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A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters Playlist
by Holly Black
20 tracks
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Oct 28, 2026
This playlist moves between ornate, shadowed instrumentals for faerie courts and more intimate songs for exile, complicated loyalties, and Cardan’s awakening desire. Its shifts in scale and mood reflect a collection that pairs lush world-building and sharp wit with private reckonings.
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20 songs
1
2 Arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 in E Major
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1
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2
Les sauvages
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau
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3
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
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4
Chaconne in G Minor, Z. 730
Henry Purcell · Purcell: Songs
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5
Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel · Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Handel
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6
Gymnopédie No. 3
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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7
Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina
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8
Ice Dance
Danny Elfman · Edward Scissorhands
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9
La petite fille de la mer - Remastered
Vangelis · La petite fille de la mer
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10
Opening
Philip Glass · Philip Glass Solo
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11
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World
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12
I Put a Spell On You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins · At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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13
My Body Is A Cage
Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back
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14
Running With The Wolves
AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)
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15
Control
Halsey · BADLANDS (Deluxe)
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16
The Killing Jar
Siouxsie and the Banshees · Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)
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17
A Dangerous Thing
AURORA · The Gods We Can Touch
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18
Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys · AM
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19
Love You to Death
Type O Negative · October Rust (Special Edition)
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