Book Playlist · Fireside Christmas

Carrie Playlist

by Stephen King

21 tracks

balanced

Sep 15, 2026

3 mixes for this book

Fireside Christmas frames the emotional temperature of Carrie—cozy, intimate warmth—against the story’s mounting dread, humiliation, and sudden, explosive power. The playlist alternates wordless tension (cold electricity under the surface) with restrained, lyric-driven heartbreak and defiance, so it reads like a slow build toward the prom-night confrontation—without turning it into a generic holiday soundtrack.

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21 songs

Glassworks: Opening

Philip Glass · Ambient Classical Music

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Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Another Look At the Counterpoint

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Oxygène, Pt. 4

Jean-Michel Jarre · Essential Recollection

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Naima

John Coltrane · The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !

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A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster

Harold Budd · Ambient & Relax

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Take Five

Dave Brubeck · Ich mag keinen Jazz, aber das gefällt mir!

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The Entertainer

Scott Joplin · Hintergrundmusik, Vol. 1 - 6 - Gemafreie Musik zur Beschallung von Hotels und Restaurants (inkl. Klaviermusik zum Entspannen und Träumen)

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