THE SIDORIA SOUNDTRACK

I enjoy putting together soundtracks to listen to while I work on my stories. The Sidoria Saga is no exception. I've always envisioned the Saga as a rock 'n' roll fantasy, incorporating songs from the 70's and early 80's (with a few 60's songs thrown in for good measure). This is a homage to the soundtrack to the '80's animated film, Heavy Metal. One can debate just how "metal" Heavy Metal's music is, but its soundtrack was a huge inspiration growing up and one I listened to constantly when first creating my fantasy series back in the mid-90's. I wanted to capture that "feel" with this  unofficial soundtrack, covering all six books in the Saga, beginning with Pride of the Scouts and ending with The Havoc Bringers.

PRIDE OF THE SCOUTS 1. Without Warning by Dokken (The Deadlands/"We're being watched") 2. War Machine by KISS (Suiting up for battle/The Dagger Hills) 3. Pressure Points by Camel (Aftermath/The dead and dying) 4. Homesick Again by Nazareth (Behind enemy lines/Forming a plan) 5. The Eagle Has Landed by Saxon (The first to fall/Hope fades) 6. Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath (The lands of Kom/The children of Jahi) 7. Fade To Black by Metallica (Caleb's tale/Aaraaf's fate) 8. Into The Void by Black Sabbath (Infiltrating the enemy camp/The Skea) 9. Death Comes Ripping by Misfits (A brief firefight/An unlikely alliance) 10. Chaos Army by Hawkwind (A race to beat the enemy/Skull Canyon) 11. The Ides Of March by Iron Maiden (The trap is sprung/A desperate stand) 12. Everybody Wants Some!! by Van Halen (The Battle of Skull Canyon/Mage vs Malkan) 13. Home Sweet Home by Mötley Crüe (Pyrrhic victory/The march home) 14. Heroes by Camel (A heroes welcome/Funeral Rites) 15. Preparation by Camel (The years pass/Remembering the fallen) 16. Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits (Pride of the Scouts/The shadow realm)

THE CREATURE OF THE BARADOONS

1. Exercise One by Joy Division

(Navigating the mountains/The dying man)

2. Laguna Sunrise by Black Sabbath

(A quite day in Raven's End/impromptu operation)

3. Good Times Roll by The Cars

(Gathering the hunters/The Blind Boar)

4. Masquerade by Axe

(The cavalry scout/Shady Deals)

5. The Marauders by Tears For Fear

(Secret departure/Treacherous terrain)

6. The River Song by Donovan

(Rest period/Trouble brewing)

7. Paranoia (Part 2) by Hawkwind

(The Volgoi temple/Preparing for battle)

8. Who Do You Think We Are by Alice Cooper

(March of the goblins/Surviving the night)

9. Julia Dream by Pink Floyd

(Whelan's confession/Leneer's accusation)

10. The Reason Is? by Hawkwind

(The village in shambles/Locating the dead)

11. Funeral Pyre by Atomkraft

(Mass funeral/The creature attacks)

12. Subject's Theme by Aldo Nova

(Hunters and hunted/Leneer's revelation)

13. Rapid Fire by Judas Priest

(Internal struggles/Leneer vs Canton)

14. Realms by Hawkwind

(The creature's lair/Canton gets his licks in)

15. Winter Time by Steve Miller Band

(Ascension/Surviving the night)

16. Sole Survivor by Blue Öyster Cult

(Dawn of a new day/Going home)

THE SHEPHERD OF EVIL

1. The Dream of Isis by Hawkwind

(Misery/"Hung for a crime I didn't commit")

2. Voices by Cheap Trick

(Weeping Rock/Voices on the wind)

3. Orgone Accumulator by Hawkwind

(The cavalry scouts/Misery's undertaker)

4. Wheel In The Sky by Journey

(The Swords Crossed Inn/The stranger)

5. Night Comes Down by Judas Priest

(A bullet for your troubles/A lawless town)

6. Night Woman by Nazareth

(Company for the evening/Chastity's decision)

7. Please Don't Judas Me by Nazareth

(The Clan of Christ/Telling tales)

8. Black Magic Woman by Santana

(The Mother of Bones/A kingdom's fate)

9. Careful With That Axe Eugene by Pink Floyd

(Blood red morning/conspirators)

10. Screams by Blue Öyster Cult

(Bodily dismemberment/Trapped by circumstance)

11. Catch The Wind by Sammy Hager

(Hypnotized/Nowhere to run)

12. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game by Blondie

(Nearly in the clear/Spilled blood)

13. Paranoid by Black Sabbath

(Shootout with the cavalry/cornered)

