Feed Soundtrack: Phillip Glass' "String Quartet No. 3"

I found the last chapter of the novel to be very melancholic and solemn, considering the fact that Violet was dying and Titus, for the first time in his life, was crying. The ending of the novel was very much like a sad ending of a movie I could almost perfectly picture. So, it didn’t take me long to pick what song I would have had playing if I were creating a movie score for Feed. I chose Phillip Glass’ “String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima/Closing).” (I actually paced myself, while reading, with the song; the three minutes time quite perfectly with the ending of the novel!) I figured some classical music would go nicely, and ironically, with the ending, considering that classical music is considered by some as “outdated” and tame in comparison to the technological and musical options available today. Because Feed’s overall theme was concerned with shedding light on the dangers of technology (as well as capitalism), technology was prevalent throughout the entire novel and was the main source of all of the novel’s problems. And because of that, I wanted to choose a song slightly removed from that technological world in the same way that Violet was. To add, the song sounds like, in its own way, it’s deteriorating and mourning, just like Violet and Titus were in that final chapter. I really liked the idea of having a simplistic, yet powerful, instrumental song juxtaposed with the futuristic world that is in Feed. I honestly could have picked a more modern-sounding song, but I just really liked the irony so much more with “String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima/Closing).” I think it’s also reflective of the novel’s ending on the theme of pain that technology brought unto Titus and others.