Gravity's Rainbow

Book Playlist

Gravity's Rainbow Playlist

by Thomas Pynchon

18 tracks

balanced

Aug 7, 2026

This playlist captures the intricate, sprawling narrative and technological paranoia of Gravity's Rainbow through a blend of electronic and ambient instrumentals alongside lyrical tracks that reflect the novel's characters and themes. The instrumental pieces mirror the book's sci-fi and post-war atmosphere, while the vocal selections provide a human and often surreal perspective on the era's existential anxieties and cryptic storytelling.

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Track List

18 songs

1

Endless Piroutte (feat. The Album Leaf)

Joshua Stoddard · LSME

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2

Miss You

trentemøller · The Last Resort

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3

Petrichor

Keaton Henson · Romantic Works

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4

Resonance

A dog called Jenny Lee · Feels Like Home

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5

Where the Light Comes In

Sarah Neufeld · The Ridge

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6

Pendulum

Lusine · Pendulum

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7

La Femme D'argent

Pickin' On Series · The Bluegrass Tribute To Air: Blue Safari

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8

Sol

Solar Fields · Movements

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9

The Sound of Silence

RTE Concert Orchestra · The Best of Simon and Garfunkel

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10

Space Oddity (Version for Piano)

David Bowie · Heroica (Deluxe)

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11

Black Moon Rising

Black Pumas · Black Pumas

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12

Bulletproof

La Roux · Floorfillers

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13

Strange Weather

Anna Calvi · One Breath (Deluxe Edition)

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14

Hyperballad (Arr. A. Ferber)

Björk · Asphalt Orchestra

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15

White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane · Retromania

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16

The Passenger

Iggy Pop · Rock Hits

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17

The Robots

Disco Fever · Tribute to Kraftwerk , Vol. 1

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18

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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