Your Name Up There Someday

Soundtracks to movies that may never be made:

Meadowood

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” – Tears for Fears

“Music Box Dancer” – Frank Mills

“Wasted on the Way” – Crosby, Stills & Nash

“Africa” – Toto

“You Make Lovin’ Fun” – Fleetwood Mac

“We Built This City” – Starship

“Electric Avenue” – Eddy Grant

“Don’t Come Around Here No More” – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

“Some Other Time” (feat. Bill Evans) – Tony Bennett

“Queen of Hearts” – Juice Newton

“On the Dark Side” – John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band

“On the Wings of a Dream” – John Denver

“Walking On a Thin Line” – Huey Lewis & The News

“Take Me Home” – Phil Collins

“All I Need is a Miracle” – Mike + The Mechanics

“Walk of Life” – Dire Straits

(total running time: 1 hour 8 minutes)


The Salamander

“Most of the Time” – Bob Dylan

“I Want to Know What Love Is” – Foreigner

“True Love” – Glenn Frey

“Electric Blue” – ICEHOUSE

“The Ways of Love” – Neil Young

“One Good Woman” – Pete Cetera

“No Blue Thing” – Ray Lynch

“Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do” – Steve Winwood

“The Way You Do the Things You Do” – UB40

“Second Chance” – 38 Special

“Sacrifice” – Elton John

“Si Voy a Perderte” – Gloria Estefan

“Don’t Know Much” (with Aaron Neville) – Linda Ronstadt

“Right Here Waiting” – Richard Marx

(total running time: 1 hour 6 minutes)


English as a Foreign Language

“You Will You Won’t” – The Zutons

“Talk” – Coldplay

“Caught By the Fuzz” – Supergrass

“Hey Ya!” – Outkast

“Remember Me” – British Sea Power

“Svatebni Pisen (Live)” – Hana Hegerova

“Lucky Man” – The Verve

“Ashes” – Embrace

“Hung Up” – Madonna

“Dry Your Eyes” – The Streets

“Aftermath” – R.E.M.

“Banquet” – Bloc Party

“Alright” (Brad Carter Remix) – Red Carpet

“Champagne Supernova” – Oasis

“Holy Grail” – Badly Drawn Boy

(total running time: 1 hour 11 minutes)


If You Leave Me Now

“Cold Heart” (PNAU Remix) – Elton John & Dua Lipa

“Save Your Tears” – The Weeknd

“I Ain’t Worried” – OneRepublic

“If You Leave Me Now” – Chicago

“Who Are You” – The Who

“She’s Always a Woman” – Billy Joel

“Straight On” – Heart

“Coming Home” – Marshall Hain

“Ever Fallen in Love” – Buzzcocks

“How Deep Is Your Love” (Serban Mix) – Bee Gees

“Kiss You All Over” – Exile

“Every Kinda People” – Robert Palmer

“Lay Your Love On Me” – Racey

“Locomotive Breath” – Jethro Tull

“Don’t Leave Me This Way” – Thelma Houston

“Don’t Look Back” – Boston

(total running time: 1 hour 7 minutes)

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Published by: David Ewald

David Ewald is the author of the novels The Thief of THAT, The Book of Stan, and He Who Shall Remain Shameless, as well as the collection The Fallible: Stories. He is a graduate of the College of Creative Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara and the MFA creative writing program at the University of Notre Dame. He writes, teaches and parents in California's Central Valley.

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