The Mountain King
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The Mountain King

by Anders de la Motte

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.

39 tracks
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Apr 1, 2026
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39 songs
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Rivers Arms

The Winter

Balmorhea · Rivers Arms

1
Blood

Taste

Rhye · Blood

2
Music To Drive

Night Drive

Chromatics · Music To Drive

3
Rough Trade Shops: 15 Years of Bella Union Records

Your Hand in Mine

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

4
( ) [2022 Remaster]

Untitled #9 - Smáskifa 1

Sigur Rós · ( ) [2022 Remaster]

5
Immortal Memory

Elegy

Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory

6
Deadringer: Deluxe

Ghostwriter

RJD2 · Deadringer: Deluxe

7
L'absente

Les Jours tristes

Yann Tiersen · L'absente

8
Scriabin: The Solo Piano Works

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

Alexander Scriabin · Scriabin: The Solo Piano Works

9
Nino Rota: La Strada Symphonic Suite - Trombone Concerto - Harp Concerto

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

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

10
A Fragile Tribute: Various Artists Reworked the Nine Inch Nails' album "The Fragile"

The Great Below

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

11
Murda 4 Meek

Outro

147 Bone · Murda 4 Meek

12
Southern Air

Surface Of The Sun

Yellowcard · Southern Air

13
Other Lights

An Ending, a Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

14
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place

First Breath After Coma

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

15
Echoes

Echoes

Mizmo · Echoes

16
Lumiere

Opus 55

Dustin O'Halloran · Lumiere

17
Samsara

Samsara

Hakone · Samsara

18
Orbis

In a Landscape

John Cage · Orbis

19
Infinite Memories (1)

Midnight City

EDANII · Infinite Memories (1)

20
MoonQuake

Oblivion

Hipster Pug · MoonQuake

21
The Head And The Heart

Rivers and Roads

The Head And The Heart · The Head And The Heart

22
MCP Performs Halsey: Badlands

Control

Molotov Cocktail Piano · MCP Performs Halsey: Badlands

23
Singer-Songwriter Summer

Shake It Out

Florence + The Machine · Singer-Songwriter Summer

24
Gasoline Rainbows

Bloodbuzz Ohio

The National · Gasoline Rainbows

25
Handball Wam Up

Run Boy Run

Woodkid · Handball Wam Up

26
The Ambient Zone: Collection 003

Weightless - 253 Edit

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone: Collection 003

27
Aventine

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

28
indie sleaze party

Black Sheep

Metric · indie sleaze party

29
Strange Trails

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

30
Soirée romantique

Silhouette

Aquilo · Soirée romantique

31
A Passage in Time

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

32
Why not?

Why not?

Luminary Flux · Why not?

33
Hooked on a Lost Cause

Hooked on a Lost Cause

Edward Beckery · Hooked on a Lost Cause

34
A Virtual Concert

Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

Yann Tiersen · A Virtual Concert

35
Sharin Speaks

Agnes Obel - The Curse Intro

Sharin Speaks · Sharin Speaks

36
Something in the Dirt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No Light Source

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

37
Massive Indie Hits

Blood // Water

grandson · Massive Indie Hits

38
Why not?

Good People

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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