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This playlist moves between intimate piano and strings, spacious ambient textures, and cinematic surges to evoke Lou's saltwitch identity, the oceanic kingdom, and the Drowned King's curse. Its three vocal songs focus on the story's moonlit atmosphere, dangerous pull, and sea-bound romance, while keeping lyrics to a small part of the listening experience.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Adagio in D Minor
John Murphy · Adagio in D Minor
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2
Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance
Dmitri Shostakovich · Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance
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3
The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
Johann Strauss II · Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Arias
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4
Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Harrods Romantic Classics
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5
Shéhérazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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7
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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8
The Light
The Album Leaf · Into the Blue Again
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9
A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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10
Open Eye Signal
Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)
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11
We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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12
Song for Sienna
Brian Crain · Piano and Cello Duet
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13
Watermark
Enya · Themes From "Calmi Cuori Appassionati"
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14
Eden
Hania Rani · Esja
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15
Sea of Love
Cat Power · The Covers Record
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16
Moon Song
Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher
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17
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Max Bruch · Bruch: Concerto for Violin No. 1 - Kol Nidrei
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18
The Seasons, Op. 37b: VI. June, "Barcarolle"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b, Balakirev: Islamey
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The wind, The Sea
Fabrizio Paterlini · Transitions II
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