Memories of Ice

Book Playlist

Memories of Ice Playlist

by Steven Erikson

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 19, 2026

“Memories of Ice” moves between brutal empire-wide conquest, contested loyalties, and sudden elegiac human cost—so this playlist threads tense orchestration with sci‑fi electronics and restrained, memory-tinged melodies. Instrumentals underscore sieges and vast distances, while the lyric songs keep focus on devotion, fracture, and survival amid collapsing orders.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 4: No. 27, Dance of the Little Swans

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

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2

Anitra's Dance

Edvard Grieg · Four Corners!

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3

Clair de lune

Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters

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4

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream

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5

The Great Gig in the Sky

Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon

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6

The Promise

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

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7

Nella Fantasia

Il Divo · Il Divo

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8

The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around

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9

The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia

Vicki Lawrence · The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia (Deluxe Edition)

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10

Hold On

Wilson Phillips · Wilson Phillips

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11

From Eden

Hozier · Hozier

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12

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

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13

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Currents

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14

Empire

Kasabian · Empire

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15

BLOOD SPORT!

ScalpelBoyGhost · THE SUN WON'T RISE BECAUSE OF ME!

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16

A Sky Full of Stars

Coldplay · Ghost Stories

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17

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

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18

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley · Grace

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19

Glassworks: I. Opening

Philip Glass · Glassworks - Expanded Edition

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20

The Weight

The Band · Best Of The Band

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