A Soundtrack To Life

A Playlist By Birithivy Yogaratnam

By Birithivy YogaratnamPublished 12 months ago • 3 min read

If life is like a movie, then you have to have a soundtrack, right? It wouldn't make sense for life to not have a playlist of tracks that not only help spell out your life through music, but also give a sense to others about how it felt to be in that moment (or moments). This might be a playlist, but like any great one, it won't fully encapsulate what it is that its trying to evoke in terms of emotion. Nothing, and I mean nothing, will ever fully capture how life is. But, you gotta give it a try, and just like life, you gotta go with the flow. So here's the playlist (in no particular order). There's a description next to the song to show what it invoked or captured in me during those specific moments and segments in time in my life. Some of these tracks don't have lyrics, as they would be included in a film soundtrack. And, some of these songs are not in English. Like in life, sometimes you don't need to fully understand or have words to really make you feel. Here's the playlist:

1) I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden (The Feeling Of Love At First Sight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnmICxvoVY

2) Naan Un Azhaginile (Love Theme) - A.R. Rahman (The Feeling While In Love)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACnSAKEF4q4

3) Welcome To Jurassic Park - John Williams (The Feeling Of Watching Your First Movie That Makes You Fall In Love With Cinema)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsWn9DhF5g

4) Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer (The Feeling Of When Your A Young Adult, Wishing For A Better World For Tomorrow)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIxScJ5rlY

5) Forever Young - Rod Stewart (The Feeling Of Nostalgic Youth, Remembering The Good Times In School)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwG6g5boyF4

6) I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys (The Feeling Of Growing Up In The 90's)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg

7) Arthur Theme Song - Ziggy Marley (The Feeling Of Afternoon's After School)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUB96vgwotg

8) Michael Theme - A.R. Rahman (The Feeling Of Teen Angst And The Urge For Change)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybstikdlnns

9) Believe - Cher (The Feeling Of Moving On, Finding Life After Love)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXRV4MezEw

10) The Dark Knight Theme - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (The Feeling Of Wanting To Be Like Batman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTr89ENLZPc

11) The Simpsons Theme - Danny Elfman (The Feeling Of Watching A Marathon Of The Simpsons Episodes On Sunday Afternoons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fttst9dG6Ko

12) Human Nature - Michael Jackson (The Feeling Of Finishing A Long Day At High School, Walking Home With Your Headphones On)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9HhmX36Gk

13) Tiny Dancer - Elton John (The Feeling Of Being At Your First Job, Closing Shop, And Hearing This Song Every Night On The Radio Before Closing Shop)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8UHnjusq0

14) Mortal Kombat - The Immortals (The Feeling Of Bonding With Your Cousins Over A Video Game That You Would Play Everytime You Went Over To Visit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlzzD-dHJ1g

15) In Da Club - 50 Cent (The Feeling When It's Your Birthday)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss

16) Sirius - The Alan Parsons Project (The Feeling Of Witnessing Greatness, And Watching The GOAT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kiimEsYc

17) New York Theme - Frank Sinatra (The Feeling Of Visiting Your Second Favourite City In The World)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le1QF3uoQNg

18) Imagine - John Lennon (The Feeling Of The New Year Coming Along)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugrAo8wEPiI

19) Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles (The Feeling Of Winter Being Over)