The Caretaker

Book Playlist

The Caretaker Playlist

by Marcus Kliewer

20 tracks

dramatic

Oct 16, 2026

A slow-building soundscape for Macy’s three days on an isolated Oregon Coast property: uneasy electronics, stark strings, and spacious instrumental passages evoke wilderness, ritual, and the sense that something terrible is waiting inside the house. The final songs turn toward the lure of the job, the house’s menace, and Macy’s determination to protect her sister and the wider world.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Eutow

Autechre · Tri Repetae

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2

Donkey Rhubarb

Aphex Twin · Donkey Rhubarb

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3

In the Fog II

Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972

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4

Black Star

Lustmord · Purifying Fire

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5

The Highest Flood

Forest Swords · Compassion

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6

Held

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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7

Recovery

Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne

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8

Acid Rain

Lorn · The Maze To Nowhere

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9

Home

Disasterpeace · FEZ (Original Game Soundtrack)

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10

Kids

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein · Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (A Netflix Original Series Soundtrack)

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11

The Mark - Interlude

Moderat · II

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12

Nix

Dawn of Midi · Dysnomia

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13

01 Ghosts I

Nine Inch Nails · Ghosts I-IV

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14

Leaving Hope

Nine Inch Nails · Still

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15

Marooned

Pink Floyd · The Division Bell

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16

Alberto Balsalm

Aphex Twin · ...I Care Because You Do

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17

Pacific State

808 State · ESP: The 808 State Effect

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18

Virginal II

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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19

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · The Complete Animals

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20

Black Out Days

Phantogram · Voices

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Mood dramatic

Genre electronic

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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