The Iron King
Book Playlist

The Iron King Playlist

by Julie Kagawa

20 tracks
adventurous
Nov 2, 2026

A shifting blend of intimate, otherworldly textures and measured cinematic momentum follows Meghan from the unease of everyday life into the perilous enchantment of Faery. The instrumental selections suggest discovery, strange beauty, and danger; the final vocal songs echo the pull of the uncanny and Meghan’s search for who she is.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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2

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary

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3

The Draughtsman's Contract: Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds

Michael Nyman · All Imperfect Things: The Piano Music of Michael Nyman

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4

The Departure

Michael Nyman · Gattaca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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5

A Walk

Tycho · Dive

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6

First Breath After Coma

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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7

Boadicea - 2009 Remaster

Enya · The Celts

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8

The Mummers' Dance

Loreena McKennitt · The Book of Secrets

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9

Welcome to Lunar Industries

Clint Mansell · Moon (Original Score)

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10

Subwoofer Lullaby

C418 · Minecraft - Volume Alpha

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11

The Moldau

Bedřich Smetana · The Moldau

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12

The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei - 2017 Remastered Version

Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)

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13

Sweden

C418 · Minecraft - Volume Alpha

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14

Night on Bald Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain

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15

Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. Andantino quasi allegretto "The Young Prince and The Young Princess"

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

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16

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178: II. Largo

Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9

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17

Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

Bedřich Smetana · Smetana: Mein Vaterland (Cycle of Symphonic Poems)

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18

Gnossienne No. 5

Erik Satie · Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc.

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19

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

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20

The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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Mood adventurous
Genre soundtrack
Era any
Length medium
Instrumental request 90%
Environment balanced

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