🎵 The Role of Music in Hiraeth: Soundtracks and Inspirations

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🎶 “Where Words Fade, Music Bleeds Through”

• For some writers, the muse is a plot twist. For me, it’s distortion pedals, guttural lyrics, and one track on loop until the scene bleeds.

• Music is marrow in House of Teeth—not just in the world (Toad Biscuit, Kriia’s dances, Remi’s past) but in its making.

• 🎧 [Download the Official Soundtrack here] 

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

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📚 Soundtracks of Survival: Book-by-Book Inspirations

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🩸 Book 1: No Kingdom for a Fang

🎧 Theme: “Almost Ecstasy” – Wind Walkers
Lyric Match:
"Now I'm higher than I've ever been
I just love the way we love to sin
Laying there with me
Almost ecstasy"

• This is Kriia and Rexar’s beginning—too fast, too close, too much to be safe.

• It mirrors their highwire walk between danger and desire, between soul-starvation and the relief of being seen.

• This was the soundtrack to the kitchen floor scene, the voicemail echo, and the kiss that came with claws.

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👁️ Book 2: A Hymn for the Hollow

🎧 Theme: “Through the Trees” – Low Shoulder (yes, from Jennifer’s Body)
Lyric Match:
"I don't know how we ended up here...
The broken glass in front of me
Your shadow hanging over me"

• Jennifer’s Body vibes run deep here: obsession, betrayal, a fire that wasn’t just literal.

• This song follows Vee’s spiral and the tension pulling Rexar and Kriia apart even as they cling to each other.

• This is the theme for the venue fire, Rexar’s unraveling, and the moment he sings to Kriia on that rooftop—not knowing it could be goodbye.

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🌫️ Book 3: The Color of Regret

🎧 Theme: “One Day I’ll Have to Leave” – Thornskin
Lyric Match:
"I've been living fast like I'm waiting to die
Getting high so I don’t have to survive
In a cold world with people colder than ice"

• This track is Kriia and Remi’s past—drug haze, rust-red grief, and neon-lit regret.

• It scores their overdose cycles, the bathroom door, and the ache that never really left.

• Washed Out Violet plays like a slow confession, and this track bleeds through every word.

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🌌 Book 4: To Dream Beneath Dying Stars

🎧 Theme: “Time Changes Everything” – The Plot In You
Lyric Match:
"Watch the ones that I can't touch
As I drift away, fade away
Can't forgive myself
Can't forget yesterday"

• This is the war requiem. The ghost song. The grief you scream into the stars.

• Remi’s death, Levi’s sacrifice, Meeko’s cry. A world cracked open for the hope of one soul.

• If you’ve ever loved someone enough to fight hell for them, this song’s for you.

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🎤 Sound Within the World: Music As Magic

• Rexar Fang: Frontman of Toad Biscuit. His lyrics prophesy long before he does. “I Caught Feelings & Fire” = his inner monologue.

• Kriia Thomas: Dancer, fighter, performer. Music is the ghost writer for her life.

• Remi Connor: Guitar and ghosts. His songs are soft weapons. His voice breaks before his body ever did.

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🎼 The Official Soundtrack: Your Emotional Breakdown, Curated

💾 [DOWNLOAD HERE] 
Includes all 4 theme tracks + original in-universe songs and ambient lore beats.

Playlist Includes:

• “Almost Ecstasy” – Wind Walkers

• “Through the Trees” – Low Shoulder

• “One Day I’ll Have to Leave” – Thornskin

• “Time Changes Everything” – The Plot In You

• Washed Out Violet – Book 3 original

• Flame Of My Heart – Book 2 pre-concert scene

• Toad Biscuit Essentials: “I Caught Feelings & Fire,” “This Soundcheck Feels Like Goodbye”

• Bonus Track: Fire (Archive Flame Version) – Rexar’s abandoned demo

  And MORE! 

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🔥 What Does Hiraeth Sound Like to You?

• Share your character playlists using #HouseOfTeethSoundtrack

• Comment: “Which track still haunts you?”

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