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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20 songsThe Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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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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Auto Rock
Mogwai · Mr. Beast
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Sycamore
Caspian · Tertia
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Excavation (Part 1)
The Haxan Cloak · Excavation
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Surge
Amon Tobin · ISAM
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Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 1
Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
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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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The End
The Doors · The Doors
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The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 Remaster
David Bowie · The Man Who Sold the World (2015 Remaster)
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Breathe (In the Air)
Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon
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The Sound of Silence - Acoustic Version
Simon & Garfunkel · Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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The Passenger
Iggy Pop · Lust For Life
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I Fought the Law
The Clash · The Cost of Living - EP
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No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age · Songs For The Deaf
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The Killing Jar
Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)
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The Fear
Pulp · This Is Hardcore (Deluxe Edition)
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Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime
The Korgis · Dumb Waiters (Expanded Edition)
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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
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