Fantasticland

Book Playlist

Fantasticland Playlist

by Mike Bockoven

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 11, 2026

A soundtrack for the bright, artificial world of an amusement park turning into a place of fear, fractured loyalties, and survival. The instrumental first half moves from eerie fairground unease to mounting danger; the vocal half brings in the book’s darkly playful energy, panic, and uneasy aftermath.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Main Title

Jerry Goldsmith · Alien

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2

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield · Time To Have Peaceful

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3

Twin Peaks Theme

Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)

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4

Sleep Walk

Santo & Johnny · Canadian American Greatest Hits 50th Anniversary Collection

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5

Green Onions

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Green Onions

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6

Walk, Don't Run

The Ventures · Walk Don't Run - All-Time Greatest Hits

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7

Popcorn

Hot Butter · 28 Big Ones

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8

Profondo rosso

Goblin · Profondo rosso (Gold Tracks) [Colonna Sonora Originale dal Film "Profondo Rosso"]

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9

Assault on Precinct 13

John Carpenter · Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998

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10

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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11

The Alien

Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)

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12

Let's Sit On The House

Cliff Martinez · NARC

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13

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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14

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath · The Ultimate Collection

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15

Lullaby

The Cure · Greatest Hits

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16

Psycho Killer

Talking Heads · Talking Heads '77

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17

Planet Claire

The B-52's · B-52's

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18

Goo Goo Muck

The Cramps · Psychedelic Jungle

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19

Dead Man's Party

Oingo Boingo · Dead Man's Party

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20

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult · Agents Of Fortune

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Instrumental request 50%

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