Australian rock: We have struggled to find suitable Australian material but to start… 

• The Easybeats, most famous obviously for Friday on My Mind but actually I’ve always liked their song Good Times better (NC)
• On discussion we ruled out AC/DC.
• Radio Birdman – Aloha Steve and Danno has a sea sample – gritty Australian Rock (HP)
• The Saints Know your Product and the Saints cover of River Deep, Mountain High. Perky Post Punk. (HP)

American:

• Creedence Clearwater Revival: I know we’re not all of us keen on Creedence but I really like Run Through The Jungle, especially with its often incorrect association with the Vietnam War. Many of the sound distortions were apparently created by backwards recorded piano and guitar. (NC)
• The Doors: The End was adapted brilliantly in Apocalypse Now forming what is one of the best opening sequences I’ve seen in any film (NC). Riders on the Storm is quite atmospheric. It would be great to try out in the ship compartments to see what the effect would be. (HP)
• Jimi Hendrix: Foxey lady  I picture Vampire cutting through the waves when hearing the driving guitar at the start of this song. Also the personification (by the sailors)of Vampire as a Foxy lady comes to mind.(HP)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wrong century, I know, but In terms of personification of Vampire, I imagine she would sing like this but with an Australian accent. (HP)
• Bob Dylan All Along the Watchtower, Subterranean Homesick Blues. I particularly liked the way they used The times they are a changin in the graphic novel style, very Cold War related, Watchmen film.(NC)
• Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit of the Sky
• Meat Loaf – This version of Bat out of Hell actually shows Vampire cutting through the waves.

British:

• The Beatles: Come Together The music at the start of this is a bit sneaky and also evokes a sense of movement which I could imagine as a submarine moving silently through the water. The lyrics are a catalogue of non-sensical data which could relate to a code to be deciphered or the intrigue and detective roles the visitor can play in Onslow. Still on Abbey Road, Here Comes the Sun has a tenderness which contrasts some of the heavier references above and perhaps could speak to the sailors’ longing for loved ones at home, or calm seas after a storm or even add a surreal quality if played through one of the heavy environments like gun turrets.(HP)
• David Bowie: Space Oddity, Life on Mars, Cat People, Ashes to Ashes (Bowie’s clown was brilliantly appropriated to the series Ashes to Ashes and see also Life on Mars).(NC)
• Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon
• Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song, Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp (no room for Stairway in this storyworld)

Great soundtracks:

• Children of Men, dystopia, gritty and powerful (opening scene demonstrates this). The soundtrack and feel of the film has a retro twist despite it’s futuristic setting (year 2027). It is not so removed from reality, London is still recognisable through the gloom. I particularly like Junior Parker’s Tomorrow never knows and Donovan’s There is an Ocean. (NC)
• Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: So many standouts and Johnny Depp’s Hunter S Thompson voice adds to it. Some good ones are Expecting to Fly and Get Together. (NC)