Child of God
Book Playlist

Child of God Playlist

by Cormac McCarthy

36 tracks
balanced
Aug 13, 2026
2 mixes for this book

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.

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Track List

36 songs
1

The Imitation Game

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

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Prelude

Evgeny Wenger · Dream To Fly

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For the Damaged Coda

Megaraptor · For the Damaged Coda

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The Departure

Max Richter · Voyager - Essential Max Richter

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Ambre

Nils Frahm · Wintermusik

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Song for Jesse

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

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Opus 26

Dustin O'Halloran · Piano Solos, Vol. 2

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Inhale

John Luther · Inhale

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Cradle Song

XY Axis · Cradle Song

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Atonement

Conquer Divide · Slow Burn

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Ghosts

Susumu Hirasawa · BERSERK Original Soundtrack

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Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

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

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Etude 1

Nico Muhly · first things first

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14

Bær

Hildur Guðnadóttir · Saman

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Ab Ovo

Joep Beving · Prehension

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Takk...

Sigur Rós · Takk...

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Fading Lights

Kirexan · Neon Memories

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18

The Beast

Anna von Hausswolff · ICONOCLASTS

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19

Lonesome

Dr. Dog · Be The Void (Deluxe Edition)

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Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs

The Handsome Family · Through the Trees

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Red Right Hand

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

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Ballad of a Thin Man

Bob Dylan · Highway 61 Revisited

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Our Mother the Mountain

Townes Van Zandt · Our Mother the Mountain

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Wayfaring Stranger

Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man

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25

Death Letter

Son House · Forever On My Mind

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Far from Any Road

The Handsome Family · Singing Bones

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Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division · The Best Of

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Black River Killer

Blitzen Trapper · Furr

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29

God's Away On Business

Tom Waits · Blood Money (Remastered)

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I See A Darkness

Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man

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Blood And Roses

The Smithereens · Especially For You

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Waiting Around to Die

Townes Van Zandt · Townes Van Zandt

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The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

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Down the Highway

Bob Dylan · The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

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The End

The Doors · The Doors

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Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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