Spring Mix – Post-Apocalyptic
Is this Spring? This crazy Toronto weather is horrible…well, nevermind.
It’s been discussed before. How is the world going to end? What will you do? Anyone who has spent at least an hour with a bunch of friends who don’t know what to do that day has talked about these possibilities. We’ve watched the films with all sorts of different scenarios (nuclear war, alien invasion, zombie infestation, virus), and more than a few of us have had the odd fantasy of living in that desert wasteland, leather-clad, “every person for themselves” lifestyle. Scrounging around for gas, ammunition, water and maybe some food. All left over from the world that was.
here’s some music.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (site)
Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls and Dead Flag Blues
When I think of these two songs, I imagine two different moments in the same Scenario. Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls is the moment that the nuclear bombs go off. Parts of buildings are falling to the streets, people of all sorts are running in a panic trying to find somewhere safe. And Dead Flag Blues makes me think of that first night after the bombs have done their damage and there are still some survivors hiding in bunkers or something, knowing that their lives, and the world, will never be the same.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Dead Flag Blues
Kepler
The Changing Light At Sandover
Years have passed. North America (and what the hell, everywhere else) is a desert wasteland. People have started coming out of their caves and bunkers and started to rebuild. But the world is a twisted wasteland. To find some food you have to wander around the desert until you find an abandoned building or something large and horrible to kill. All you have is a spear and a revolver with two bullets in it.
Kepler – The Changing Light At Sandover
Clint Mansell (site)
Ghosts Of Things To Come
(From the soundtrack of Requiem For A Dream) This is a very bittersweet song for me. In a post-apocalyptic scenario, I would say that this was just after a huge fight with a mutant horde attempting to invade your settlement in the middle of the night. They took your best friend and killed your father. The people of your settlement fought hard and eventually the mutants went back to their caves. You’re tired, angry and upset…but you’ve won. And at the top of the hill you can see the sun coming up and it dawns on you that you are alive. Alive to fight another day.
Clint Mansell – Ghosts Of Things To Come
Jill Tracy (site)
Doomsday Serenade
You’re in love! you meet a girl or guy while scavenging for scrap metal for your settlement and instantly fall in love. You frolic amongst the dirt and rubble. La la la la…
Jill Tracy – Doomsday Serenade
Jesper Kyd & The Budapest Symphonic Orchestra(site)
Apocalypse
(From the soundtrack of the game Hitman: Blood Money) You were betrayed by your supposed loved on and have been captured by the mutants! As you are dragged in to their caves you marvel at the flamelit underground cities they have built for themselves. But it’s a savage place. Human skin is being tanned, fights are incredibly common, and you are very very certain that you are going to die.
Jesper Kyd & The Budapest Symphonic Orchestra – Apocalypse
ES Posthumus (site)
Pompeii
You were saved somehow and taken to a walled up city in the middle of the desert. In this city is a club filled with sex, booze, and unarmed combat to the death. You watch in amazement as you see your fellow survivors passing the time by allowing themselves to be entertained by this. It is then that you are informed that you will be fighting next. Fuck.
ES Posthumus – Pompeii
The Ink Spots (site)
Maybe
You won the fight, got the hell out of that city and found your way back home. You grab yourself a mug of water and look at the sunset, knowing full well that tomorrow is another long day of surviving. And for those who are snickering over the song, YES I PLAY FALLOUT 3. The song just seemed appropriate, damn it!
The Ink Spots – Maybe
So there you have it. Hope you enjoyed it. if you have any other post-apocalyptic songs you’d like to suggest, leave a comment.
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