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“Autumn Leaves” frames The Green Mile’s chain-of-compassion arc—dread, mercy, and awe—using warm acoustic textures, mellow piano, and autumnal melancholy. The mix of restrained tension and human tenderness mirrors Paul Edgecombe’s watchful heartbreak as John Coffey’s impossible gift reshapes the prison’s atmosphere one fragile moment at a time.
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20 songs
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Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel · Pachelbel: Canon in D - Bach: Air on a G String - Handel: Largo from 'Xerxes' - Hallelujah Chorus - Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
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Peer Gynt, Op. 23: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg · Fright Night: Music That Goes Bump in the Night
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Spiegel im spiegel
Arvo Pärt · Arvo Pärt: Portrait
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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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Gymnopédie No. 1
Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends
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Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber · Classic
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Requiem, Op. 48:IV. Pie Jesu (Arr. for Piano)
Gabriel Fauré · Fauré: Requiem op. 48 (in a new version for piano)
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Rutter: Requiem: Pie Jesu
John Rutter · Rutter: Requiem
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Thaïs, Act II: Méditation
Jules Massenet · Poème
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Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina
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Elegy
Lisa Gerrard · Immortal Memory
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Il figlio e la nostalgia
Ennio Morricone · Il Principe Del Deserto - The Law of The Desert (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Hallelujah
Pentatonix · A Pentatonix Christmas Deluxe
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Amazing Grace
Elvis Presley · He Touched Me
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan · The Times They Are A-Changin'
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Kiss The Rain
Yiruma · From The Yellow Room (The Original & the Very First Recording)
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Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel · Handel Sarabande
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