the night circus (a playlist) - classical & instrumental music

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
About the Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
“In The Night Circus, two star-crossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. Part love story, part fable, The Night Circus defies both genres and expectations.”
A note from me: This is a wonderfully magical book, and one that I would recommend to people who like lyrical prose, phantasmagorical settings, and highly descriptive worldbuilding!
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[@booksofazwei]

Songs & Timestamps: 00:00 Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium (Camille Saint-Saens) 02:22 A Place Like This (Mike Higham, Matthew Margeson) 04:03 Looking Glass (Danny Elfman) 07:35 Fairground (Joby Talbot) 09:08 Projecting Dreams (Mike Higham, Matthew Margeson) 10:52 Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (Camille Saint-Saens) 18:02 Henry VIII: Danse de la Gypsy (Camille Saint-Saens) 21:11 Your Friend (Alexandre Desplat, Aaron Zigman) 22:57 Fairytale Suite: The Ice Palace: Finale (David Lyon) 27:15 Soaring Suite (Danny Elfman) 29:59 A Life Without Limitations (Amie Doherty) 31:14 Oceans of Time (Danny Elfman) Hope you enjoy!

[@lorianecerland9555]

Thank you

[@nani-hi8de]

thank you for this wonderful playlist

[@cybelesilva]

Thank you

[@natam6014]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ii2627yh]

❤🔥😊👍

[@mauratyson9580]

I looked up “circus ambient music” bc I’m reading the night circus and wanted music that fit and I was so happy to see that someone knew exactly what I wanted!

[@parisking2445]

OMGGG im reading that aswell!

[@midapita]

same except i’m reading something wicked comes this way

[@booksofazwei]

im glad you like the playlist!!

[@nicolle5698]

the same thing with me!!

[@soelemon]

"The circus arrives without warning" "You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream" I started crying so hard, we finished walking away of it, as we were in the circus by reading it. As what Friedrick said, we can dream back to the circus by reading about it...

[@MariahCorzo]

This reminded me of black butler: book of circus.

[@soelemon]

ooooh ive heard of the anime called black butler but never tried watching it. Do you recommend it tho?@@MariahCorzo

[@lenlucas3737]

Ahh...what a brilliant use of Danny Elfman's score for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"!

[@booksofazwei]

thank you! i love that score

[@lenlucas3737]

@@yyuns3o As you said, it is an opinion, and we all have one. Like many, my first experience with Alice in Wonderland was the 1951 Walt Disney animated movie. The Tim Burton interpretation is unusual as it deals much with the backstory of certain characters, namely the Mad Hatter. It was an interesting take on the story, but did it ruin it? I don't think so. It's entertainment!

[@uppast420am]

danny elfman is a mad fuckin genius, he's perfect for this playlist and tbh theres a few songs i wouldve added ToT

[@maple9670]

⁠@@yyuns3oI Personally REALLY love that version! ❤ Though I respect your opinion. Often the version s we like are based on which one we watched first. That is my Original.

[@caitlinh8878]

This perfectly captures the atmosphere of The Night Circus

[@booksofazwei]

thank you, i'm glad you like it!

[@What_isMyname]

What is The Night Circus about?

[@anoakenstaff]

@@What_isMynameRomance! Magic! A circus! The Night Circus is about a type of duel between magicians in a travelling circus :) It's amazing, you should read it!

[@Ten_522]

@@What_isMyname Two magicians/illusionists decide to compete on who is the most skilled between them by training their respective students. But then their two students fall in love with each other. There’s also side stories featuring other characters from the circus.

[@What_isMyname]

@@Ten_522 Hey, I got the book a month ago and I LOVED it. So good! 😄❤️

[@anakaroliny2643]

This playlist remind me of Caraval books

[@jodihuff3582]

YES!! I'm in love with that series

[@raissamarques8328]

It really does!! Is amazing 🤩

[@faycoleman9023]

They seem to have similar vibes.

[@DefinitionOfCons]

YESS it does!!

[@devihartiningsih7198]

Me too,

[@johnnyritenbaugh1214]

I don't really know what I expected from this book when I read it several years ago. I enjoyed it, but I can't really remember what happened. I do recall that it didn't have as much of a plot as I wanted it to, and it came across as more of "unique slice of life with an air of mystery." I wasn't disappointed, just the story path took odd turns, which is strangely fitting for everything that it was.

