Skulduggery Pleasant (14) – Dead or Alive
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Skulduggery Pleasant (14) – Dead or Alive

by Derek Landy

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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Mar 25, 2026
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39 songs
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Immortal Memory

Elegy

Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory

1
Songs From A Secret Garden

Serenade To Spring

Secret Garden · Songs From A Secret Garden

2
Lumiere

We Move Lightly

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

3
Echoes of the Past

Echoes of the Past

Beachwax · Echoes of the Past

4
Nightfall

Nightfall

Calmly · Nightfall

5
Silver Lining

Silver Lining

Tristan Axvall · Silver Lining

6
Chronicles

Guardians At the Gate

Audiomachine · Chronicles

7
How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)

Coming Back Around

John Powell · How To Train Your Dragon (Music From The Motion Picture)

8
The Wheel of Time: Season 2, Vol. 1 (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)

Darkness and Shadows

Lorne Balfe · The Wheel of Time: Season 2, Vol. 1 (Prime Video Original Series Soundtrack)

9
Ambience

Mystic Horizons

Zen Moon · Ambience

10
SHADOW DANCE

SHADOW DANCE

SHADXWBXRN · SHADOW DANCE

11
Battlecry

Flight Of The Silverbird

Two Steps from Hell · Battlecry

12
Cigarettes & Synths

Whispers in the Dark

DJ AStone · Cigarettes & Synths

13
Timeline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)

Main Titles

Brian Tyler · Timeline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)

14
Twilight's Edge

Twilight's Edge

Frxnco · Twilight's Edge

15
Fireflies

Fireflies

salotto · Fireflies

16
La Belle Époque

Deceit and Betrayal

Audiomachine · La Belle Époque

17
Sun

Always Mine

Thomas Bergersen · Sun

18
A Beautiful Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Playing A Game Of "Go!"

James Horner · A Beautiful Mind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

19
Battleship (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Art Of War

Steve Jablonsky · Battleship (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

20
Through the Valley

Fading Light

Soothing Oasis · Through the Valley

21
The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

22
Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)

Time

Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)

23
Ashes and Embers

Ashes and Embers

WATIWO LIA · Ashes and Embers

24
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Only The Beginning of The Adventure

Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

25
God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)

Holding On (From "God of War Ragnarök" Soundtrack) (feat. Eivør)

Bear McCreary · God of War Ragnarök (Original Soundtrack)

26
The Road (Original Film Score)

The Road

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Road (Original Film Score)

27
Veins of the Earth

Veins of the Earth

Amos Stremann · Veins of the Earth

28
The Painted Veil

River Waltz - From "The Painted Veil" Original Soundtrack

Alexandre Desplat · The Painted Veil

29
Respect Love Hate

Dark Horizons

There's No Way Music · Respect Love Hate

30
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works

Be Over (From "The Shadow Play") [Performed on Piano]

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works

31
Ascension

Ascension

Jason Fervento · Ascension

32
beneath the surface

beneath the surface

Fred Russ · beneath the surface

33
The Vikings Final Season (Music from the TV Series)

Reflections on a Hero

Trevor Morris · The Vikings Final Season (Music from the TV Series)

34
Alive

Alive

Ouska · Alive

35
Don't Play That Song

Stand By Me

Ben E. King · Don't Play That Song

36
Babel (Deluxe Version)

I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons · Babel (Deluxe Version)

37
The Golden Age

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · The Golden Age

38
Luminary

Luminary

Dust of Stars · Luminary

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