House of Leaves
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House of Leaves Playlist

by Mark Z. Danielewski

This sequence follows the Navidson family from the unsettling domestic normality of Ash Tree Lane into the house’s impossible, expanding darkness, with instrumental pieces tracing the maze and vocal songs reflecting isolation, obsession, and strained intimacy. The later tracks turn toward the human cost of the descent—especially Will’s compulsion to explore and the family’s effort to find one another again.

20 tracks
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Oct 6, 2026
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20 songs
1

A Familiar Taste

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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2

Untitled #3 - Samskeyti

Sigur Rós · ( )

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3

Remembrance

Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent

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4

Settler

Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent

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Truth

Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent

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Chariots Of Fire

Vangelis · Chariots Of Fire - The Play

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A Forest

The Cure · Seventeen Seconds

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Dead Souls

Joy Division · The Best Of

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The End

The Doors · The Doors

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10

The Killing Jar

Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)

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11

House Of Glass

Cage The Elephant · Social Cues

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12

Into The Void

Nine Inch Nails · The Fragile

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13

Something In The Way

Nirvana · Nevermind (Remastered)

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14

Walking in My Shoes

Depeche Mode · Songs of Faith and Devotion (Deluxe)

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Under the Milky Way

The Church · Starfish

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Sleepwalking

The Birthday Massacre · Pins And Needles

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17

Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses

Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians

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Polymorphia

Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia

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19

The Rothko Chapel (1971) for percussion, celesta, viola, soprano and double mixed choir

Morton Feldman · Zeitfluss 93: Winkler: Emergent - Varese: Intégrales & Octandre - Feldman: The Rothko Chapel (Digitally Remastered)

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Main Title

Jerry Goldsmith · Alien

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