La Père Goriot
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La Père Goriot

by Honoré de Balzac

“La Père Goriot” moves through Parisian decline, ambition, and intimate moral fractures—so this playlist alternates between restrained instrumental pressure and lyrics that echo longing, sacrifice, and social hunger. The tracks are sequenced to feel like Balzac’s emotional arc: from watched tenderness, to corrosive desire, to quiet reckoning in the city’s rooms.

20 tracks
balanced
Sep 1, 2026
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Track List

20 songs
1
Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber · Klassische Musik zur Beerdigung - Beerdigungsmusik

2
Another Look At the Counterpoint

Piano Phase

Steve Reich · Another Look At the Counterpoint

3
Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I)

William Basinski · Music from The Comedy, A Film by Rick Alverson

4
Melancholia

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

5
Chiller Waves

Solar Fields - Blue Moon Station

Solar Fields · Chiller Waves

6
Insides

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

7
Movie Soundtracks & Filmmusik - Best of Cinematic Music

The Imitation Game

Alexandre Desplat · Movie Soundtracks & Filmmusik - Best of Cinematic Music

8
Rivers Arms

The Winter

Balmorhea · Rivers Arms

9
Orphée

Flight from the City

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

10
Running 140-160-180 BPM - Uptempo

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Running 140-160-180 BPM - Uptempo

11
Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

Hurt

Trent Reznor · Melankhôlia: In Darkness Through the Light (Augmented Version)

12
yearning

Pale Blue Eyes

The Velvet Underground · yearning

13
Art of the Freestyle

Paper Planes

Horseshoe G.A.N.G. · Art of the Freestyle

14
Modern Vampires of the City

Young Lion

Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City

15
The Age of Adz

Futile Devices

Sufjan Stevens · The Age of Adz

16
Boxer

Slow Show

The National · Boxer

17
Loma Vista

Hero

Family of the Year · Loma Vista

18
Waiting for the Agents

Waiting Room Disco

MRM83 · Waiting for the Agents

19
All About - Reclam Musik Edition 5 - Americana

The Story

Brandi Carlile · All About - Reclam Musik Edition 5 - Americana

20
Dream Department

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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