Billy Summers moves between tense patience, roadside anonymity, and a bruised kind of tenderness that only shows up when someone finally lets their guard down. This playlist alternates tight, thriller-leaning instrumental momentum with lyric-driven tracks that mirror Billy’s double life, his moral struggle, and Annie’s longing for something real.
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20 songsThe Man Comes Around
I Am Johnny Cash · I Am Johnny Cash
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A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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Late Night Lemonade
Luminary Flux · Late Night Lemonade
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel · In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
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House Of Cards
Radiohead · In Rainbows
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Houdini
Dua Lipa · Radical Optimism
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The Hills
The Weeknd · Beauty Behind The Madness
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Fast Car
Tracy Chapman Experience · Fast Car
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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Somebody Told Me
The Killers · Hot Fuss
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Stay With Me
Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour
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Take Me To Church
Hozier · Hozier
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Finding Dory (Main Theme)
Thomas Newman · Finding Dory (Main Theme)
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Hymn for the Weekend
Coldplay · Top Songs Radio
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The Mother We Share - Alucard Session
CHVRCHES · We Sink
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Somebody Else
Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Performs The 1975: I like it when you sleep...
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Riptide
Vance Joy · Dream Your Life Away (Deluxe Edition)
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Same book, another mood