Book of Lies Companion Soundtrack Score - Listen while you Read

DISC I

1. Opening and Prologue (page 1):
• Mahler: Symphony No. 7 – II. Nachtmusik (Night Music) – Allegro moderato

2. Chapter 5 (p. 29): “Ellis still remembered – his hands shaking in the estate lawyer’s office – the first time he read the words his great-grandfather had written during his time at the Cairo Museum.”
• Wagner: Parsifal – Prelude

3. Chapter 12 (p. 62): “We chase him deeper down the desolate road … the black sky presses down like a circus tent after they’ve yanked the main pole.”
• Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55

4. Chapter 21 (p. 101) “Kind of spooky, though, huh? The gun that shoots your dad is the same one that shot the dad of Superman’s creator?”
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 – III. Tempo largo

5. Chapter 40 (p. 167): “Do you really think you’re the only one whose life didn’t turn out the way they dreamed, Cal?”
• Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 – III. Adagietto. Adagio

6. Chapter 41 (p. 184): “I scan the alleys on both sides of the house (dark and empty), then doublecheck the numbers on the front porch. 10622. This is it. The address from the coffin.”
• Holst: The Planets – V. “Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age”

7. Chapter 48 (p. 222) “On some rainy summer night, Jerry was lying awake in bed … and as he stared out at the crabapple tree, the idea hits him out of nowhere … By the time the sun goes down, these two poor kids from Cleveland have created Superman, one of the greatest heroes the world will ever know. Beautiful story, right?”
• Holst: The Planets – IV. “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”

DISC II

8. Chapter 57 (p. 270): “He did his job. He stood in his unlined Russian riding boots, knee-deep in the snow. He waited in the icy silence, wondering what was happening inside. And then Mikhail heard the screams.”
• Holst: The Planets – I. “Mars, the Bringer of War”

9. Chapter 59 (p. 292): “The Leadership was committed to bringing that power back.”
• Wagner: Die Walküre – Magic Fire Music

10. Chapter 72 (p. 343): “Oh, come on, now,” The Prophet said. “How’d you think it was gonna end?”
• Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Siegfried’s Funeral Music

11. Chapter 81 (p. 388): “Is your gift now, Jerome. Yours to protect.”
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden

12. Chapter 82 (p. 405): “I know it’s been a while, Mom. But have I got a story for you.”
• Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma” – Variation IX
(“Nimrod”). Adagio