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A noir-leaning mix built around power, loyalty, and the slow tightening of a family’s “code,” echoing The Godfather’s shift from wartime roots to later moral collapse. Instrumentals are cinematic and suspenseful for investigation scenes, while the vocal tracks add period-spanning grit and the emotional cost of betrayal, ambition, and love in New York and beyond.
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21 songs
1
The Godfather Waltz (Main Title) - From "The Godfather" Soundtrack
Nino Rota · Greatest Movie Soundtracks Of All Time
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2
Gabriel's Oboe
Ennio Morricone · Gabriel's Oboe
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3
So What
Miles Davis · Miles Davis
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4
Rhythm-A-Ning
Thelonious Monk · The Complete Riverside Recordings
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus · The Definitive
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Naima
John Coltrane · Tolonen Plays Coltrane!
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Theme from Psycho
Bernard Herrmann · Halloween Classical Music: Macabre, Mysterious, Spooky and Scary Classics
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Peter Gunn Theme
Henry Mancini · Instrumental Classics
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9
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Hintergrundmusik, Vol. 5 - 8 - Background Music for Restaurants (Romantic Piano Music) [Royalty Free Music]
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Chariots Of Fire
Vangelis · Dreams Of Passion (16 Instrumental Greatest)
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King Kunta
8-Bit Misfits · 8-Bit Versions of Kendrick Lamar
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12
99 Problems
JAŸ-Z · The Black Album
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13
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones · Dads Garage Music
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14
Sinnerman
Nina Simone · Das Beste - Hits und Klassiker
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W Moich Ramionach / Into My Arms - Live
Przegląd Piosenki Aktorskiej we Wrocławiu · Kronika 20. Przeglądu Piosenki Aktorskiej (Live)
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Bad Reputation - Live
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts · Malibu Beach Club, Long Island, Ny May 1st 1981
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17
The Weight
The Band · American Rock Hits
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18
The Nights
Avicii · Gymnastik
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19
All I Want
Kodaline · Chill sur la plage : Beach ambiance
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No Surprises
Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead
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