Editing Soundtrack (section)

== Book soundtracks ==
{{see also|Category:Book soundtracks}}
Only a few cases exist of an entire soundtrack being written specifically for a book.

'Kaladin', a book soundtrack to popular fantasy novelist Brandon Sanderson's book, 'The Way of Kings', was written by The Black Piper. The Black Piper, hailing from Provo, Utah,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaladin: the original book soundtrack from The Black Piper |url=https://www.brandonsanderson.com/blogs/blog/kaladin-the-original-book-soundtrack-from-the-black-piper |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Brandon Sanderson |language=en}}</ref> is a combined group of composers who share a love for fantasy literature. 'Kaladin' was funded through Kickstarter and raised over $112,000. It was released December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Black Piper on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-black-piper/1331738118 |access-date=2024-12-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>

A New York Times Bestselling series, ''[[Green Rider]]'' by [[Kristen Britain]], celebrated its 25th anniversary with the release of a book soundtrack by the same name. It was recorded in Utah, featuring artist Jenny Oaks Baker and William Arnold and was released in 2018.

A soundtrack for [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was composed by [[Craig Russell (American composer)|Craig Russell]] for the San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony. Commissioned in 1995, it was finally put on disk in 2000 by the San Luis Obispo Symphony. {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}

For the 1996 ''[[Star Wars]]'' novel ''[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (novel)|Shadows of the Empire]]'' (written by author [[Steve Perry (author)|Steve Perry]]), [[Lucasfilm]] chose [[Joel McNeely]] to write a score. This was an eccentric, experimental project, in contrast to all other soundtracks, as the composer was allowed to convey general moods and themes, rather than having to write music to flow for specific scenes. A project called "Sine Fiction"<ref name=notype /> has made some soundtracks to novels by [[science fiction]] writers like [[Isaac Asimov]] and [[Arthur C. Clarke]], and has thus far released 19 soundtracks to science-fiction novels or short stories. All of them are available for free download.

Author [[L. Ron Hubbard]] composed and recorded a soundtrack album to his novel ''[[Battlefield Earth (novel)|Battlefield Earth]]'' entitled ''[[Space Jazz]]''. He marketed the concept album as "the only original sound track ever produced for a book before it becomes a movie". There are two other soundtracks to Hubbard novels, being ''[[Mission Earth (album)|Mission Earth]]'' by [[Edgar Winter]] and ''[[To the Stars (album)|To the Stars]]'' by [[Chick Corea]].

The 1985 novel ''[[Always Coming Home]]'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] originally came in a box set with an audiocassette entitled ''Music and Poetry of the Kesh'', featuring three performances of poetry, and ten musical compositions by Todd Barton.

In comics, Daniel Clowes' graphic novel ''[[Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron]]'' had an official soundtrack album.  The original black-and-white Nexus #3 from Capitol comics included the Flexi-Nexi which was a soundtrack [[flexi-disc]] for the issue. ''Trosper'' by [[Jim Woodring]] included a soundtrack album composed and performed by [[Bill Frisell]],<ref name=fantagraphics2009 /> and the [[DC Comics Absolute Edition|Absolute Edition]] of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier]]'' is planned to include an original [[vinyl record]]. ''[[The Crow]]'' released a soundtrack album called ''[[Fear and Bullets]]'' to coincide with the limited edition hardcover copy of the graphic novel. The comic book ''[[Hellblazer]]'' released an annual with a song called ''[[Venus of the Hardsell]]'', which was then recorded and a music video to accompany with.

The Brazilian graphic novel ''[[Achados e Perdidos]]'' (''Lost and Found''), by [[Eduardo Damasceno]] and [[Luís Felipe Garrocho]], had an original soundtrack composed by musician [[Bruno Ito]]. The book was self-published in 2011 after a crowdfunding campaign and was accompanied by a CD with eight songs (one for each chapter of the story). In 2012, this graphic novel won the [[Troféu HQ Mix]] (Brazilian most important comic book award) in the category "Special Homage".<ref name=pipoca2011 /><ref name=universohq2011 />

As [[Internet]] access became more widespread, a similar practice developed of accompanying a printed work with a downloadable [[theme song]], rather than a complete and physically published album. The theme songs for ''[[Nextwave]]'',<ref name=marvelNextWave /> ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]'',<ref name=marvelRunaways /> ''[[Achewood]]'', and ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' are examples of this. The novella ''[[Chasing Homer]]'' (2019) by [[László Krasznahorkai]] was published with an original soundtrack by Miklos Szilveszter, accessible through a [[QR code]] at the start of each chapter.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bonivárt |first=Ágnes |date=3 September 2021 |url=https://hlo.hu/review/dismiss-all-questions-a-review-of-laszlo-krasznahorkais-chasing-homer.html |title=Dismiss All Questions — A Review of László Krasznahorkai's Chasing Homer |website={{ill|Litera.hu|lt=HLO|hu}} |translator-last=Good |translator-first=Owen |access-date=27 July 2023 }}</ref>

In [[Japan]], such examples of music inspired by a work and not intended to soundtrack a [[radio drama|radio play]] or motion picture adaptation of it are known as an ''image album'' or ''[[image song]]'', though this definition also includes such things as film score [[Demo (music)|demos]] inspired by [[concept art]] and songs inspired by a TV series that are not featured in them. Many [[audiobook]]s have some form of musical accompaniment, but these are generally not extensive enough to be released as a separate soundtrack.