Alchemised

Book Playlist

Alchemised Playlist

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 2, 2026

6 mixes for this book

This playlist follows Alchemy’s descent from disorientation and captivity into a world where war, necromancy, and the violation of memory shape every bond. Its instrumental opening moves between ominous score-like tension and fragile intimacy; the vocal half gives voice to survival, dangerous attachment, and the hard-won return of agency.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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2

A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Orphée

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3

The Beast

Jóhann Jóhannsson · Sicario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

Hand Covers Bruise

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · The Social Network

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5

Venter

Ben Frost · A U R O R A

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6

Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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7

Dance For Me Wallis

Abel Korzeniowski · W.E. - Music From The Motion Picture

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8

We Had Today

Rachel Portman · One Day (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

Seven Devils

Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)

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10

Feral Love

Chelsea Wolfe · Pain Is Beauty

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11

Fuel to Fire

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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12

If I Had a Heart

Fever Ray · Fever Ray

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13

Trøllabundin

Eivør · Slør

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14

Me and the Devil

Soap&Skin · Sugarbread

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15

The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove

Dead Can Dance · Wake

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16

The Desperate Kingdom Of Love

PJ Harvey · Uh Huh Her

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17

The Seed

AURORA · A Different Kind Of Human – Step 2

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18

A Forest

The Cure · Seventeen Seconds

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19

Dead Already

Thomas Newman · American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)

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20

Any Other Name

Thomas Newman · American Beauty (Original Motion Picture Score)

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