Ὀδύσσεια
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Ὀδύσσεια Playlist

by Ὅμηρος

20 tracks
dramatic
Nov 12, 2026
3 mixes for this book

These cinematic instrumentals trace the poem’s changing scale: the open sea and strange encounters give way to storms, battles, and the hard-won intimacy of Ithaca. The three closing vocal songs evoke the epic’s central figures and its enduring pull toward home.

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Track List

20 songs
1

The Odyssey

Symphony X · The Odyssey

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2

Calypso

Suzanne Vega · Solitude Standing

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3

Achilles Leads the Myrmidons

James Horner · Music From The Motion Picture Troy

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4

The Gael

Dougie MacLean · The Search

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The Big Country

Jerome Moross · The Big Country

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The Legend of Ashitaka

Joe Hisaishi · Princess Mononoke Image Album

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The Blue Planet

Hans Zimmer · Blue Planet II (Original Television Soundtrack)

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8

Tamacun

Rodrigo y Gabriela · Rodrigo y Gabriela

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Shéhérazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade

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Adagio in D Minor

John Murphy · Adagio in D Minor

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Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland · Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)

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12

Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

Gustav Mahler · Mahler: Symphony No.5

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

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The Last of the Mohicans

Trevor Jones · My Wonderland

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15

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: I. Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang

Richard Strauss · Richard Strauss: Tone Poems, Vol. 3

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The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, MWV P7 "Fingal's Cave"

Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Overtures

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Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner · Wagner: Works for Orchestra

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Le carnaval romain, Op. 9

Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Harold en Italie

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Pines of Rome, P. 141: I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese

Ottorino Respighi · Respighi: Roman Trilogy

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Pines of Rome, P. 141: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P. 141: IV. I pini della via Appia [the Pines of the Appian Way]

Ottorino Respighi · Respighi: Symphonic Poems

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Instrumental request 90%
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