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A dark-academic soundscape for Larkspur’s arrival in Paris and the dangerous brilliance of Université Meurdrac: chamber music and shadowed score pieces evoke old institutions, alchemical experiment, and a crime that refuses to stay buried. The vocal half shifts between outsider resolve, seductive secrets, and the cost of ambition, tracing the story’s movement from wonder toward menace.
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20 songs
1
Hammers
Nils Frahm · Spaces
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2
Sleeping Lotus
Joep Beving · Solipsism
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3
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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4
Opening
Philip Glass · Hope Street Tunnel Blues: Music for Piano By Philip Glass and Alvin Curran
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5
The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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8
The Alien
Ben Salisbury · Annihilation (Music from the Motion Picture)
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9
First Sleep
Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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10
The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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11
The Shape Of Memory
Max Cooper · Feeling Is Structure
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12
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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13
Glory Box
Portishead · Dummy
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14
The Mariner's Revenge Song
The Decemberists · Picaresque
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15
Seven Devils
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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16
labour
Paris Paloma · Cacophony
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17
Control
Halsey · BADLANDS (Deluxe)
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18
Season of the Witch
Donovan · Sunshine Superman
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19
The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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