Gray After Dark

Book Playlist

Gray After Dark Playlist

by Noelle W. Ihli

20 tracks

dramatic

Nov 3, 2026

Electronic textures, uneasy drones, and measured post-rock build a soundscape for Miley’s isolation in Idaho’s vast wilderness and the escalating threat of the story. The final vocal songs bring the focus to her interrupted ambitions, fear, and resolve without overwhelming the playlist’s restrained, high-focus atmosphere.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The Drop

The Haxan Cloak · Excavation

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2

Ruthless

Amon Tobin · Chaos Theory

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3

Interloper

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Interloper

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4

Over The Ice

The Field · From Here We Go Sublime

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5

Crow

Forest Swords · Crow

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6

Held

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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7

Drone Logic

Daniel Avery · Drone Logic

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8

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · Erased Tapes Collection IV

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9

Leaving Earth

Clint Mansell · Mass Effect 3 (Original Soundtrack)

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10

Repetition

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

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11

First Snow

Emancipator · Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

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12

Replica

Oneohtrix Point Never · Replica

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13

Silhouettes (I, II & III)

Floating Points · Elaenia

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14

Whisper Fate

Kuedo · Severant

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15

Solitude

M83 · Junk

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16

Untitled #1 - Vaka

Sigur Rós · ( )

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17

Running Up That Hill

Placebo · Covers

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18

I Know The End

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

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19

A New Error

Moderat · Moderat

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20

Burnt

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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Mood dramatic

Genre electronic

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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