The Reach The Stars playlist.

For those who would like some music to accompany Reach the Stars, or just wish to know what music I imagined might fit the key scenes.

This is in no way required listening, nor is it an official soundtrack, and all readers are perfectly free to imagine their own music.

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Be warned that the playlist descriptions may contain minor spoilers for the book.

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An 82nd Century Media Box playing the song "I'm the girl who will [censored]" by grindchantrice Janine. It projects a hologram of the singer, but most of her body is covered by a Halberd Publishing notice that says "unsuitable for CORONet display."

Reach The Stars Playlist

  1. Slums of Titan: Mu-tron by Ladytron (604, 2001)

  2. Running from the GS: Youth Without Youth by Metric (Synthetica, 2012)

  3. Awakening and Enlisting: You Can Sleep While I Drive by Melissa Etheridge (Brave and Crazy, 1989)

  4. Basic Training: Taurus 1 by Mike Oldfield (QE2, 1980)

  5. Lessons with Becky: Them Heavy People by Kate Bush (The Kick Inside, 1978)

  6. Passion with Becky: Just Been Born by Heather Nova (South, 2001)

  7. Battle of Sethar: Mars by Gustav Holst (I recommend the 1961 Herbert Von Karajan version with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, but many exist).

  8. Public Adulation: So Tonight that I Might See by Mazzy Star (So Tonight that I Might See, 1993)

  9. Private Grief: After You by Polly Scattergood (In This Moment, 2020)

  10. The HMS Raven: QE2 by Mike Oldfield (QE2, 1980)

  11. Officers’ Party: Marian (covered) by Novelle Vague (Novelle Vague, 2004)

  12. Emma: Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Let Love In, 1994)

  13. Public Duty: La Vie Est Belle by MC Solaar (Cinquième As, 2004)

  14. Private Drinking: What Kind of Fool? by All About Eve (All About Eve, 1988)

  15. Interview Without Coffee: Devil’s Bane by Tori Amos (Ocean to Ocean, 2021)

  16. Shuttle Ride to Idrisova: Transformation Hymn by Pale Forest (Transformation Hymn, 1998).

  17. A Night in the Forest: Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (No More Shall We Part, 2001)

  18. Aftermath of Combat: If it be Your Will by Leonard Cohen (Various Positions, 1984)

  19. Space Walk: Baby Blue by Emiliana Torrini (Love in a Time of Science, 1999)

  20. HMS Seemab Khatri: Bonnet of Pins by Matt Berninger (Get Sunk, 2025)

  21. Care from Ashii: Eternala by Superdrone (▽, 2021)

  22. Battle of Rylax - Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix) by Aphex Twin (Come to Daddy, 1997)

  23. Alone by Whole: Born by Sharon Van Etten (We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, 2021)

  24. Castle Starport: Sleepwalk With Me by Young Galaxy (Ultramarine, 2014)

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