If you’re reading Kat & Mouse, you might be interested to know it has a soundtrack. Music played a huge role in the writing process. Apart from the songs that are actually referenced in the book, there were many more that helped me conceptualize characters, scenes, and themes. Included below are a few playlists.

(All tracks are available on Spotify, if that’s you’re thing.)

ESSENTIALS SOUNDTRACK:

This is what I imagine would be the official soundtrack if I had to fit it all on one CD.

Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff – deadmau5, Rob Swire
Anarchy In The U.K. – Sex Pistols
Bloodstream – Transviolet
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Two Minds – NERO
Privilege (Set Me Free) – Patti Smith
Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
Dreams – NERO, ZHU
Broken Record – Krewella
Pissing In a River – Patti Smith
Search and Destroy – The Stooges
Time After Time – Cindy Lauper
Beneath with Me (Kaskade’s V.4) – Kaskade, deadmau5, Skylar Grey
I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
Drive – The Cars

Below, you’ll find the full, complete playlists that I listened to in writing K&M.

FULL LISTS:

DOT’S EDM:

Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff – deadmau5, Rob Swire
Beneath with Me (Kaskade’s V.4) – Kaskade, deadmau5, Skylar Grey
Polaris – deadmau5
Let Go – deadmau5, Grabbitz
Unspecial Effects – deadmau5
4ware – deadmau5
Strobe – deadmau5
Snowcone – deadmau5
Human – Krewella
Broken Record – Krewella
Bloodstream – Transviolet
Illmerica – Wolfgang Gartner
Dreams – NERO, ZHU
Two Minds – NERO
Into the Night – NERO
Into the Past (Reboot) – NERO

KAT’S CLASSIC PUNK:

Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Blitzkrieg Bop – Ramones
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
The Passenger – Iggy Pop
London Calling – The Clash
I Wanna Be Sedated – Ramones
California Uber Alles – Dead Kennedys
God Save The Queen – Sex Pistols
Lust For Life – Iggy Pop
Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
I Fought the Law – The Clash
Anarchy In The U.K. – Sex Pistols
Gloria: In Excelsis Deo – Patti Smith
Rock the Casbah – The Clash
Search and Destroy – The Stooges

KAT’S PATTI SMITH ADDENDUM:

Revenge – Patti Smith
Citizen Ship – Patti Smith
Ask the Angels – Patti Smith
Pissing In a River – Patti Smith
Pumping – Patti Smith
Privilege (Set Me Free) – Patti Smith

BEN’S 80s/90s:

Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Time After Time – Cindy Lauper
Ordinary World – Duran Duran
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
I’ll Be There For You – Bon Jovi
Drive – The Cars
I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House