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Soul Music

Discworld, Book 16

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Soul Music

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Sian Clifford, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before.

The audiobook of Soul Music is narrated by the BAFTA award-winning actor Sian Clifford (Fleabag; Vanity Fair; Quiz). BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'This didn't feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.'

Being sixteen is always difficult, but it's even more so when there's a Death in the family. Susan hasn't exactly had a normal upbringing, with a skeletal grandfather who rides a white horse and wields a scythe.

When Death decides he needs a well-earned break, he leaves Susan to take over the family business. The only problem is, everyone mistakes her for the Tooth Fairy...

Well, not the only problem. There's a new, addictive music in Discworld. It's lawless. It changes people. It's got a beat and you can dance to it.

It's called Music With Rocks In. And it won't fade away...

The Discworld novels can be listened to in any order, but Soul Music is the third book in the Death series.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

©1994 Terry and Lyn Pratchet (P)2022 Penguin Audio
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I loved it! Narration is great and I especially loved the bits Bill Nighy did

Awesome

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Soul Music was always my favourite Discworld novel, and I'm glad to have listened to this performance and see it done justice.

This performance definitely has rocks in it! ;)

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As always, STP wove several approaches to life and fiction successfully into this one novel. Many of his later themes can be noted still nascent here.
The performances were, I thought, well done. My only criticism is that Sian Clifford cannot drop her voice low enough to cover some of the characters’ utterances she attempts.

Superb story, updated performance

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Sian Clifford has narrated Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music brilliantly. This is a great book for anyone who loves music - sooooo many hilarious references

Great story and great narration

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I really liked the Steven Briggs stuff but the new sound affects are just horrible. For example, the phasing in and out of brackets sometimes takes longer than whats in the brackets. Still stunning Sir Terry work though

Horrible Parformance

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