Project Hail Mary
Book Playlist

Project Hail Mary Playlist

by Andy Weir

21 tracks
balanced
Apr 10, 2026

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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Track List

21 songs
1

Spiral

Ólafur Arnalds · some kind of peace

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2

Threads

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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3

Solar Sailer

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

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4

Emerald and Stone

Brian Eno · Small Craft On A Milk Sea

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5

First Light

Rukkirahu · First Light

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6

The Past Is The Past - From "Surface"

Ólafur Arnalds · reading in a cozy library

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7

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi

The Gentlemen Of NUCO · Radiohead's OK Computer

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8

Arrival of the Birds

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

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9

Atlas: Life

Sleeping At Last · Atlas: Life

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10

Forever Held

Jon Hopkins · Forever Held

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11

Space Between Us

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

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12

All Is Full of Love

Bjork Guomundsdottir · I Cantastorie: A Collection of Musical Tales

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13

Heroes

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

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14

Starlight

The Muse · Transparent Ransom

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15

Breathe Me

Sia · In Your Feels

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16

Satellite Mind

Metric · Fantasies

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17

Walking On A Dream

Empire Of The Sun · 00s Mixtape Vol. 1

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18

Breathe

Télépopmusik · romanticizing school

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19

White Winter Hymnal

Fleet Foxes · Rough Trade: Counter Culture 2008

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20

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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21

This Year (Under the Lights)

Luminary Flux · This Year (Under the Lights)

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