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The Count of Monte Cristo Playlist
This playlist follows Edmond Dantès from the claustrophobia of the Château d’If through escape, discovery, and the calculated theater of revenge, before opening onto the novel’s hard-won questions of mercy and hope. The instrumental first half moves between shadowy soundtracks, classical drama, and sea-borne spaciousness; the vocal second half adds songs of betrayal, confinement, longing, and reckoning, with a few tracks reflecting the emotional paths of Dantès, Mercédès, and the men who wronged him.
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Track List
20 songs
1
The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P 7 "Fingal's Cave": Overture
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Symphony No. 4, Athalie & The Hebrides
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): Promenade I
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
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3
Les sauvages
Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau
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Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Johannes Brahms · The 99 Most Essential Allegros
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Concerning Hobbits
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Godfather Waltz
Nino Rota · The Godfather (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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The Secret Life of Daydreams
Dario Marianelli · Pride and Prejudice Songbook
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The Chairman Dances
John Adams · Dance Mix
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Shéhérazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Shéhérazade
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The Ecstasy Of Gold
Ennio Morricone · Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture)
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12
The Parting Glass
The Wailin' Jennys · 40 Days
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13
La mer
Charles Trenet · Disque D'or
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14
Non, je ne regrette rien
Édith Piaf · Eternelle
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15
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water
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The Passenger
Iggy Pop · Lust For Life
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Ship To Wreck
Florence + The Machine · How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe)
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18
Sail
AWOLNATION · Megalithic Symphony
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Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones · Aftermath
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