14. Chronoglide Skyway by Hawkwind

(A traitor's crown/"He's out of bullets")

15. Old And Wise by The Alan Parsons Project

(The gallows/"A fine pair of boots")

16. Runnin' With The Devil by Van Halen

(The innocent suffer/The guilty run free)

MARAUDER'S GLORY

1. Prelude by Judas Priest

(Dry River/The goblin horde)

2. All The King's Horses by Nazareth

(A chance meeting/Going AWOL)

3. Round And Round by Aerosmith

(Gunrunners/Infiltrating the fort)

4. Solitude by Black Sabbath

(Mage's song/Steel-Top's offer)

5. Don't Lose Your Mind by Atomic Rooster

(Captured/An unwelcome return)

6.Sweet Dreams by Captain Beyond

(The dark priest/Plotting an escape)

7. Flaming Telepaths by Blue Öyster Cult

(The desert walk/"His chances are better than most")

8. Alles Klar by Ultravox

(The trading post/"These are Mad Jack's people")

9. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) by Fun Boy Three

(Mad Jack's song/The slave caravan)

10. Wrathchild by Iron Maiden

(Cole's song/All hell breaks loose)

11. Before The Dawn by Judas Priest

(Strangers in town/In need of a doctor)

12. Supertzar by Black Sabbath

(Confrontation with the magistrate/Narrow escape)

13. Holy Man by Deep Purple

(Borys's song/The farmstead)

14. Winning Man by Krokus

(Showdown with the posse/Mercy kill)

15. Myopic Void by Captain Beyond

(Aftermath of a slaughter/Faking one's death)

16. Renegade by Styx

(Into the Deadlands/Let fate decide the rest)

STORMS OF FORTUNE

1. Streamer by Krokus

(Crossing the border/Dangerous territory)

2. Over To You by Black Sabbath

(Desperate outlaws/Limited options)

3. Childhood's End by Pink Floyd

(The black blizzard/A demon rides the storm)

4. Travellin' In The Dark (To E.M.P.) by Mountain

(Traversing the cave/The giant eels)

5. Lost In A Lost World by The Moody Blues

(The gypsy caravan/Travelling in style)

6. Fight With The Devil by Hollow Ground

(The Ghost Hills/The skull-bearers attack)

7. Strange World by Iron Maiden

(The Mother of Bones/Fortune telling)

8. Solar Angels by Judas Priest

(Journey's end/King of the damned)

9. Song For Aries by Cactus

(Cole's lie/Orchestrating a coup)

10. Drums Of Doom by Manowar

(Tombs of the Whispering Dead/Borys returns)

11. Expect No Mercy by Nazareth

(The Cousin's War/A kingdom divided)

12. The Overlord by Talking Heads

(Tomb of Borghal/The whisperers hatch a plan)

13. Into The Void (Reprise) by Black Sabbath

(Duel at Stoneroot/A complicated plan)

14. Aku-Aku by Styx

(Justice or revenge?/A blood-stained crown)

15. Under The Rose by KISS

(A people united/One king too many)

16. I'm Going Away by Mahogany Rush

(Destinies intertwined/A storm on the horizon)

THE HAVOC BRINGERS

1. In The Evening by Led Zeppelin

(Ambush at Anvil Chorus/Race to beat the devil)

2. Mr. Blackwell by KISS

(Borys's army/The siege of Idaeus)

3. Frozen Rainbow by Saxon

(An uninspired battle/Masking a darker purpose)

4. Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

(Wyhauk's song/Invitation to a royal feast)

5. Chasing Shadows by Deep Purple

(Sneak attack/The queen is captured)

6. I'm Goin' Mad by Scorpions

(Battle on the rooftops/The enemy escapes)

7. Love Hurts by Nazareth

(A king without a queen/"We must get her back")

8. Mayhem With Mercy by Venom

(The prisoner and the basket/Death threat)

9. Hell Bent For Leather by Judas Priest

(Battle at the Brobdingnagian Gates/Something to die for)

10. Interlude No.1/No.2 by Warren Zevon

(When all hope is gone/The cavalry arrives)

11. Children Of The Damned by Iron Maiden

(Preparing for the final battle/Many goodbyes)

12. Send Me An Angel by Scorpions

(The queen's departure/"I'll guard her with my life")

13. De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow) by Dead Can Dance

(A kingdom in flames/Cole vs Borys)

14. Here I Go Again (Original Version) by White Snake

(A king in exile/Something to live for)

15. The Man's Too Strong by Dire Straits

(Borys's legacy/Repairing a kingdom in ruin)

16. Shifting Sands by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

(A tribute to the fallen/Leaving the Deadlands behind)