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Skulduggery Pleasant (14) – Dead or Alive Playlist
by Derek Landy
39 tracks
balanced
Mar 25, 2026
This playlist captures the magical, suspenseful, and adventurous spirit of Skulduggery Pleasant (14) – Dead or Alive. The 36 instrumental tracks blend dark ambient, cinematic post-rock, and ethereal electronic soundscapes to evoke the supernatural battles and intricate character dynamics, while the 4 vocal tracks reflect key themes of resilience, friendship, and the looming final confrontation, all maintaining a balanced, focused atmosphere for immersive reading.
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39 songs
1
Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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2
Serenade To Spring
Secret Garden · Songs From A Secret Garden
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3
We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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4
Echoes of the Past
Beachwax · Echoes of the Past
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5
Nightfall
Calmly · Nightfall
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Silver Lining
Tristan Axvall · Silver Lining
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Guardians At the Gate
Audiomachine · Chronicles
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8
Coming Back Around
John Powell · How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)
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9
Darkness and Shadows
Lorne Balfe · The Wheel of Time: Season 2, Vol. 1 (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)
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Mystic Horizons
Zen Moon · Ambience
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SHADOW DANCE
SHADXWBXRN · SHADOW DANCE
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12
Flight Of The Silverbird
Two Steps from Hell · Battlecry
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13
Whispers in the Dark
DJ AStone · Cigarettes & Synths
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14
Main Titles
Brian Tyler · Timeline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)
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15
Twilight's Edge
Frxnco · Twilight's Edge
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16
Fireflies
salotto · Fireflies
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17
Deceit and Betrayal
Audiomachine · La Belle Époque
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18
Always Mine
Thomas Bergersen · Sun
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19
Playing A Game Of "Go!"
James Horner · A Beautiful Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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20
The Art Of War
Steve Jablonsky · Battleship (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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21
Fading Light
Soothing Oasis · Through the Valley
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22
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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23
Time
Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)
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24
Ashes and Embers
WATIWO LIA · Ashes and Embers
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25
Only The Beginning of The Adventure
Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Holding On (From "God of War Ragnarök" Soundtrack) (feat. Eivør)
Bear McCreary · God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)
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27
The Road
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Road (Original Film Score)
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28
Veins of the Earth
Amos Stremann · Veins of the Earth
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29
River Waltz - From "The Painted Veil" Original Soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat · The Painted Veil
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30
Dark Horizons
There's No Way Music · Respect Love Hate
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31
Be Over (From "The Shadow Play") [Performed on Piano]
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works
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Ascension
Jason Fervento · Ascension
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beneath the surface
Fred Russ · beneath the surface
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34
Reflections on a Hero
Trevor Morris · The Vikings Final Season (Music from the TV Series)
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35
Alive
Ouska · Alive
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36
Stand By Me
Ben E. King · Don't Play That Song
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37
I Will Wait
Mumford & Sons · Babel (Deluxe Version)
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38
Run Boy Run
Woodkid · The Golden Age
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