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This playlist captures the intricate blend of fantasy and emerging technology in "Shadows of Self," reflecting the evolving society through a spectrum of moods from tense to hopeful. The instrumentals provide a warm, intimate atmosphere suitable for cozy reading, while the vocal tracks evoke character-driven narratives and the book's themes of conflict, faith, and resilience.
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Track List
40 songs
1
20:17
Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz
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2
Brush
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon
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3
The Silent Path
Skylight+ · Circle of Silence
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4
better day
haruka nakamura · Still Life
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5
Veil of Twilight
Twilight Cinematic Orchestra · Twilight Cinematic Orchestra: Breaking Dawn, Pt. 2
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6
The Imitation Game
Alexandre Desplat · The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Through Falling Snow
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Prisoners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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8
183 Times
Greg Haines · Digressions
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9
I Can Almost See You
Hammock · Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo (Deluxe Edition)
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10
Anything You Synthesize - Ambient
The American Dollar · Ambient One
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11
Silent Eyes
Fabrizio Paterlini · Now
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12
Golden Hour
Henry Flower · Golden Hour
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13
Origins
Max Cooper · Kindred
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14
Greenland
Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs
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15
Stags, Aircraft, Kings and Secrataries
Tim Hecker · Harmony in Ultraviolet
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16
Embers in the Fog
Shaan Rhythm · Where Sound Find Silence
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17
The Hollow Crown
Unbent · Spectral Dominion
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18
Arterial
Lusine · Arterial
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Dust Circles
Loscil · Lifelike
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20
Echoes of the Past
Beachwax · Echoes of the Past
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21
saman
Ólafur Arnalds · re:member
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22
SHERlocked
David Arnold · Sherlock - Series 2 (Soundtrack from the TV Series)
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23
Above All
David Helpling · The Crossing
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24
Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 1
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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25
Stuk
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Jóhannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann
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26
Smoke and Mirrors
Jayn · Smoke and Mirrors
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27
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Version for Piano Trio
Ryuichi Sakamoto · 1996
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28
The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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29
An Ending, A Beginning
Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights
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30
The Last Man
Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST
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31
River Waltz - From "The Painted Veil" Original Soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat · The Painted Veil
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32
Doria - Island Songs VII
Ólafur Arnalds · Island Songs
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33
Familiar
Agnes Obel · Citizen of Glass
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34
This Is The Thing
Fink · Distance and Time
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35
Dog Days Are Over
Florence + The Machine · Lungs (Deluxe Version)
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36
Beneath The Surface
Sylosis · The New Flesh
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Broken Bones
KALEO · A/B
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38
In The Dark
Balthazar · In The Dark EP
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39
Paint
The Paper Kites · Young North
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