Unoriginal Soundtracks #56: Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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American Nightmare moved Alan Wake from Bright Falls to the desert, but kept him in that eerie shadow-America. Its thrice-repeated structure inspires three podcasts full of rock, blues, and folk.

Track list

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American Nightmare -- Tiger Army
Doppelgänger -- Freezepop
Motel Blues -- Loudon Wainright III
Observatory Crest -- Captain Beefheart
Dark Into Light -- AM and Shawn Lee
Assasination [sic] Of The Sun -- The Flaming Lips

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Nightmare Blues -- John Lee Hooker

Doppelgänger -- Dory Previn

Motel Blues -- Loudon Wainwright III

Observatory Crest -- Mercury Rev

Darkness -- Leonard Cohen

Hurry Up Sunrise -- North Mississippi Allstars

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American Nightmare -- Misfits

My Evil Twin -- They Might Be Giants

Motel Blues -- Loudon Wainwright III

It's Dark On Observatory Hill -- Mel Torme

Drive In Show -- Eddie Cochran

Rewrite -- Paul Simon

Sunrise -- Isobell Campbell and Mark Lanegan

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(Opening theme contains elements of Completely Unoriginal by the Bee Gees, Soundtracks And Come Backs by GoldFish, and This Podcast Contains Spoilers.)

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