Mothsblood

Book Playlist

Mothsblood Playlist

by Lynn D. Jung

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 13, 2026

2 mixes for this book

A dark-academic, Paris-tinged sequence for a story of alchemy, ambition, and an impossible crime: shadowy strings and intricate instrumental pieces evoke the university’s secrets, while the songs trace the pull between self-invention, danger, and the cost of uncovering the truth. The mood shifts from curious and quietly cerebral to volatile and defiant, then settles into an uneasy, reflective close.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Brendan and the Secret of Kells

Bruno Coulais · Brendan Et Le Secret De Kells

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2

Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto

Béla Bartók · Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 6

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3

Gnossienne No. 1

Erik Satie · Gnossienne No. 1

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4

The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "Winter": I. Allegro non molto

Antonio Vivaldi · The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "Winter"/I. Allegro non molto

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5

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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6

Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Inside Tracks: The Mix Tape

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7

The Blue Notebooks

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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8

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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9

The Mariner's Revenge Song

The Decemberists · Picaresque

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10

Blood In The Cut

K.Flay · Every Where Is Some Where

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11

bury a friend

Billie Eilish · WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

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12

Me and the Devil

Soap&Skin · Sugarbread

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13

Everybody Knows

Leonard Cohen · I'm Your Man

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14

Black Sheep

Metric · Black Sheep

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15

labour

Paris Paloma · Cacophony

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16

Human

Sevdaliza · Ison

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17

Army Of Me

Björk · Post

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18

Glory Box

Portishead · Dummy

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19

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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20

A Forest

The Cure · Seventeen Seconds

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