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The playlist begins with the original 1979 adaptation’s score, then moves through eerie classical and experimental instrumentals that evoke the Marsten House, the town’s creeping isolation, and the group’s resistance. Its vocal half ranges from gothic post-punk and blues to songs about temptation, night, and predation, tracing the book’s turn from familiar hometown life to a fight for survival.
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1
Main Title (Salem's Lot) - Feature Version
Harry Sukman · Salem's Lot (Original Television Soundtrack)
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Main Title Theme (from Salem's Lot)
Nathan Barr · Salem's Lot (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Lontano
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony
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Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Credo
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "... Songs Are Sung": III. Allegro
Henryk Górecki · Górecki: Complete Works for String Quartet
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Black Sabbath - 2009 Remaster
Black Sabbath · Black Sabbath
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Vampire Blues
Neil Young · Earth
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Nosferatu Man
Slint · Spiderland
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In The Room Where You Sleep
Dead Man's Bones · Dead Man's Bones
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A Night Like This
The Cure · The Head On The Door
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Red Right Hand
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')
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Black Magic Woman
Fleetwood Mac · English Rose
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I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone · I Put A Spell On You
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The Night
Morphine · The Night
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Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48: V. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat
Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2019
Brian Eno · Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (Extended Edition)
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1/1 - Remastered 2004
Brian Eno · Ambient 1: Music For Airports (Remastered 2004)
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Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
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