After seeing @tiredandanxiouschaos' post on the Alyosha-inspired song by the Polish band Metro, I had to go through the rabbit hole of looking for all the Brothers Karamazov inspired songs that I could find.
Here is what I got (including the song by Metro):
1. Metro - Hej, Aloszka
"In the text I'm reffering to one of the Karamazov brothers, Alosza, from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's book. It's a song about naivety, hope, the role of widely understood relation with God, transcendency, religion. In the midst of all the degeneracy shown by Dostoyevsky, Alosza is still certain that goodness (/kindness) will triumph. I'm also using the titular Aloszka to confront my own beliefs regarding the world, which are being subjected to constant revision" - says the text's author and vocalist, Aleksander Zajdel. [taken from one of the youtube comments under the song]. Check @tiredandanxiouschaos' post for the translation!]
2. The Used - The Brothers Karamazov
The song could be interpreted as sung by Mitya or by Ivan. It's about how they hate their father but also hate the fact that they can recognize some of their father's traits in themselves and how they are afraid to end up becoming someone like him.
3. The Slackers - Peculiar
Mitya's story sung from the POV of Mitya.
4. Susanne Sundfør - Alyosha
To be fair, it's possible that this song was not explicitly written about Alyosha from TBK, but about the singer/songwriter's husband (who has a different name). Still, I decided to include the song because I feel like the singer chose the name Alyosha as a placeholder for her husband's name because the lyrics also fit the character so so well. It could be loosely interpreted as sung by Gruschenka when Alyosha comes to visit her for the first time and she is shocked by his kindness and the fact that he treats her like a human being worthy of respect and compassion.
Let me know if you know of any other TBK songs! :)
