The Silent Patient

Book Playlist

The Silent Patient Playlist

by Alex Michaelides

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 21, 2026

3 mixes for this book

A restrained, shifting instrumental score for the novel’s polished domestic surface, institutional unease, and steadily tightening revelations. Sparse piano, dark jazz, electronic tension, and post-rock build around Alicia’s silence and Theo’s increasingly consuming search for the truth, while keeping the pacing focused for reading.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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2

Midnight Black Earth

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth

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3

Lobby

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble · The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

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4

Black Star

Lustmord · Purifying Fire

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5

Rae

Autechre · LP5

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6

Ghosst(s)

Lorn · Ask The Dust

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7

Untravel

Rival Consoles · Persona

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8

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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9

Thor’s Stone - 2025 Remaster

Forest Swords · Engravings (2025 Remastered)

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10

Caecilia

Fennesz · Endless Summer

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11

The Daughters of Quiet Minds

Stars Of The Lid · And Their Refinement of the Decline

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12

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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13

Bless This Morning Year

Helios · Eingya

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14

Hymn for the Greatest Generation

Caspian · Hymn for the Greatest Generation

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15

Kids Will Be Skeletons

Mogwai · Happy Songs for Happy People

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16

The Chairman Dances

John Adams · Dance Mix

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17

Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast

Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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18

Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima

Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

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19

The Alien

Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)

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20

A Familiar Taste

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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