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This playlist follows the collection’s movement from ordinary domestic life into violence, guilt, and the long shadow of retribution. Rural murder ballads and stark Americana evoke Wilfred James and the Nebraska setting of “1922,” while unsettling score pieces bring in the stories’ quieter psychological horror and the uneasy aftermath of revenge.
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1
Psycho: Prelude
Bernard Herrmann · The Essential Hollywood
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2
The Pink Room
Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Soundtrack
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3
Dead Already
Thomas Newman · American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)
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4
House of Woodcock
Jonny Greenwood · Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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5
Midnight Black Earth
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth
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6
A Witch Stole Sam
Mark Korven · The Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Rocky Mountains
Wendy Carlos · The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
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String Quartet No. 1
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Complete Quartets
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Main Titles
Danny Elfman · Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (U.S. Release)
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The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Mike Seeger · Third Annual Farewell Reunion
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12
Country Death Song
Violent Femmes · Hallowed Ground
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13
Down by the River
Neil Young · Greatest Hits
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14
Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell · Lefty
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15
Pretty Polly
Dock Boggs · Legendary Singer and Banjo Player
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Omie Wise
Doc Watson · The Vanguard Years
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The Devil's Right Hand
Steve Earle · Copperhead Road
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18
In the Pines
Lead Belly · Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1
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Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio · The Kingston Trio
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