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Please follow the link below to find my Spotify playlist for Project Hail Mary!
Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles
Here comes Tau Ceti. I have a feeling we’re not in the Milky Way anymore, Grace.
Sign of the Times | Harry Styles
Eva Stratt’s incredible cover and of course music from the trailer.
Starman | David Bowie
Dr Ryland Grace is a Starman!
Life on Mars? | David Bowie
Life on Erid? Life on Adrian?
Rocket Man | Taron Egerton
Dr Ryland Grace is also a Rocket Man!
Yellow | Coldplay
GraceRocky ❤️
“Heroes” | David Bowie
Our heroes and saviours — Grace and Rocky!
Satellite | Harry Styles
GraceRocky ❤️ “Spinning out, waiting for ya to pull me in, I can see you’re lonely down there, don’t you know I’m right here? Right here, right here, wishing I could be there for ya.”
Space Oddity | David Bowie
This is Major Dr Ryland Grace to Ground Control, I’m stepping through the door and I’m floating in the most peculiar way and the stars look very different today.
Men in Black | Will Smith
For fun. Grace and Rocky dance together to the song in the mental health room (in my imagination.) “Galaxy Defenders!”
Across the Universe | The Beatles
Grace and Rocky travel across the universe.
The Great Gig in the Sky | Pink Floyd
Cosmic song for cosmic adventure.
All These Things That I’ve Done | The Killers
“I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier” — Dr Ryland Grace probably.
Aperture | Harry Styles
GraceRocky ❤️ “We belong together, it finally appears it’s only love.”
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now | Starship
In my imagination GraceRocky sing this on karaoke together in the mental health room after successfully breeding Nitrogen Resistant Taumoeba to save both their planets!
Under Pressure | Queen, David Bowie
Grace and Rocky are under so much pressure. Also “this is our last dance,” when they say goodbye in the film and Rocky mimics Grace’s dancing 😭
Champagne Supernova | Oasis
Used in a trailer and I love this song personally.
Final Countdown | Europe
Space song…
Help! | The Beatles
Grace and Rocky need help… from each other.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond | Pink Floyd
Let’s make Earth and Erid’s suns shine on!
I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing | Aerosmith
”WATCH YOU SMILE WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING!”
Changes | David Bowie
”Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.” Song reminds me of Grace’s growth through the book and film.
Turn to Stone | Electric Light Orchestra
Rocky is big stone?
Eternal Flame | The Bangles
”I WATCH YOU WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING.”
Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) | John Murphy
Beautiful score from the film Sunshine, since it’s called sunshine and it’s also from a film set in space I thought it was fitting.
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognised Anthem Of World Contact Day) | Carpenters
Human makes contact with intergalactic species.
Grace | Florence + The Machine
“Grace, I know you carry us. Grace, it was such a mess. Grace, I don’t say it enough. Grace, you are so loved.”
Two Of Us | The Beatles
From the film.
Stop Crying Your Heart Out | Oasis
”’Cause, all of the stars are fading away.”
Drag Path | Twenty One Pilots
When Rocky saves Grace and there’s a trail of black soot left behind on the floor left behind by Rocky.
The Scientist | Coldplay
Dr Ryland Grace is a scientist.
Seasons in the Sun | Terry Jacks
”Goodbye to you my trusted friend… we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun (Tau Ceti).”
Spaceman | The Killers
Dr Ryland Grace is also a Spaceman.
Gonna Fly Now - Theme From “Rocky” | Bill Conti
Theme from “Rocky” for Rocky.
Sound and Vision | David Bowie
Rocky uses sound for vision?
The Impossible Dream | Andy Williams
The whole song reminds me of Project Hail Mary, Grace and Rocky and their determination to save their planets and each other 😭
Nowhere Man | The Beatles
Another song to remind me of Dr Ryland Grace.