The music that I think that would fit well with the first five chapters of "the village by the sea" is Chopin's Prelude 06 B minor Lento Assai - 'Tolling bells', which was played at Chopin's funeral. The link to this song is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP45-zmQd40 . This song is very serene and quiet, starting and ending in a very sad tune. As life is very hard on Hari, he seems to see the future as very dull and hopeless. Therefore, the music is soothing but sad. As previously being mentioned, this song was being played at Chopin’s funeral, so the music is certainly very sorrow and grief. Hari’s mother could not walk and his father is a drunkard who only knows how to drink and owe a lot of people money. He also always takes the money earned by Lila and Hari to spend on toddy. Hari and Lila are no longer studying because they need to help out with the housework at home. Everyday seems to be the same and boring, therefore, the boy’s future seems very bleak, which is expressed as the tune of the music and the stress of the boy and the girl is being expressed as the background music, which is a very dead and solemn beat. I hope you will enjoy the musicand understand more on the music!