Night Shift

Book Playlist

Night Shift Playlist

by Stephen King

19 tracks

balanced

Jul 12, 2026

This playlist captures the eerie, unsettling atmosphere of Stephen King's "Night Shift," blending haunting instrumental textures with vocal tracks that evoke the horror and madness permeating the stories. The instrumental selections reflect the tension and shadowy suspense, while the vocal songs narrate twisted tales and emotional turmoil, mirroring the book's diverse settings and dark themes.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)

William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

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2

Ghosts of the Past

The solar NIX · Ghosts of the Past

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3

The Nuturing Ground

Steve Roach · The Reverent Sky

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4

2y & 6m

Cindy · I'm Cindy

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5

Silent Hill (Main Theme)

Avith Ortega · Silent Hill (The Headphones 3)

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6

A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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7

Elegy

Tycho · Dive

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8

Out of Nightmare Mist

Christopher Young · The Empty Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

Red Right Hand

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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10

I Put A Spell On You

Annie Lennox · witchy fall vibes

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11

Possum Kingdom

Toadies · Rubberneck

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12

Strange Little Girl

The Stranglers · Singles (The UA Years)

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13

People Are Strange

Echo & the Bunnymen · The Best of Echo & The Bunnymen

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14

Somebody's Watching Me

Rockwell · Halloweeni Buli

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15

Bela Lugosi's Dead

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of Bauhaus

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16

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Alternative 80's

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17

Hotel California (Arr. for Piano by Nicolas Worms)

Eagles · Guéthary

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18

Every Breath You Take

The Police · BBQ Classics

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19

I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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