Child of God
Reading Playlist

Child of God

by Cormac McCarthy

This playlist captures the haunting, grotesque, and deeply human themes of Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God." The instrumental selections evoke the barren, tense atmosphere of rural Tennessee with intimate acoustic and ambient textures, while the vocal tracks explore isolation, darkness, and raw emotion reflecting Lester Ballard's tragic arc. Together, they create a balanced, immersive soundscape for focused, cozy reading.

36 tracks
balanced
Aug 13, 2026
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Track List

36 songs
1
The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Imitation Game

Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2
Dream To Fly

Prelude

Evgeny Wenger · Dream To Fly

3
For the Damaged Coda

For the Damaged Coda

Megaraptor · For the Damaged Coda

4
Voyager - Essential Max Richter

The Departure

Max Richter · Voyager - Essential Max Richter

5
Wintermusik

Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

6
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Song for Jesse

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

7
Piano Solos, Vol. 2

Opus 26

Dustin O'Halloran · Piano Solos, Vol. 2

8
Inhale

Inhale

John Luther · Inhale

9
Cradle Song

Cradle Song

XY Axis · Cradle Song

10
Slow Burn

Atonement

Conquer Divide · Slow Burn

11
BERSERK Original Soundtrack

Ghosts

Susumu Hirasawa · BERSERK Original Soundtrack

12
Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Blind Willie Johnson · Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)

13
first things first

Etude 1

Nico Muhly · first things first

14
Saman

Bær

Hildur Guðnadóttir · Saman

15
Prehension

Ab Ovo

Joep Beving · Prehension

16
Takk...

Takk...

Sigur Rós · Takk...

17
Neon Memories

Fading Lights

Kirexan · Neon Memories

18
ICONOCLASTS

The Beast

Anna von Hausswolff · ICONOCLASTS

19
Be The Void (Deluxe Edition)

Lonesome

Dr. Dog · Be The Void (Deluxe Edition)

20
Through the Trees

Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs

The Handsome Family · Through the Trees

21
Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')

Red Right Hand

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')

22
Highway 61 Revisited

Ballad of a Thin Man

Bob Dylan · Highway 61 Revisited

23
Our Mother the Mountain

Our Mother the Mountain

Townes Van Zandt · Our Mother the Mountain

24
American III: Solitary Man

Wayfaring Stranger

Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man

25
Forever On My Mind

Death Letter

Son House · Forever On My Mind

26
Singing Bones

Far from Any Road

The Handsome Family · Singing Bones

27
The Best Of

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division · The Best Of

28
Furr

Black River Killer

Blitzen Trapper · Furr

29
Blood Money (Remastered)

God's Away On Business

Tom Waits · Blood Money (Remastered)

30
American III: Solitary Man

I See A Darkness

Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man

31
Especially For You

Blood And Roses

The Smithereens · Especially For You

32
Townes Van Zandt

Waiting Around to Die

Townes Van Zandt · Townes Van Zandt

33
So Runs The World Away

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

34
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Down the Highway

Bob Dylan · The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

35
The Doors

The End

The Doors · The Doors

36
Luminary

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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