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Project Hail Mary

This playlist captures the thrilling, solitary, and hopeful journey of an astronaut fighting to save Earth in "Project Hail Mary." The instrumental selections mix ambient electronic and post-rock to evoke the vastness of space and scientific discovery, while vocal tracks explore human resilience, isolation, and unexpected friendship through diverse indie, synth, and alternative styles.

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Apr 10, 2026

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by Andy Weir

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21 songs

Spiral

Ólafur Arnalds · some kind of peace

Threads

This Will Destroy You · S/T

Solar Sailer

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Emerald and Stone

Brian Eno · Small Craft On A Milk Sea

First Light

Rukkirahu · First Light

The Past Is The Past - From "Surface"

Ólafur Arnalds · reading in a cozy library

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

The Gentlemen Of NUCO · Radiohead's OK Computer

Arrival of the Birds

The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

Atlas: Life

Sleeping At Last · Atlas: Life

Forever Held

Jon Hopkins · Forever Held

Space Between Us

Beach House Chillout Music Academy & Cool Chillout Zone · Summerly: Music for the Start of Summer 2023

All Is Full of Love

Bjork Guomundsdottir · I Cantastorie: A Collection of Musical Tales

Heroes

Vários · Rock Generation - Hits and Oldies of the Greatest Rock N' Roll Era

Starlight

The Muse · Transparent Ransom

Breathe Me

Sia · In Your Feels

Satellite Mind

Metric · Fantasies

Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun · 00s Mixtape Vol. 1

Breathe

Télépopmusik · romanticizing school

White Winter Hymnal

Fleet Foxes · Rough Trade: Counter Culture 2008

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

This Year (Under the Lights)

Luminary Flux · This Year (Under the Lights)

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