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The Assassin’s Blade Playlist
This playlist follows Celaena from the Guild’s shadowy rooftops into distant, hostile places, balancing stealthy instrumentals with songs about ambition, dangerous loyalty, and loss. Its quieter passages suit late-night reading, while the vocal tracks give particular weight to Celaena’s fierce independence and the fragile bonds that complicate her life as an assassin.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Fratres
Arvo Pärt · Part: Tabula Rasa / Frates / Collage Sur Bach
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2
Tabula Rasa: II. Silentium
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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3
Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
John Adams · Adams: Shaker Loops
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4
The Path of the Wind
Joe Hisaishi · My Neighbor Totoro Sound Book
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5
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending etc.
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6
Seven Devils
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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7
Control
Halsey · BADLANDS (Deluxe)
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Running With The Wolves
AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)
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Glory And Gore
Lorde · Pure Heroine
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10
Army Of Me
Björk · Post
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11
Down By The Water
PJ Harvey · To Bring You My Love
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12
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World
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13
The Killing Moon
Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)
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14
Youth
Daughter · If You Leave
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15
I Found
Amber Run · 5AM (Expanded Edition)
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16
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven · Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.8 "Moonlight", 14 "Appassionata" & 23 "Pathétique"
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Lyric Pieces, Book I, Op. 12: No. 1, Arietta
Edvard Grieg · Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces
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18
Phrygian Gates
John Adams · Adams, J.: Piano Music (Complete)
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19
Turquoise Hexagon Sun
Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children
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