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This playlist follows Stella’s Christmas Eve from money-tight domestic tenderness into the unsettling promise of a bargain, then through the dangerous consequences of that choice. Instrumental suspense and wintry, intimate textures lead into songs about sacrifice, marriage, secrets, and the uneasy shadows beneath holiday sentiment.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Abandon Window - Remaster 2023
Jon Hopkins · Immunity
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2
Weightless
Marconi Union · The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4
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3
One Summer's Day
Joe Hisaishi · メロディフォニー
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4
Concerning Hobbits
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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5
Dearly Beloved
Yoko Shimomura · KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5 ReMIX- (Original Soundtrack)
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6
Dire, Dire Docks
Koji Kondo · World Sleep Day 2023
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7
Song of Storms
Koji Kondo · Acoustica: The Legend of Zelda
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8
Promise
Akira Kosemura · MANON (Music for the Contemporary Ballet Theatre)
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9
Together We Will Live Forever
Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST
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10
The Path
Gustavo Santaolalla · The Last of Us
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11
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Michael Nyman · The Piano: Music From The Motion Picture
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12
The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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13
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto · Playing The Piano
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14
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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15
The Gift
The Velvet Underground · White Light / White Heat
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16
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Judy Garland · Meet Me In St. Louis
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17
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love · Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
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18
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
The Pogues · If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Expanded Edition)
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19
Winter
Tori Amos · Gold Dust
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