This playlist follows Nica and Rigel from the shadow of the orphanage into the charged closeness and conflict of their shared home. Its instrumental opening pairs uneasy textures and fragile melodies with moments of warmth; the vocal half moves through longing, fear, and tenderness, reflecting a love that may wound as much as it saves.
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40 songsMetamorphosis: One
Philip Glass · Philip Glass: Solo Piano
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Opus 36
Dustin O'Halloran · Marie Antoinette (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Ambre
Nils Frahm · Wintermusik
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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Entremont Plays Satie
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Divenire
Ludovico Einaudi · Islands - Essential Einaudi
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The Ludlows
James Horner · James Horner - Collage: The Last Work
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Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber · Barber: Cello Concerto - Medea Suite - Adagio for Strings
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The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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I Can Almost See You
Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)
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The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
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Wicked Game
Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World
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Love Will Tear Us Apart - 2020 Remaster
Joy Division · Love Will Tear Us Apart
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Cosmic Love
Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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My Immortal
Evanescence · Fallen
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I Know It's Over - 2011 Remaster
The Smiths · The Queen Is Dead
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Skinny Love
Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago
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The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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No Light, No Light
Florence + The Machine · Ceremonials (Original Deluxe Version)
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Love Is A Losing Game
Amy Winehouse · Back To Black
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I Will Follow You into the Dark
Death Cab for Cutie · 100 Greatest Dinner Party Songs
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All I Want
Kodaline · In A Perfect World (Expanded Edition)
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cellophane
FKA twigs · MAGDALENE
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I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski · Puberty 2
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Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby
Cigarettes After Sex · I.
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The Book of Love
The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs
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I Can't Make You Love Me
Bonnie Raitt · Luck Of The Draw
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To Build A Home
The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur
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Breathe
Télépopmusik · Genetic World
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Liability
Lorde · Melodrama
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Fabbricante di Lacrime - The Tear Maker
Andrea Farri · Fabbricante di lacrime - The Tearsmith (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
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Fabbricante di Lacrime - Nica’s Theme
Andrea Farri · Fabbricante di lacrime - The Tearsmith (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
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Rigel's Theme
Andrea Farri · Fabbricante di lacrime - The Tearsmith (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
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Ljósið
Ólafur Arnalds · Found Songs
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Porz Goret
Yann Tiersen · EUSA
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Kiara
Bonobo · Black Sands
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Hours
Tycho · Dive
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Same book, another mood