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This playlist follows the novel from the tense routines of a Depression-era death row to John Coffey’s extraordinary compassion and the grief of an irreversible injustice. Its instrumental first half moves between claustrophobic unease, solemn reflection, and fragile warmth; the vocal songs then bring in the era’s blues, gospel, country, and spiritual traditions, echoing the characters’ moral choices and the burden of witnessing suffering.
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20 songs
1
The Door
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series)
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2
Scene D'Amour
Bernard Herrmann · Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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3
The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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Main Title
Elmer Bernstein · To Kill A Mockingbird (Original Motion Picture Score)
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Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Gustav Mahler · Mahler: Symphony No.5
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Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
Edward Elgar · Elgar
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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13
Theme from "A Summer Place"
Percy Faith · Theme from "A Summer Place" (Remastered)
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14
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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15
Wayfaring Stranger
Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man
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God's Gonna Cut You Down
Johnny Cash · American V: A Hundred Highways
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17
Trouble So Hard
Vera Hall · Sounds Of The South
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I Shall Be Released - Remastered 2000
The Band · Music From Big Pink (Remastered)
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People Get Ready
The Impressions · People Get Ready
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