Musashi

Book Playlist

Musashi Playlist

by Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 9, 2026

This playlist follows Musashi from the wreckage of Sekigahara through flight, attachment, and the hard-won discipline of the sword. Japanese traditional instruments and spacious score-like pieces evoke the novel’s landscape and martial world, while the vocal songs trace its tensions between violence, solitude, devotion, and self-mastery.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Matsuri

Kitaro · Kojiki

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2

RISING

Yoshida Brothers · 吉田兄弟ベスト　弐　-2005〜2009-

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3

O-Daiko

Kodo · Heartbeat Drummers of Japan

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4

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6

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5

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights

Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

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6

The Firebird Suite: Berceuse

Igor Stravinsky · STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring

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7

Rain Tree Sketch II

Toru Takemitsu · Water

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8

Blink

Hiroshi Yoshimura · Music for Nine Post Cards

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9

Eden

Hania Rani · Esja

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10

Ashes in the Snow

MONO · Holy Ground: NYC Live with the Wordless Music Orchestra

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11

The Boxer

Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water

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12

The Cave

Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More

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13

Warrior

Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Show Your Bones

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14

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen · The Rising

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15

Song To The Siren

This Mortal Coil · Lilliput

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16

Old Man

Neil Young · Harvest (50th Anniversary Edition)

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17

Soldier of Love

Sade · Soldier of Love

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18

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie · I Will Follow You into the Dark

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19

Umebayashi: Yumeji's Theme (From "In the Mood for Love")

Shigeru Umebayashi · Mirage

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20

Silk Road

Kitaro · Super Best

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