The Silent Patient

Book Playlist

The Silent Patient Playlist

by Alex Michaelides

20 tracks

balanced

Sep 25, 2026

2 mixes for this book

Alicia’s silence turns an intimate domestic thriller into a public mystery—so this playlist alternates between restrained tension, fractured intimacy, and sudden public “spotlight” energy. Instrumentals lead with shadowy, investigative textures; the vocal half then adds confessional urgency and unresolved doubt that mirrors Alicia’s refusal to explain herself.

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Track List

20 songs

1

PIANO SONATA NO. 14, ”MOONLIGHT”: I. ADAGIO SOSTENUTO

Ludwig van Beethoven · BGM FROM TV SERIES ”THE EMINENCE IN SHADOW”

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2

Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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3

Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from "Dr Zhivago")

Maurice Jarre · Domingo Pur

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4

Requiem for a Dream

Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream

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5

Night on Bald Mountain

Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain

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6

Hurt

Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around

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7

Lonely Day

System Of A Down · Hypnotize

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8

Misguided Ghosts

Paramore · Brand New Eyes

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9

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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10

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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11

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · The Singer

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12

Stolen Dance

Milky Chance · Sadnecessary

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13

Say Something

A Great Big World · Is There Anybody Out There?

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14

The Reason

The Second Level · The Reason

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15

Unsteady

X Ambassadors · VHS

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16

Oblivion

M83 · Oblivion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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17

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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18

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day · American Idiot (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

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19

All I Need

Radiohead · In Rainbows

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20

In the End

Linkin Park · Hybrid Theory

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