01. Portentum
ambient sounds
Nine Inch Nails: Vessel (I exc.)
02. God of Orchids
XTC: River of Orchids (I/V)
The Beach Boys: God Only Knows (V)
Kroke: The Secrets of the Life Tree (I)
Tibetan chants and singing bowls
03. Ghost Crawlers
Genesis: Carpet Crawlers (I/V)
David Lynch: Ghost of Love (I/V)
This Mortal Coil: Fyt / Fond Affections (I/V)
Polmo Polpo: Mid Breathing (I)
Nine Inch Nails: The Big Come Down (I exc.)
The Smashing Pumpkins: Heavy Metal Machine [Machina II version] (I)
Tibetan drone and bass
04. Nine States of Paranoia
Juno Reactor: Navras [meaning “nine states”] (I)
Garbage: I Think I’m Paranoid (V)
David Lynch / Chrysta Bell: Polish Poem (I/V)
Björk: Hunter (I)
Ministry: You Know What You Are (I/V exc.)
Nirvana: Stay Away (V exc.)
Peter Gabriel/Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Signal to Noise (I/V exc.)
Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood (dialogue)
effects
05. The Pillar of Fire
There Will Be Blood (sounds)
Jonny Greenwood: Proven Lands (I)
Arvo Pärt: IV. Como cierva sedienta (I/V)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (I/V)
Underworld: Ring Road (I loop)
Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man (V exc.)
a badger
06. Abduction/Station/Revelation
Sleep Research_Facility: A-Deck (I)
Ministry: Dream Song (I/V)
Ministry: Faith Collapsing (I/V exc.)
Polmo Polpo: High Breathing (I)
Polmo POlpo: Oarca (I)
Polmo Polpo: Rottura (I)
Biosphere: Sphere of No-form (I)
This Mortal Coil: Thaïs (I) (I exc.)
Carbon Based Lifeforms: Abiogenesis (I)
Monolake: Bicom (I exc.)
The Smashing Pumpkins: Heavy Metal Machine [Machina II version] (I exc.)
Monks of the Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery: A Prayer of Kala Rupa (V)
Shriekback: Below (I)
Sigur Rós: Leit ao lífi (I)
Björk: Ancestors (V exc.)
Nine Inch Nails: Hyperpower! (I exc.)
Nine Inch Nails: Another Version of the Truth (I exc.)
Nine Inch Nails: The Greater Good (I exc.)
a number station; effects; pulses; waves; bells; and Tibetan drones
07. Dust and Shadow
Antony and the Johnsons: Dust and Water (I/V)
Kudsi Erguner: Ulvi (I)
Brian Eno: Shadow (I)
track components for
The Desert Fathom
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08. The Ravine at Twilight
Nine Inch Nails: Ripe (With Decay) (I)
Nine Inch Nails: In This Twilight (V)
Nine Inch Nails: Zero-Sum (I exc.)
ambient sounds; effects; and fire and water
09. A Bloody Wreck in Bishop Canyon
Nine Inch Nails: Vessel (I/V)
Juno Reactor: Hotaka (I)
Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm of the Heat (I/V)
Peter Gabriel: Darkness (I/V exc.)
Ministry: Destruction (I)
screams; howl from a German exorcism; and ambient sounds
10. Hell Comes Around
Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around (I/V)
John Lee Hooker: Burning Hell (I/V)
David Thomas: Dan Dan (I/V exc.)
Renfro Valley Boys: Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (I)
Beck: Whiskeyclone, Hotel City 1997 (I exc.)
wind; crickets; person in mourning; bell; and water
11. Hacienda Discord
bass (I)
bells (I)
12. Duelling with Pistols
Juno Reactor: Pistolero (I/V)
John Williams: Duel of the Fates (I/V)
Tonto’s Giant Nuts: Sands Theme (I)
The Who Boys: Revenge of the Dub Auctioneer (I/V exc.)
Nine Inch Nails: The Beginning of the End (I exc.)
Johnny Cash: God’s Gonna Cut You Down (I/V exc.)
effects and the howl from a Russian exorcism
13. Blood Chant
Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts 2 (I)
Ghost: Giver’s Chant (I/V)
Ghost: We Insist (I/V exc.)
Ensemble Sreteniye: Psalm 104 (Valaam chant) (V)
Climent / Garrigosa / Carnovich: Apòstols - O, cos sant (I)
Kronos Quartet: O Virtus Sapiente (I)
Amiina: Saga (I)
Esther Lee: His Crimson Blood (V exc.)
14. A Second Violent Abduction
Nine Inch Nails: My Violent Heart (I)
Nine Inch Nails: God Given (V exc.)
Muhr: Le Second (I)
Fatboy Slim: Jin Go Lo Ba (I exc.)
beats and effects
15. The Oceanic Sun
John Murphy: The Surface of the Sun (I)
John Foxx: Oceanic (I)
Placebo: Evalia (I/V)
Nine Inch Nails: Survivalism (I exc.)
Nine Inch Nails: My Violent Heart (I exc.)
Robert Johnson: Love in Vain (I/V exc.)
Tibetan chants and singing bowls
Fire and water; cannons; and effects
16. Sphere (Te Deum)
Shriekback: Coelocanth (I)
Biosphere: Sphere of No-form (I)
Ghost: Moungod Te Deum (I/V)
Ghost: Tempera Tune (I exc.)
effects; death (1978); and film
