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Soul Music Playlist
A playful, shape-shifting instrumental journey through the collision of Death’s sorrow, Susan’s composed resolve, and the unruly birth of music with rocks in it. Twangy early rock instrumentals and ragtime nod to the novel’s musical mischief, while intimate piano, chamber music, and fantastical score cues follow its tenderness, magic, and looming tragedy.
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Track List
40 songs
1
Apache
The Shadows · Another String of Hot Hits (And More!)
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Rumble
Link Wray · Six Strings Of Bad Luck
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3
Walk, Don't Run
The Ventures · Walk Don't Run - All-Time Greatest Hits
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Misirlou
Dick Dale · Surfing Past The Warning Signs
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Green Onions
The Blues Brothers · Made in America
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Black and White Rag
Winifred Atwell · Ragtime In High Heels
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Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin · Scott Joplin Piano Rags
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8
The Typewriter
Leroy Anderson · Frederick Fennell Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson
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Sabre Dance
Aram Khachaturian · Choreography
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10
Danse macabre, Op. 40
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 / Dance Macabre / Bacchanale / 3 Rhapsodies
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas · Fantasia 2000
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12
In The Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · Mountbatten Festival of Music 2025
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13
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music
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14
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Sugar Plum on the Run
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15
The Firebird Suite: Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky (The Best Of)
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite
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The Moldau
Bedřich Smetana · The Symphonies II
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18
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff · My Favorite Rachmaninoff
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
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20
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites (Remastered)
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22
Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Bacchanale; Danse Macabre; Carnaval des Animaux
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23
Gnossienne No. 3
Erik Satie · introspection
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24
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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25
The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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26
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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27
Dawn - (From "Pride And Prejudice")
Dario Marianelli · Hollywood Classics: Music From The Movies
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28
Married Life
Michael Giacchino · Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Main Theme - From “Edward Scissorhands”
Danny Elfman · The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Plays The Music Of Danny Elfman
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30
The John Dunbar Theme - From "Dances With Wolves"
John Barry · 100 Greatest Western Themes
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31
Main Title from "The Last of the Mohicans"
Trevor Jones · The Big Picture
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32
Hedwig's Theme
John Williams · Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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33
The Breaking of the Fellowship (feat. "In Dreams")
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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34
A Window to the Past
John Williams · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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35
Written on the Sky
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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36
The Path of the Wind
Joe Hisaishi · My Neighbor Totoro Sound Book
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37
Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi
Yann Tiersen · Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)
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38
Ambre
Nils Frahm · Wintermusik
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Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds · Living Room Songs
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