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A tense, shifting soundtrack for David Burroughs’s flight from a life sentence toward the possibility that his son is alive: pulsing electronics and stark score pieces echo the escape and investigation, while quieter passages hold the grief and fragile hope beneath them. The vocal half moves through guilt, parental devotion, suspicion, and the fierce resolve to uncover the truth.
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20 songs
1
The Chairman Dances
John Adams · Dance Mix
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2
Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast
Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
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3
Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)
Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Beast
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Sicario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Prowler
Daniel Pemberton · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Score)
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The Grid
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Black Star
Lustmord · Purifying Fire
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring
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The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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12
The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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13
The Landing
Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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14
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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15
Hurt
Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around
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Runaway
Del Shannon · Runaway with Del Shannon
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The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer
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18
I Will Follow You into the Dark
Death Cab for Cutie · I Will Follow You into the Dark
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love
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