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A dark-fantasy arc for Helena’s captivity, fractured memory, and suppressed alchemy, moving from ominous orchestral and electronic textures toward resistance, tenderness, and hard-won defiance. The vocal half gives voice to grief, coercion, survival, and the possibility of protecting someone again, while keeping the emotional intensity varied enough for reading.
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20 songs
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Night King
Ramin Djawadi · Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series)
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The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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The Beast
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Sicario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring
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The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Battle
Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Atonement
Dario Marianelli · Atonement OST
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The Great Escape
Patrick Watson · Close to Paradise
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Elegy For The Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home
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13
Control
Halsey · BADLANDS (Deluxe)
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Seven Devils
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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15
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love
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16
Youth
Daughter · If You Leave
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Arsonist's Lullabye
Hozier · Hozier (Special Edition)
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18
bury a friend
Billie Eilish · WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
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Howl
Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)
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