[@XHikarixxx]

The entire book is just a vibe and I think that's the best part

[@user-bt5sk8ln9y]

I just finished my script it's called a night circus. it about a young girl goes to a carnival late at night and the clowns come alive and they try to get her to help them escape. this song made me in the mood to write. :

[@judgmentallemon2771]

This is a really unique plot!

[@vab_b2560]

ME WANT TO READ ITT PLEASEE

[@cxrpserxses]

This is a good playlist - now I'm interested in the book.

[@b00jen81]

It's SO good!! I literally clicked on this random rec without thinking just because I saw "Night Circus" 🎪🌃✨🌜

[@googleyoflolz9930]

don't. It's not good. The description is misleading and it's soso bland.

[@soelemon]

I'm in the part where the reveurs are described, them wearing black clothes with splashes of scarlet. I love this sm, they're so silly and happy with the Circus

[@ransomsavampire]

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH THANK YOU FOR THIS

[@alina_sagg239]

awww, that’s perfect for the book i’m writing right now!

[@flo0214]

Ok sure. Now i need the title of your book so i can buy it as soon as it’s out !

[@Gacha_shawtY]

What’s it called I need to read it!

[@ea4133]

This evokes such a feeling in me, one that I felt as a child. Thank you so much.

[@Paine6794]

This captures some of the book so well. It's easily in my top 5 favorite books; I love it so much.

[@rubyangel9707]

Genuinely, this is my favourite book. I have come back and re-read it over and over and the magic never fades.

[@jilly6765]

when i tell u i gasped on reading the title. Its such a beautiful book, thank u for making this playlist!'

[@heymooncoverchannel]

A place like this played in Ms.Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children omg I feel sooooo nostalgious!

[@shaeriich]

Just started reading this yesterday! So happy I came across the video!

[@mlpsh6995]

I absolutely love this book. It's utterly amazing.

[@avatar124]

This perfectly encapsulates the book!!! thank you ☺️

[@fairyqueen9281]

I LOVED this book, one of my favourites! So glad I stumbled upon this playlist, thanks🤗

[@tomyray2773]

This is without a doubt the most beautiful playlist I’ve ever heard.

[@user-uv5ci7xl9u]

Ok, I got to read this book!

[@Lil_Toquito]

No way i actually recognize the second aong! I remember hearing it play in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children when she introduces Jake to all the peculiar children!

[@Revision_Suffering_Time]

I love that film. Its so scary but so beautiful at the same time!

[@simonefernandez6990]

I haven't thought about the night circus in quite some time, this is wonderfully nostalgic

[@gabrielapaz299]

This made me want to purchase the book and I finally bought it three days ago!! This is perfect for me to listen to for when I read it!

[@harukodoll07]

Que playlist maravilhosa q eu encontrei, a melhor até agr❤

[@cherylb6755]

Fabulous book. I did not want it to end…. 📖

[@Jess3674]

I love this book! Very good read!

[@dr.virus1295]

I first read the Night Circus in my first year at College, then I read it again in my last College year. Really good book, solid story & characters, had a lot of ideas & concepts that you'd wish were real.

[@vibeofkorea]

It's beautiful music. Thank you for introducing great music.😘

[@user-ib7cy2jl8j]

И слушаю, и все переслушиваю... :3 Музыка прекрасна и очень атмосферна! Заставки красивы! Большое спасибо!!! 🌒⭐🕚❄❄🌨❄🌙🌟🌟🌘

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

The production quality of your music is outstanding. It's clear that a lot of care went into every detail, from the instrumentation to the mixing.

[@googleyoflolz9930]

Uhh... this isn't their music? They just... put it into a playlist .-.

[@xxvskrunkle]

I NEED MORE OF THESE I LOVE CIRCUSES

[@kristygasca6227]

I love your beautiful music🙏❤🎵, and the name of the night circus is brilliant idea. I love imagine that I'm watching a fantasy and romance movie of the night circus. 🎪🌒🌙🌹 Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful music video. 🙏❤❤❤❤

[@Epic_Clownman]

This is amazing!

[@juliawonsowska7353]

This was fantastic, thank you!!

[@CAE927]

thank you for sharing this blissful music, that attracts positive energy🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤🌿🌿,,

[@margaretmclennan5169]

I love this book and love rading it again and again

[@nicholas.h9558]

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" vibes

[@ToxicDrunker93]

Your music is great, it helps me focus more on my weekend test🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@endearmentthedoe1191]

This is literally my favorite book 😊

[@EtherealAmoeba]

Haven't read this book yet, however I did play this while I read a different circus themed book from this year, The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson!

