Charlie Forêt

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Author

Step between worlds with this curated soundtrack for Technomancer. From the neon-lit streets of New York where a fugitive NSA genius runs from his past, to the moonlit temples of Elysia where a priestess fights to reclaim her stolen agency—this playlist captures the collision of technology and magic, trauma and healing, enemies and lovers. Each track echoes Finn and Elara’s journey: the tension of being hunted, the uncertainty of compelled desire, the fierce determination to break free, and the slow burn of two broken souls discovering they’re stronger together than apart. Dark, atmospheric, and emotionally charged—just like the story itself.

Chronological/Story Order

Opening: Separate Worlds in Crisis
  • “Seven Devils” by Florence + The Machine
    • Why it fits: Florence’s haunting vocals mirror the dual opening as both protagonists face their darkest moments—Finn becoming a fugitive and Elara violently torn from her world. The orchestral intensity captures the scale of forces aligned against them.
  • “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: The apocalyptic tone perfectly captures the moment everything changes—Finn’s quantum backdoor exposed, Elara’s life destroyed by Malachi’s assault. Both are thrust into a new reality they never wanted but must survive.
  • “Breath of Life” by Florence + The Machine
    • Why it fits: Elara literally gasps for breath as she’s thrown into Earth’s dimension, while Finn desperately searches for any escape from the NSA’s net. The song’s crescendo mirrors their parallel journeys toward an inevitable collision.
  • “Control” by Halsey
    • Why it fits: Halsey’s raw vocals embody Elara’s horrifying realization that she no longer controls her own actions—the geas compels her every move. The dissociative lyrics reflect her feeling trapped inside her own body, forced to hunt someone she’ll come to love.
Act 1: Meeting & Magical Compulsion
  • “Haunted” by Taylor Swift
    • Why it fits: The song captures the moment Elara tracks down Finn in that NYC alley, drawn by forces beyond her control. Taylor’s desperate vocals mirror Elara’s confusion—is she hunting him because of the spell, or is there something more pulling her toward this stranger?
  • “Delicate” by Taylor Swift
    • Why it fits: As they hide together in Finn’s safehouse, every word feels fragile and loaded with meaning. Both are testing boundaries—can they trust each other, or is this just survival until betrayal becomes inevitable?
  • “Demons” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: Finn reveals his guilt over creating the surveillance state while Elara shares the horror of her assault and magical enslavement. The song’s plea—”don’t judge me for my darkness”—echoes through their tentative confessions.
  • “Chains” by Nick Jonas
    • Why it fits: The literal chains of the geas bind Elara to her mission, but as feelings develop, she faces new chains—emotional ones she might actually want. The song’s dual meaning of magical and romantic entanglement perfectly captures her internal war.
  • “Elastic Heart” by Sia
    • Why it fits: After Malachi’s violation, Elara has built fortress walls around her heart, determined never to be vulnerable again. Sia’s powerful vocals embody the strength it takes to keep fighting when everything in you wants to break.
Act 2: Enemies to Lovers / Slow burn
  • “Bad Ideas” by Tessa Violet
    • Why it fits: Every moment Elara feels drawn to Finn feels like a terrible idea—she’s supposed to deliver him to Malachi, not fall for him. The song’s playful defiance captures her growing willingness to embrace those “bad ideas” anyway.
  • “Let Me Down Slowly” by Alec Benjamin
    • Why it fits: Elara knows the geas will eventually force her to betray Finn, and she’s already dreading the heartbreak. The song’s gentle plea mirrors her desperate hope that maybe, somehow, this won’t end in disaster.
  • “Turning Page” by Sleeping At Last
    • Why it fits: As Finn patiently explains smartphones and coffee to a priestess from another dimension, he’s unknowingly turning the page on his isolated existence. The song’s tender devotion captures the slow-burn intimacy of teaching someone your entire world.
  • “Hunger” by Florence + The Machine
    • Why it fits: Both have been emotionally starved—Finn isolated in his paranoid fugitive life, Elara trapped by magical compulsion. Florence’s raw hunger mirrors their desperate craving for authentic connection with another person.
  • “Yours” by Ella Henderson
    • Why it fits: The moment Elara realizes her feelings transcend the magical compulsion is both terrifying and liberating. Ella’s emotional delivery captures the vulnerability of admitting “I’m yours” when you’re not sure if you’re choosing it or being forced.
  • “Video Games” by Lana Del Rey
