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The title suggests a story about lost children, but without a description or reliable plot details, its setting, period, and characters cannot be identified with confidence. This playlist therefore pairs spacious, folk- and western-tinged instrumentals with songs about childhood, escape, and uncertainty, treating those connections as atmospheric rather than claims about the plot.
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20 songs
1
Sleepwalk
Santo & Johnny · Santo & Johnny
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2
Apache
The Shadows · Shadows Are Go!
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3
Paris, Texas
Ry Cooder · Music by Ry Cooder
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4
The Last Pale Light In the West
Ben Nichols · The Last Pale Light In the West
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5
Navajo Joe
Ennio Morricone · Un' Ora Con Ennio Morricone (An Hour With)
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6
The Big Country
Jerome Moross · The Big Country
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7
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot · Summertime Dream
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8
The Lonely Shepherd
Gheorghe Zamfir · Zamfir In Scandinavia
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9
The Call of the Far-Away Hills
Victor Young · Victor Young (A Collection of His Memorable Soundtracks)
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10
La fille aux cheveux de lin
Isao Tomita · Clair de Lune (Ultimate Edition)
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11
The Hanging Tree
Marty Robbins · Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
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12
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Johnny Cash · Bitter Tears: Johnny Cash Sings Ballads Of The American Indian
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13
Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin · Pearl (Legacy Edition)
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14
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel · Bridge Over Troubled Water
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15
Runaway Train (2022 Remaster)
Soul Asylum · Grave Dancers Union (2022 Remaster)
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16
The Kids Aren't Alright
The Offspring · Americana
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17
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman · Tracy Chapman
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18
Il Est Libre Max
Hervé Cristiani · Il Est Libre Max
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19
La mauvaise réputation
Georges Brassens · Georges Brassens chante les chansons poétiques (et souvent gaillardes) N°1
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