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This playlist follows Valle’s shift from anger at manipulation toward claiming her own power, with sleek nocturnal instrumentals for Icarus University’s vampire-haunted atmosphere and vocals that move between guarded desire, danger, and defiance. The mix of gothic rock, dark pop, indie romance, and cinematic score echoes the collision of college life, inherited wealth, fashion-world ambition, and supernatural attraction.
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20 songs
1
Bella's Lullaby
Carter Burwell · Expressions (Kompositionen und Interpretationen am Klavier)
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2
Kerala
Bonobo · Migration
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3
Emerald Rush
Jon Hopkins · Singularity
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4
Weightless
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4
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5
River Flows In You
Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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6
Porcelain
Moby · Play
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7
Glasgow Love Theme
Craig Armstrong · Love Actually (Original Motion Picture Score)
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Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)
Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST
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9
The Kiss
Trevor Jones · Last of the Mohicans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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10
Main Titles
Danny Elfman · Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (U.S. Release)
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile"
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12
Elegy For The Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home
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13
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World
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14
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo · GUTS
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15
Dark Paradise
Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)
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16
Love Me Like You Do
Ellie Goulding · FIFTY SHADES OF GREY - Befreite Lust (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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17
Angel
Sarah McLachlan · Surfacing
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18
I Wanna Be Yours
Arctic Monkeys · AM
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19
Glory Box
Portishead · Dummy
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