A good amount of Ash in the Wind is inspired by music. Because of this, I've created an Unofficial Soundtrack as a YouTube playlist that you can listen to! New, relevant songs will be added as the story progresses. Not all of these are meant to be musical accompaniment to moments of the comic. In fact, most of them are simply songs that inspired very specific moments!
For more detailed explanations and rambles, check out the accompanying Patreon post!
1. Faded Paper Figures - North by North
To islands on the sea
Lands I've never seen
Things will get calmer — follow me
You said a long long time ago,
You were happy being someone
Let’s go far far far from home,
I’ll be glad to be with someone
2. Hekuto Pascal - fish in the pool (instrumental version)
no lyrics
3. Laufey - Beautiful Stranger
Beautiful stranger, sitting right there
Reading the newspaper, stuck to his chair
I swore that he smiled and I felt my heart drop
Heard the doors open, came to my stop
Maybe we would have exchanged a few words
A fairytale moment could have occurred
But my beautiful stranger will have to remain
A stranger until I see him again
See him again
4. Phantasia - I Talk to the Moon
I talk to the moon
The moon talks to me
I talk to the moon,
No one else will talk to me
I try, helplessly
I try to get along
I try, hopelessly
Seems I don't belong
5. Jupiter - Chocolate (Kinda Unplugged)
I just forgot how my love was all for you
You're sweet and cool
I don't know what I can do
There's no one else in my life except for you
I tried to move on and go for something new
Chocolate, make my heart unbreak
Chocolate, make my heart unbreak
It was a new flavor that gave me the chills
But I knew I'd run back to my favorite thrill
6. Black Kids - I'm Making Eyes at You
Oh please don't, please don't speak
You'll kill the mystique
Oh baby let's not, let's not dance
We'll ruin our chances
Oh, in between the drinks
I can't help but think that
Even as we speak
We kill the mystique
7. Mellow Fellow - How Was Your Day?
I can be your fool
Only for the night
If you want,
So you don't have to be alone
And if your day was long
I'll be there to ask you
"What went wrong, my dear?"
8. Boy Pablo - Dance, Baby!
Dance with me baby,
Dance with me baby,
Let's get lost right here
Dance with me baby,
Dance with me bae
Under the chandelier
Dance with me baby,
Dance with me baby,
Don't turn me down for him
What does he have that I can't give you, girl?
9. Karnaboy - Shy
And I can't see why
I'm so shy around you
And if I stare at the sky
I can't say I want to
I'd rather look into your eyes
Your eyes...
10. Yann Tiersen - Closer
I’m in the air
Above the river miles
Though winds were changed
A million sound-asleep
Gradually
You follow me
Nocturnally
I do believe
I found a road, on my roof
Leading to a lake
I found a tree, growing fast
On the underpass
I found a sea, driving home
On the upper floor
I found a rock, on the grass
Traveling without pace
11. Jacob Maul - Fantasy Garden
Rose from my slumber
I almost believed we were lovers
Your irises filled with wonder,
but then the dream was done.
Two lips became one
Too good to be true
I was in love with you,
but it wasn't even you
Drifting back asleep
Dreams I can never keep
But I'll go out trying
because what else can I do
I'll love you,
'Till you're gone
Lay with me in the garden
Surrounded by flower and fountains
12. Fall Out Boy - I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off
Collect the bad habits
That you couldn't bare to keep
Out of the woods but I love
A tree I used to lay beneath
Kissed teeth stained red
From a sour bottle baby girl
With eyes the size of baby worlds
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
13. Emperor X - Erica Western Teleport
Don't think of her, study for the LSATs
Don't think of her accessing her comsat
Don't think of her cursing at commuters
Don't think of her
Please never think of her
Don't think of her running in an old t-shirt
Don't think of her, go get some exercise
Don't think of her porous membrane
Don't think of her reading on the L train
Don't think of her, crumble at the thought
Don't think of her
Always think of her
14. Lightspeed Champion - Midnight Surprise
Shoot me into sleep
Your beauty is so close to me
And even better still,
warm nights send the chill
Creeping down my bones,
Reminds me I'm alone
My sweet midnight surprise,
Staple down my eyes
Stars I cannot see,
Take me galaxy
As I lay in bed
Wrapped in cold sweat,
Just take me now
15. Relient K - Savannah
Savannah
I'd love to feel the heat, the sunrise
Brushing rays across my windshield as if one dries
The streams from off my face
Savannah
You hold my hand like it's the first time
And all the feelings that our hearts find
Will be just what we expect
Baby It's all I can do to thank you
'Cause every time you wrapped those arms around me
I felt I was home cause
Everything made sense when you were with me.
16. Cafuné - Warm Body
Why you got it all?
You just need a warm body
I'll be your install
I just need your warm body
Everybody knows
They just need to talk about it
Stay this way, hit replay
17. The Cold Wars - Faded Paper Figures
The cold is nice
Our love is ice
Our solitude will warm the room
We'll melt here like icicles
Electrical and lyrical
Our solitude will warm the room
So let's never leave the room
