Moby Dick

Book Playlist

Moby Dick Playlist

by Herman Melville

17 tracks

balanced

Jun 6, 2026

5 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the epic and obsessive nature of Moby Dick through a blend of atmospheric instrumentals and haunting vocal tracks. The instrumentals evoke the vast, mysterious ocean and the relentless hunt, while the vocal pieces reflect Ahab's mania, the crew's camaraderie, and the existential dread pervading the narrative. The mix of genres from dark ambient to progressive rock and folk adds layers mirroring the novel's complexity and period.

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Track List

17 songs

1

The Beginning and the End

ISIS · Oceanic (Remastered)

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2

First Snow

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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3

Far Away

Nickelback · All the Right Reasons

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4

Voyage

Slowday · Voyage

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5

Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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6

Driftline

Helios Protocol · Driftline

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7

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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8

The Host of Seraphim - Remastered

Dead Can Dance · The Serpent's Egg (Remastered)

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9

White Whale

Shadow Academy · Shadow Academy

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10

The Funeral

Band of Horses · Everything All The Time

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11

Spiders

Bear's Den · Blue Hours

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12

Stay Alive - From "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Soundtrack

José González · Stay Alive (From The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty)

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13

DLZ

TV On The Radio · Dear Science (Bonus Track Version)

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14

Drone

Karnivool · IN VERSES

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15

Moby Dick - Live in Paris, 1969

Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin (Deluxe Edition)

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16

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Andrew Bird · The Mysterious Production of Eggs

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17

Stone by Stone

Luminary Flux · Again Again

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