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The Hastur Cycle Playlist
by Robert M. Price, H.P. Lovecraft
40 tracks
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Oct 8, 2026
This playlist follows the cycle’s movement from scholarly curiosity and occult texts toward the destabilizing pull of Hastur, Carcosa, and the Yellow Sign. Its instrumental pieces range from eerie modern classical and dissonant soundtracks to spacious ambient music; the final vocal songs evoke forbidden knowledge, uncanny identities, and the sense of being drawn into a world beyond ordinary reason.
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40 songs
1
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Horn and Violin Concertos
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2
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
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3
Psycho: Prelude
Bernard Herrmann · The Essential Hollywood
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4
Suspiria
Goblin · Suspiria (40th Anniversary) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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5
Halloween Theme
John Carpenter · Halloween (Original 2018 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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6
Main Title (The Shining)
Wendy Carlos · The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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7
Lipstick To Void
Mica Levi · Under the Skin
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8
Heels
Disasterpeace · It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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9
Promise (Reprise)
andrewa · Silent Hill
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10
Voci dal nulla
Fabio Frizzi · … e tu vivrai nel terrore - L'Aldilà (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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11
Prowler
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission
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12
Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2
Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
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13
Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses
Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians
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14
In C
Terry Riley · In C
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15
Ionisation
Edgard Varèse · Varese: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Ameriques / Equatorial / Nocturnal / Ionisation
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16
Concerto Grosso No. 1: II. Toccata
Alfred Schnittke · Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 & Trio Sonata
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17
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite
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18
Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Alexander Scriabin · Scriabin: Sonatas, Études, Poèmes, Feuillet d'album; Vers la flamme
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19
Shéhérazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade
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20
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg · Journeys
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21
Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: IV. Storm
Benjamin Britten · Britten: Orchestral Works
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22
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
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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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The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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25
Black Angels, Thirteen Images from the Dark Land, Departure: I. Threnody I "Night of the Electric Insects"
George Crumb · George Crumb: Black Angels & Music for a Summer Evening
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26
The Mark - Interlude
Moderat · II
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27
The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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28
The End
The Doors · The Doors
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29
Season of the Witch
Donovan · Sunshine Superman
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30
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath · The Ultimate Collection
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31
The Witch
The Sonics · Here Are the Sonics
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32
The Funeral Party
The Cure · Faith
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33
The Becoming
Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)
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34
The Ghost In You
The Psychedelic Furs · Mirror Moves
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35
O Children
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
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36
Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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37
Midnight Black Earth
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth
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38
Theme of Laura
Akira Yamaoka · SILENT HILL2 （Original Soundtrack）
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39
A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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