Cibola Burn

Book Playlist

Cibola Burn Playlist

by James S. A. Corey

20 tracks

balanced

Jul 28, 2026

This playlist captures the tense and expansive atmosphere of "Cibola Burn," blending electronic and ambient instrumentals with evocative vocal tracks that reflect the novel's themes of frontier colonization, conflict, and discovery. The instrumentals echo the vast alien landscapes and mysterious technologies, while the vocal tracks explore the human drama and resilience of the characters.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Late

Nils Frahm · Old Friends New Friends

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2

Surface (Origin 2007)

Solar Fields · ORIGIN - Shaped By Time

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3

Saturn - Instrumental

Sleeping At Last · Em Meio a Tantas Variáveis, Sois uma Constante em Minha Vida

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4

Celestial Mechanics

Cosmic Cadence · Planetary Forces

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5

Immunity - Remaster 2023

Jon Hopkins · Immunity

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6

Monolith

HEDEGAARD · KIN

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7

Nebula

CTAFAD · Dosis Series II

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8

LOST IN THE ECHO

Linkin Park · Diversidad en ritmo canciones de fiesta

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9

Phantom Limb

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of The Shins

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10

The Great Divide

Noah Kahan · The Great Divide

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11

Atlas - DJ Koze Remix

Battles · Reincarnations - The remix chapter 2001 - 2009

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12

Promise Under the Starlight

musefound · Songs That Stay With You

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13

Into the Wild

LP · Folk Pop

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14

Violet Hill

Coldplay · Violet Hill - Alternative Rock Ballads

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15

We Come Running

Youngblood Hawke · Empowering Songs

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16

Dark Matter

Andrew Belle · Black Bear

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17

Runaway

AURORA · Emotional Pop

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18

The Scientist

Coldplay · 2000er - Hitmix

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19

Space Song

Beach House · Depression Cherry

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20

We Can Be Better

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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