Fanmix: The Once & Future Captain (Kirk, Kirk/McCoy for STBB)

[jactrades]

When I saw the summaries of the STBB fics, I crossed my fingers in the hopes of getting turtle_goose's The Once & Future Captain because I've had thoughts about mixing a Tarsus fic (mostly centered around track 12). Lucky me, I got the chance to create a mix for this story! :D I really enjoyed the clear thought that went into the world-building in this story, and if you're a sucker for Tarsus fics (like me), you shouldn't pass this one up.

Masterpost for the fic & gorgeous art here!




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Tracklist:

01| Circuital - My Morning Jacket

Well anyway you cut it

We're just spinning around

Out on the circuits

Over the hollow grounds

Out on the circuits

Over the hollow grounds

Heading right back in the same place

That we started out

02| Find It In Me - William Fitzsimmons

My conduct should be suspect and my

Intentions should be checked but I'm too

Involved in making plans for my soul

03| Add My Effort - The Weepies

When it's dark you say it is

Because there's no light

And though it's not I'll say it is

I'll say it's all right

04| Northern Skies - I Am Kloot

Where did you go on a big black night?

Did you take the coast road back through your life?

See the sand, the moon, the stars that shine the light

And say, well, they’ll do all right for me?

05| Lights (Shook Remix) - Ellie Goulding

'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home.

Calling, calling, calling home

You show the lights that stop me turn to stone

You shine it when I'm alone

06| Night Squall - Balmorhea 
[Instrumental]

07| Lippy Kids - Elbow

Do they know those days are golden?

Build a rocket boys

Build a rocket boys!

08| Easy - Real Estate

Around in the fields we grow

With love for everyone

Dreams we saw with eyes of hope

Until that dream was done

09| Fear - OneRepublic

When we were children we’d play

Out in the streets just dipped in fate

When we were children we’d say

That we don’t the meaning of

10| I Believe In Outer Space - The Lovers

They believe in an outer space 

That's what they believe in 

And right now and it's instant 

And it's far away and it's distant 

11| Running For Home - Matthew Good Band

When we were wired the world was like a secret

I close my eyes now and I scream

I turn the light on and there's nothing left redeeming

I saw your face before it changed

12| Dustbowl Dance - Mumford & Sons

I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen

And I have no idea where else my heart could have been

I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill

And now I am sure my heart can never be still

13| Pride Is A Lonely Blanket (When We Speak) - Red Wanting Blue
When we speak

But our words won't let us say so

And we wished we let it all show

We started falling apart

At the heart

We'll be broken 'til the end

14| Drifting - Andy McKee
[Instrumental]

15| The Problem Of Pain - William Fitzsimmons

Icarus they caught you where you tumbled on

Encourage you to dive now the sun is gone

I just don't know

I just don't know

16| Book Of Revelation - The Drums

And it's over now

You can pick yourself off the ground

Cause you're cool now

And you're nothing like him

17| Sea of Teeth - Sparklehorse

Stars will always hand in summer’s bleeding veils

But seas forever boil, trees will turn to soil   

18| I'm With You - The Stills

The timing's right

And the light is soft

We've come from far

And we came here lost

19| All Or Nothing - Au Revoir Simone

You're a sight to see this early morning

Getting lost in my own neighborhood

The same freedom you feel

Is what's been blowing in my sail 

Since I arrived here

20| Welcome Home - Radical Face

I've come home, home, home, home.

All my nightmares escaped my head.

Bar the door, please don't let them in.

Comments

[got_swagger]

I'm only up to track 9, but so far it's the best thing ever! I'll more thoughts and feelings after I give the whole thing a listen, but so far it's AMAZING.

And the cover is just stunning. LOVE.

[got_swagger]

Okay. I have so many ~thoughts and ~feelings about this.

First and foremost, this is absolute perfection! Like, this IS the soundtrack to this fic! During every song that played, I could see the fic as if it were a movie and it was incredible!

I found everything so fitting and this is definitely how I see it, which of course may be different from what you intended.

I laughed at first when I saw "My Morning Jacket," because there was an episode of American Dad that featured them. But Circuital was a perfect starter and it just got me into a ~mood and when I revisited the prologue, I was just in love with how it fit. Same goes for Find it in Me, which I can TOTALLY picture as Jim trying to explain things to Bones, but being so blocked by his own doubts and emotions. Add My Effort was a perfect complement to Bones and his curiosity and feelings towards Jim.

Northern Skies is lovely, and I definitely see it playing as Jim gets the call from Starfleet. And of course Lights is one of the songs I listened to OVER AND OVER again whilst writing this story and this remix was great! Lights just sums up Jim's feelings about this mission so well. Night Squall was a gorgeous bit of instrumental that was bittersweet and haunting and just added so much to the atmosphere of the story.

Lippy Kids is now officially one of my favorite songs. It's such a great song for Jim and Riley as they're trying to deal with all the emotions this mission is bringing up. Easy definitely fits for me as a song to play while Jim and Riley start out laughing and reminiscing about their childhood together on Tarsus IV and then transitions beautifully into the other song I consider as defining this fic, which is Fear and is all about Jim and Riley and how their time started out so innocent yet ended up so heartbreaking and life-changing.

I Believe in Outer Space for me really fits as young Jimmy Kirk full of excitement as he records his video logs. And also, I feel, for the crew as they're discovering this side to Jim that they would have never guessed existed. Running For Home I can also see for both Jim and the crew as the truth about Kodos and Jim's relationship with him comes out. And OMG Dustbowl Dance is an incredibly powerful and haunting song for Jim and his anger at the mission, the crew, his past on Tarsus IV, and the betrayal he experienced from Kodos.

(To Be Continued)

[chickosaurusrex.livejournal.com]

This looks really cool, thank you! :)

[airwaveeight.livejournal.com]

definitely snagging this; the fic that inspired it is one of my favorites (I have such a twisted love for Tarsus fic) and I ADORE that you have Running for Home in this. It's quite possibly my favorite Matt Good song, and I've never seen anyone else use his stuff in mixes before.

[soliandxpyne.livejournal.com]

What a great mix, thanks so much for putting this together and sharing!