The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Book Playlist

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Playlist

by Douglas Adams

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 22, 2026

A playful voyage from Earth’s absurd bureaucracies into the bewildering vastness of space, this playlist moves between sleek electronic propulsion, cosmic wonder, and wry human-scale warmth. The instrumental opening supplies room to read, while the vocal half nods to Arthur’s dislocation, Marvin’s melancholy, and the book’s cheerful insistence that the universe is ridiculous—and life goes on.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Strobe

deadmau5 · Strobe

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2

Kerala

Bonobo · Migration

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3

Pacific Coast Highway

Kavinsky · Nightcall

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4

Opus

Eric Prydz · Opus

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5

Glue

BICEP · Bicep

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6

Marooned

Pink Floyd · The Division Bell

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7

Albatross

Fleetwood Mac · English Rose

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8

Green Onions

Booker T. & the M.G.'s · Green Onions

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Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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10

Corridors of Time

Yasunori Mitsuda · Piano Collections: CHRONO TRIGGER, Vol. 2

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11

Terra's Theme

Nobuo Uematsu · FINAL FANTASY VI Original Soundtrack

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12

Searching for Friends

Nobuo Uematsu · FINAL FANTASY VI Original Soundtrack

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13

Leaving Earth

Clint Mansell · Mass Effect 3 (Original Soundtrack)

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14

Metamorphosis One

Philip Glass · Joanna Sochacka Plays Philip Glass: Piano Works

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15

Major Tom (Coming Home)

Peter Schilling · Fehler Im System

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16

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

Elton John · Honky Chateau

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17

'39

Queen · A Night At The Opera (Deluxe Edition)

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18

Intergalactic

Beastie Boys · Anthology: The Sounds Of Science

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19

Spaceman

The Killers · Day & Age (Bonus Tracks)

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20

Do You Realize??

The Flaming Lips · Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

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