Carpe Jugulum
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Carpe Jugulum Playlist

by Terry Pratchett

40 tracks
balanced
Nov 11, 2026

A blend of gently uncanny electronics, intimate piano, and playful, shadowy classical textures evokes Lancre’s cozy village life alongside the vampires’ unsettling arrival. The sequence shifts between sly humor, mounting supernatural tension, and the resolute warmth of Granny Weatherwax and her allies, without distracting vocals.

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40 songs
1

Préludes Book 1, L. 117: III. La Cathedrale Engloutie

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Clair De Lune and Other Piano Favourites

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2

Tennen

Hania Rani · Home

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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): II. The Old Castle

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

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Gnossienne No. 5

Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.

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Mother Goose Suite: V. The Fairy Garden

Maurice Ravel · Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

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Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba

George Frideric Handel · Baroque Orchestral Music

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Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Glazunov: Stenka Razin

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The Flight of the Bumblebee

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Impromptu

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9

Gnossienne No. 6

Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie

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10

The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Mozart: Zauberflöte (Die) (The Magic Flute)

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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Suite: XVII. Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman

Henry Purcell · Purcell: Complete Theatre Ayres

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12

The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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13

Le Rappel des oiseaux

Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau

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Swan Lake, Op. 20, Pt. 2: VIII. Scène finale. Swan theme (Moderato)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets

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The Enchanted Garden

Maurice Ravel · The Enchanted Garden

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs "Baba-Yaga"

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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Oxygène, Pt. 1

Jean-Michel Jarre · Oxygène

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Stratosfear

Tangerine Dream · Stratosfear (Remastered 2018 / Deluxe Version)

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20

Spiral

Vangelis · Spiral

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21

Magnetic Fields, Pt. 1

Jean-Michel Jarre · Les chants magnétiques / Magnetic Fields

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22

Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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23

Bayreuth Return

Klaus Schulze · Timewind (Remastered 2017)

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24

To the Unknown Man

Vangelis · Spiral

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25

The Arts and the Hours

Jean-Philippe Rameau · Rameau, Ólafsson: The Arts and the Hours

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VII. Waltz No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites

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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1: Dance Of The Knights

Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

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28

6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56: I. Stick Dance

Béla Bartók · Bartok Piano Pieces

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Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: II. Braul (Sash dance) - [Arr. A. Willner for String Orchestra]

Béla Bartók · Bartok, B.: For Children / Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances

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30

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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31

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites / Sibelius: Valse triste

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Bach, JS: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach, JS : Organ Works

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33

The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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34

The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XII. Fossils

Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: Fossils

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35

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act II: No. 14c, Var. II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14

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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: d. Trepak (Russian Dance)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

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Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

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38

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14

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39

Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian Orchestral Music

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Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian : Gayaneh, Masquerade & Spartacus [Excerpts] (Apex)

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