The Sunlit Man
Book Playlist

The Sunlit Man Playlist

by Brandon Sanderson

40 tracks
balanced
Oct 18, 2026
2 mixes for this book

A focused, mostly instrumental journey through Nomad’s relentless flight, the scorching world he lands on, and the uneasy hope he finds among people resisting enslavement. Electronic pulses and cinematic textures evoke interplanetary danger and the planet’s lethal sun, while quieter piano and strings make room for his guarded compassion and the rebels’ fragile solidarity.

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Track List

40 songs
1

Cornfield Chase

Hans Zimmer · Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]

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Stay

Hans Zimmer · Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]

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3

First Sleep

Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

Is That What Everybody Wants

Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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5

Adventure

Disasterpeace · FEZ (Original Game Soundtrack)

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6

Acid Rain

Lorn · The Maze To Nowhere

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Anvil

Lorn · VESSEL

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8

Abiogenesis

Carbon Based Lifeforms · World of Sleepers

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9

Vla

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Vla

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10

Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares

Tangerine Dream · The Very Best

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Cloudburst Flight

Tangerine Dream · Force Majeure (Remastered 2018 / Deluxe Version)

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12

Emerald and Stone

Brian Eno · Small Craft On A Milk Sea

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13

1/1

Brian Eno · Eno/Wyatt/Davies: Music for Airports

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14

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

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15

Abandon Window - Remaster 2023

Jon Hopkins · Immunity

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16

Cirrus

Bonobo · The North Borders

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17

Kiara

Bonobo · Black Sands

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18

Two Thousand and Seventeen

Four Tet · New Energy

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19

Angel Echoes

Four Tet · There Is Love in You (Expanded Edition)

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20

Kobresia

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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21

Poa Alpina

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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22

Music for 18 Musicians: Section I

Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians

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Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIA

Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians

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24

In a Landscape

John Cage · Der Bote

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25

Dream

John Cage · John Cage: As It Is

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26

Far Horizons

Jeremy Soule · The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Original Game Soundtrack)

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27

The Streets of Whiterun

Jeremy Soule · The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Original Game Soundtrack)

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28

The Landing

Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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29

Planetarium

Justin Hurwitz · La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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30

The Alien

Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)

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31

The Mighty Rio Grande

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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32

Quiet

This Will Destroy You · Young Mountain

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33

The Blue Hour

Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour

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34

Sleeping Lotus

Joep Beving · Solipsism

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35

Ab Ovo

Joep Beving · Prehension

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36

Metamorphosis Two

Philip Glass · 99 Greatest Classical Composers

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37

Opening

Philip Glass · Hope Street Tunnel Blues: Music for Piano By Philip Glass and Alvin Curran

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38

Jeux D'Eau

Maurice Ravel · Ravel: Miroirs, Jeux D'Eau, Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

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39

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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Gnossienne No. 3

Erik Satie · introspection

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