Nineteen Eighty-Four

Book Playlist

Nineteen Eighty-Four Playlist

by George Orwell

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 15, 2026

3 mixes for this book

This playlist moves from the cold, mechanized pulse of a surveillance state toward flashes of private tenderness, rebellion, and crushing defeat. The instrumentals evoke the machinery and unease of Orwell’s London, while the vocal songs trace Winston and Julia’s fragile defiance alongside the novel’s wider themes of propaganda, conformity, and control.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Escape from New York

John Carpenter · Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998

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2

Thru Metamorphic Rocks

Tangerine Dream · Force Majeure (Remastered 2018 / Deluxe Version)

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3

Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses

Steve Reich · Music for 18 Musicians

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4

A Rainbow in Curved Air

Terry Riley · A Rainbow In Curved Air

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5

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. Adagio

Béla Bartók · Classical Movie Hits

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6

Etude No. 1 "Désordre"

György Ligeti · The Etudes Project, Vol. 1: Iceberg

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7

Acid Rain

Lorn · The Maze To Nowhere

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8

Virginal II

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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9

Child of Rage

Oneohtrix Point Never · Garden Of Delete

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10

Eutow

Autechre · Tri Repetae

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11

Over The Ice

The Field · From Here We Go Sublime

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12

In the House - In a Heartbeat

John Murphy · In the House - In a Heartbeat

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13

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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14

1984

Spirit · Time Circle (1968-1972)

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15

2 + 2 = 5

Radiohead · Hail To the Thief

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16

Karma Police

Radiohead · OK Computer

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17

Big Brother

Stevie Wonder · Talking Book

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18

London Calling

The Clash · London Calling (Expanded Edition)

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19

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Remastered 2006

Heaven 17 · Penthouse And Pavement

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20

The Hand That Feeds

Nine Inch Nails · With Teeth (Bonus Tracks)

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