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Powerless Playlist
“Powerless” moves between elite power, brutal banishment, and a stubborn kind of love under oppressive rule. This playlist leans into cinematic fantasy textures—lush, romantic melodies for the characters’ private hope, and tense, low-motion instrumentals that mirror fear, surveillance, and the slow build toward resistance.
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Track List
29 songs
1
Ominous Clouds
Wintersun · Time II
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2
The Rains of Castamere
Ramin Djawadi · Game Of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series)
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3
Light Through The Veins
Jon Hopkins · Insides
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4
An Ending (Ascent)
Brian Eno · Ascent
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Melancholia II
William Basinski · Melancholia
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6
saman
Ólafur Arnalds · re:member
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Spinning Away
Brian Eno · Wrong Way Up [Expanded Edition]
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8
The Winter
Balmorhea · Rivers Arms
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In the House - In a Heartbeat
John Murphy · In the House - In a Heartbeat
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10
Midnight City
M83 · Hurry up, We're Dreaming
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The Melancholy of Departure (Arr. M. Isham & K. Wortman)
Mark Isham · Passage: 138 B.C. - A.D. 1611
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12
Together We Will Live Forever
Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST
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13
Dona Nobis Pacem 2
Max Richter · Mari
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14
Vladimir Martynov: Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished): Movement II
Vladimir Martynov · Music of Vladimir Martynov
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15
Glassworks: I. Opening
Philip Glass · Glassworks - Expanded Edition
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16
Rain - Version for Piano Trio
Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996
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17
New Dawn
Two Steps from Hell · Dreams & Imaginations Anthology
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18
The Great Collapse
Joe Hisaishi · The Boy and the Heron - Original Soundtrack
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Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin · Chopin - 30 Most Popular Pieces
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20
Memory Death
Boards of Canada · Inferno
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21
Chi Mai
Ennio Morricone · Chi Mai
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22
Memories of Mother (From "God of War" Soundtrack) (feat. Eivør)
Bear McCreary · God of War (PlayStation Soundtrack)
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The Last Ballad of Damrod (feat. Jens Kidman)
Bear McCreary · The Last Ballad of Damrod (feat. Jens Kidman)
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24
Silver Thread
Veyluna · Xero-Point Gravity
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Sports et divertissements: XXI. Le tennis. Avec cérémonie
Erik Satie · "The Brightest Movement: Classical Works"
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26
Bloom - Bonus Track
The Paper Kites · Woodland
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27
You Are The Reason
Calum Scott · Only Human (Deluxe)
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Make You Feel My Love
Adele · 19
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