Soundtrack To Get You Going At Work
I need to be inspired to be productive. There is no intrinsic desire within me to work, trust me. There are lots of things that can inspire me to work, most of them having to do with music. We all have playlists of our favorite songs to get us motivated to work, hype us up for sports, or prepare us to party on a Friday night.
There are a lot of good songs out there to listen to for any number of reasons. But there is nothing like a good film score to motivate you. I’ve got plenty of soundtracks queued up in iTunes for just such occasions, and I tap my film score playlist up to 2-3 times per week.
I was able to find YouTube videos of some of the best soundtrack samples in my playlist. If you’re dragging your feet at work and have absolutely no inspiration, I want you to listen to the following 5 audio clips. This isn’t a list of “greatest film scores of all time” because it digs one level deeper and presents to you a specific part of each soundtrack that has particularly inspired me over the years.
This first one is meant to awaken your all-but-forgotten imagination and get the blood flowing to your creative side.
The Mummy End Credits by Jerry Goldsmith (The Mummy)
Now that you’re feeling a bit magical, I’ll turn it up a notch with arguably the best single part of the entire Star Wars film score catalog (it’s possible that I will be murdered for saying that).
Throne Room by John Williams (Star Wars: Episode IV)
I make no guarantees that your head will not explode by listening to this next one directly after listening to that last one.
Batman Main Theme by Danny Elfman (Batman)
You will find that as you listen to this one, something will happen to you. You will either A) complete any and all outstanding projects you’re currently working on or B) join the army.
Leave No Man Behind by Hans Zimmer (Black Hawk Down)
We’re coming to the last song on the list, and I must present you with an apology right off the bat. You will listen to this and then it will end and then you will look around and the world will be so dull that you will regret ever having come to my blog, and for that I’m sorry. It will be like a blind person gaining sight for 2 minutes and 53 seconds and then being struck with blindness again.
Charging Fort Wagner by James Horner (Glory)
P.S. I think they play that last one on the loudspeakers as you ascend into heaven.