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Thunderhead Playlist
A shifting blend of cerebral electronics, tense film-score textures, and orchestral pieces reflects the Thunderhead’s impossible certainty, Rowan’s outlaw justice, and Citra’s compassionate resistance. The sound moves between sleek, controlled futurism and the human unease beneath a supposedly perfect world, with quieter passages for reflection and measured surges of danger.
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Track List
40 songs
1
Dream Is Collapsing
Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)
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2
Mombasa
Hans Zimmer · Inception (Music from the Motion Picture)
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3
End of Line
Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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4
First Sleep
Cliff Martinez · Solaris (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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5
The Prowler
Daniel Pemberton · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Score)
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Only One Spider-Man
Daniel Pemberton · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Score)
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Abiogenesis
Carbon Based Lifeforms · World of Sleepers
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Supersede
Carbon Based Lifeforms · Interloper
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9
Discovering
Solar Fields · Movements
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Sol
Solar Fields · Movements
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11
Unfolding
Rival Consoles · Persona
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Recovery
Rival Consoles · Odyssey / Sonne
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13
Ghosst(s)
Lorn · Ask The Dust
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14
Anvil
Lorn · VESSEL
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15
Winter Linn
Clark · Clark
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16
Strength Through Fragility
Clark · Clark
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17
Venter
Ben Frost · A U R O R A
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18
Virginal I
Tim Hecker · Virgins
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19
Black Refraction
Tim Hecker · Virgins
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20
Esther's
Amon Tobin · Foley Room
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21
Journeyman
Amon Tobin · ISAM
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22
Silhouettes (I, II & III)
Floating Points · Elaenia
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23
Nespole
Floating Points · Elaenia
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24
Lush
Four Tet · New Energy
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25
Two Thousand and Seventeen
Four Tet · New Energy
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26
Kobresia
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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Poa Alpina
Biosphere · Substrata + Man with a Movie Camera
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28
A Rainbow in Curved Air
Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air
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29
In C
Terry Riley · In C
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30
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
John Adams · Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in A Fast Machine
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The Chairman Dances
John Adams · Dance Mix
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32
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite
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Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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34
Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75: No. 6, Montagues and Capulets
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev : Piano Sonatas 4 & 6, Romeo & Juliet selection
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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - Act 1: The Young Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: Var. 2. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
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Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 10, Scène
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tschaikowsky: Schwanensee
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38
Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré · The Secret Fauré 2
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Élégie, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré · Merci
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