East of Eden
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East of Eden Playlist

by John Steinbeck

This playlist follows the Salinas Valley’s movement from fertile openness into the moral darkness surrounding the Trask family, then returns to the novel’s insistence that people can choose their own course. Piano, jazz, ragtime, and cinematic instrumentals evoke the land and its historical moment; the vocal songs trace Cathy’s cruelty, the brothers’ rivalry, the Hamiltons’ endurance, and the possibility of redemption.

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Oct 3, 2026
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20 songs
1
Playing The Piano

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing The Piano

2
American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)

Any Other Name

Thomas Newman · American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)

3
Lumiere

We Move Lightly

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

4
Autumn (Piano Solos)

Longing / Love

George Winston · Autumn (Piano Solos)

5
The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series

Blue In Green

Miles Davis · The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series

6
Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

7
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons • Concertos for Bassoon & Violin 'in tromba marina'

The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate" (summer): III. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons • Concertos for Bassoon & Violin 'in tromba marina'

8
Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin · Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1

9
EUSA

Porz Goret

Yann Tiersen · EUSA

10
Music from the Twilight Saga

The Meadow - From "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"

Alexandre Desplat · Music from the Twilight Saga

11
The Harrow & The Harvest

Hard Times

Gillian Welch · The Harrow & The Harvest

12
Pastel Blues

Sinnerman

Nina Simone · Pastel Blues

13
Blue

Little Green

Joni Mitchell · Blue

14
John Prine

Sam Stone

John Prine · John Prine

15
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

Down In The Willow Garden

The Everly Brothers · Songs Our Daddy Taught Us

16
American V: A Hundred Highways

God's Gonna Cut You Down

Johnny Cash · American V: A Hundred Highways

17
Blue

California

Joni Mitchell · Blue

18
Pearl (Legacy Edition)

Me and Bobby McGee

Janis Joplin · Pearl (Legacy Edition)

19
If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Pete Seeger · If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle

20
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2

Angel from Montgomery

Bonnie Raitt · Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2

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