The Goblin Reservation

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The Goblin Reservation Playlist

by Clifford D. Simak

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 18, 2026

A lightly uncanny trip through Simak’s time-blurred Earth: curious electronic and orchestral instrumentals suggest the crystal planet, scientific puzzles, and the strange coexistence of eras, while the vocal half brings in spacefaring wonder, playful folkloric oddity, and the professor’s disorientation. The sequence shifts between wit, mystery, and warmth, reflecting a story where the supernatural and the everyday keep unexpectedly sharing the same ground.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The Asteroid Field

John Williams · Star Wars: Das Imperium schlägt zurück (Original Film-Soundtrack)

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2

Star Trek End Credits (Star Trek VIII: First Contact)

Jerry Goldsmith · Galaxymphony II: Galaxymphony Strikes Back

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3

The Chairman Dances

John Adams · Dance Mix

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4

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland · Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)

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5

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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6

Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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7

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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8

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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9

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000

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10

The Blue Danube

Johann Strauss II · Blue Danube Strauss Waltzes

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11

The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War

Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets

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12

The Landing

Justin Hurwitz · First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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13

Major Tom (Coming Home)

Peter Schilling · Fehler Im System

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14

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

Elton John · Honky Chateau

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15

Space Oddity - 2015 Remaster

David Bowie · David Bowie (aka Space Oddity) [2015 Remaster]

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16

Across The Universe - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · Let It Be (Remastered 2009)

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17

The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke

Queen · Queen II (Deluxe Edition)

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18

Supermassive Black Hole

Muse · Black Holes and Revelations

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19

Spaceman

The Killers · Day & Age (Bonus Tracks)

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20

A Spaceman Came Travelling

Chris de Burgh · Spanish Train And Other Stories

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