The Night Circus
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The Night Circus Playlist

by Erin Morgenstern

20 tracks
romantic
Oct 30, 2026

A mix of chamber, orchestral, neoclassical, and ambient instrumentals evokes the circus’s shifting tents, its old-world spectacle, and the careful craft behind its illusions. The three vocal selections bring out the story’s bittersweet romance, the circus’s theatrical world, and the pull of a life lived between wonder and loss.

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Track List

20 songs
1

Plan & Elevation: I. The Ellipse

Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange

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2

Les sauvages

Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau

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3

The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela

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4

Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium

Camille Saint-Saëns · Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.

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5

"Méditation" from Thaïs

Jules Massenet · "Méditation" from Thaïs

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6

Elizabeth Bay

Hauschka · Abandoned City

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7

The Quiet Man

Federico Albanese · Before And Now Seems Infinite

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8

Porz Goret

Yann Tiersen · EUSA

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9

Halving The Compass

Helios · Eingya

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10

Mysterium

Hammock · Mysterium

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11

Eastern Glow

The Album Leaf · In A Safe Place

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12

Perpetuum Mobile

Penguin Cafe · Perpetuum Mobile

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13

andata

Ryuichi Sakamoto · async

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14

Glass

Hania Rani · Esja

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15

The Carnival Is Over

Dead Can Dance · Wake

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16

The Trapeze Swinger

Iron & Wine · Around the Well

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17

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I "The Spell": No. 6, Waltz

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Intense Tchaikovsky. Russian Masterpieces

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18

Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Music From Timo Koivusalo's Film

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19

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana

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20

Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: II. Tempo di valse

Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Serenade for Strings, Czech Suite

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Mood romantic
Genre classical
Era any
Length medium
Instrumental request 90%
Environment balanced

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