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A warm, romance-forward soundscape built around lush harmony, steady pacing, and ember-bright tension—matching Diem Bellator’s choice between dangerous loyalties and the story’s burning secrets. Instrumental-first selections evoke guardianship, longing, and the slow ignition of destiny, while the two lyric tracks add a restrained emotional “spark” for key romantic and conflict-heavy beats.
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1
The Book Of Love
Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)
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Starlight
Muse · Black Holes and Revelations
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All I Want
Kodaline · In A Perfect World (Expanded Edition)
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Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Requiem: IIj. Dies irae: Lacrimosa
Giuseppe Verdi · Verdi: Requiem
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Carmen Suite No. 1: Prélude. Andante moderato (Prelude to Act I) - 2017 Remastered Version
Georges Bizet · Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2
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Pavane for a Dead Princess
Maurice Ravel · Tranquil Impressions: Musical Meditations for Peaceful Moments
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Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Complete Nocturnes, Barcarolle, Berceuse
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Gymnopédie No. 2
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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Clair de lune
Claude Debussy · Träumerei - Liebestraum - Für Elise - Clair de lune - Gymnopédie - Sony Classical Masters
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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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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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Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin · Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris
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The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals · The House of the Rising Sun: Best of The Animals
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Naima
John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane
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Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi (From "Amélie")
Yann Tiersen · Piano Movie Lounge
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An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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