We know Alexander loved music, and may have been a tolerably good kithara player himself. Yet what sorts of music appealed to him? According to our sources, he was especially inflamed by martial melodies, although that might just be what later authors thought he ought to like. Nonetheless, I took it to heart and decided he'd be a fan of heavy metal, a little pop, and--of course--Queen. The list below is all in good fun; I'm sure others would come up with a different list. It's arranged thematically at the begining, then linearly and covers his entire career, not just what's in Becoming & Rise. All links below are to legal, available copies on Youtube; if you like the playlist, please feed the artists and purchase on your favorite platform. (Incidentally, the choice of song owes to the lyrics, not the music videos, which you can ignore.) SONG ARTIST ALBUM "Eye of the Storm" Alexander's "theme song" Godsmack When Legends Rise "Adrenaline" Alexander's personality Shinedown Amaryllis "What Are You Waiting for?" Alexander's ambitions Nickelback No Fixed Address "Survive" Alexander to his older cousin Amyntas (who picks on him) Sick Puppies Tri-Polar "Superheroes" Struggling against his father (and sometimes mother) The Script No Sounds without Silence "A Warrior's Call" Alexander's cavalry charge at Khaironeia Volbeat Beyond Hell/Above Heaven "Under your Scars" Hephaistion and Alexander's vow at Thebes Godsmack When Legends Rise "Indestructable" Alexander after he returns from exile Disturbed Indestructable "Day of the Dead" Pausanias as he strikes down Philip Hollywood Undead Hollywood Undead "Bulletproof" Alexander in Thrace and Illyria Godsmack When Legends Rise "Back from the Dead" Alexander marching on Thebes Skillet Unleashed "Seek & Destroy" Razing Thebes Metallica Kill 'Em All "Immigrant Song" Invading Asia Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III "Hero" Alexander at Troy; transforming Achilles Skillet Awake "The Animal" Granikos Disturbed Asylum "Street Fighter" (War) Fighting down the Asia Minor Coast Sick Puppies Tri-Polar "Strike Back" Lead up to the Battle of Issos We As Human We As Human "Cryin' Like a Bitch" Battle of Issos; Darius runs away Godsmack The Oracle "The Catalyst" Tyre facing Alexander Linkin Park A Thousand Suns "Keep Away" Razing Gaza Godsmack Godsmack "Hall of Fame" Alexander in Egypt/Siwah The Script (feat. will.i.am) #3 "Rise" Waiting for Gaugamela Sixx: A.M. Prayers for the Damed "Face Everything and Rise" Battle of Gaugamela Papa Roach F.E.A.R. "We Are the Champions" Post-Gaugamela, Macedonian army Queen News of the World "When Legends Rise" Entering Babylon Godsmack When Legends Rise "Gold on the Ceiling" In Persepolis/Burning the palace of Xerxes The Black Keys El Camino "Hail to the King" Baktria & Sogdiana Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the King "Warrior" Battle of Hydaspes Disturbed Asylum "Jungle" India X-Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons The Reason "Vilify" India "Mutiny"/Indiscipline Device Device "The Devil's Bleeding Crown" Alexander's bloody trek down the Indus Volbeat Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie "Haze" Karmania Device Device "Awake and Alive" Return to Babylon Skillet Awake "Ten Thousand Fists" The soldiers at Opis Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists "Boom" Opis Mutiny X Ambassadors Orion "Fight Song" Post mutiny Rachel Platten Wildfire "Lifetime" Death of Hephaistion Three Days Grace Explosions "Gone Away" Death of Hephaistion Five-Finger Death Punch (cover of "The Offspring") And Justice for None Ixnay of the Hombre (The Offspring) "Time That Remains" Mourning Hephaistion Three Days Grace Transit of Venus "I Lived" Alexander on his own deathbed OneRepublic Native "How Did You Love?" After Alexander's death Shinedown Threat to Survival "Now That We're Dead" Alexander & Hephaistion in Hades Metallica Hardwired...to Self-Destruct