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This playlist moves from ominous, folk-inflected instrumental landscapes into songs of ritual, struggle, and endurance, reflecting the book’s Slavic-mythology inspiration and epic scale. Its shifts between contemplation and force echo a journey marked by ancient magic, adventure, and heroic sacrifice without assuming details about the characters or plot.
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20 songs
1
Orawa
Wojciech Kilar · Requiem pour le Père Kolbe
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2
Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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3
The Protecting Veil: VII. The Protecting Veil
John Tavener · The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die (Remastered)
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Become Ocean
John Luther Adams · John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy
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5
On the Nature of Daylight
Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)
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The Mighty Rio Grande
This Will Destroy You · S/T
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A Walk
Tycho · Dive
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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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Helvegen
Wardruna · Runaljod – Yggdrasil
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10
Krigsgaldr
Heilung · Ofnir
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Trøllabundin
Eivør · Slør
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12
SHUM
Go_A · SHUM
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13
Wolf Totem
The HU · Wolf Totem
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14
The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt · The Book of Secrets
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15
The Call
Regina Spektor · The Call
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16
Seven Devils
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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17
The Mercy Seat - 2010 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Tender Prey (2010 Remaster)
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18
Run Boy Run
Woodkid · The Golden Age
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19
De Ushuaia a la Quiaca
Gustavo Santaolalla · Qhapaq Ñan
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