A Parade of Horribles

Book Playlist

A Parade of Horribles Playlist

by Matt Dinniman

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 17, 2026

2 mixes for this book

A high-octane mix for the tenth floor’s escalating races, where game-like spectacle and absurd upgrades collide with the danger of coming in last. The instrumentals build a strange, kinetic arena; the vocal tracks bring in speed, bravado, panic, and the stubborn bond between Carl and Donut amid the dungeon’s chaos.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Loud Pipes

Ratatat · Classics

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2

Genesis

Justice · Justice

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3

Lower Your Eyelids To Die With the Sun

M83 · Before the Dawn Heals Us

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4

Photosynthesis

Carbon Based Lifeforms · World of Sleepers

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5

Arrival to Earth

Steve Jablonsky · Transformers: The Score

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6

Bride of Deluxe

Cliff Martinez · Drive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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7

Pool

Disasterpeace · It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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8

Tank!

SEATBELTS · COWBOY BEBOP (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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9

Promenade

Modest Mussorgsky · Klassik die man kennen muss! Die größten Werke der Klassischen Musik

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10

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights

Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

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11

Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast

Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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12

The Race

Yello · Essential

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13

Escape From The City

Ted Poley · Forever Fast - 35th Anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog (Selected Edition)

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14

The Distance

CAKE · Fashion Nugget

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15

Radar Love

Golden Earring · The Long Versions - Part One

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16

Cars

Gary Numan · The Pleasure Principle

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17

I Ran (So Far Away)

A Flock Of Seagulls · A Flock of Seagulls

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18

Sabotage

Beastie Boys · Ill Communication

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19

No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age · Songs For The Deaf

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20

The Passenger

Iggy Pop · Lust For Life

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