Into the Wild
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Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

“Into the Wild” moves through solitude, self-invention, risk, and a fading return to human life. This playlist pairs wind-and-wilderness energy with intimate, road-worn folk/rock storytelling, then pulls back into quieter, more suspended instrumentals that mirror McCandless’s shrinking margins and ultimate stillness.

16 tracks
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Sep 2, 2026
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Track List

16 songs
1
In a Very Particular Way

Avril 14th

Aphex Twin · In a Very Particular Way

2
Peaceful Classics - Relaxing Classical Music

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach · Peaceful Classics - Relaxing Classical Music

3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante

Sergei Rachmaninoff · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

4
Chorale from Jupiter

Chorale from "Jupiter" (From Holst's "The Planets", Op. 32)

Gustav Holst · Chorale from Jupiter

5
Led Zepagain "Live": A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

Misty Mountain Hop

Led Zepagain · Led Zepagain "Live": A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

6
The Isle of Innisfree

The Isle of Innisfree

Shere Fraser · The Isle of Innisfree

7
It's Me - The Baroque & Romantic Albums

Auf dem Wasser zu singen, Op. 72, D.774

Franz Schubert · It's Me - The Baroque & Romantic Albums

8
Forever for Now (Deluxe Edition)

Into the Wild

LP · Forever for Now (Deluxe Edition)

9
Wicked Game

Wicked Game

Tenacious D · Wicked Game

10
Around the Well

The Trapeze Swinger

Iron & Wine · Around the Well

11
First Collection: 2006-2009

Mykonos

Fleet Foxes · First Collection: 2006-2009

12
Throwback Bangers

Somewhere Only We Know

Keane · Throwback Bangers

13
From Mars to Sirius

The Heaviest Matter of the Universe

Gojira · From Mars to Sirius

14
MAGDALENE

cellophane

FKA twigs · MAGDALENE

15
Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

Hurt

Trent Reznor · Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

16
Kinky Party

Kinky Party

Luminary Flux · Kinky Party

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