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This sequence follows Simon from the enclosed, everyday world of the castle into the old, uncertain world beyond it, balancing courtly and folk colors with ominous orchestral and ambient passages. The vocal selections lean into the book’s themes of hidden histories, loyalty, threatened kingdoms, and a young hero’s awakening, while the instrumentals leave room for the story’s scale and mystery.
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Track List
20 songs
1
Prokofiev: 10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75: No. 6, Montagues and Capulets
Sergei Prokofiev · Prokofiev : Piano Sonatas 4 & 6, Romeo & Juliet selection
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2
The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt · The Book of Secrets
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3
Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
Dead Can Dance · Into the Labyrinth (Remastered)
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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Einleitung
Richard Strauss · Music (Remastered 2015)
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The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove
Dead Can Dance · Wake
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Promenade
Modest Mussorgsky · Promenade
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The King
Steeleye Span · Spanning the Years
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The Parting Glass
The Wailin' Jennys · 40 Days
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The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal
Hans Zimmer · The Da Vinci Code: Chevaliers de Sangreal
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Scarborough Fair / Canticle
Simon & Garfunkel · Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
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The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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12
King And Lionheart
Of Monsters and Men · My Head Is An Animal
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13
The Firebird Suite: VI. Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird Suite
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14
White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi · Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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An Ending (Ascent) - Remastered 2019
Brian Eno · Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (Extended Edition)
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18
The Riddle
Five For Fighting · Two Lights
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Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Henry Purcell · Purcell: Fantazias
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