The Bungalow Mystery

Book Playlist

The Bungalow Mystery Playlist

by Leslie McFarlane

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 14, 2026

A mystery about inheritance, suspicion, and a tense brush with danger deserves a soundtrack that moves between hush and heat, certainty and doubt. This playlist balances candlelit, acoustic-adjacent textures with noir-tinged tension—so Nancy’s careful clues, mounting fear, and uneasy aftermath feel like part of the same story.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Morning Mr Magpie

Radiohead · The King Of Limbs

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2

Intro

Los Fastidios · XXX The Number of the Beat

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3

Tonight (From "West Side Story") [Arr. Tommy Tycho]

Leonard Bernstein · From Broadway to La Scala

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4

Mellomaniac - Chillout Mix

DJ Shah · The Ultimate Chillout Collection

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5

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Studio 3

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6

Cornfield Chase

Hans Zimmer · Cornfield Chase

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7

The Shire

Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings

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8

Theme From Shaft

Isaac Hayes · Welcome To Stax

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9

Sail

AWOLNATION · Megalithic Symphony

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10

Creep

Divine String Quartet · Radiohead String Quartet Versions

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11

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Smash Hits Strange 80s

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12

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

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13

Take Me To Church

Hozier · 2010s Throwback

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14

Home

Maria Loka · Home

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15

Ophelia

The Lumineers · Cleopatra

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16

Somebody Else

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Top Hits of 2016, Vol. 7

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17

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · gut wrenching sad songs

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18

It's My Life

Talk Talk · Object of My Desire - 80s Finest

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19

All Apologies

Redi Hasa · My Nirvana

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20

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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