The Music Of The Maze

The book Maze Runner was made into a movie. So picking songs for it could be as simple as watching the movie. But I decided to wait until I finish the book to watch the movie. So  I will make the soundtrack to the events as they happened in the book. So I can give the events the emotion that I would like.

The first moment that I am choosing is in chapter 15 when Thomas is awaking from another sleepless night. He also comes to an important decision during this chapter. He has now decided that he wants to be a runner in the maze. So he tells Newt about his decision and Newt basically thinks Thomas is crazy.  But Newt admires his courage and puts him on a training list. The song that I picked to represent this scene is Ode To Sleep by Twenty One Pilots, I think this song represents it well because Thomas has a lot of emotion in this chapter. From feeling upset about Ben being banished. To him deciding to be a Runner in the maze. That's exactly what this song has, enough tempo changes to represent the different emotions that Thomas is experiencing.   

The second Scene that I chose to compare to a soundtrack was, when the glades is now in state of chaos. Thomas and Newt where now being chased by Minho, who then notified them that they were being chased by grievers. So now Thomas and Newt now had to be alert. Thomas was also in a state of chaos because he wanted to make sure Teresa was okay. So in conclusion Thomas’s mind was moving at a mile a minute. Taking that into consideration the song that I chose was  Bring The Noize by M.I.A. My reason for choosing this song is to represent the fast pace that I imagine. Also the song is mainly saying that it will be wild and unpredictable which imagine this scene to be like.

The last scene that I chose to add add a soundtrack to was when Thomas awoke from his changing. This is a big scene since Teresa was unable to link with him telepathically. Also chuck wasn't able to update him on what was going on. Imagine this whole scene as a haze. The best song to represent this was  Ghost Of A Chance By Young and Sick. This whole song has a slow and mellow tempo which goes perfectly with the haze that thomas was in. Also if you take a listen to the lyrics you can hear how it has a very low. That way it give the ghostly tone to the song it would also give it to the scene. This song also has  a romantic feel to it. Which I feel like would represent the love connection between Thomas and Teresa. It's not very dominant in the song But I feel like it's also not very dominant in the book, so in a sense it's a perfect fit.