One by One

Book Playlist

One by One Playlist

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 8, 2026

“One by One” moves like a tense snowbound countdown: warmth turns to suspicion, banter curdles into secrets, and every character feels one step from exposure. This playlist pairs icy-alpine spaciousness and cabin-cozy intimacy, using instrumentals for the lingering blank spaces between revelations and lyrics for the social friction, guilt, and bargaining beneath the surface.

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Track List

20 songs

1

R U Still in 2 It?

Mogwai · Young Team (Deluxe Edition)

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2

Glasgow Mega-Snake - Live from the Ica

Mogwai · Glasgow Mega Snake

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3

Cinema Paradiso

Ennio Morricone · Ennio Morricone Musik - Vol. 1

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4

The Promise

Nayan Samuel · The Promise

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5

Spiral

Ólafur Arnalds · some kind of peace

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6

Late

Nils Frahm · Old Friends New Friends

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7

All Mine

Portishead · Portishead

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8

Ascension of the Fallen

Epic Cinematic Orchestral · Album Epic Cinematic Orchestral, Vol. 1

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9

Tonight (From "West Side Story") [Arr. Tommy Tycho]

Leonard Bernstein · From Broadway to La Scala

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10

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes · Spring Break 2011

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11

River

Smooth Jazz All Stars · Smooth Jazz All Stars Perform Leon Bridges

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12

Blackout

Thomas & Muse · We All Fall Down

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13

Teardrop

Massive Attack · Festival Headliners

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14

Stolen Dance

Pop Legends · Stolen Dance - Tribute to Milky Chance

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15

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Tavaszi Pihenés 2021

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16

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Best Rugby Songs 2023

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17

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · Motivational Rock Songs

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18

Mykonos

Fleet Foxes · Mykonos

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19

Strange Mercy

St. Vincent · Strange Mercy

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20

Stone by Stone

Luminary Flux · Again Again

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