Hollow

Book Playlist

Hollow Playlist

by Brian Catling

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 28, 2026

A shifting passage from solemn, spacious instrumentals into songs of prophecy, death, conflict, and uncertain faith mirrors the monastery’s collapse and the perilous journey beyond it. The music draws on ritual, dark folk, post-rock, and chamber textures to evoke the oracle, the mercenaries, and a world where the living and dead are at war.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Sicilienne, Op. 78

Gabriel Fauré · This is Fauré

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2

La petite fille de la mer - Remastered

Vangelis · La petite fille de la mer

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3

Caecilia

Fennesz · Endless Summer

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4

Seoul

amiina · Kurr

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5

Black City Skyline

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission

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6

Among The Sef

Colin Stetson · New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

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7

The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove

Dead Can Dance · Wake

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8

O Children

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

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9

The Words That Maketh Murder

PJ Harvey · Let England Shake

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10

The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra

Anna von Hausswolff · Dead Magic

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11

The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)

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12

God Damn The Sun

Swans · The Burning World

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13

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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14

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

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15

The Partisan

Leonard Cohen · Songs From A Room

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16

Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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17

The Sinking of the Titanic

Gavin Bryars · Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

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18

Music for 18 Musicians: Section I

Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians

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19

Metamorphosis: One

Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano

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20

God's Away On Business

Tom Waits · Blood Money (Remastered)

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