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This playlist for "The Book Thief" mirrors the novel’s complex emotional landscape and historical setting with a mix of intimate acoustic and classical instrumentals alongside evocative vocal tracks. The instrumentals draw on period and folk influences to reflect the 1939 German milieu and Liesel's quiet resilience, while the vocal selections explore themes of loss, hope, and the power of stories amidst turmoil.
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Track List
39 songs
1
Metamorphosis
Emiliano Blangero · Una Notte
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Song for Sienna
Brian Crain · Piano and Cello Duet
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Safe In Your Arms
Helios · Virtually Tempted
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Dawn
Jasper van Dijk · Dawn
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Ambre
Nils Frahm · Wintermusik
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After The Rain
Sean Pearson · After The Rain
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Peace Piece
Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans
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Dusk to Dawn
Emancipator · Dusk to Dawn
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Passing By
Willow · Passing By
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Pastorale
Secret Garden · Songs From A Secret Garden
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Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Classic
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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13
Familiar
Agnes Obel · Citizen of Glass
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Sleep
Eric Whitacre · Sleep
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15
Claire de Lune
Claude Debussy · Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Scottish March - Claire de Lune - La Mer
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The Host of Seraphim
Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time
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17
La strada
Nino Rota · Fellinirota
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18
Shadows
Lindsey Stirling · Lindsey Stirling
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Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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Elegy For The Arctic
Ludovico Einaudi · 12 Songs From Home
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21
The Hours
Philip Glass · The Hours (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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22
Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi with Orchestra (Live)
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Requiem for a Dream
Clint Mansell · Requiem for a Dream
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The Promise
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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Theme From Schindler's List
John Williams · Schindler's List
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Gnossienne: No. 1
Erik Satie · Satie: Avant-dernières pensées (Bonus Track Version)
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Nostalgia
Yanni · Keys To Imagination
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An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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Holocene
Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver
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Roslyn
Ben Pellow · Stories
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Such Great Heights
Iron & Wine · Around the Well
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32
Blood
The Middle East · The Recordings of the Middle East
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The Blower's Daughter
Damien Rice · O
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34
The Book Of Love
Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back (Special Edition)
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Heartbeats
José González · Veneer
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Take Care
Beach House · Teen Dream
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Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen · Songs of Love and Hate
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Nothing Arrived
Villagers · {Awayland}
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