Blood Meridian
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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian is a bleak, myth-smashing Western—restless, brutal, and relentless—so this playlist leans into cinematic instrumentals, harsh Americana grit, and songs that feel like survival sermons on a borderland road. The instrumental half mirrors the novel’s desolation and momentum, while the vocal tracks add human voices for the Kid’s outsider perspective, the violent economy around scalp-hunting, and the ever-present pull toward night and judgment.

19 tracks
balanced
Aug 31, 2026
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Track List

19 songs
1
Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik

2
Steve Reich

Clapping Music

Steve Reich · Steve Reich

3
Fillmore West, April 1970

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis Sextet · Fillmore West, April 1970

4
Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

5
Arvo Pärt: Miserere

Miserere

Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Miserere

6
American Anthem

Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody ("Simple Gifts")

Aaron Copland · American Anthem

7
Silver Memories: Reminiscence

The Girl From Ipanema

Stan Getz · Silver Memories: Reminiscence

8
Chill Beats

Teardrop

Massive Attack · Chill Beats

9
Picaresque

The Mariner's Revenge Song

The Decemberists · Picaresque

10
Purgatory

Whitehouse Road

Tyler Childers · Purgatory

11
Good Company

In Hell I'll Be in Good Company

The Dead South · Good Company

12
O.C.M.S.

Wagon Wheel

Old Crow Medicine Show · O.C.M.S.

13
Push the Sky Away

Jubilee Street

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away

14
Bartender's Blues

Bartender's Blues

George Jones · Bartender's Blues

15
Legacy

Legacy

Five Finger Death Punch · Legacy

16
Happy 80s

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Happy 80s

17
American Rock Hits

The Weight

The Band · American Rock Hits

18
Ants From Up There

The Place Where He Inserted the Blade

Black Country, New Road · Ants From Up There

19
Again Again

Stone by Stone

Luminary Flux · Again Again

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