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A restrained, cinematic instrumental journey follows the girls’ passage from the suffocating rules of Garner County into the danger and isolation of the grace year, then toward hard-won resolve. Quiet piano and strings give way to uneasy pulses and darker orchestral textures, echoing Tierney’s watchfulness, the group’s volatile bonds, and the cost of resisting a society built to control them.
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20 songs
1
String Quartet in F Major: II. Assez Vif - Très Rythmé
Maurice Ravel · Borodin Quartet Performs String Quartets
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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto
Franz Schubert · Schubert
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
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String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 - "American" B.179 - Arr. by Craig Leon: II. Lento
Antonín Dvořák · James Galway - Wings of Song
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Barbara Rose
Jonny Greenwood · Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Middle of the World
Nicholas Britell · Moonlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Strings Con Fuoco
Nicholas Britell · Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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Song for Jesse
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Song for Bob
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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A Romantic Flight
John Powell · How to Train Your Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Life And Death
Michael Giacchino · Lost: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)
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The Incredits
Michael Giacchino · The Incredibles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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A Model of the Universe
Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black
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The Shape Of Water
Alexandre Desplat · The Shape Of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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