Exit Party

Book Playlist

Exit Party Playlist

by Emily St. John Mandel

20 tracks

mysterious

Sep 30, 2026

Set in a near-future Los Angeles full of uncertainty and lingering questions, this playlist leans on cinematic, sparse instrumentals and two carefully chosen lyric tracks to mirror curfew-lifted calm giving way to mystery. The ordering follows a journey feel—quiet signals, fragmented textures, then a more human, unresolved emotional landing that fits Ari Waker’s search.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The Birth and Death of the Day

Explosions In The Sky · All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

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2

The Last of Us

Gustavo Santaolalla · The Last of Us

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3

The Mission

Ennio Morricone · The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture

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4

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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5

Arrival of the Birds

The Cinematic Orchestra · The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Original Soundtrack)

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6

Channel 1 Suite

The Cinematic Orchestra · Motion

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7

Divenire

Ludovico Einaudi · Divenire (Deluxe Edition)

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8

Says

Nils Frahm · Spaces

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9

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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10

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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11

Late Night Lemonade

Luminary Flux · Late Night Lemonade

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12

Ghosts

Japan · Greatest Hits: New Romantic

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13

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones · Come Away With Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

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14

Unstoppable

Sia · This Is Acting

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15

Memories of Green

Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)

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16

Twin Peaks Theme

Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)

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17

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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18

Blade Runner Blues

Vangelis · Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack)

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19

Bloom

ODESZA · In Return

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20

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Kate Bush · Hounds Of Love

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Mood mysterious

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Instrumental request 90%

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