    • Why it fits: Between running from the NSA and learning magic, they find beauty in simple moments—teaching each other, talking late into the night. Lana’s dreamy vocals capture the surreal intimacy of falling in love while the world hunts you.
  • “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur
    • Why it fits: Finn doesn’t realize he’s falling until he’s already all in—getting her Plan B, teaching her about his world, choosing her safety over his own. James Arthur’s tender promise mirrors Finn’s quiet commitment before he even admits it’s love.
Interlude: Fish Out of Water / Learning Magic
  • “A Whole New World” by Zayn & Zhavia Ward
    • Why it fits: When the geas finally pulls them through the dimensional portal to Elysia, Finn literally enters a whole new world—one where physics behaves like magic and goddesses actually exist. The darker arrangement mirrors the dangerous beauty of realm travel.
  • “Secrets” by The Pierces
    • Why it fits: They’re teaching each other forbidden knowledge—Elara shows Finn how to manipulate quantum fields as magic, while he reveals Earth’s surveillance state. The song’s conspiratorial energy captures their secret exchange of dangerous information.
  • “E.T.” by Katy Perry
    • Why it fits: To Finn, Elara might as well be an alien—silver hair, weaving moonbeams, from an actual other dimension. Katy’s lyrics about supernatural attraction perfectly capture the mesmerizing strangeness of loving someone from a fantasy realm.
  • “Strange Birds” by Birdy
    • Why it fits: A quantum physicist who accidentally built the surveillance state and a priestess enslaved by blood magic—both are outcasts in their worlds. Birdy’s gentle vocals capture the recognition that they’re strange birds together, finally finding someone who understands.
Act III: Dark Moments / Trauma & Agency
  • “Praying” by Kesha
    • Why it fits: Kesha’s triumphant anthem of survivor strength becomes Elara’s battle cry as she prepares to confront the chaos mage who violated and enslaved her. The gospel-infused power mirrors her transformation from victim to warrior, backed by divine feminine rage.
  • “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten
    • Why it fits: As Sister Yara teaches Elara to weaponize her moon magic into quantum projectiles, she’s literally learning to fight back. Rachel’s defiant vocals capture the moment Elara decides she won’t just survive—she’ll become dangerous.
  • “Survivor” by 2WEI & Edda Hayes
    • Why it fits: The epic orchestral arrangement transforms this classic into Elara’s warrior anthem. She’s survived assault, magical enslavement, and dimensional exile—now she’s forging that pain into unbreakable strength.
  • “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato
    • Why it fits: Demi’s raw emotion captures Elara’s journey from the broken girl in Malachi’s dungeon to the woman who’ll face him as an equal. The skyscraper metaphor mirrors her rising from ruins to tower above her abuser.
  • “The Reckoning” by Within Temptation
    • Why it fits: Heavy orchestral metal announces Elara and Finn’s approach to Malachi’s obsidian keep at the Chaos Sea. The song’s dark grandeur matches the epic scale of their showdown—two worlds, two magic systems, one reckoning.
  • “Girl On Fire” by Alicia Keys
    • Why it fits: When Elara learns to manifest quantum energy as near-light-speed projectiles, she becomes literal moonfire. Alicia’s soaring vocals celebrate the priestess who turned her goddess-given magic into devastating offensive power.
Act IV: Partnership & Power
  • “Kings & Queens” by Ava Max
    • Why it fits: Neither is the sidekick—Finn brings quantum manipulation, Elara brings lunar magic, and together they’re unstoppable. Ava Max’s anthem celebrates true partnership where both rule as equals on their shared throne.
  • “Empire” by Of Monsters and Men
    • Why it fits: They’re building an empire of two against everyone—the NSA, Malachi, the corrupt politicians, destiny itself. The song’s anthemic quality captures their defiant stand as fugitive technomancer and enslaved priestess choosing freedom together.
  • “Natural” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: Finn discovers he’s a natural technomancer while Elara finds her warrior self—both were always capable of this power, just needed the right catalyst. The driving beat mirrors their transformation from victims to forces of nature.
  • “Warriors” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: As they approach Malachi’s keep, they’re no longer running or hiding—they’re warriors marching toward battle. The triumphant drums announce their transformation from hunted to hunters.
  • “Monster” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: Both have done questionable things—Finn built the surveillance state, Elara kills raiders without mercy. The song’s plea asks: can you love me even though I’ve become a monster to fight monsters?
  • “Immortals” by Fall Out Boy
    • Why it fits: In the moment they combine quantum physics and moon magic to challenge a chaos mage, they’re making history across dimensions. Fall Out Boy’s epic anthem declares their legend—the technomancer and the priestess who changed everything.
