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This playlist follows the novel’s passage from the bleak routines of Depression-era death row to John Coffey’s quiet, uncanny compassion, with tense instrumental pieces giving way to blues, gospel, and songs of injustice, mercy, and mortality. The vocal half nods to Paul Edgecombe’s burden, Coffey’s gentleness, and the human cost of the executions without reducing the story to horror alone.
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A River Runs Through It
Mark Isham · A River Runs Through It (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins · Saxophone Colossus
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Misty
Erroll Garner · The Original Misty
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Blue Train
John Coltrane · Blue Train
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String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto
Franz Schubert · Schubert: "Death and the Maiden" D. 810 / Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 135
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Twin Peaks Theme
Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)
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Ice Dance
Danny Elfman · Edward Scissorhands
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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
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Gnossienne No. 1
Erik Satie · Gnossienne No. 1
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Blue In Green
Miles Davis · The Jazz Masters - 27 Classic Performances From The Columbia Masterpieces Series
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Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
Frédéric Chopin · The Pianist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Fingerbreaker: Classics Of Ragtime And Early Jazz Piano
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Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday
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O Death
Ralph Stanley · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson · Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)
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Wayfaring Stranger
Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man
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People Get Ready
The Impressions · People Get Ready
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Trouble So Hard
Vera Hall · Sounds Of The South
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Down To The River To Pray
Alison Krauss · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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