Project Hail Mary

Book Playlist

Project Hail Mary Playlist

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 14, 2026

16 mixes for this book

This playlist follows Ryland Grace from disorientation and isolation toward scientific discovery, friendship, and a hard-won hope for Earth. Its instrumental first half moves between spacious electronic textures and forward-driving rhythms; the vocal second half gives voice to the book’s loneliness, ingenuity, and bond across radically different worlds.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Emerald and Lime

Brian Eno · Small Craft On A Milk Sea

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2

Donkey Rhubarb

Aphex Twin · Donkey Rhubarb

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3

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · Drukqs

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4

Photosynthesis

Carbon Based Lifeforms · World of Sleepers

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5

Abiogenesis

Carbon Based Lifeforms · World of Sleepers

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6

Endless Falls

Loscil · Endless Falls

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7

Subterraneans - 2017 Remaster

David Bowie · Low (2017 Remaster)

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8

Rae

Autechre · LP5

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9

Surface To Air

The Chemical Brothers · Push The Button

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10

Escape Velocity

The Chemical Brothers · Further

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11

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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12

The Landing

Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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13

Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]

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14

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

Elton John · Honky Chateau

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15

Starman - 2012 Remaster

David Bowie · The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2012 Remaster)

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16

Spaceman

The Killers · Day & Age (Bonus Tracks)

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17

The Universal

Blur · Blur: The Best Of

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18

Across The Universe - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · Let It Be (Remastered 2009)

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19

Do You Realize??

The Flaming Lips · Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

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20

A Sky Full of Stars

Coldplay · Ghost Stories

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