Scythe
Book Playlist

Scythe

by Neal Shusterman

This playlist captures the stark, futuristic world of Neal Shusterman's "Scythe" with a blend of dark electronic instrumentals and evocative vocal tracks that explore themes of mortality, power, and moral ambiguity. The instrumental pieces set an atmospheric, tense tone reflecting the high-stakes environment of scythe apprenticeships, while the vocal tracks delve into the emotional and ethical complexities faced by characters like Citra and Rowan.

38 tracks
dramatic
Aug 10, 2026
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38 songs
1
Young Team (Deluxe Edition)

Mogwai Fear Satan

Mogwai · Young Team (Deluxe Edition)

2
Divenire (Deluxe Edition)

Divenire

Ludovico Einaudi · Divenire (Deluxe Edition)

3
The Fountain OST

Death Is the Road to Awe (feat. Kronos Quartet)

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

4
Nebula

Nebula

Drift three · Nebula

5
TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Grid

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

6
Conversation 3

Conversation 3

alva noto · Conversation 3

7
The Last Light

The Last Light

Gulminya · The Last Light

8
Random Access Memories

Fragments of Time (feat. Todd Edwards)

Daft Punk · Random Access Memories

9
Immortal Memory

Elegy

Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory

10
Spiral

To the Unknown Man

Vangelis · Spiral

11
Southern Air

Surface Of The Sun

Yellowcard · Southern Air

12
E S Posthumus Sketches

Nara

J.J. Pfeifer · E S Posthumus Sketches

13
Night Turns Darker

Beneath the Snow

Lonely Night · Night Turns Darker

14
cold air

cold air

Sace · cold air

15
Awakening

Awakening

Submárens · Awakening

16
Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast

Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

17
Primordial

Primordial

Everlasting Theta · Primordial

18
Halo

Halo

Complete Rest · Halo

19
Shades of Violet

Phantom

Vestron Vulture · Shades of Violet

20
Silhouettes

Silhouette

Aquilo · Silhouettes

21
demons

Demons

Hayley Kiyoko · demons

22
Minutes to Midnight

Shadow of the Day

Linkin Park · Minutes to Midnight

23
Therapy

Control

Zoe Wees · Therapy

24
If You Leave

Youth

Daughter · If You Leave

25
Making Mirrors

Somebody That I Used To Know

Gotye · Making Mirrors

26
Blood // Water

Blood // Water

grandson · Blood // Water

27
Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

The Sound of Silence

Disturbed · Immortalized (Deluxe Edition)

28
Evolve

Believer

Imagine Dragons · Evolve

29
Night Visions

Radioactive

Imagine Dragons · Night Visions

30
808s & Heartbreak

Heartless

Kanye West · 808s & Heartbreak

31
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

Mad World

Gary Jules · Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

32
Human (Deluxe)

Human

Rag'n'Bone Man · Human (Deluxe)

33
Currents

The Less I Know The Better

Tame Impala · Currents

34
A/B

Way down We Go

KALEO · A/B

35
Hozier

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

36
Save Rock And Roll

My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)

Fall Out Boy · Save Rock And Roll

37
1000 Forms Of Fear

Elastic Heart

Sia · 1000 Forms Of Fear

38
Luminary

Luminary

Joel Sunny · Luminary

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