Moby Dick

Book Playlist

Moby Dick Playlist

by Herman Melville

16 tracks

balanced

Jul 29, 2026

5 mixes for this book

This playlist reflects the vast, obsessive, and tumultuous journey of Captain Ahab and his crew in "Moby Dick." The instrumental selections evoke the relentless ocean and cosmic unknown, while the vocal tracks explore themes of vengeance, fate, and humanity’s struggle against nature’s might. The blend of electronic, post-rock, classical, and indie genres mirrors the novel's fusion of 19th-century seafaring with speculative philosophical depth.

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Track List

16 songs

1

The Great Gig in the Sky

The Pink Floyd Story · The Great Gig in the Sky

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2

Night on Bald Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on Bald Mountain

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3

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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4

Metamorphosis Two

Philip Glass · Spa Classical Piano Music

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5

Chasing The Sun

The Wanted · The Wanted (Special Edition)

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6

Emerald and Stone

Brian Eno · Ambient & Downtempo by RE:VERSAL

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7

Kong

Bonobo · Black Sands

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8

Alpenglow

Blue Wednesday · Alpenglow

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9

Tidal Wave

Old Sea Brigade · Cover My Own

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10

Leviathan

Hunter As a Horse · Leviathan

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11

Harpoon

Scott Henderson · Tore Down House

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12

Ocean Breathes Salty

Modest Mouse · Good News For People Who Love Bad News

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13

Sirens - Live

Pearl Jam · 2013.10.15 - Worcester, Massachusetts (Live)

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14

Far from Any Road

The Handsome Family · Singing Bones

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15

Marked for Death

Emma Ruth Rundle · Marked for Death

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16

Wrong Tomorrow

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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