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A warm, lightly comic score for Ankh-Morpork’s city watch: plucked strings, chamber music, and measured cinematic cues suggest its crowded streets, improbable recruits, and increasingly serious mystery. The sequence moves from the Watch’s bumbling camaraderie and Carrot’s earnest steadiness through the danger surrounding the gonne, then settles into the humane, hard-won order the novel restores.
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40 songs
1
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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2
The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II · Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes
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The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000
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The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) [Arr. R. Earles for Wind Ensemble]: VI. Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Russian Classics
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · J'aime pas le classique mais ca j'aime bien
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 6
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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14
The Mission
Ennio Morricone · The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture
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15
The Shire
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - the Complete Recordings
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Merry-Go-Round of Life
Joe Hisaishi · Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl’s Moving Castle')
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Dawn - (From "Pride And Prejudice")
Dario Marianelli · Hollywood Classics: Music From The Movies
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18
The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi
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Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Complete Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Berceuse
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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25
Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina
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Glassworks: Opening
Philip Glass · Valentina Lisitsa Plays Philip Glass
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The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Departure
Max Richter · The Leftovers: Season 1 (Music from the HBO Series)
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On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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Divenire
Ludovico Einaudi · Divenire (Deluxe Edition)
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32
Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs
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saman
Ólafur Arnalds · re:member
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Eden
Hania Rani · Esja
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Glass
Hania Rani · Esja
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36
Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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Settler
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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38
Your Hand in Mine
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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First Breath After Coma
Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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