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This instrumental playlist moves from the close, contemplative sounds of Calen’s grief and village life toward broader, more unsettled orchestral and atmospheric music for the Proving, the strangers’ arrival, and Epheria’s fractured political landscape. Its changing intensity mirrors a personal world opening onto a larger conflict, while keeping the sound focused and free of vocals.
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20 songs
1
Variation IX: Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Edward Elgar · Greatest Hits - Romance
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2
Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Karelia Suite, Op. 11: II. Ballade
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia / Karelia Suite / Lemminkainen Suite
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Moldau
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8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B.83: No. 8 in G Minor (Presto)
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72
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Tintagel
Arnold Bax · Bax: Symphony No. 7 / Tintagel
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Pines of Rome: IV. Pines of the Appian Way
Ottorino Respighi · Respighi: Pines of Rome, The Birds & Fountains of Rome
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The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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The Wolf and the Moon
BrunuhVille · Aurora
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10
The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal
Hans Zimmer · The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal
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11
The Gael
Dougie MacLean · The Search
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12
The Departure
Michael Nyman · Gattaca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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13
The Seasons, Op. 37b: VI. June, "Barcarolle"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b, Balakirev: Islamey
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14
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Alexander Borodin · Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2
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Ma Vlast: IV. From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
Bedřich Smetana · Smetana: Mein Vaterland (Cycle of Symphonic Poems)
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10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose (Arr. for String Orchestra by Victor Herbert)
Edward MacDowell · MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
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Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain
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18
Wolf Blood
Adrian Von Ziegler · Feather and Skull
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Prophecy
Adrian Von Ziegler · The Celtic Collection
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