[@MymunaSultana-jg8ss]

Such a thrill feeling

[@fluentsarcasm5346]

i LOVE this

[@rafaelacosta2080]

Mds que perfeição, eu amo esse livro❤

[@AlwayslandValley]

This is the second playlist I've listened to inspired by The Night Circus. It must be really good. :)

[@anoakenstaff]

It is!!! Read itttt!!!!/lh

[@AlwayslandValley]

@@anoakenstaff Sounds like the perfect book to read it October? I'll check it out!

[@anoakenstaff]

@@AlwayslandValleyAaa yes! It's a really lovely fall read! I hope you enjoy it! Do you have a Goodreads where you post your reviews?

[@AlwayslandValley]

@@anoakenstaff Hi! I think I have a Good Reads account, but haven't done reviews. Hands down my favorite October read is Night Film...please check it out if you haven't already. Incredible book. I will get back to you when I finish Night Circus. Do you have a Good Reads?

[@AlwayslandValley]

@@anoakenstaff I ordered the book (Night Circus) today. Looking forward to reading it with these playlists in the background :)

[@elizavetababitskaya2465]

весь плейлист - это буквально неофициальный саундтрек к "Алисе в стране чудес")))

[@TheLittleLadyLaura]

this story was probably the only MCAS project i enjoyed - finding music like this is probably one of the best things to happen

[@kattykat7603]

Crazy, I'm midway through the book and this was recommended without being prompted Update: having now finished it, this fits perfectly

[@ConstantineIsayev]

*And the girl who had never seen a carnival before was suddenly met with one appearing in the woods where she'd been told explicitly by her mother and father not to go, yet as she approached closer, she could smell the popcorn and cotton candy from all the way away, in her blind bliss, she decided to go to the carnival and see what lay in wait inside, upon entering she saw an empty showroom with two lions staring at her like the hungry predators they were, when suddenly, a Crack of a whip made the lions stand at attention & a minute later, a man appeared dressed in a red and black outfit and asked the girl "what is your name, sweetheart?" The girl was taken aback but responded "Clarissa, I didn't know there was a circus here-" the man then shushed her and said "Don't say another word, I'll show you the best circus act in the world~" he then cracked his whip again and the lions stood up on two feet like trained dogs and in came 3 more people, stuntmen and some clowns, one set down a bucket of popcorn and another, a stick of Cotton Candy, the show then began the lions did tricks and the acrobats did confounding tricks and twists all while circus music played after about 4 hours, the girl said "I need to leave" and got up to leave the tent when to her dismay, a 3rd lion stood guard over the door and the lion tamer said "You don't know do you? Once you enter the carnival of wonders, you may never leave!"*

[@JennyNoPants]

This first song is the intro to the cooking show Sweet Genius" i loved it. ❤

[@shannonomalley9584]

How TF did youtube know I just started reading this...

[@soelemon]

(spoilers) YALL IM IN THE PART MARCOS BURNING FINGER SCAR IS HURTING HIM AND THEY REALIZE, THEY CANNOT LEAVE THE F GAME. AND THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. BUT THE GAME. AAAAAAAAAAAH

[@eyering666]

Good I like it😀

[@ShuyaTheDark]

1:40 I was like "Who added an accordion to this piece?" And then went on to find out that there are multiple versions that are slightly different.

[@whitesky8857]

The playlist for the webtoon Marionetta❤

[@catherinehiggins4476]

what ❤Beautiful ❤️ amazing ❤️ music

[@Zelig_Shaine]

11:02 oh wow- this music sounds very familiar, i remember hearing this from a cartoon in my childhood, but I don't quite remember what it was... UPDATE- it's Disney's Mickey & Minnie Mouse as Hansel & Gretel ! huh, for some reason i thought it'd be Tom & Jerry...

[@gabyw5907]

Please do a playlist based on ACOTAR 🙏🏻

[@MaryRocha994]

Caraval vibes

[@La_Familia_Vulvo]

05:19 this is the Alicia's soundtrack 😻😻 Edit: 11:11 my alm out of my body

[@J3ster_Dig3ster]

Im literally reading the night circus book while listening ti this

[@poppyseedpoison3448]

So pleasantly startled to hear the Mr Magorium's soundtrack! Marry me?

[@JohnSmith-je9jd]

I no longer chase my dreams around...... My dreams are nightmares now. They chase me.....😮😮😮

[@maie__]

El chico de fuego vibes 🔥🤍

[@lovekiyo2352]

Le cirque des rêves and you start with aquarium from the Carnival?? I litteraly can't get out of this video now...

