The Outcast Dead
Book Playlist

The Outcast Dead Playlist

by Graham McNeil

20 tracks
balanced
Nov 7, 2026

The instrumental half moves between the claustrophobic tension of a covert escape and the vast, ominous scale of Terra and the Heresy. The vocal half gives voice to exile, suspicion, prophecy, and the fragile trust required between Zulane and his unlikely rescuers.

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Track List

20 songs
1

The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela

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2

The Protecting Veil: IV. Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross

John Tavener · The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die (Remastered)

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3

Auto Rock

Mogwai · Mr. Beast

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4

Sycamore

Caspian · Tertia

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5

Excavation (Part 1)

The Haxan Cloak · Excavation

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6

Surge

Amon Tobin · ISAM

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7

Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 1

Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

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8

The Protecting Veil - The Protecting Veil - The Nativity of the Mother of God - Annunciation - The Incarnation - Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross - The Resurrection - The Dormition of the Moth

John Tavener · John Tavener, The Protecting Veil

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9

The End

The Doors · The Doors

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10

The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)

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11

Breathe (In the Air)

Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon

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12

The Sound of Silence - Acoustic Version

Simon & Garfunkel · Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

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13

The Passenger

Iggy Pop · Lust For Life

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14

I Fought the Law

The Clash · The Cost of Living - EP

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15

No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age · Songs For The Deaf

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16

The Killing Jar

Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)

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17

The Fear

Pulp · This Is Hardcore (Deluxe Edition)

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18

Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime

The Korgis · Dumb Waiters (Expanded Edition)

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19

Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima

Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

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20

Atmosphères

György Ligeti · Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony

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