Clean Code

Book Playlist

Clean Code Playlist

by Robert C. Martin

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 11, 2026

A focused instrumental path through the craft of Clean Code: precise, repeating patterns suggest disciplined refactoring and the steady logic of well-shaped functions, while warmer and more expansive passages evoke collaboration, learning, and the satisfaction of making a system clearer. The sound stays largely within modern classical, minimalist, and understated electronic textures, with measured shifts from concentration to hard-won clarity.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Written on the Sky

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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2

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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3

saman

Ólafur Arnalds · re:member

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4

Ljósið

Ólafur Arnalds · Found Songs

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5

Metamorphosis One

Philip Glass · Joanna Sochacka Plays Philip Glass: Piano Works

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The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

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7

A Model of the Universe

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8

Infra 5

Max Richter · Infra

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9

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home

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10

We Move Lightly

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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11

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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12

The Mark - Interlude

Moderat · II

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13

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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14

First Breath After Coma

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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15

Arrival of the Birds

The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

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16

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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17

The Blue Notebooks

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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18

Eden

Hania Rani · Esja

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19

Glass

Hania Rani · Esja

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20

Near Light

Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs

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