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Between Two Fires Playlist
This playlist follows Thomas and the girl through plague-haunted medieval France, pairing stark chamber music, old-world textures, and uneasy soundscapes with songs about death, faith, guilt, and endurance. Its shifts from dread to brief warmth reflect the unlikely bond at the story’s center and the fragile hope that survives amid catastrophe.
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20 songs
1
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860: Funeral March I
Henry Purcell · Purcell: Sacred Music & Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary
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Black Angels: I. Departure
Kronos Quartet · Black Angels
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Pièce de viole, Livre 2, Suite No. 3 in D Major: No. 63, Les Voix humaines
Marin Marais · Voix humaines. Marais: Pièces inédites pour flûte
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In croce
Sofia Gubaidulina · Gubaidulina: In croce, Ten Preludes & Quaternion
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Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
Tomaso Albinoni · Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Fugue
Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra / Variations On A Theme of Frank Bridge
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Opening
Dustin O'Halloran · Save Me (Music from the Original TV Series)
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O Death
Ralph Stanley · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Loreena McKennitt · The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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The Parting Glass
The Wailin' Jennys · 40 Days
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Black Sun
Dead Can Dance · Wake
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The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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13
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes · Elephant
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In the Pines
Lead Belly · Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1
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The Funeral
Band of Horses · Everything All The Time
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The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)
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The Rake's Song
The Decemberists · Hazards Of Love
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: II. Sunday Morning
Benjamin Britten · Britten: Orchestral Works
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