This playlist captures the intense historical drama and emotional complexity of Stephen King's "11/22/63," blending evocative instrumentals with period-appropriate and thematically resonant songs. The instrumental tracks evoke the suspense, nostalgia, and eerie possibilities of time travel, while the vocal tracks reflect the 1960s era, key characters, and the profound moral dilemmas faced in the story.
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Alexandre Desplat · The Monuments Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Time Lapse
TheFatRat · Time Lapse
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Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Klassik: Die schönste klassische Musik
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Rhapsody in Blue - Jazz Band Version (Orch. by Ferde Grofé): Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin · Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; An American in Paris
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Rue des trois frères
Fabrizio Paterlini · Fragments Found
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Across the Universe
Xion Star · Across the Universe
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Nara
J.J. Pfeifer · E S Posthumus Sketches
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Ghostwriter
RJD2 · Deadringer: Deluxe
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Walk Like a Man
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons · 60er Jahre
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Ruby Tuesday
The Rolling Stones · Class of '67
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If I Had a Hammer
Peter, Paul and Mary · Lemon Tree
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Ballad Of The Green Berets
Sgt. Barry Sadler · Super Hits 1966
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Somewhere I Belong
Linkin Park · Siempre blessed
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In the Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett · Land of 1000 Dances
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Time Is on My Side
Irma Thomas · I Wish Somebody Would Care
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The Sound Of Silence
Morgane Imbeaud · Homeward Bound: Songs Of Simon & Garfunkel
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I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone · pov: you're a witch
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Be My Baby
The Ronettes · Good Girls
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Same book, another mood