Literature and Music Finally Come Together

The focus of this post will be over Nora Young's "Sit Down with a Good Book... and a Soundtrack to Go with It" . It should make sense right? The relationship of literature and music have always been present since the beginning of lingustics. Back in the day, stories were retold for great audiences with a certain rhythmic patterns to not only make it easier on the storyteller to keep a consistant flow, but also to make it more pleasurable on the listener's ears. Fast forward to 2016, and that experienced still remains relatively the same, only it is more personal. Whenever readers pick up a book, it is to create a connection with it, get lost in it. I believe that listening to music while you read compliments the experience, and creates a futher sense of immersion.

I can relate this experience to even playing a video game and listening to the game's score at the same exact time. A couple of years ago, I become interested in the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, or bettter known as just " Skyrim" which was an open-world role playing game that allowed the player to create their own character and to create their own journey by giving the player complete freedom. To immerse myself even further to the game, I listened to the video game score composed by Jeremy Soule. Found below on this post is a sample of the ambiance music that plays whenever you are exploring the world of Skyrim filled with swords, shields, and dragons.

After listenting to War of the Worlds booktrack, I'm happy to say that immersive experience can be recreated through books. While listening and reading it, it almost reminded me of that sense of urgency and panic that was created with Orson Welle's radio retelling of War of the Worlds that created nationwide panic that even led to some casualites.