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Powerless Playlist
“Powerless” is a fantasy of social exile, gifted powers, and quiet defiance—an emotional push-pull between warmth (belonging, romance, hope) and the cold weight of rule-bound cruelty. This playlist leans cinematic, lush, and steady, using instrumental narrative cues and a small set of low-drama vocal tracks to mirror Paedyn’s fear-to-courage arc and the intimacy of her bonds in a kingdom built to exclude her.
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Track List
27 songs
1
Lux Aeterna
Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream / OST
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Agnus Dei
Samuel Barber · Enchanted Isle
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An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Batman Theme
Danny Elfman · Batman (Original Motion Picture Score)
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Succession (Main Title Theme)
Nicholas Britell · Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)
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Goddess Of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark · The Pacific Age
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The Shire
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings
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Sonata in C Major for Two Violins, Op. 56: I. Andante cantabile
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in D Minor, Violin Sonata in C Major - Shostakovich: Violin Sonata - Schnittke: Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
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Silent Hill (Main Theme)
Avith Ortega · Silent Hill (The Headphones 3)
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Embers
HAYLA · Embers
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12
A Close Friend
James Newton Howard · Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Rain - Version for Piano Trio
Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996
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Arrival of the Birds
The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)
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saman
Ólafur Arnalds · re:member
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nocturne
Kenshiro Matsuo · nocturne
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Because This Must Be
Nils Frahm · Graz
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Main Theme (From "The Dark Knight Rises")
Hans Zimmer · Hans Zimmer - The Classics
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Arrival
Alan Silvestri · Avengers: Endgame (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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20
Floe
Philip Glass · Glassworks - Expanded Edition
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Attack On Vah Ruta (From "Breath of the Wild") [Orchestral Version]
Manaka Kataoka · Attack On Vah Ruta (From "Breath of the Wild") [Orchestral Version]
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22
Bær
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Saman
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23
BOS
undrovth · The Burn City Tapes Vol. 1 (City Hidden In Flames)
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Odyssey
Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne
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Only The Winds - Remastered 2023
Ólafur Arnalds · For Now I Am Winter (10th Anniversary Edition)
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Stay With Me
Shane Mesa · Stay With Me
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