Dead Poets Society

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Dead Poets Society Playlist

by Tom Schulman

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 28, 2026

The instrumental opening moves between Welton's formal discipline, the boys' private world of poetry, and the release Keating brings to the classroom; the remaining pieces add space for reflection and growing unease. The vocal songs trace the students' longing for freedom, the risks of speaking in their own voices, and the heartbreak of Neil's story.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Carpe Diem - From "Dead Poets Society"

Maurice Jarre · Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir's Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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2

Clair de Lune, L. 32

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites

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3

Sleepwalk

Santo & Johnny · Santo & Johnny

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4

Green Onions

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Green Onions

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5

Rumble

Link Wray · Six Strings Of Bad Luck

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6

Song For Guy

Elton John · A Single Man

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7

Jessica

Allman Brothers Band · Brothers And Sisters (Deluxe Edition)

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8

Apache

The Shadows · Shadows Are Go!

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9

Rachel's Song

Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)

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10

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach · Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893

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11

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan · The Times They Are A-Changin'

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12

"Heroes" - 2017 Remaster

David Bowie · "Heroes" (2017 Remaster)

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13

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Green Day · Nimrod

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14

Unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield · Unwritten

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15

School's Out

Alice Cooper · School's Out

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16

Anthem

Leonard Cohen · The Future

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17

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · Clouds

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18

Forever Young

Bob Dylan · Shadow Kingdom

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19

I Hope You Dance

Lee Ann Womack · I Hope You Dance

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20

Society

Eddie Vedder · Into The Wild (Music For The Motion Picture)

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