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Cigarettes After SexJohn LegendMax RichterSYMLMichael KiwanukaJóhann JóhannssonÓlafur ArnaldsJustin HurwitzRyan GoslingWMD

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Popular Songs

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Saudade (When We Are Born)Ólafur Arnalds
Table For TwoAbel Korzeniowski
Spring 1 - 2012Max Richter / Daniel Hope / Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin & 1 more
Flight from the CityJóhann Jóhannsson / Yuki Numata Resnick / Tarn Travers & 2 more

Hidden Gems

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Start A FireJohn Legend
Manny and Nellie's ThemeJustin Hurwitz
City Of Stars - From "La La Land" SoundtrackRyan Gosling / Emma Stone
Exile - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
A Model of the UniverseJóhann Jóhannsson

All Songs

1
OpeningCarter Burwell
2:13
2
The Night We Met - InstrumentalKPH
3:13
3
Puppet Love (From "Being John Malkovich")Brussels Philharmonic / Carter Burwell
1:42
4
Only the Young - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
2:16
5
Borderland SorrowsSlow Meadow
3:43
6
Drive Into NightCarter Burwell
0:52
7
PureCigarettes After Sex
4:14
8
NotesAlaskan Tapes
2:07
9
Lonely in LondonSlumberville
2:15
10
LoversCarter Burwell
2:40
11
Opera HouseCigarettes After Sex
6:05
12
Spring 1 - 2012Max Richter / Daniel Hope / Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin & 1 more
2:31
13
Red Gold YesterdayLUCHS
2:18
14
TouchCigarettes After Sex
4:52
15
Over ThereCarter Burwell
1:12
16
StormsNick Box
2:47
17
Cardigan - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
2:57
18
Symmetry - Piano SoloSYML
3:52
19
Two Such SoulsCarter Burwell
5:52
20
re:memberÓlafur Arnalds
6:04
21
The 1 - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
3:04
22
samanÓlafur Arnalds
2:11
23
SemolinaSlow Meadow
3:40
24
Each Time You Fall in LoveCigarettes After Sex
4:50
25
Dreaming of YouCigarettes After Sex
5:22
26
Champagne Problems - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
3:14
27
The Last Great American Dynasty - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
3:41
28
Fear of the Water - Piano SoloSYML
3:54
29
WaterlooCarter Burwell
0:40
30
Keep Your MemoriesCarter Burwell
3:27
31
Should've Been Me (Originally Performed by Mitski) [Instrumental Version]Backing Business
3:07
32
The Night CaféClint Mansell
4:07
33
Follow Your FeetCarter Burwell
3:09
34
Washing Machine Heart (Originally Performed by Mitski) [Instrumental Version]Backing Business
2:06
35
FlashCigarettes After Sex
4:34
36
By the Roes, and by the Hinds of the FieldJóhann Jóhannsson / Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra / Anthony Weeden
2:38
37
The Archer - InstrumentalLo-Fi Dreamers
2:57
38
Killer + The SoundTwinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star
6:38
39
LetterCarter Burwell
3:25
40
Working for the Knife (Originally Performed by Mitski) [Instrumental Version]Backing Business
2:32
41
Saudade (When We Are Born)Ólafur Arnalds
2:30
42
Our Secret UniverseAlan Ellis
2:22
43
ReflectionsCarter Burwell
1:18
44
nyepiÓlafur Arnalds
4:14
45
TelosThe Forever Echo
1:14
46
Kyoto (Arr. for Guitar)Phoebe Bridgers / Morgan Nagler / Marshall Vore & 1 more
3:15
47
Illicit Affairs - InstrumentalPiano Dreamers
3:19
48
Flight from the CityJóhann Jóhannsson / Yuki Numata Resnick / Tarn Travers & 2 more
6:31
49
Boy in a Water GlobeSlow Meadow
5:42
50
CrossingCarter Burwell
1:30
51
Table For TwoAbel Korzeniowski
3:23
52
Nobody (Originally Performed by Mitski) [Instrumental Version]Backing Business
3:09
53
Cold Little HeartMichael Kiwanuka
9:57
54
My Tears Ricochet - InstrumentalLo-Fi Dreamers
3:57
55
It Was 9:30 and You Were BeautifulWMD
4:33
56
EdenHania Rani
4:55
57
From Night to MorningAntologie
3:19
58
A Model of the UniverseJóhann Jóhannsson
2:52
59
Scott StreetTwinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star
4:42
60
Nothing NewMinnz Piano
4:33
61
Exile - InstrumentalGuitar Tribute Players
3:20
62
Now Is The Time To LeaveAugust Wilhelmsson
2:08
63
The EndCarter Burwell
3:53
64
She RemembersMax Richter
3:49
65
FuneralTwinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star
3:50
66
Hand Over Hand (Acoustic Guitar Take)Roland Faunte
6:23
67
City of Stars (Instrumental Version)The O'Neill Brothers Group
2:25
68
City Of Stars - From "La La Land" SoundtrackRyan Gosling / Emma Stone
2:29
69
Train in New YorkDustin O'Halloran
2:49
70
Hollow in the FernsCraig Armstrong
3:38
71
On ReflectionMax Richter
7:14
72
Manny and Nellie's ThemeJustin Hurwitz
0:53
73
Start A FireJohn Legend
3:12

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