The Mountain King
Book Playlist

The Mountain King Playlist

by Anders de la Motte

39 tracks
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Apr 1, 2026

This playlist mirrors the dark, intense, and atmospheric journey of Anders de la Motte's "The Mountain King," blending tense electronic and post-rock instrumentals with indie and alternative vocal tracks. The instrumental selections evoke the eerie and suspenseful crime investigation, while the vocal songs explore themes of isolation, determination, and the blurred lines between light and darkness within the human psyche. A diverse range of artists and styles captures the complex emotions and chilling Scandinavian noir setting.

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Track List

39 songs
1

The Winter

Balmorhea · Rivers Arms

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2

Taste

Rhye · Blood

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3

Night Drive

Chromatics · Music To Drive

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Your Hand in Mine

Explosions In The Sky · Rough Trade Shops: 15 Years of Bella Union Records

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Untitled #9 - Smáskifa 1

Sigur Rós · ( ) [2022 Remaster]

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Elegy

Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory

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Ghostwriter

RJD2 · Deadringer: Deluxe

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Les Jours tristes

Yann Tiersen · L'absente

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7 Preludes, Op. 17: No. 3 in D-Flat Major

Alexander Scriabin · Scriabin: The Solo Piano Works

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La Strada Suite: II. I Tre Suonatori e il "Matto" Sul Filo

Nino Rota · Nino Rota: La Strada Symphonic Suite - Trombone Concerto - Harp Concerto

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11

The Great Below

Enzo Moretto · A Fragile Tribute: Various Artists Reworked the Nine Inch Nails' album "The Fragile"

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12

Outro

147 Bone · Murda 4 Meek

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13

Surface Of The Sun

Yellowcard · Southern Air

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14

An Ending, a Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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15

First Breath After Coma

Explosions In The Sky · The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

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Echoes

Mizmo · Echoes

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Opus 55

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

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Samsara

Hakone · Samsara

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19

In a Landscape

John Cage · Orbis

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Midnight City

EDANII · Infinite Memories (1)

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Oblivion

Hipster Pug · MoonQuake

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22

Rivers and Roads

The Head And The Heart · The Head And The Heart

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23

Control

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Performs Halsey: Badlands

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Shake It Out

Florence + The Machine · Singer-Songwriter Summer

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Bloodbuzz Ohio

The National · Gasoline Rainbows

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26

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · Handball Wam Up

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27

Weightless - 253 Edit

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone: Collection 003

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28

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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29

Black Sheep

Metric · indie sleaze party

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30

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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31

Silhouette

Aquilo · Soirée romantique

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32

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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33

Why not?

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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34

Hooked on a Lost Cause

Edward Beckery · Hooked on a Lost Cause

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35

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

Yann Tiersen · A Virtual Concert

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36

Agnes Obel - The Curse Intro

Sharin Speaks · Sharin Speaks

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37

No Light Source

The Album Leaf · Something in the Dirt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Blood // Water

grandson · Massive Indie Hits

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39

Good People

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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