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This playlist follows Jonas from the smooth, controlled rhythms of his community into the startling colors, memories, and grief he inherits from the Giver. Synth-driven instrumentals evoke the book’s engineered future, while the vocal songs turn toward conformity, childhood, empathy, and the difficult choice to carry feeling into the world.
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20 songs
1
Love On A Real Train
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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2
The Grid
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Solar Sailer
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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4
Hours
Tycho · Dive
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The Only Moment We Were Alone
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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Elegia
New Order · 80s Instrumental
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Bride of Deluxe
Cliff Martinez · Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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9
Mad World
Gary Jules · Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
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Kids
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular
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Little Dark Age
MGMT · Little Dark Age
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12
People Are Strange
The Doors · Strange Days
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13
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics · Greatest Hits
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14
World In My Eyes
Depeche Mode · Violator (Deluxe)
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15
One Of Us
Joan Osborne · Relish
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Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
Stars · Set Yourself On Fire
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17
Walking On The Moon
The Police · Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
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18
Resonance
Home · Odyssey
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Montana
Tycho · Awake
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