Book Playlist

The Midnight Train Playlist

20 tracks

dramatic

Nov 2, 2026

2 mixes for this book

These cinematic instrumentals move between the intimacy of remembered love, the grandeur of travel and time, and the tension of choices that cannot easily be undone. The final three songs give voice to Wilbur’s longing for Maggie and to the bittersweet work of looking back.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Midnight Train to Georgia

Gladys Knight & The Pips · Imagination (Expanded Edition)

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2

Midnight Train

Sam Smith · The Thrill Of It All (Special Edition)

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3

Opus 55

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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4

Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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5

The Thief

Howard Shore · Hugo Original Score

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6

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home

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7

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Samuel Barber · Romantic Favorites for Strings (Expanded Edition)

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8

Song From A Secret Garden

Secret Garden · Songs From A Secret Garden

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9

Silk Road

Kitaro · Super Best

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10

Dayvan Cowboy

Boards of Canada · The Campfire Headphase

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11

Roygbiv

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

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12

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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13

Malmo

The Album Leaf · Seal Beach

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14

Brooks Was Here

Thomas Newman · The Shawshank Redemption

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15

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt

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16

Tabula Rasa: II. Silentium

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait

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17

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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18

Le moulin

Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)

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19

Love Me

Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)

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20

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · Clouds

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Mood dramatic

Genre soundtrack

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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