Perfect Combination (Book - Music)

Pap said:

I always try to find the perfect soundtrack for a book. I mean, an album which - according to my musical tastes and the theme of the book - fits perfectly to listen to while reading it. Especially, when the book has already been cinematized, I prefer finding some other music than the original motion picture soundtrack (e.g. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer - Into The Wild by Eddie Vedder).

One of my recent discoveries: The Green Mile by Stephen King - American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash.


Does anyone else share the same interest with me and if so what are your discoveries?

Interesting idea, Pap.  I'm not at all good at reading while music is playing (or any noise for that matter, besides the fan I use to ease my tinnitus).  But I did an interesting thing earlier this year where I interspersed a chapter and then a song.  The record is Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and the book is Matthew Stearns book from the 33 1/3 series also called Daydream Nation.  After the introductory material, Stearns wrote chapter about each song.  So I read the chapter about the first song, then listened to that song.  I did that all the way through the book and album over a couple of days.  That was both fun and interesting!

Oh Brother where art though.  Movie and soundtrack.  Perfectly paired.