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Moby Dick Playlist
This playlist captures the epic and obsessive spirit of Moby Dick, blending vast instrumental landscapes with haunting vocal narratives. The instrumentals evoke the relentless sea, isolation, and tension of the Pequod's voyage, while the vocal tracks explore characters' inner turmoil, fate, and the mythic struggle against nature.
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Track List
27 songs
1
Good Night, Day
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée
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Oceanic Drift
Sweet Nori · Deep House Sax II
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3
Regiment - 2006 Digital Remaster
Brian Eno · My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
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4
Harps
The Sea and Cake · Runner
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5
Harmony in Blue I
Tim Hecker · Harmony in Ultraviolet
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Subwoofer Lullaby
C418 · Minecraft - Volume Alpha
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Ghost Ship
Bonobo · Black Sands Remixed
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Doldrums
Joseff Shields · Doldrums
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White Eagle
Tangerine Dream · White Eagle (Deluxe Version / Remastered 2020)
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Conversation 3
alva noto · Conversation 3
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The Leviathan
Jesper Kyd · Borderlands 2: Complete (Original Soundtrack)
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20:17
Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz
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13
Maelstrom
Black Nail Cabaret · Gods Verging on Sanity
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14
Venter
Ben Frost · A U R O R A
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Svefn-g-englar
Sigur Rós · Ágætis byrjun
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16
The Deep
Collective States · The Deep
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17
Song of hope
Nicolas Jaar · Piedras 1
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18
Numb
Clams Casino · Instrumentals
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Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed
Forest Swords · DJ-Kicks (Forest Swords) [DJ Mix]
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Keep the Streets Empty for Me
Fever Ray · Fever Ray
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21
Sailor's Prayer
The Devil Wears Prada · 8:18
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22
Harpoon
TX2 · Living Punk Rock
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23
Whale's On Thin Ice
Imogen Heap · Chordata Bytes I
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White Chalk
PJ Harvey · White Chalk
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Escape Angle
This Will Destroy You · It Came from the Abyss, Vol. 1
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Red Right Hand - 2011 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Let Love In (2011 Remaster)
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