Assistant to the Villain
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Assistant to the Villain

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

A mystery-leaning mix for Evie Sage’s careful, paperwork-savvy momentum colliding with a villain’s chaotic shadow world. Instrumentals set tense, secret-office atmospheres, while the vocal tracks punctuate reveals, moral steadiness, and the book’s push-pull between dread and determination.

20 tracks
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Sep 21, 2026
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Track List

20 songs
1
BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition)

energy flow

Ryuichi Sakamoto · BTTB (20th Anniversary Edition)

2
Microgravity

Microgravity

Biosphere · Microgravity

3
The Return of the Pink Panther

The Pink Panther Theme

Henry Mancini · The Return of the Pink Panther

4
The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Imitation Game

Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

5
Khachaturian Orchestral Music

Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Aram Khachaturian · Khachaturian Orchestral Music

6
Other Lights

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

7
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Arctic Monkeys · Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

8
Lungs (Deluxe Version)

Dog Days Are Over

Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)

9
After Hours

Save Your Tears

The Weeknd · After Hours

10
Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)

Summertime Sadness

Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)

11
Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

12
÷ (Deluxe)

Happier

Ed Sheeran · ÷ (Deluxe)

13
A Very Merry Disney Christmas

Do You Want to Build a Snowman? - From "Frozen"

Kristen Bell · A Very Merry Disney Christmas

14
Making Mirrors

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

15
The Blessed Unrest

Brave

Sara Bareilles · The Blessed Unrest

16
Night Visions

Demons

Imagine Dragons · Night Visions

17
Hurry up, We're Dreaming

Midnight City

M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming

18
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

Arrival of the Birds

The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

19
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream

20
The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

On the Nature of Daylight

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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