The Stand
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The Stand

by Stephen King

Fireside Christmas reimagines The Stand’s collapse-and-rebuilding arc with warm, intimate instrumentation (piano, gentle strings, and restrained glimmering textures) set against uneasy, sci-fi-leaning atmosphere. The playlist threads character-driven moods—mercy and community versus temptation and dread—so each section of the book feels like it has its own light source, even when the world goes dark.

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Sep 15, 2026
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1
Dropsonde

Dissolving Clouds

Biosphere · Dropsonde

2
Philip Glass: Piano Works

Glassworks: Opening

Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Piano Works

3
Melancholia

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

4
Works 1965-1995

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Works 1965-1995

5
Sugar Plum on the Run

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Sugar Plum on the Run

6
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

7
Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits

Take Five

Dave Brubeck · Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits

8
The Pearl

A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · The Pearl

9
Silly Classical Songs

Ode to Joy - Instrumental

Ludwig van Beethoven · Silly Classical Songs

10
The Singer

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

11
Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition

Sunday Morning

Maroon 5 · Songs About Jane: 10th Anniversary Edition

12
Grace

Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley · Grace

13
All the Little Lights

Let Her Go

Passenger · All the Little Lights

14
The Sound Of Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Years (1971-1976)

Wake Up Everybody

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · The Sound Of Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Years (1971-1976)

15
Cage The Elephant

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Cage The Elephant · Cage The Elephant

16
Coming Home (Deluxe)

River

Leon Bridges · Coming Home (Deluxe)

17
The John Denver Collection, Vol 1: Take Me Home Country Roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver · The John Denver Collection, Vol 1: Take Me Home Country Roads

18
Studio Ghibli Official B-Sides and Rarities Album

Merry-Go-Round of Life - Instrumental

Joe Hisaishi · Studio Ghibli Official B-Sides and Rarities Album

19
The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years

Sympathy For The Devil

The Rolling Stones · The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years

20
Still Bill

Lean on Me

Bill Withers · Still Bill

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