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The available information identifies only the title and author, so the story’s setting, period, characters, and emotional arc cannot be established. This instrumental mix stays intimate and focused, with gentle piano, strings, and restrained ambient textures; its quiet sense of forward motion takes a cue only from the title, without assuming what the story is about.
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Track List
40 songsF Major
Hania Rani · Home
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The Breach
Alexandra Streliski · Néo-Romance
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Hanging D
Joep Beving · Prehension
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Atomos VII
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · ATOMOS
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Ascent
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking
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Motion
Goldmund · SMM: Context
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Stay
Chad Lawson · You Finally Knew
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May Be
Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Sun
Hania Rani · Esja
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Changing Winds
Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE
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Sonderling
Joep Beving · Prehension
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Minuet for a Cheap Piano Number Two
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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Fólk fær andlit
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Fólk fær andlit
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Wait There
Yiruma · Love Scene (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Le Matin
Yann Tiersen · Les retrouvailles
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Bowsprit
Balmorhea · Constellations
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Tennen
Hania Rani · Home
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Ala
Joep Beving · Ala
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Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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Threnody
Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance
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I Wrote You A Song
Chad Lawson · You Finally Knew
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Love Me
Yiruma · First Love (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Limmat
Balmorhea · Rivers Arms
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Fragment II
Library Tapes · Fragment
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Hawaii Oslo
Hania Rani · Esja
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The Light She Brings
Joep Beving · Solipsism
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Atomos I
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · ATOMOS
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In A Notebook
Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance
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The Piano
Michael Nyman · The Piano
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The Way Home
Tony Anderson · The Heart of Man
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A Snowflake
Peter Broderick · Float
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Not At Home
Peter Broderick · Home
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Elizabeth Bay
Hauschka · Abandoned City
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Running By The Roads, Running By The Fields (Solo Piano)
Library Tapes · Running By The Roads, Running By The Fields (Solo Piano)
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The Blue Hour
Federico Albanese · The Blue Hour
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We Move Lightly
Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere
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Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs
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Falling Ocean
Chad Lawson · Falling Ocean
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Avant la suite
Alexandra Streliski · Avant la suite
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