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City of Bones Playlist
A shadowy, city-lit instrumental journey for Clary’s discovery of the hidden supernatural world beneath New York: tense strings and eerie electronics evoke danger, while warmer piano and spacious post-rock trace her curiosity, fierce independence, and forbidden attraction. The sound stays focused and cohesive, shifting gradually from urban unease to hard-won resolve.
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Track List
20 songs
1
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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2
Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Classic
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A Model of the Universe
Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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14
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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15
Somebody Told Me
The Killers · Hot Fuss
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Arrival of the Birds
The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)
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The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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