[@soelemon]

well i'm finishing it today yall

[@Mediocrity_]

HOLY SHIT IM READING THAT RIGHT NOW

[@biaotoch]

I love but gives me such a weird feeling, maybe that’s why is especial

[@cybelesilva]

Belíssimas / wonderful 🎼🎶🎻🎺🥁🪗🎹

[@mademoiselleb2102]

I love Danse Macabre

[@anoakenstaff]

Ooh do you know where the image is from?

[@Wafflez537]

DANSE MACABRE!

[@Fit_Albina]

Atmospheric music, dark gloomy magic circus! Mystery... It's mesmerizing 🪄

[@CommanderCheapSkate]

Well... I guess I have to read the book again... :D

[@arypurple9882]

11:11 Danse Macabre from Ratched!

[@malikaozgul8087]

pleasee do one on daisy Jones and the six

[@lala_subs6967]

Si quieren mas musica de este tipo les recomiendo a Yuki Kajiura

[@romankotas448]

Woooo!!!!!!!

[@yourlocalhuman5737]

I want to play this while reading Lord of the Mysteries...

[@zer0isaher0]

the first song is used here in the UK at the Sealife center i think? pretty sure cause it was very familiar

[@wifilovesjk7140]

ame

[@hellsingvic]

la primera parte parece de Harry Potter, creo que a cada rato ponene esa cancion en capitulos de Los Simpson

[@Stormy-1]

me siento parte de la tripulación de Buggy de One Piece

[@CoasterRabbit]

The first one is from beauty and the beast i know that tune anywhere

[@googleyoflolz9930]

YOU STARTED WITH THE TINKERBELL MUSIC?!?!?!

[@Sleepy_Zizzy]

The first song reminded me a bit of that tune from belle and the beast. Im searching for that song but still can't find it😢

[@terik2851]

It's called Aquarium

[@Sleepy_Zizzy]

@@terik2851 thx

[@octaviatastic1391]

That's cuz the score Alan Menken composed for the original Beauty and the Beast drew heavily from Carnival of the Animals

[@Noth777]

Que? Papá? -Willy wonka

[@holfi2377]

первое это Линнет и Линн? почему-то напоминает их))) кто смотрел тизер, тот поймет

[@13n115]

no because this is THE fantasy playlist

[@Jude659]

Ong the first one is in just add magic when they make food

[@cammy2625]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Izz_8809]

hmm that's odd 🤔 carnival of the animals seems familiar. Was that in the beauty and the beast? 🤔

[@molliseren]

02:22 04:03 09:08 18:02

[@jadawcken2066]

where have I heard the first song before? definitely some old ad for a movie but im trying to remember edit: its from the prologue to beauty and the beast adn its a really good song and the scene is so good with the narrator but but but while re-watching the prologue for myself I found a bit of a shock in the movie Lumiere the candle stick says that the prince has been a beast for 10 years, and in the prologue it says the petals on the rose will run out on his 21st year and yeah I looked it up to confirm it wasn't just continuity, the beast was eleven when the enchantress cursed him the true villain was her all along, showing up just looking to curse someone, an eleven year old boy answers the door and says he doesn't want to let a stranger stay WHICH IS FAIR because she showed up to his door and started saying riddles also he's eleven even if the reason he wouldn't let you stay was because you were ugly how are you gonna be so mad about the opinion of an eleven year old, that you to curse them to not only be a beast if he doesn't fall romantically in love with someone who loves also has to romantically love him back, but you curse every body else working at the castle to turn into furniture, including the children, (unless the teapots kid was magically reproduced) to also die and fade back to plain furniture when the timer runs out NOT ONLY THAT but then you curse to castle to be shrouded in a mist that makes everyone forget it existed which means that if they beast leaves the castle to try and find a lover, he will likely be hunted down! and the state of all the castle workers means that they cant leave either she curses an eleven year old with only one way to take it back, with a time limit, she gave him almost no way to complete the task she set out, she essentially gave all of the castle dwellers a death sentence, and then she just bums out of there to wherever else she lives because she didn't even need to do this in the first place, because with strong enough magic to make everybody who ever been there forget about the castle she could have just made herself a fucking house in the woods.

