Nineteen Eighty-Four
Book Playlist

Nineteen Eighty-Four Playlist

by George Orwell

20 tracks
balanced
Oct 19, 2026
4 mixes for this book

A split between cold electronic pulses, surveillance-score tension, and brief moments of fragile intimacy, this playlist follows Winston’s life under the Party’s watch and his longing for private thought and human connection. The vocal half turns toward propaganda, obedience, resistance, and the novel’s devastating surrender of hope.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Halloween Theme

John Carpenter · Halloween (Original 2018 Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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2

Electric Counterpoint: III. Fast

Steve Reich · Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint

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3

Together We Will Live Forever

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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4

Nolan

Ben Frost · A U R O R A

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5

Virginal II

Tim Hecker · Virgins

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6

Esther's

Amon Tobin · Foley Room

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7

Excavation (Part 1)

The Haxan Cloak · Excavation

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A.H.B.

S U R V I V E · RR7349

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9

Solstice

Brian Bennett · Voyage (Expanded Edition)

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10

Funeral of Queen Mary March from "A Clockwork Orange"

Gonzalo Schafer Canobra · Funeral of Queen Mary March from "A Clockwork Orange"

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11

The Artifact & Living

Michael Andrews · Donnie Darko (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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12

Terminator Theme

Paul Del Bello & The Shadow Tones · Paul Del Bello & The Shadow Tones

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13

1984 - 2016 Remaster

David Bowie · Diamond Dogs (2016 Remaster)

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Big Brother - 2016 Remaster

David Bowie · Diamond Dogs (2016 Remaster)

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15

2 + 2 = 5

Radiohead · Hail To the Thief

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16

Idioteque

Radiohead · Kid A

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17

Enola Gay

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark · The Best Of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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18

Electricity

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark · The Best Of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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19

Somebody's Watching Me

Rockwell · Somebody's Watching Me

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20

People Are People

Depeche Mode · Some Great Reward (Deluxe)

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