Assistant to the Villain

Book Playlist

Assistant to the Villain Playlist

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

19 tracks

balanced

Aug 30, 2026

3 mixes for this book

A mystery-forward mix that mirrors Evie Sage’s double-life tension—warm enough to feel like an office job, but shadowed by the villain’s looming chaos. Instrumentals lean into suspense, secrecy, and “paperwork gone wrong,” while the lyrics echo discretion, dread, and reluctant partnership.

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Track List

19 songs

1

Tubular Bells - Part One / Rough Mix / November 1972

Mike Oldfield · Tubular Bells

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2

Main Theme (From "Mission: Impossible") [Version for Piano]

Lalo Schifrin · Schifrin: Piano Works

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3

The Pink Panther Theme

Henry Mancini · Legendary Performer

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4

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto

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

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5

Leather Wings

This Will Destroy You · S/T

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6

Satin Doll

Duke Ellington · Uppsala 1971

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7

M.A.Y. in The Backyard - Version for Piano Trio

Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996

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8

Turbo Killer

Carpenter Brut · TRILOGY

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9

bury a friend

Billie Eilish · Halloween Divas

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10

Creep

Ambient Light Orchestra · Ambient Translations of Radiohead

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11

Do I Wanna Know?

Arctic Monkeys · AM

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12

The Adults Are Talking

The Strokes · The New Abnormal

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13

Love Like Ghosts

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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14

Dancing With Your Ghost

Sasha Alex Sloan · Dancing With Your Ghost

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15

Broken Bones

KALEO · A/B

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16

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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17

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Musik zum Lernen

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18

Seventeen

Ally Nicholas · Seventeen

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19

Don’t Give Too Much of a Fuck

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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