The Shining

Book Playlist

The Shining Playlist

by Stephen King

20 tracks

balanced

Jul 28, 2026

6 mixes for this book

This playlist captures the chilling, psychological horror and isolation of Stephen King's "The Shining" through a blend of eerie instrumental tracks and haunting vocal songs. The instrumentals evoke the eerie, snowbound Overlook Hotel's atmosphere and Jack Torrance's descent into madness, while the vocal tracks explore the complex emotions of the characters and the supernatural menace lurking within.

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Track List

20 songs

1

As the Darkness Falls

Maxence Cyrin · Melancholy Island

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2

The Vampire Masquerade

Peter Gundry · The Edge of Darkness

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3

The Last Stand

ABOKAI · The Last Stand

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4

Echoes

Olexandr Ignatov · Echoes

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5

cold air

Sace · cold air

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6

Ice Dance - From "Edward's Scissorhands"

Danny Elfman · Voyages d'hiver (Noëls du monde a cappella)

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7

Forgotten Path

Skaresnø · Forgotten Path

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8

Endless Road

Kiddo · Endless Road

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9

THE DESCENT

Au/Ra · heartcore

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10

Revelation

Balmorhea · The Trap (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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11

Running Up That Hill

Placebo · Covers

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12

Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday: Verve Ultimate Cool

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13

Red Right Hand

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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14

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · Top Songs Radio

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15

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Happy 80s

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16

Black Flies

Ben Howard · Every Kingdom

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17

Bela Lugosi's Dead

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of Bauhaus

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18

Devil's Backbone

The Civil Wars · The Civil Wars

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19

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

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20

We Can Be Better

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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