Guards! Guards!
Book Playlist

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

“Guards! Guards!” is an uproarious, street-level fantasy about corruption, civic pride, and unlikely heroism in Ankh-Morpork. This playlist pairs warm-but-restless instrumental “city-and-courtyard” atmospheres with lyrical tracks that echo the book’s scheming politics, swaggering guards, and dragon-sized disruptions—without letting the mood collapse into one note.

20 tracks
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Sep 20, 2026
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Track List

20 songs
1
Ocarina of Time Selections

Gerudo Valley

Koji Kondo · Ocarina of Time Selections

2
FINAL FANTASY VII Original Soundtrack

One-Winged Angel

Nobuo Uematsu · FINAL FANTASY VII Original Soundtrack

3
Come on Die Young

Christmas Steps

Mogwai · Come on Die Young

4
Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series)

The Rains of Castamere

Ramin Djawadi · Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series)

5
Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

6
Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)

Warriors

Imagine Dragons · Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)

7
Demon Days

Feel Good Inc.

Gorillaz · Demon Days

8
Hazards Of Love

The Rake's Song

The Decemberists · Hazards Of Love

9
At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I Put a Spell On You

Screamin' Jay Hawkins · At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins

10
Songs From The Big Chair

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

11
Reality

Rebel Rebel

David Bowie · Reality

12
Elephant

Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes · Elephant

13
Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)

Dig Down

Muse · Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)

14
El Camino

Gold on the Ceiling

The Black Keys · El Camino

15
Hounds Of Love

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love

16
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

I See Fire

Ed Sheeran · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

17
Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

18
All the Little Lights

Let Her Go

Passenger · All the Little Lights

19
Don't Play That Song (Mono)

Stand By Me

Ben E. King · Don't Play That Song (Mono)

20
An Evening with the Orchestra

William Tell Overture

Arthur Fiedler · An Evening with the Orchestra

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