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Heat 2 Playlist
A two-sided noir journey through the crime-world orbit of Heat 2: nocturnal instrumentals evoke surveillance, city streets, and the slow mechanics of a job, while the vocal half moves between hard-edged bravado, divided loyalties, and the cost of living by the gun. The sequence shifts between taut momentum and reflective pauses, nodding to the story’s criminal and law-enforcement perspectives without treating either as simple heroes.
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40 songs
1
Tick Of The Clock
Chromatics · Music To Drive
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2
He Had a Good Time
Cliff Martinez · Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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3
I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
Mogwai · The Hawk Is Howling
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4
The Birth and Death of the Day
Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
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The World Is Our ___
This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain
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All Is Violent, All Is Bright
God Is An Astronaut · All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2011 Remastered Edition)
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Midnight Black Earth
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth
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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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9
In C
Terry Riley · In C
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10
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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11
Mombasa
Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)
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12
The Game Has Changed
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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13
The Chase
Lalo Schifrin · Cool Hand Luke
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14
Back to The Street
John Carpenter · They Live - Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
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15
First Sleep
Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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16
Opening Titles
Michael Kamen · The Dead Zone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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End Titles
James Newton Howard · Lady In The Water
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18
The Passenger
Iggy Pop · Lust For Life
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19
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones · Let It Bleed
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20
Run Through The Jungle
Creedence Clearwater Revival · Cosmo's Factory
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21
The Guns of Brixton
The Clash · London Calling (Expanded Edition)
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22
Bad Boys
Inner Circle · Sweat (A La La La La Long)
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23
I'm Your Boogie Man
KC & The Sunshine Band · Part 3
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24
The Payback
James Brown · The Payback
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25
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Alice Cooper · Billion Dollar Babies (Deluxe Reissue)
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The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 Remaster
David Bowie · The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)
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Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers · Just As I Am
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28
The Chain
Fleetwood Mac · Greatest Hits (Deluxe Edition)
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29
Gimme Some Lovin' - Single Mix
The Spencer Davis Group · Gimme Some Lovin' / Blues In F
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30
I Fought the Law
The Bobby Fuller Four · Never To Be Forgotten - The Mustang Years
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31
Life During Wartime
Talking Heads · Fear of Music
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits · Brothers In Arms (40th Anniversary)
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33
Killer Queen
Queen · Sheer Heart Attack
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Bad Reputation
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts · Bad Reputation (Expanded Edition)
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35
The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff · The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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36
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Daryl Hall & John Oates · Private Eyes (Expanded Edition)
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37
Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Dean Martin · Georgia On My Mind
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38
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
The Temptations · Silver Collection: The Temptations
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39
Ain't No Grave
Crooked Still · Shaken By A Low Sound
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