[@LostInThought4ever]

Well, the narrator said it would bloom until his 21st year, not until his 21st birthday or 21 years old, so I always interpreted it as this 21st year under the curse. And then there’s the stain glass images, while the narrator explains the curse, and the painting Belle finds in the west wing, both depicting what looks like a grown man. And then If the prince was just 11 and the curse was only going to last 10 years, I wonder where Chip came from? He was obviously younger than 10. So it seems more logical the curse just froze everyone in time. Makes way more sense to me if you just watch the first movie. Go into the sequels and it seems they retconned it so the prince was a kid of 11, and aged to 21 by the time of the first movie. But I still don’t know where Chip came from, who’s shown at the end of the movie as a young, maybe 5 year old boy, and it doesn’t explain why the prince is an adult in the stained glass scenes or and adult in the painting he destroyed in the west wing. So I think the sequels just opened up plot holes. But everything you said about the enchantress being the true villain? Oh, yeah, she totally was. You’re completely right.

[@jadawcken2066]

@@LostInThought4ever but if it was 21st year instead of his 21st birthday then, taking into account what Lumiere said, the end of the movie would make no sense. at the end of the movie beast is running out of time and there's a scene where the last petal falls, which means the end of his time limit. I did look into it, it seems like even the writers for this movie decided to agree he was eleven when the enchantress got to him, when you look up how old the beast is they do mention that the rose correlates with his age. so its commonly accepted that the 21st year means his birthday even if he wasn't, I'm going to decide for my own conscience, that he was eleven when it happened. because otherwise the age difference of the beast and belle is so bad because belle is 17 when the movies events happen if the beast is adult age (19-21) by the time the enchantress gets to him, and it is 21 years later instead of the 10 then that would mean the beast was 40 in the least and then suddenly the whole Stockholm syndrome thing comes into question.

[@LostInThought4ever]

@@jadawcken2066 I don’t remember Lumiere saying anything about the age or the curse. I’m basing everything on the original animated movie, so maybe Lumiere did the narration for the live action? I watched it once and really didn’t like it, so I can’t remember. But if the beast aged from 11 to 21, Chip would have been very near adulthood too if time hadn’t froze for them. But we see he’s still around 5, very very young. So magic freezing time, means no one ages, which means the beast’s age doesn’t change, so there isn’t a problem with the age gap because for beast, he’s still the same age mentally and physically. The rose is the only thing to age, so it was the only thing still affected by time. So time freezing for everyone in the castle and it being his 21st year just makes more sense to me. There’s just things that don’t add up otherwise, and I already mentioned those. But you can prefer the other theory if you want. It’s fine.

[@jadawcken2066]

@@LostInThought4ever I actually mention in the original comment that Lumiere tells belle that the beast has been a cursed for 10 years, and I do remember this happening in the original animated movie ofc you're theory is a nice alternative answer for the one clip of that painting of him but still, if your theory is true the inhabitants of the castle and the beast are all still aging mentally and then the beast would still be mentally 40 years old. and the painting can be explained for an out of universe reason, the writers probably wanted to show what the beast looked like when he was human before the end of the movie, it was pretty common to do things like that in film back then. I honestly don't know what's up with chip, there's nothing really to explain his age, when you look it up they say he's seven but honestly I don't think they ever mention his age in the movie so there's no way to know that. i think honestly you could say he was any age, like if he was a baby when the curse was placed. or you could blame it on the writers not putting that much thought into the timeline because honestly both explanations make a little sense and both have plot holes the beast being 11 just has more support generally, like Lumiere is more of a main character in comparison to chip and he's the one who says its been 10 years

[@LostInThought4ever]

@@jadawcken2066 I know you mentioned it in the original comment, I said I didn’t remember Lumiere saying it, but now I do remember the line in the Be Our Guest song. So, yeah, he mentioned 10 years. But it is one line in a song which could be argued to have been written purely in an artistic sense. One plot hole for my theory, but as far as I know, the only one. So I prefer the theory that has one plot hole, to one that has three. And as for my theory on them being frozen in time, I did say they were frozen physically and mentally, so they would truly still be who they were when the spell was cast. So the age isn’t weird. And that’s why the spell was broken, because Belle caused Beast to think differently. It broke the spell they were “frozen” in and time “unfroze” so they could live again. Then there’s Chip again. If he is seven, then how did he come into existence three years into the curse where everyone is a household object and so can’t reproduce? If they all are frozen in time, then him being seven from the beginning and still being seven physically and mentally makes perfect sense. But this is a cartoon, so there are problems with it. I think my theory has more weight to it, and you prefer yours. So all is good.

[@maestrovichozo6586]

AMZING DIGITAL CIRCUS?

[@Ghosty_Buggy]

Cam someone tell me which movie was the Carnival of Animals song used in 😭

[@cammy2625]

When I go in dream

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

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