Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

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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Jun 6, 2026
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17 songs
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Oceanic (Remastered)

The Beginning and the End

ISIS · Oceanic (Remastered)

1
Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

First Snow

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

2
All the Right Reasons

Far Away

Nickelback · All the Right Reasons

3
Voyage

Voyage

Slowday · Voyage

4
A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1

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

5
Driftline

Driftline

Helios Protocol · Driftline

6
Happy Songs for Happy People

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

7
The Serpent's Egg (Remastered)

The Host of Seraphim - Remastered

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

8
Shadow Academy

White Whale

Shadow Academy · Shadow Academy

9
Everything All The Time

The Funeral

Band of Horses · Everything All The Time

10
Blue Hours

Spiders

Bear's Den · Blue Hours

11
Stay Alive (From The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty)

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

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

12
Dear Science (Bonus Track Version)

DLZ

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

13
IN VERSES

Drone

Karnivool · IN VERSES

14
Led Zeppelin (Deluxe Edition)

Moby Dick - Live in Paris, 1969

Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin (Deluxe Edition)

15
The Mysterious Production of Eggs

/=/

Andrew Bird · The Mysterious Production of Eggs

16
Again Again

Stone by Stone

Luminary Flux · Again Again

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