Billy Summers
Book Playlist

Billy Summers Playlist

by Stephen King

20 tracks
balanced
Sep 26, 2026
2 mixes for this book

“Billy Summers” moves through disguise, pursuit, and intermittent flashes of tenderness—so this playlist alternates between tense, cinematic instrumental passages and lyric-driven songs that echo the book’s moral strain and late-night unease. The vocal tracks lean indie/folk noir and restrained alt-pop, while the instrumentals favor suspenseful, textural scoring that supports focused reading.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Life In a Glasshouse

Radiohead · Amnesiac

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2

A Rush of Blood to the Head

Coldplay · A Rush of Blood to the Head

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3

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears · Songs From The Big Chair

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4

The Killing Moon

Echo & the Bunnymen · Ocean Rain (Expanded; 2007 Remaster)

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5

Take Me To Church

Hozier · Hozier

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6

Somebody Told Me

The Killers · Hot Fuss

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7

Champagne for the Ghosts

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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8

Teardrop

Massive Attack · Mezzanine

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9

Creep

Radiohead · Pablo Honey

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10

Stay With Me

Sam Smith · In The Lonely Hour

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11

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Young And Beautiful

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12

The Night We Met

Lord Huron · Strange Trails

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13

Twin Peaks Theme

Angelo Badalamenti · Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack)

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14

Koyaanisqatsi

Philip Glass · Koyaanisqatsi

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15

Love Theme From "The Godfather"

Nino Rota · The Godfather (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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16

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair

Claude Debussy · The Most Relaxing Classical Music In The Universe

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17

Gonna Fly Now

Bill Conti · Auburn University Marching Band 2011-2012

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18

O Fortuna

Marc Benjamin · O Fortuna

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19

The Great Escape

Al Stillman · The Guns of Navarone - Music from World War II Films

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20

Theme From Schindler's List

John Williams · Schindler's List

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Instrumental request 50%
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