The Staircase in the Woods

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The Staircase in the Woods Playlist

by Chuck Wendig

20 tracks

mysterious

Oct 27, 2026

A mix of spacious forest-like ambience, uneasy electronic textures, and restrained cinematic cues follows the friends from the original disappearance to their return two decades later. The final songs bring the focus back to the oath, the lost boy, and the dread of going somewhere no one can explain.

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Track List

20 songs

1

A Witch Stole Sam

Mark Korven · The Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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2

Title

Disasterpeace · It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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3

Le banquet céleste

Olivier Messiaen · Messiaen: Organ Works

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4

Black Refraction

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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5

Caecilia

Fennesz · Endless Summer

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6

Spectacle Of Ritual

Kali Malone · The Sacrificial Code

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7

The Sinking of the Titanic

Gavin Bryars · Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

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8

In The Woods Somewhere

Hozier · Hozier (Special Edition)

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9

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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10

The Great Escape

Patrick Watson · Close to Paradise

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11

Weightless

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

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12

First Narrows

Loscil · First Narrows

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13

Radio Ballet

Eluvium · Pianoworks

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14

Prelude for Time Feelers

Eluvium · Pianoworks

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15

Aerial Boundaries

Michael Hedges · Aerial Boundaries

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16

Tarnation

Max Avery Lichtenstein · Tarnation

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17

Starwood Choker

Bing & Ruth · No Home of the Mind

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18

Treefingers

Radiohead · Kid A

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19

Marooned

Pink Floyd · The Division Bell

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20

Albatross

Fleetwood Mac · English Rose

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Mood mysterious

Genre soundtrack

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Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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