Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

by Brandon Sanderson

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.

49 tracks
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Jul 15, 2026
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Bloom

Bloom

Secret Medicine · Bloom

1
Promised Land

Sea of Tranquility

Stive Morgan · Promised Land

2
Dvořák: Cello Concerto

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

Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Cello Concerto

3
Haunt Me

Boreal Kiss Pt. 1

Tim Hecker · Haunt Me

4
Global Underground: Select #4/Unmixed

Monster

Matthew Dear · Global Underground: Select #4/Unmixed

5
Swim

Odessa

Caribou · Swim

6
Talkie Walkie

Alone in Kyoto

Air · Talkie Walkie

7
re:member

saman

Ólafur Arnalds · re:member

8
Remnant

Vesper

Christopher Dennis Coleman · Remnant

9
The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

Requiem for Dying Mothers, Pt. 2

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

10
Fragments

Fragments

Ole-Bjørn Talstad · Fragments

11
Faith in Strangers

Faith in Strangers

Andy Stott · Faith in Strangers

12
Luminescence

Luminescence

Lasant · Luminescence

13
Madness and Paranoia

Echoes of Time

Kevin MacLeod · Madness and Paranoia

14
Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Our Lady of the Underground

Amber Gray · Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

15
Film Music 1980 - 2001

Time Lapse

Michael Nyman · Film Music 1980 - 2001

16
Melancholia

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

17
Nuit parisienne à La Havane

Day

Roberto Fonseca · Nuit parisienne à La Havane

18
Tranquility

Tranquility (No piano melody)

Helios Relaxing Space · Tranquility

19
12 Songs From Home

Elegy For The Arctic

Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home

20
Apricity

Weavers

Aukai · Apricity

21
Reverie

Reverie

INNERVERSE · Reverie

22
Threshold Point

Behind the Clouds

Erik Wøllo · Threshold Point

23
The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture

24
Float

A Snowflake

Peter Broderick · Float

25
The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

Weightless

Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

26
Celestial

Celestial

UY Scuti · Celestial

27
Panta Rhei

Istria

Niklas Paschburg · Panta Rhei

28
Structures From Silence (30th Anniversary Remaster)

Structures from Silence - 30th Anniversary Remaster

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

29
Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

Poa Alpina

Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera

30
Nimbus

Nimbus

Tom Schiller · Nimbus

31
Apricity

Dayal

Aukai · Apricity

32
The Longest Ride (Original Score Album)

The Longest Ride

Mark Isham · The Longest Ride (Original Score Album)

33
Into the mist

Into the mist

Felix Brightwood · Into the mist

34
Ascension

Ascension

Jason Fervento · Ascension

35
In The Morning Light

In the Morning Light

Alex Schulz · In The Morning Light

36
Glacier

Glacier

Deluxe · Glacier

37
Turning Point

Turning Point

Equilibrium · Turning Point

38
Punisher

Garden Song

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

39
Historian

Night Shift

Lucy Dacus · Historian

40
Aventine

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

41
69 Love Songs

The Book of Love

The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs

42
My Head Is An Animal

Little Talks

Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal

43
Up from Below

Home

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below

44
The Blessed Unrest

Brave

Sara Bareilles · The Blessed Unrest

45
Wicked Game (Recorded Live at St Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny)

Wicked Game - Recorded Live at St Canice Cathedral, Kilkenny

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

46
Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

Shake It Out

Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

47
Let's Be Still

Shake

The Head And The Heart · Let's Be Still

48
Magical Moments

Luminary

Dravelyn · Magical Moments

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