The Siren

Book Playlist

The Siren Playlist

by Tiffany Reisz

20 tracks

balanced

Nov 5, 2026

The instrumental half moves between polished restraint, shadowy intimacy, and restless creative energy, echoing Zachary’s editorial control and Nora’s struggle to make private experience into serious work. The vocal half brings in wit, desire, power, and emotional exposure, tracing the charged dynamic between Nora and Zachary while keeping her complicated personal life in view.

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Track List

20 songs

1

The Siren

Nightwish · Once

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2

The Poet Acts

Philip Glass · The Hours (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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3

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Samuel Barber · Barber: Cello Concerto - Medea Suite - Adagio for Strings

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4

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach · Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini

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5

Naima

John Coltrane · Atlantic Jazz Legends

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6

Xtal

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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7

Roygbiv

Boards of Canada · Music Has The Right To Children

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8

Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

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9

Fever

Peggy Lee · Things Are Swingin'

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10

Wicked Game

Chris Isaak · Heart Shaped World

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11

You Know I'm No Good

Amy Winehouse · Back To Black

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12

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

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13

Closer

Nine Inch Nails · The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)

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14

Tear You Apart

She Wants Revenge · She Wants Revenge

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15

Personal Jesus

Depeche Mode · Violator (Deluxe)

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16

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone · I Put A Spell On You

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17

The Sensual World

Kate Bush · The Sensual World

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18

Talisman

Air · Moon Safari

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19

Freddie Freeloader

Miles Davis · Kind of Blue

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20

Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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