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Carl’s Doomsday Scenario Playlist
“Carl’s Doomsday Scenario” is a grind-filled descent through a devastated, still-breathing city—part survival, part spectacle. This playlist leans into warm-but-tense string writing, haunted classical drama, and electronic menace, then punctuates the story’s “training is over—now the games begin” push with two lyrical tracks about pressure and endurance.
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20 songs
1
Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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2
The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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3
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 10, Scene. Moderato
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs "Baba-Yaga"
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Glazunov: Stenka Razin
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6
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000
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7
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Classic
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The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: II. The Augurs of Spring
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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10
MEGALOVANIA
Toby Fox · UNDERTALE Soundtrack
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11
Mad World
Gary Jules · Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
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12
1-800-273-8255
Logic · Everybody
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13
Teardrop
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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14
In The Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · Mountbatten Festival of Music 2025
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15
Danse macabre
Camille Saint-Saëns · French Festival
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16
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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17
Misty Mountains (From "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey")
David Donaldson · Misty Mountains (From "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey")
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18
Blade Runner Blues
Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
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19
Arrival of the Birds
The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)
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