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The Final Empire Playlist
This playlist captures the dark, gritty, and mysterious atmosphere of "The Final Empire," blending haunting world music textures with brooding post-rock and cinematic instrumentals to reflect the ash-filled skies and oppressive rule. The mix of vocal and instrumental tracks balances tension and hope, mirroring the thieves’ defiant spirit and the shadow of prophecy, while diverse global influences evoke the novel’s unique fantasy setting without resorting to typical fantasy tropes.
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Track List
22 songs
1
Ashes on the Wind
Martianer · Ashes on the Wind
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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3
Blood on the Leaves (with Backing Vocals) [Karaoke Version]
Ameritz Karaoke Entertainment · Blood on the Leaves (In the Style of Kanye West) [Karaoke Version] - Single
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Tenet
Heilung · Drif
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Nightmare
plenka · Pt. One
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Mouth Of The River
Imagine Dragons · Evolve
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The Wolf Is Loose
Mastodon · The Wolf Is Loose
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Getting Nowhere (feat. John Legend) - Breakage As Hard As We Try Remix
Magnetic Man · Getting Nowhere (feat. John Legend)
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Young and Courageous (Re:visions)
Tides Of Man · Re:visions
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Black Lake
Björk · Vulnicura
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Last Dying Breath - Track Commentary
Sabaton · The Last Stand (Track Commentary Version)
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12
In the House - In a Heartbeat - From "28 Days Later"
John Murphy · 100 Greatest Film Themes - Take 2
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13
Babel
Pickin' On Series · Pickin' On Mumford & Sons' Babel
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14
The Great Below
Enzo Moretto · A Fragile Tribute: Various Artists Reworked the Nine Inch Nails' album "The Fragile"
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The Partisan
Leonard Cohen · Austin City Limits
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Ain't No Grave
United Guitar Players · Instrumental Acoustic Guitar Renditions of Johnny Cash Songs
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17
Divenire
Ludovico Einaudi · Divenire (Deluxe Edition)
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Untitled #3 - Samskeyti
Bjöllukór Tónlistarskóli Reykjanesbæjar · KLUKK: Sigur Rós in Bells
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · Wake
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The End of All Things (feat. Renee Fleming)
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Peter and the wolf, Op. 67 - Narration in German; Text adapted by LORIOT on basis of Prokofiev's text: Peter und der Wolf - ein musikalisches Märchen. Alle Menschen und Tiere werden dargestellt von verschiedenen Instrumenten
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf
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