Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Book Playlist

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Playlist

by Brandon Sanderson

49 tracks
balanced
Jul 15, 2026
4 mixes for this book

This playlist reflects the duality and blending of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter's worlds — serene, organic garden landscapes meet dark, technological nightmares. The instrumentals provide warm, intimate textures with acoustic and gentle electronic elements to echo the emotional depth and mystery, while the vocal tracks explore the characters' inner conflicts and growth with thoughtful lyrics and moods.

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Track List

49 songs
1

Bloom

Secret Medicine · Bloom

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2

Sea of Tranquility

Stive Morgan · Promised Land

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3

Dvořák: From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 182: No. 5, Silent Woods

Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Cello Concerto

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4

Boreal Kiss Pt. 1

Tim Hecker · Haunt Me

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5

Monster

Matthew Dear · Global Underground: Select #4/Unmixed

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6

Odessa

Caribou · Swim

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7

Alone in Kyoto

Air · Talkie Walkie

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8

saman

Ólafur Arnalds · re:member

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9

Vesper

Christopher Dennis Coleman · Remnant

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Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2

Stars Of The Lid · The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

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Fragments

Ole-Bjørn Talstad · Fragments

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Faith in Strangers

Andy Stott · Faith in Strangers

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Luminescence

Lasant · Luminescence

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Echoes of Time

Kevin MacLeod · Madness and Paranoia

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Our Lady of the Underground

Amber Gray · Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Time Lapse

Michael Nyman · Film Music 1980 - 2001

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Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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Day

Roberto Fonseca · Nuit parisienne à La Havane

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Tranquility (No piano melody)

Helios Relaxing Space · Tranquility

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20

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home

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21

Weavers

Aukai · Apricity

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22

Reverie

INNERVERSE · Reverie

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23

Behind the Clouds

Erik Wøllo · Threshold Point

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24

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

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25

A Snowflake

Peter Broderick · Float

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Weightless

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

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Celestial

UY Scuti · Celestial

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Istria

Niklas Paschburg · Panta Rhei

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Structures from Silence - 30th Anniversary Remaster

Steve Roach · Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary Remaster)

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Poa Alpina

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

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Nimbus

Tom Schiller · Nimbus

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Dayal

Aukai · Apricity

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The Longest Ride

Mark Isham · The Longest Ride (Original Score Album)

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34

Into the mist

Felix Brightwood · Into the mist

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Ascension

Jason Fervento · Ascension

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36

In the Morning Light

Alex Schulz · In The Morning Light

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Glacier

Deluxe · Glacier

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38

Turning Point

Equilibrium · Turning Point

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39

Garden Song

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

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40

Night Shift

Lucy Dacus · Historian

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41

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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42

The Book of Love

The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs

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43

Little Talks

Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal

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44

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

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45

Brave

Sara Bareilles · The Blessed Unrest

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46

Wicked Game - Recorded Live at St Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny

James Vincent McMorrow · Wicked Game (Recorded Live at St Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny)

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47

Shake It Out

Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

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48

Shake

The Head And The Heart · Let's Be Still

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49

Luminary

Dravelyn · Magical Moments

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Instrumental request 80%
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  1. Matched to the book 90% instrumental 35 tracks · Jul 15, 2026Open
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