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A continuous instrumental journey that begins with the story’s own screen adaptation and moves from Halloween-night unease into historical mystery, discovery, and the boys’ determined search for Pipkin. Spare, shadowy textures keep the playlist focused, while its shifts in pace and scale echo the passage through time and the story’s mix of fear, curiosity, and friendship.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Mussorgsky, Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition, M. A 24: II. The Old Castle
Maurice Ravel · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - Mussorgsky & Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition, M. A 24
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The Firebird, K010: IX. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky Ballets
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A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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4
Rain Tree Sketch II
Toru Takemitsu · Takemitsu: Complete Works for Piano
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Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Alexander Scriabin · Scriabin: Sonatas, Études, Poèmes, Feuillet d'album; Vers la flamme
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Bibo no Aozora
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing the Piano 12122020
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7
Melancholia I
William Basinski · Melancholia
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8
Dream
John Cage · John Cage: As It Is
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Suite in the Old Style: I. Pastorale
Alfred Schnittke · Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
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Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": I. The Bog
Einojuhani Rautavaara · Rautavaara, E.: Cantus Arcticus / Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5
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Gnossienne No. 4
Erik Satie · Satie: The Magic of Satie
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin: Preludes; Sonata No.2
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Bach, JS: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach · Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
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14
Metamorphosis: Two
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano
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15
dlp 2.1
William Basinski · The Disintegration Loops (Remastered)
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16
Festival and Faire
John Debney · The Sims Medieval, Vol. 1 (Original Score Soundtrack)
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17
Funeral March Of A Marionette
Charles Gounod · Agony and Ecstasy
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Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. March to the Scaffold
Hector Berlioz · 75th Anniversary Collection - A Recording Heritage, Vol. 3
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): X. The Great Gate of Kiev
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
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