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Siddhartha Playlist
Siddhartha follows a restless search that moves between river-life simplicity, temptation, teaching, and finally inward stillness—so this playlist alternates meditative instrumental worlds with softly lyrical songs about learning, letting go, and awakening. The order mirrors the arc from wandering to contemplation, with tracks that evoke pilgrimage, quiet resolve, and the moment of insight.
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20 songs
1
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Reimagined by A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Gareth Malone · Voices: The Classical EP
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2
Weightless
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4
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3
An Ending, A Beginning
Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights
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4
Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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5
The Great Gig in the Sky
Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer
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I See Fire
Ed Sheeran · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair
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9
All Blues
Miles Davis · The Columbia Years 1955 - 1985
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10
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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The Way You Look Tonight
Tony Bennett · Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 2
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12
For No One
John Eskes · The Eternal Music of The Beatles
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13
Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye · Making Mirrors
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14
Creep
Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead
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15
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
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16
On the Nature of Daylight - Orchestral Version
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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17
Journey to the Line (From "The Thin Red Line" Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer · The Thin Red Line
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18
The Shire
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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