Red Rising

Book Playlist

Red Rising Playlist

by Pierce Brown

21 tracks

balanced

Feb 28, 2026

4 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the fierce, dystopian spirit and complex emotional landscape of "Red Rising," blending futuristic synth textures, tribal rhythms, and cinematic instrumentals to mirror the book’s themes of rebellion, social stratification, and personal transformation. The balanced mix of vocal and instrumental tracks reflects both the human struggles and the epic scale of the story, while diverse global influences and unexpected selections evoke the novel’s layered world and character dynamics without relying on typical sci-fi clichés.

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Track List

21 songs

1

The City

Alex Wann · The City

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2

Skin

Zola Jesus · Conatus

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3

Guardians At the Gate

Audiomachine · Chronicles

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4

Ashes in the Fall (8-Bit Computer Game Version)

8-Bit Arcade · The Ultimate Rage Against the Machine

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5

Blood Moon

Jfarrari · Fear of the Unknown

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6

Atlas Hands

Benjamin Francis Leftwich · Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm (10th Anniversary Edition)

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7

Night Owl - 2014

Galimatias · Lost Cargo

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8

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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9

Black Sands

Bonobo · Black Sands

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10

Vessel (Arr. Hodge) - Orchestral Version

Jon Hopkins · Wayne McGregor: Collaboration

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11

Battles

Emika · DREI

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12

Lux Aeterna (From "Requiem for a Dream") [Arr. for Solo Piano]

Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano

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13

The Pharaoh's Daughter: The Nile river - Arr. for Piano

Cesare Pugni · Ballet Piano Collection

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14

Sorrow

The National · High Violet

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15

Naked

Anoushka Shankar · Rise

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16

Neon Gravestones

Twenty One Pilots · Grillen - Indie

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17

Last Dying Breath - Track Commentary

Sabaton · The Last Stand (Track Commentary Version)

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18

Ageispolis

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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19

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

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20

Shadowplay

The Killers · Sawdust

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21

Why not?

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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