Your Theme Music

Mood: Pensive
Song: The Promise - When In Rome
Units of Caffeine: 12
Days Until Graduation: 57

You know, I have often asked people, "If you had a theme song, what would it be?" Usually the question is followed by a short laugh, (as if to say, "Hey, what an interestingly random question"), which is followed by a quizzical look, (as if to say, "Wow, that's not an easy question to answer.") Truth be told, I can't answer the question about myself. I mean, there's a lot of pressure involved in finding your own theme song. Perhaps this is a question that can't even be answered - What song can encompass everything that makes you you?

So, I've scaled the question down to, "What 15 songs would be on your soundtrack?" Of course, I haven't answered that question for myself yet, either, but I'm working on it. It takes time to go through both my CD collection and my umpteen thousand songs in iTunes to get the perfect mix; the 15 songs that say "This Is Who I Am." But I am getting into things by categorizing a bit. Here we go:

Three CDs I could listen to over and over again:
Ten – Pearl Jam
The Singles Collection – The Specials
When Harry Met Sally – Harry Connick Jr.

Three Soundtracks I Could Not Live Without:
Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends
Natural Born Killers
The Commitments

Three Favorite Musical Scores/Cast Recordings/Concept Albums:
(Thank you Theatre Tiger for making me obsess over the correct terminology)
Sweeney Todd
The Rocky Horror Show
The Nightmare Before Christmas*
*Yeah, I know it's not really in the realm of "Showtunes" but it can't really be classified as a Soundtrack. But then again, if we're splitting hairs, neither can The Commitments. Oh well, it's my list dammit! Who are you to judge?

Three Movie Scores That I Love:
The Truman Show
The Shawshank Redemption
American Beauty

Three Songs That Make Me Cry:
Mad World – Gary Jules
And Dream of Sheep – Kate Bush
Shelter – Sarah McLachlan

Three of my Favorite Alt. Rock Albums:
Everything You Want – Vertical Horizon
Dulcinea – Toad The Wet Sprocket
Enima of the State – Blink 182

Three Artists/Bands that I Adore that I know no one knows:
Kilgore Trout
Dr. Pocket
Too Hectic

Three of My Guilty Pleasures:
Vanessa Carlton
Supertramp
Michael Jackson

Three of My Favorite Not-So-Serious Bands:
They Might Be Giants
Barenaked Ladies
Dead Milkmen