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This playlist follows the novel’s movement from the oppressive routine of Depression-era death row to John Coffey’s inexplicable kindness, and finally to grief, moral unease, and the weight of memory. The instrumentals create a restrained, sometimes ominous backdrop; the vocal songs evoke particular characters, the prison’s harsh justice, and the compassion that survives within it.
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1
Song for Jesse
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Song for Bob
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Birth and Death of the Day
Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
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The World Is Our ___
This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain
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Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Horn and Violin Concertos
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Chaconne in G Minor
Tomaso Antonio Vitali · Vitali: Chaconne in G Minor - Tedesco: The Lark - Fauré: Sonata No. 1, Op. 13, in A
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The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
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The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)
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Wayfaring Stranger
Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man
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Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell · The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 6 - 1959-1963
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Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford · Sixteen Tons
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John the Revelator
Depeche Mode · Playing the Angel (Deluxe)
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I Shall Be Released - Remastered 2000
The Band · Music From Big Pink (Remastered)
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People Get Ready
The Impressions · People Get Ready
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Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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A Change Is Gonna Come
Otis Redding · Soul Manifesto: 1964-1970
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The Weight
The Band · Best Of The Band
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The River
Bruce Springsteen · The River
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