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The Haunting of Hill House Playlist
A slow, shadowed passage through Hill House’s oppressive architecture, Eleanor’s longing to belong, and the fragile bonds among its four visitors. Chamber music, spare piano, atmospheric scoring, and restrained experimental works keep the focus steady while tracing the novel’s shift from uneasy curiosity to psychological dread; the two closing songs evoke Eleanor’s pull toward home and the house’s uncanny invitation.
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Oct 6, 2026
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20 songs
1
Entr'acte
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · Bartok New Series 10 - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Divertimento - Hungarian Sketches
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3
Quartet for the End of Time, I/22: V. Louange à l’éternité de Jésus
Olivier Messiaen · Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, I/22
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4
In a Landscape
John Cage · Der Bote
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5
Glass
Hania Rani · Esja
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6
Water from the Same Source
Christian Erik Frederickson · Systems / Layers
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Erupting Light
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Without Sinking
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Prowler
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission
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The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto. Theme
Franz Schubert · Death and the Maiden
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12
Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
John Adams · The Chairman Dances
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13
Mother and Child
William Grant Still · Mother and Child
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14
Consolation No. 3 in D-Flat Major, S. 172
Franz Liszt · Liszt - My Piano Hero
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Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: III. Scherzo. Allegro
Hector Berlioz · The Great Musicians, Vol. 6
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16
The Blue Notebooks
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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17
Haunted
Poe · Haunted
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18
The House That Built Me
Miranda Lambert · Revolution
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19
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
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