Red Rising
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Red Rising

by Pierce Brown

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.

21 tracks
balanced
Feb 28, 2026
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Track List

21 songs
0
The City

The City

Alex Wann · The City

1
Conatus

Skin

Zola Jesus · Conatus

2
Chronicles

Guardians At the Gate

Audiomachine · Chronicles

3
The Ultimate Rage Against the Machine

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

8-Bit Arcade · The Ultimate Rage Against the Machine

4
Fear of the Unknown

Blood Moon

Jfarrari · Fear of the Unknown

5
Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm (10th Anniversary Edition)

Atlas Hands

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

6
Lost Cargo

Night Owl - 2014

Galimatias · Lost Cargo

7
A Passage in Time

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

8
Black Sands

Black Sands

Bonobo · Black Sands

9
Wayne McGregor: Collaboration

Vessel (Arr. Hodge) - Orchestral Version

Jon Hopkins · Wayne McGregor: Collaboration

10
DREI

Battles

Emika · DREI

11
Black Swan of Piano

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

Clint Mansell · Black Swan of Piano

12
Ballet Piano Collection

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

Cesare Pugni · Ballet Piano Collection

13
High Violet

Sorrow

The National · High Violet

14
Rise

Naked

Anoushka Shankar · Rise

15
Grillen - Indie

Neon Gravestones

Twenty One Pilots · Grillen - Indie

16
The Last Stand (Track Commentary Version)

Last Dying Breath - Track Commentary

Sabaton · The Last Stand (Track Commentary Version)

17
Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Ageispolis

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

18
The Golden Age

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

19
Sawdust

Shadowplay

The Killers · Sawdust

20
Why not?

Why not?

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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Mood balanced
Genre match
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Length medium
Instrumental 50%
Environment balanced

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