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A restless soundtrack for Cronenberg’s world of freelance sensation-seekers, where Parisian intellectual life, Budapest’s underground medical scene, and the internet’s appetite for shock collide. Tense electronics and uneasy instrumentals give way to songs about voyeurism, bodies, desire, and the slippery boundary between witnessing and consuming.
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40 songs
1
Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: I. Joc cu bata. Allegro moderato - Arr. for Violin and Piano
Béla Bartók · Kopatchinskaja - Say
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2
Atmosphères
György Ligeti · György Ligeti
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3
Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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4
Corridors of Time
Yasunori Mitsuda · Piano Collections: CHRONO TRIGGER, Vol. 2
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Aquatic Ambience
David Wise · Donkey Kong Country: Piano + Player 2
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6
Dayvan Cowboy
Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
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8
The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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9
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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10
The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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11
Prelude
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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12
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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13
Love On A Real Train
Tangerine Dream · Dream Sequence
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14
First Sleep
Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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15
The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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16
Venter
Ben Frost · A U R O R A
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17
Open Eye Signal
Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)
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18
Anvil
Lorn · VESSEL
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19
Tick Of The Clock
Chromatics · Music To Drive
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20
Bibo no Aozora
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020
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21
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · Classical Movie Hits
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22
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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23
In C
Terry Riley · In C
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24
Poa Alpina
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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25
The Perfect Drug
Nine Inch Nails · Lost Highway
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26
Angel
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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27
Climbing Up the Walls
Radiohead · OK Computer
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28
Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Nine Inch Nails · With Teeth (Bonus Tracks)
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29
Teardrop
Massive Attack · Mezzanine
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30
Roads
Portishead · Dummy
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31
Glory Box
Portishead · Dummy
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32
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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33
The Passenger
Iggy Pop · Lust For Life
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34
Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode · Violator (Deluxe)
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35
Enjoy the Silence
Depeche Mode · Violator | The 12" Singles
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36
The Beautiful People
Marilyn Manson · Antichrist Superstar
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37
In the Meantime
Spacehog · Resident Alien
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38
I Think I'm Paranoid
Garbage · Anthology
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39
Special
Garbage · Anthology
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