Whalefall

Book Playlist

Whalefall Playlist

by Daniel Kraus

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 10, 2026

This playlist follows Jay Gardiner from the claustrophobic terror of being trapped inside a sperm whale off the California coast to the memories of his father that surface with him. Instrumentals trace the physical struggle and shifts in scale; the vocal songs turn toward grief, anger, inherited pain, and the hard-won choice to survive.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Erupting Light

Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking

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2

Love

Mica Levi · Under the Skin

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3

Venter

Ben Frost · A U R O R A

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4

Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2

Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

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5

Untitled #3 - Samskeyti

Sigur Rós · ( )

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6

Bent

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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7

The Landing

Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8

Define Dancing

Thomas Newman · WALL-E (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

Agape

Nicholas Britell · If Beale Street Could Talk (Original Motion Picture Score)

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10

Jacob and the Stone

Emile Mosseri · Minari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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11

Bombay Theme

A.R. Rahman · Bombay (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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12

Song for Jesse

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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13

The Mark - Interlude

Moderat · II

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14

Donkey Rhubarb

Aphex Twin · Donkey Rhubarb

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15

Anvil

Lorn · VESSEL

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16

Ocean Breathes Salty

Modest Mouse · Good News For People Who Love Bad News

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17

Into The Ocean

Blue October · Foiled For The Last Time

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18

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Gordon Lightfoot · Summertime Dream

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19

Sail

AWOLNATION · Megalithic Symphony

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20

The Mariner's Revenge Song

The Decemberists · Picaresque

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