Misery

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Misery

by Stephen King

“Misery” plays like a controlled chamber piece: tenderness curdles into obsession, then into coercive creativity. This playlist mirrors that arc with a balance of tense instrumental unease and character-anchored lyric tracks—capturing captivity, dread, devotion, and the desperate need to write your way out.

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Sep 24, 2026

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20 songs

1

Intro

The xx · xx

2

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

The Birth and Death of the Day

Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

3

Ma Fleur

To Build A Home

The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur

4

Saturdays = Youth

We Own the Sky

M83 · Saturdays = Youth

5

Playing The Piano

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing The Piano

6

The Story

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

7

An Awesome Wave

Breezeblocks

alt-J · An Awesome Wave

8

Piano Chill: Songs of Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound Of Silence

Christopher Phillips · Piano Chill: Songs of Simon & Garfunkel

9

Pablo Honey

Creep

Radiohead · Pablo Honey

10

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Hurt

Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around

11

I Am Johnny Cash

The Man Comes Around

I Am Johnny Cash · I Am Johnny Cash

12

MBM Performs The 1975

Fallingforyou

Music Box Mania · MBM Performs The 1975

13

Making Mirrors

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

14

Young And Beautiful

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

15

Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

16

The Very Best of John Coltrane

Giant Steps

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

17

Head Hunters

Chameleon

Herbie Hancock · Head Hunters

18

Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)

'Round Midnight

Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)

19

Light As A Feather

Spain

Chick Corea · Light As A Feather

20

Substance

Blue Monday

New Order · Substance

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