying to communicate with the girlfriend who murdered him and has now taken to self harm.” Perfect for a book about lingering ghostly lovers and vengeful exes haunting happy couples.
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SOUNDTRACK: The Hands Of A Teacher by Public Affection / Live
Soundtrack to The Brothers Grime: Eddie: Grime Doesn’t Pay by Z.A. Maxfield
This relatively obscure song by Public Affection, better known as the 90s band Live, is THE song for a book where teachers play very significant roles. Eddie, the MC, has a learning disability that caused him to be written off by his teachers. A more perceptive mentor helped him overcome his dyslexia. As an adult, he fell in love with his niece’s teacher.
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SOUNDTRACK: Someone New by Hozier
Soundtrack to The Brothers Grime: Jack: Grime And Punishment by Z.A. Maxfield
Someone New for Jack who moved on from a dead lover to find new love in a crime scene.
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SOUNDTRACK: Space Age Love Song by A Flock Of Seagulls
Soundtrack to Earth Fathers: Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala
A Space Age Love Song for our unlikely pair of intergalactic lovers. I like these lines that goes “I saw your eyes/ And you made me smile / For a little while / I was falling in love” because Rick has many eyes and he’s proud of them. Also, loved Max for appreciating Rick’s asymmetrical features.
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SOUNDTRACK: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
Soundtrack to Joker’s Sin: To Die For by Davidson King
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SOUNDTRACK: Bullet by Riot Child
Soundtrack to Hitman Vs Hitman by L.A. Witt & Cari Z
A song about bullets for our hitmen on the run, with lines that go “I, I never ask why the wicked live and the good ones die / Time, time ran out of time, we all kill to survive“. I found a couple of pop songs with more accurate lyrics but their softer melodies don’t fit the mood of this high-octane book. Riot Child’s rockin’ tune captured the book’s energy better.
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SOUNDTRACK: Animal Impulses by IAMX & My Witness by The Irrepressibles
Soundtrack to Handled: Cleansed by Romilly King
I chose Animal Impulses because there are frequent references to animals and primal urges in Cleansed and the other books. Nathan compares Gray to a predator many times. The lyrics seemed tailor-made for psychos, going on about “Shine razor eyes in delight / Shine razor eyes before you die” and “I’m tired of this human duet / No civilizing hides / Our animal impulses”
Soundtrack to Handled: Polished by Romilly King
For the series finale, Polished, that puts the spotlight on the complicated and weirdly intimate relationship between Handler and Witness, the only song for it is, none other than My Witness. With verses that go “Make the fall, take the fire / Fuck the law nicely / Tint it all with desire / Shape the form I see” and “I will wake from the rain from the light of you / Take a knife to my chest, I’m alive by you“, they described how these relationships changed the two people involved in it.
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SOUNDTRACK: One Shot In The Darkness by Joshua Hyslop
Soundtrack to Shot In The Dark by Riley Long
For the soundtrack to a novella about a tired rockstar vampire, I went with Joshua Hyslop’s aptly named song that speaks about a musician on tour for many years, already growing long in the tooth, and slowly burning out. I especially liked the line “It takes one shot in the darkness/To change my mind”. It’s Charlie coming into Eli’s life and changing everything.
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SOUNDTRACK: Secret Santa by Gwen Stefani
Soundtrack to Secret Santa by Jay Northcote
For the song, I went with the obvious here with Gwen Stefani’s catchy little tune, especially with “Let’s play Secret Santa in the dark / Don’t tell anybody where we are“. This is a light, frothy number that goes well with the book’s vibe.
