Below is a playlist of my favorite songs. This is a life soundtrack, in chronological order. It starts with the perfect beginning to a life: James Horner's intro from The Land Before Time. This was my favorite film when I was 6 or 7 years old. For me, the music is a metaphor the development of life, full of all the wonder, fear, and joy you feel growing up. This piece develops beautifully from what feels like embryo to fetus to birth. Then on a bigger timeline, it moves from microbes to the evolution of fish, then reptiles, dinosaurs, primates, etc. in the "great chain of life" that the movie references.
Thus, the playlist is called Soul Songs. They are snapshots of not only what my life has been, but anyone's. The opening songs are spirited childhood favorites, many of them from actual soundtracks (for the late 20th c. was the golden age of soundtracks). More mature songs and pieces can be found later, all the way to the present, which are current favorites.
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