Starside

Book Playlist

Starside Playlist

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 4, 2026

2 mixes for this book

This playlist moves between the immense, uncanny scale of Starside and the mortal urgency of a deadly quest, pairing instrumental pieces for the realms’ magic and danger with songs about vengeance, power, and the costs of striving. Its shifting intensity follows the challengers from the hard-won threshold between worlds toward the personal motives that drive them onward.

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Track List

20 songs

1

First Snow (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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2

Strobe

deadmau5 · Strobe

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3

Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase

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4

Song of the Golden Dragon

Estas Tonne · Bohemian Skies

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5

Adagio in D Minor

John Murphy · Adagio in D Minor

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6

The Departure

Michael Nyman · Gattaca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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7

Arsonist's Lullabye

Hozier · Hozier (Special Edition)

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8

The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)

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9

Running With The Wolves

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

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10

Control

Halsey · BADLANDS (Deluxe)

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11

Uprising

Muse · The Resistance

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12

Season of the Witch

Donovan · Sunshine Superman

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13

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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14

The Wolf

SIAMES · BOUNCE INTO THE MUSIC

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15

Down By The Water

PJ Harvey · To Bring You My Love

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16

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

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17

The Last of the Mohicans

Trevor Jones · My Wonderland

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18

Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.

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19

The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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20

The Path of the Wind

Joe Hisaishi · My Neighbor Totoro Sound Book

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