I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison

This playlist captures the bleak, dystopian atmosphere and intense psychological torment in "I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream." The instrumental tracks provide eerie, futuristic soundscapes and haunting ambient moments reflecting the AI's cold dominion and the survivors' isolation, while the vocal tracks explore themes of despair, resistance, and human fragility, mirroring the characters' emotional arcs and the story's speculative, post-apocalyptic setting.

18 tracks
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May 6, 2026
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Track List

18 songs
1
Tree of Life

The Legend Begins

Audiomachine · Tree of Life

2
Sunset Mission

Darkstalker

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission

3
I Miss The Way You Swim

I Miss The Way You Swim

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · I Miss The Way You Swim

4
A Fragile Geography

Displacement

Rafael Anton Irisarri · A Fragile Geography

5
We Can Make the World Stop - EP

We Can Make The World Stop

The Glitch Mob · We Can Make the World Stop - EP

6
Fragment

Fragment II

Library Tapes · Fragment

7
Erased Tapes Collection VI

Pockets of Light - Excerpt

Lubomyr Melnyk · Erased Tapes Collection VI

8
Walking Ice

Silent Flight

Walking Ice · Walking Ice

9
John Wick: Chapter 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Plastic Heart

Nostalghia · John Wick: Chapter 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

10
The Fountain OST

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

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

11
Mutemath (U.S. Version)

Control - Live Version

Mutemath · Mutemath (U.S. Version)

12
100 Tears: A Tribute To The Cure

Disintegration

Razed In Black · 100 Tears: A Tribute To The Cure

13
VSQ Performs Death Cab for Cutie: Ghost

The Sound of Settling

Vitamin String Quartet · VSQ Performs Death Cab for Cutie: Ghost

14
Human After All

On / Off

Daft Punk · Human After All

15
The Golden Age

The Great Escape

Woodkid · The Golden Age

16
Lazaretto

Lazaretto

Jack White · Lazaretto

17
Mystery of Love

Mystery of Love

Sufjan Stevens · Mystery of Love

18
Spell She Cast

Spell She Cast

Luminary Flux · Spell She Cast

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