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The Hastur Cycle Playlist
by Robert M. Price, H.P. Lovecraft
20 tracks
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Oct 8, 2026
This sequence moves from intimate, old-world unease toward the vast, impersonal dread of the Hastur mythos, evoking the cycle’s literary roots, the Yellow Sign, and the pull of Carcosa. Quiet piano and chamber textures keep the playlist close and readable, while dissonant strings, haunted ambient music, and restrained film-score cues gradually darken the room.
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20 songs
1
The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives · Ives, C.: Universe Symphony (Completed by L. Austin) / Orchestral Set No. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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2
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · Bartók & Kodály
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3
Midnight Black Earth
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Black Earth
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4
Lipstick To Void
Mica Levi · Under the Skin
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5
Virginal II
Tim Hecker · Virgins
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6
Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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7
The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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The Sinking of the Titanic
Gavin Bryars · Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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9
Prowler
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission
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Kobresia
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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Black Refraction
Tim Hecker · Virgins
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12
Caecilia
Fennesz · Endless Summer
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13
Rae
Autechre · LP5
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14
Halloween Theme
John Carpenter · Halloween (Original 2018 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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15
Twin Peaks Theme
Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)
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16
Psycho: Prelude
Bernard Herrmann · The Essential Hollywood
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17
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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18
Musica Ricercata: II. Mesto, rigido e cerimoniale
György Ligeti · Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 3
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19
Metastaseis
Iannis Xenakis · Xenakis, I.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Metastaseis / Pithoprakta / St/48 / Achorripsis / Syrmos / Hiketides Suite
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20
A Polish Requiem, Ciaconne (Chaconne) [version for violin and viola]: Ciaccona
Krzysztof Penderecki · Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18 - Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 - Penderecki: Ciaccona
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