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Haunted Halloween pairs the novel’s investigative momentum with hushed piano, uneasy strings, and shadowed soundscapes rather than sudden shocks. The progression moves from the unsettling pull of the tape and the well toward the intimate terror of Asakawa’s attempt to protect his family; the Japanese soundtrack selections anchor the playlist in the story’s cultural world.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Quotation of Dream "Say Sea, Take Me" for 2 Pianos and Orchestra
Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Quotation Of Dream; Two Signals From Heaven; How Slow The Wind; Twill By Twilight; Archipelago S; Dream/Window
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2
The Protecting Veil: VII. The Protecting Veil
John Tavener · The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die (Remastered)
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3
The Sinking of the Titanic
Gavin Bryars · Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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4
Song To The Siren - Remastered
This Mortal Coil · It'll End In Tears (Remastered)
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5
Black Milk
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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Teardrop
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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7
All Mine
Portishead · Portishead
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8
Roads
Portishead · Dummy
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9
Me and the Devil
Soap&Skin · Sugarbread
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10
In The Woods Somewhere
Hozier · Hozier (Special Edition)
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11
I'm On Fire
Chromatics · In The City
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12
The Night
Morphine · The Night
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13
Opening (Instrumental)
Kenji Kawai · 《葉問4: 完結篇》電影原聲大碟
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14
Musica ricercata II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Piano & Harpsichord Works
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15
Rain Coming
Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind / Tree Line / Archipelago S
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16
String Quartet No. 1
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Complete Quartets
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17
Concerto Grosso No. 1: I. Preludio
Alfred Schnittke · Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 & Trio Sonata
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18
Nymphéa
Kaija Saariaho · Saariaho, Cage, Maderna: In due tempi
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Black Angels, Thirteen Images from the Dark Land, Departure: I. Threnody I "Night of the Electric Insects"
George Crumb · George Crumb: Black Angels & Music for a Summer Evening
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