Duma Key

Book Playlist

Duma Key Playlist

by Stephen King

18 tracks

balanced

Jul 28, 2026

This playlist captures the eerie, mysterious, and emotional atmosphere of Stephen King's "Duma Key," set in Florida with themes of trauma, supernatural creativity, and psychological horror. The instrumental selections evoke the haunting and otherworldly elements of the novel, while the vocal tracks reflect the characters' inner struggles, the unsettling coastal setting, and the gradual unraveling of reality.

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Track List

18 songs

1

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · Fantasy Book Reading

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2

Signal To Noise

Peter Gabriel · Up

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3

In the house, in a heartbeat. (Central Dense Reconstruction)

Central Dense · In the house, in a heartbeat. (Central Dense Reconstruction)

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4

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik

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5

Late

Nils Frahm · Old Friends New Friends

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6

Inbreaking

Hammock · The Second Coming Was a Moonrise

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7

Arrival

KREAM · Arrival

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8

Opening

Philip Glass · Hope Street Tunnel Blues: Music for Piano By Philip Glass and Alvin Curran

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9

Weightless - 253 Edit

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone: Collection 003

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10

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Blind Willie Johnson · Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed

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11

The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)

Mike Perry · The Ocean (feat. Shy Martin)

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12

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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13

Shiver

The Birthday Massacre · Looking Glass

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14

Coastal

Leavv · Coastal

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15

Bloom - Bonus Track

The Paper Kites · Woodland

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16

The Pirate's Gospel

Alela Diane · The Pirate's Gospel (Deluxe Edition)

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17

The Ghost of You

My Chemical Romance · Monday Blues

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18

We Can Be Better

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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