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The instrumental opening evokes the quest’s mythic scale, then shifts among electronic motion, tense encounters, and reflective pauses for Percy’s search for belonging. The vocal half adds restless road energy, divine conflict, friendship, and the uncertainty of a prophecy that may point toward betrayal.
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Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
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Four Tet · Rounds
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Papua New Guinea
The Future Sound Of London · Accelerator
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Pacific State
808 State · ESP: The 808 State Effect
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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. Sonnenaufgang
Richard Strauss · R. Strauss: Zarathustra; Till; Don Juan; Heldenleben; Tod & Verklärung
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Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff · My Favorite Rachmaninoff
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A Beautiful Mine
RJD2 · Magnificent City Intrumentals
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Immigrant Song - Remaster
Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin III (Remaster)
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Gods & Monsters
Lana Del Rey · Born To Die – Paradise Edition (Special Version)
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Greek Tragedy
The Wombats · Glitterbug
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Pompeii
Bastille · Bad Blood
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Centuries
Fall Out Boy · American Beauty/American Psycho
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Glory And Gore
Lorde · Pure Heroine
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Lightning Crashes
Live · Throwing Copper
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Warriors
Imagine Dragons · Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)
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Runaway
The National · High Violet
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My Body
Young the Giant · Young The Giant (Special Edition)
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Solar Sailer
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland · Copland Conducts Copland - Expanded Edition (Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Old American Songs (Complete), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes)
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