Act V: Final Confrontation
  • “The Phoenix” by Fall Out Boy
    • Why it fits: As Elara and Finn tap into the Chaos Sea’s quantum field, they rise from everything that tried to destroy them—reborn as something more powerful. Fall Out Boy’s explosive energy announces their phoenix transformation.
  • “Titanium” by David Guetta ft. Sia
    • Why it fits: Facing down a chaos mage in his own realm should be suicide, but Elara’s survivor strength and Finn’s quantum genius make them titanium. Sia’s defiant vocals embody their unbreakable stand against impossible odds.
  • “Battle Cry” by Imagine Dragons
    • Why it fits: In the aurora-lit darkness at the edge of the Chaos Sea, nobody can save them—they have to save themselves. The desperate energy captures that moment of understanding: win or die, there’s no rescue coming.
  • “Monster (Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber version)
    • Why it fits: Elara’s confrontation with Malachi is both literal and symbolic—defeating the monster who enslaved her while conquering the fear he planted in her soul. The song’s cathartic release mirrors her breaking free from both chains.
  • “Conqueror” by AURORA
    • Why it fits: The geas breaks not through force but through Elara’s courage to face her greatest fear—confronting Malachi as the Moon Goddess commanded. AURORA’s ethereal triumph celebrates victory won through bravery, not brutality.
  • “Into the Unknown” by Idina Menzel
    • Why it fits: Finn’s decision to stay in Elysia and serve the temple for sixteen months means abandoning everything familiar. Idina’s soaring vocals capture his leap into the unknown, choosing love and magic over the certainty of his old life.
Resolution: New Beginning
  • “I Found” by Amber Run
    • Why it fits: With the geas shattered, Elara finally knows the truth—her love for Finn was never the spell, it was real all along. Amber Run’s aching vocals celebrate finding love in the last place you’d expect: between dimensions, between hunter and hunted.
  • “Home” by Gabrielle Aplin
    • Why it fits: Finn’s home was never the safehouse or his apartment—home is wherever Elara is, even if it’s a temple in another dimension. Gabrielle’s tender promise mirrors Elara making space for him in her world.
  • “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
    • Why it fits: Looking back at that first encounter in the NYC alley—Finn’s curiosity saving Elara’s life, neither knowing they’d just met their future. Lord Huron’s wistful longing captures the weight of that chance meeting that changed everything.
  • “Wait” by M83
    • Why it fits: Sixteen months of service stretches before them—a future to build slowly, deliberately, without running. M83’s atmospheric patience mirrors their decision to stop fleeing and start building something lasting.
  • “Eclipse” by Pink Floyd
    • Why it fits: Living under the Moon Goddess’s blessing at her mountain temple, their lives eclipse into one—quantum physicist and priestess, technology and magic, Earth and Elysia merging. Floyd’s cosmic meditation matches their transcendent union.
  • “Stars” by Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
    • Why it fits: Their love is literal quantum entanglement—two particles bound across dimensions, affecting each other instantly no matter the distance. Grace Potter’s cosmic romance celebrates their love story written in stardust and physics.
Epilogue: Unfinished Business
  • “Arsonist’s Lullaby” by Hozier
    • Why it fits: Malachi survives the dimensional portal, washing up on a Maldives beach with nothing but his rage and growing awareness of Earth’s exploitable quantum field. Hozier’s ominous lullaby promises the fire isn’t extinguished—it’s just finding new fuel.
  • “Centuries” by Fall Out Boy
    • Why it fits: Amy’s journalism exposes the corrupt politicians, Finn’s code spreads through government phones, and their story begins echoing across dimensions. Fall Out Boy’s triumphant declaration captures their transformation from fugitives to legends.
  • “Emperor’s New Clothes” by Panic! at the Disco
    • Why it fits: Malachi’s theatrical menace finds perfect voice in Brendon Urie’s manic energy as the chaos mage begins adapting his magic to Earth’s quantum field. The song’s triumphant villainy warns: the real threat is just beginning.
  • “What I’ve Done” by Linkin Park
    • Why it fits: Despite everything, Finn’s quantum backdoor still exists in every subsidized chip worldwide, and the NSA still searches for him. Linkin Park’s heavy regret captures his ongoing reckoning—some mistakes can’t be unmade, only atoned for.

Bonus Tracks: Character & Story Themes

Elara’s Personal Journey:
Elara’s Themes (Mystical Priestess & Enchanted Forest):
Finn’s Personal Journey:
Finn’s Heritage (Irish & Indian)
Their Relationship:
Magic & Wonder:
Villain Theme (Malachi):
Thematic Tracks