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Blood Meridian Playlist
This playlist captures the grim, violent, and mythic atmosphere of Blood Meridian with a blend of haunting Americana, sparse folk, and cinematic instrumentals that echo the brutal frontier and existential desolation of the American West. The selection balances vocal and instrumental tracks to reflect the novel’s stark characters and moral ambiguity, while its diversity in genres and eras evokes the vast, unforgiving landscapes and the novel’s timeless themes of chaos and survival.
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Track List
21 songs
1
Far From Any Road (made popular by The Handsome Family) [backing version]
Party Tyme · Country Group Hits 1 - Party Tyme (Backing Versions)
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2
Dead Mans Blues
Roy Williams · American Shuffle
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3
Black River Killer
Blitzen Trapper · Furr (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
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Apocalypse - Instrumental
Tmsoft’s White Noise Sleep Sounds · Apocalypse (Cigarettes After Sex Instrumental Cover)
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Song For The Dead - Live from the Mean Fiddler Version
Queens of the Stone Age · No One Knows
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Long Forgotten Track
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado · Too Many Roads
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Gallows Pole
Led Zepagain · Led Zepagain II: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin
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Good, You?
The Flatliners · Good, You?
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Desert Raven
Jonathan Wilson · Gentle Spirit
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Way Out Weather
Steve Gunn · Way Out Weather
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Moon River
Bill Frisell · Bill Frisell (with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones)
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12
Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
Oscar Isaac · Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording
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13
(Ghost) Riders In the Sky
Johnny Cash · Greatest Hits
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14
Red Right Hand
Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
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Willow's Theme
James Horner · Willow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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16
Last Kind Words Blues
Geeshie Wiley · American Epic: The Best of Blues
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17
Agnes Obel - The Curse Intro
Sharin Speaks · Sharin Speaks
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18
Hallelujah (In the Style of Jeff Buckley) - Instrumental Only
ProSource Karaoke · Hallelujah (In the Style of Jeff Buckley) [Karaoke Version] - Single
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19
A Prairie Musette
Black Prairie · Feast Of The Hunters' Moon
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Riders On the Storm
The Doors · Jaren 70 Hits
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