Book Playlist

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Playlist

20 tracks

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Oct 24, 2026

A cosmic jukebox for Adams’s collision of end-of-the-world spectacle, absurd bureaucracy, and very human moods: from the sleek synth horizons of interstellar travel to songs that turn space, time, and existence into punchlines or aching questions. The instrumental opening moves through wonder, velocity, and ominous scale before the vocal half brings in the book’s irreverent spirit, its characters’ contrasting temperaments, and the unlikely grandeur of Milliways.

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Track List

20 songs

Pulstar

Vangelis · Synthesizer Greatest 1

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Chariots Of Fire

Vangelis · Chariots Of Fire - The Play

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Oxygène, Pt. 4

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène

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Équinoxe, Pt. 5

Jean-Michel Jarre · Équinoxe

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Stratosfear

Tangerine Dream · Stratosfear (Remastered 2018 / Deluxe Version)

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Phaedra

Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence

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Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction

Richard Strauss · The 99 Most Essential Classics of the Romantic Era

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Short Ride in a Fast Machine

John Adams · Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in A Fast Machine

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Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland · Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)

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