Soundtrack
I certainly didn’t intend to have music accompany nearly every page of New Kids in the World Cup. But once you begin digging for classic, hit songs, trust me — it’s hard to stop. In any case, here’s a suggested soundtrack.
Some of these songs were running through my head as I was writing. Others I imagined actually playing in the background of a scene. Still others seemed to fit the moment because of their mood, texture, tension, lyrics, or the artist themself. And then a few others might have something else going on — either a deep or trivial connection to the corresponding moment.
All of the songs are chronologically accurate — and the vast majority of them were hits when the scene or passage takes place. Though all invoke the era and the zeitgeist of this story one way or another … which is the whole point, I suppose.
Links to playlists:
Youtube
Spotify (slightly incomplete)
Chapter 1
Page 5
Page 6
Page 7-8
Page 9
Page 9-10
Page 10-13
Page 14-19
Page 20
Chapter 2
Page 21-22
Page 23-24
Page 25-27
Chapter 3
Page 28-29
Page 31
Page 31-32
Page 33-34
Page 35-36
Page 37-38
Page 38-46 (fade in/out)
Chapter 4
Page 47
Page 48-49
Page 50-51
Page 51-52
Page 52-53
Page 53-54
Page 54-57 (reprise)
Page 58-59
Page 59-60
Page 60-64
Page 65 (silence)
Chapter 5
Page 66
Page 67-68
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Page 70-71
Page 72-73
Page 73-74
Page 74-83 (fade in/out)
Page 84-85
Page 86-89
Page 90-91
Page 92
Chapter 6
Page 93-96
Page 96-98
Page 100-105 (fade in/out)
Page 105-106 (reprise)
Page 106-107
Page 107-108
Page 108-109 (reprise)
Page 109-110
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Page 111-112 (reprise)
Page 113-115
Page 115-117 (reprise)
Page 118-122
Page 122-123
Page 124-125
Page 126-130
Chapter 7
Page 131-137
Page 137-138
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Page 140-141
Page 141-143
Page 143-144
Page 145-147 (reprise)
Page 148-153 (fade in/out)
Page 154-157
Page 157-159
Page 159-165 (reprise)
Page 165-168 (reprise)
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Page 171 (reprise)
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Page 172
Page 173-174
Page 174 (reprise)
Chapter 8
Page 175-177
Page 177-180
Page 180-183
Page 183-184
Page 185-186
Page 185-187
Page 187 (reprise)
Page 188-189
Page 189-191
Page 191-192
Page 192
Page 192-193
Page 193
Page 193-194 (reprise)
Page 194-195
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Chapter 9
Page 197
Page 198-199
Page 199-202 (fade in/out)
Page 203
Page 204
Page 205-207 (reprise)
Page 208 (reprise)
Page 208-209
Page 209-210
Page 211
Page 211-212
Page 212-213 (reprise)
Page 213-214 (reprise)
Chapter 10
Page 215-216
Page 216-217
Page 217-219
Page 219-221
Chapter 11
Page 222-227
Page 228-236
Page 236-239
Page 240-241
Chapter 12
Page 242-245
Page 245-249
Page 249-253 (fade in/out)
Page 253-254
Chapter 13
Page 255-256
Page 256-260
Page 260-264
Page 265-271
Page 271-272
Page 273-274
Page 275-277
Page 277-280 (silence)
Page 280-282 (reprise)
Page 282-284
Page 285-288
Chapter 14
Page 289-291
Page 292-296
Page 296-299
Page 300-306 (reprise)
Page 306-307
Page 307-309
Page 309-310 (silence)
Afterward