The Sunlit Man
Book Playlist

The Sunlit Man Playlist

by Brandon Sanderson

41 tracks
balanced
Jul 15, 2026

This playlist captures the intense, wandering spirit of Nomad's journey through alien worlds under the oppressive heat of the sun. The instrumental tracks use electronic, synth, ambient, and post-rock elements to evoke vast cosmic landscapes, tension, and fleeting moments of warmth and rebellion. The vocal selections provide poignant reflections on freedom, identity, and resistance, fitting Nomad's personal struggle and the rebellion against tyranny.

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Track List

41 songs
1

Starscapes - Live Bonus

The American Dollar · Live in Brooklyn (2025 Deluxe Remastered Edition)

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2

Nara (Track Commentary)

alt-J · This Is All Yours (Track by Track Commentary)

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3

Solar Sailer

Daft Punk · TRON: Legacy - The Complete Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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4

Shimmer

Velvet Static · Shimmer

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5

A Moment Apart

ODESZA · A Moment Apart

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6

Eclipse

Helios Jazz Club · Rhythm

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7

Voyager

The Album Leaf · Spinning Makes Me Dizzy

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8

Beyond The Horizon

Biosphere: Nature Sounds & Music · Voyage

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9

A Letter from Home - 2019 remaster

Ulrich Schnauss · A Strangely Isolated Place

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Lost and found

Isaac Delusion · Lost and found

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Mirage

Foreglow · Mirage

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12

Aeon

Slow Journey · Aeon

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Celestial

Adgy & Éiru · Celestial

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14

Fragment

Rival Consoles · Persona

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Afterglow

Wicker Whales · Afterglow

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Interloper

Carbon Based Lifeforms · Interloper

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17

Greenland

Emancipator · Safe in the Steep Cliffs

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18

Brush

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon

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19

Perpetual Motion

Max Cooper · Yearning for the Infinite

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20

Reckoning

Jon Hopkins · Reckoning

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21

Crow (DJ-Kicks) - Mixed

Forest Swords · DJ-Kicks (Forest Swords) [DJ Mix]

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22

Solar Wind

Madis · Elements of Life

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23

NEON HORIZON

Vortex One · NEON HORIZON

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24

Looped

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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25

Glider

Tycho · Epoch (Deluxe Version)

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26

Prophecy At 1420 MHz

Boards of Canada · Inferno

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27

Silent Flight

Calm Horizons · Echo of Dawn

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28

Blue Hour

Nosaj Thing · Continua

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29

Two Thousand and Seventeen

Four Tet · New Energy

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30

Forever Held

Jon Hopkins · Forever Held

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31

Pulse

Clark · Pulse

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32

Nothing (feat. Adna)

Christian Löffler · Until We Meet Again

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33

Me and You

Bonobo · Me and You

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34

20:17

Ólafur Arnalds · Trance Frendz

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35

The Only Thing

Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell

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36

Both Sides Of A Smile (feat. James Blake)

Dave · We're All Alone In This Together

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37

Runaway

AURORA · Emotional Pop

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38

Little Lion Man

Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More

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39

Burning Bright (Field on Fire)

Nine Inch Nails · Not The Actual Events

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40

Resistance

The Black Noodle Project · Eleonore

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I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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Instrumental request 90%
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