Guards! Guards!

Book Playlist

Guards! Guards! Playlist

by Terry Pratchett

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 20, 2026

“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.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Gerudo Valley

Koji Kondo · Ocarina of Time Selections

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2

One-Winged Angel

Nobuo Uematsu · FINAL FANTASY VII Original Soundtrack

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3

Christmas Steps

Mogwai · Come on Die Young

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4

The Rains of Castamere

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

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5

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

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6

Warriors

Imagine Dragons · Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)

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7

Feel Good Inc.

Gorillaz · Demon Days

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8

The Rake's Song

The Decemberists · Hazards Of Love

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9

I Put a Spell On You

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

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10

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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11

Rebel Rebel

David Bowie · Reality

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12

Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes · Elephant

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13

Dig Down

Muse · Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)

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14

Gold on the Ceiling

The Black Keys · El Camino

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15

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love

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16

I See Fire

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

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17

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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18

Let Her Go

Passenger · All the Little Lights

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19

Stand By Me

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

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20

William Tell Overture

Arthur Fiedler · An Evening with the Orchestra

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