General Inspiration

⊕ Two Steps from Hell
⊕ Audiomachine
⊕ Jeremy Soule — Composer
- Skyrim Soundtrack
⊕ Thomas Newman — Composer
⊕ Howard Shore — Composer
- The Lord of the Rings Soundtracks
- The Hobbit Soundtracks
⊕ Ludovico Einaudi — Composer
⊕ The World of Warcraft Soundtracks
⊕ The epic music of my father, Edward Litfin (who is also my art director). I grew up with his composed themes and musical realms in our house which ultimately inspired a few scenes throughout my stories today. I hope one day for him to eventually release his music to the world, so you all can hear what I have loved my whole life.

Themes

⊕ Adella  
- Red — Ordinary World
- Pink — Just Like Fire
- Kelly Clarkson — Invincible
⊕ Adella and Brogan  
- Red — Hold Me Now
⊕ The New Paladins
- Audiomachine — Road To Glory
- 30 Seconds to Mars — Kings and Queens
- Marc Streitenfeld — Fate Has Smiled Upon Us

Book 1 - The Lost Noble

⊕ Prologue
- Prisoner | Audiomachine — Fortress of Solitude
⊕ Chapter 1
- Late | Jimmy Eat World — The Middle
- School | Lorde — Royals
⊕ Chapter 2
- Home | Azure Rey — Sleep
⊕ Chapter 3
- Fight | BrunuhVille — Dance with Dragons
⊕ Chapter 6
- Arrival | Metric — Help I’m Alive
⊕ Chapter 7
- Dinner | Oblivion — Sunrise of flutes
⊕ Chapter 8
- The Forest | Ludovico Einaudi — L’origine nadcosta
⊕ Chapter 11
- Vryndolne | The Veronicas — Untouched
⊕ Chapter 19
- Combat | Joan Jett — Bad Reputation
- Reveal | Two Steps From Hell — Icarus
⊕ Chapter 21
- Faire | The Tangled Soundtrack — Kingdom Dance

Book 2 - Dragon's Wrath

⊕ Chapter 1
- Bracke’s Room | Two Steps From Hell — Little Ben
⊕ Chapter 2
- Forest | Adrian von Ziegler — Autumn Forest
⊕ Chapter 6
- The City | Goldfrapp — Fly Me Away
⊕ Chapter 10
- Practice | Edward Litfin — One of the songs my father wrote that I grew up with really helped inspire this scene when I was young.
⊕ Chapter 11
- Bitter | Hans Zimmer — Time
⊕ Chapter 13:
- Frost Tide | London Philharmonic/Don Jackson — Here We Come A-Wassailing
- Speech | Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune — Nate’s theme
⊕ Chapter 14
- Fireside | Apollo’s Fire — Sacrum Mysterium, Pt. II (Christ Child’s Lullaby)
⊕ Chapter 18
- Moonlight | Two Steps From Hell — Little Ben
⊕ Chapter 20
- Book | Audiomachine — Creation (or Epiphany; both songs inspired the scene, and both songs work for it).
⊕ Chapter 23
- Party | Icona Pop — I Love It
⊕ Chapter 25
- Fly | Audiomachine — Road To Glory
⊕ Chapter 26
- Barren | Derek Duke — God Hunters
⊕ Chapter 28
- Talon Drops In | Beck — E-pro (instrumental)
⊕ Chapter 29
- Found | Thor: Brian Tyler — Deliverance
- Plead | Audiomachine — Path to Freedom
- Halls | Audiomachine — Beyond Good and Evil
⊕ Chapter 30
- Scar | Audiomachiene — Battle of the Kings
- Alive | 30 Seconds to Mars — Kings and Queens
⊕ Chapter 31
- Ivory Tower | Audiomachiene — Above and Beyond
- Ball | The Verve — Bittersweet Symphony
- Tidal Wave of Stars | Red — Hold Me Now

Movies, Books, &
Other Media

(non-exhaustive)

⊕ Book/Movie
- The Lord of the Rings — J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit — J. R. R. Tolkien
- Harry Potter — J. K. Rowling
- Percy Jackson — Rick Riordan
- The Chronicles of Narnia — C. S. Lewis
- Stardust — Neil Gaiman
- Ella Enchanted
- Princess Bride
⊕ Book/Show
- Game of Thrones — George. R. R. Martin
⊕ Book
- The Legend of Drizzt — R. A. Salvatore
- Throne of Glass — Sarah J. Maas
⊕ Movie
- A Knight’s Tale
- The Dark Crystal
- Labyrinth
- Legend
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (animation)
- Disney’s Tangled (animation)
⊕ Show
- Winx Club (animation)
⊕ Video Game
- World of Warcraft
- Skyrim
- Runescape
- Legend of Zelda
- Fable
- Oblivion
⊕ Video Game/Book/Show
- The Witcher
⊕ Game
- Dungeons & Dragons

*The Chronicles of Royal High is simply inspired by the sources of content mentioned here, and is not affiliated or sponsored in any way unless otherwise noted.