If We Were Villains
Book Playlist

If We Were Villains

by M. L. Rio

This playlist mirrors Oliver Marks’s decade-old rupture—glamour giving way to dread—using tense, mystery-leaning instrumentals that feel like locked rooms and overheard confessions. The vocal tracks move with the book’s emotional arc: rivalry, guilt, and the push-pull between public performance and private truth.

20 tracks
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Sep 30, 2026
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20 songs
1
Wagner: Works for Orchestra

Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner · Wagner: Works for Orchestra

2
Britannia

Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX. Adagio "Nimrod"

Edward Elgar · Britannia

3
Holst: The Planets; Bax: Tintagel

The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VII. Neptune, the Mystic: V. Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets; Bax: Tintagel

4
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

5
Fantasia 2000

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000

6
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

Mad World

Gary Jules · Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

7
Bad Blood

Pompeii

Bastille · Bad Blood

8
Begin to Hope

Samson

Regina Spektor · Begin to Hope

9
Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)

Losing My Religion

R.E.M. · Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edition)

10
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

11
Pablo Honey

Creep

Radiohead · Pablo Honey

12
The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

13
All the Little Lights

Let Her Go

Passenger · All the Little Lights

14
Babel (Deluxe Version)

I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons · Babel (Deluxe Version)

15
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Hedwig's Theme

John Williams · Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

16
Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin · Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano

17
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.6, 17 & 21

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: I. Allegro maestoso

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.6, 17 & 21

18
The Ultimate Chillout Collection

Mellomaniac - Chillout Mix

DJ Shah · The Ultimate Chillout Collection

19
Dizzy up the Girl

Iris

The Goo Goo Dolls · Dizzy up the Girl

20
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

Just Like Heaven

The Cure · Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

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