No Country for Old Men

Book Playlist

No Country for Old Men Playlist

by Cormac McCarthy

19 tracks

balanced

Jun 17, 2026

This playlist captures the tense, suspenseful atmosphere of "No Country for Old Men," blending sparse, eerie instrumentals that evoke the barren Texas borderlands with vocal tracks that explore themes of violence, fate, and moral ambiguity. The mix of ambient, post-rock, and alternative country echoes the novel’s emotional shifts and character complexities, especially Llewellyn Moss's desperate flight and Anton Chigurh's relentless pursuit.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)

William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

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2

Tears of Unicorn

Masayoshi Fujita · Apologues

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3

Nantes

Beirut · The Flying Club Cup

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4

Over The Hill

John Martyn · Solid Air

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5

The Theory of Everything

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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6

Borderland Sorrows

Slow Meadow · Costero

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7

Remembrance

Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent

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8

The Blinded Forest

Gareth Coker · Ori and the Blind Forest (Original Soundtrack)

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9

Farewell Transmission

Songs: Ohia · Magnolia Electric Co. (Deluxe Edition)

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10

Red Right Hand

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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11

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Blind Willie Johnson · American Epic: The Collection

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12

I See a Darkness

The Cashbags · A Tribute to Johnny Cash

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13

Love is All

The Tallest Man On Earth · The Wild Hunt

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14

No Man's Land

Stela Cole · Woman of the Hour

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15

Forever Young - From NBC's Parenthood

Rhiannon Giddens · Forever Young (From NBC's Parenthood)

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16

The Devil's Right Hand

Steve Earle · Copperhead Road

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17

Wolves

Phosphorescent · Pride

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18

Wayfaring Stranger

Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man

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19

Stone by Stone

Luminary Flux · Again Again

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