Bones of Jade, Flesh Like Ice Playlist
A shifting palette of shadowy strings, ritual-tinged textures, and intimate songs follows the young woman’s bargain from dangerous allure through the cost of severed love and into a darker, more forceful journey. With the precise, constricting feel of a finger trap, the instrumental opening gives way to vocals that hold the story’s grief, resolve, and uneasy enchantment.
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20 songsRequiem, Op. 48: VIII. In Paradisum
Gabriel Fauré · Fauré: Requiem
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The Cello Song
The Piano Guys · The Piano Guys
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The Secret Marriage
Sting · ...Nothing Like The Sun
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Gnossienne No. 5
Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.
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The Mystic's Dream
Loreena McKennitt · The Mask and Mirror
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Finale - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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Seven Devils
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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Black Sun
Dead Can Dance · Wake
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The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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Witch's Rune
S. J. Tucker · Blessings
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Running With The Wolves
AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)
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The Drowning Man
The Cure · Faith
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The Willow Maid
Erutan · Raindancer
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Howl
Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)
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The Chairman Dances
John Adams · Dance Mix
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Tabula Rasa: I. Ludus
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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Metamorphosis: One
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano
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Me and the Devil
Soap&Skin · Sugarbread
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