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A Study in Scarlet opens with sharp observation and a slow-burn unraveling of clues, then pivots into a darker, life-altering backstory. This playlist alternates between sleuthing tension and human ache—pairing instrumental “casefile” textures with restrained, story-driven lyrics that echo Holmes and Watson’s evolving dynamic.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Beware The Friendly Stranger
Boards of Canada · Geogaddi
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2
An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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3
The Man Comes Around
I Am Johnny Cash · I Am Johnny Cash
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4
Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel · The Glory of Handel
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5
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered)
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6
Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye · Making Mirrors
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London Calling
The Clash · London Calling (Expanded Edition)
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The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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9
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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Somewhere Only We Know
Keane · Hopes And Fears
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11
Take Me To Church
Hozier · Hozier
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12
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen · Various Positions
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13
The Pink Panther Theme
Henry Mancini · The Return of the Pink Panther
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14
In The Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · Mountbatten Festival of Music 2025
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Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George Frideric Handel · The Essential Handel
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16
Channel 1 Suite
The Cinematic Orchestra · Motion
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17
All Blues
Miles Davis · The Columbia Years 1955 - 1985
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18
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Procol Harum · Retro Rock
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Night on Bald Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain
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