Those of you who know me know music is a very important part of my life, and I certainly use it to inspire me, calm me, get my creative juices flowing, or merely blank out the extraneous noises around me to allow me to concentrate. And with four kids and a dog, there's certainly plenty of extraneous noise.

So, this is the soundtrack to Merlin's Gold, and I've also got it linked on my profile to Spotify if you fancy listening to it that way. There's a bit of everything here from classical to good old rock and roll, with a few oddities, and bits and bobs thrown in for good measure.

The last one perhaps a wish for the future...

Prologue - Rodrigo y Gabriela, Orion

Chapter 1 - The Sundays, Homeward

Chapter 2 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Chapter 3 - Thirteen Senses - Into the Fire

Chapter 4 - Bowie - Changes

Chapter 5 - Audioslave - The Last Remaining Light

Chapter 6 - Muse - Resistance

Chapter 7 - Jars of Clay - Work

Chapter 8 - Newton Faulkner - Teardrop

Chapter 9 - Portishead - Wandering Star

Chapter 10 - Eagles - Witchy Woman

Chapter 11 - Jose Gonzalez - Crosses

Chapter 12 - Blur - Out of Time

Chapter 13 - Starsailor - Tie up My Hands

Chapter 14 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Chapter 15 - Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days

Chapter 16 - Apocalyptica - Fade to Black

Chapter 17 - Foo Fighters - Pretender

Chapter 18 - Stereophonics - My Own Worst Enemy

Chapter 19 - Michael Andrews - The Artifact and Living

Chapter 20 - Radiohead - Creep

Chapter 21 - Pink Floyd - Dogs of War

Chapter 22 - Mumford and Sons - Dustbowl Dance

Chapter 23 - Carmina Burana - Orff

Chapter 24 - Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

Chapter 25 - Slash - By the Sword

Chapter 26 - Fleet Foxes - Your Protector

Chapter 27 - Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole (Unplugged)

Chapter 28 - Paul Gilbert - The Curse of Castle Dragon

Chapter 29 - Joe Satriani - Circles

Chapter 30 - Pearl Jam - Alive

Chapter 31 - Per-Olov Kindgren - I Love You

Epilogue - The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

Author's Note - The Beatles - Paperback Writer