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Red Dragon Playlist
This playlist follows Will Graham from the uneasy stillness of retirement into the pressured, methodical hunt for the Tooth Fairy, then into the unnerving psychological proximity of Hannibal Lecter. Its instrumentals move between stark horror-score textures, dissonant modern classical music, and more spacious passages; the vocal half turns to stalking, divided identities, family danger, and the book’s Blakean imagery without losing the investigative momentum.
40 tracks
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Oct 6, 2026
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40 songs
1
Halloween Theme
John Carpenter · Halloween (Original 2018 Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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2
Suspiria
Goblin · Suspiria (40th Anniversary) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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3
Technically, Missing
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross · Gone Girl (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
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4
Heels
Disasterpeace · It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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5
Bathroom Dance
Hildur Guðnadóttir · Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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House of Woodcock
Jonny Greenwood · Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Polymorphia
Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Te Deum - Hymne an den Heiligen Daniel - Polymorphia
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music
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Lux Aeterna
György Ligeti · Ligeti: Lux Aeterna
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10
The Mark Has Been Made
Nine Inch Nails · The Fragile
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11
Lipstick To Void
Mica Levi · Under the Skin
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12
End Titles
Carter Burwell · Miller's Crossing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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13
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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14
The Beast
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Sicario (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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15
The Murder
Bernard Herrmann · Psycho (The Complete Original Motion Picture Score)
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Infernal Dance of King Kashchei - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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18
The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
Gustav Holst · Holst: The Planets
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19
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads · Talking Heads '77
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20
Every Breath You Take
The Police · Synchronicity (Remastered 2003)
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21
Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell · Somebody's Watching Me
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22
Night Prowler
AC/DC · Highway to Hell
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23
People Are Strange
The Doors · Strange Days
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24
Behind Blue Eyes
The Who · Who's Next (Deluxe Edition)
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25
Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson · King Of The Delta Blues Singers
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26
Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival · Green River (Expanded Edition)
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27
Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode · Violator (Deluxe)
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28
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult · Agents Of Fortune
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29
Season of the Witch
Donovan · Sunshine Superman
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30
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Concrete Blonde · Bloodletting
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31
Little Dark Age
MGMT · Little Dark Age
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Every Day Is Halloween
Ministry · Early Trax
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The End
The Doors · The Doors
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34
The W.A.N.D.
The Flaming Lips · At War with the Mystics
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35
Red Right Hand
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')
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36
Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones · Let It Bleed
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37
The Passenger
Iggy Pop · Lust For Life
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38
Bad Things
Jace Everett · Jace Everett
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The End of the World
Skeeter Davis · The Essential Skeeter Davis
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