San Francisco Playlist

A moody soundtrack for Pacific fog, cliffside ruins, and eerie urban lore.

Fog Over the Bay – Cinematic, Dreamlike, Atmospheric

“Saturn” – Sleeping At Last
“Holocene” – Bon Iver
“The Rip” – Portishead
“Oblivion” – Bastille (acoustic)
“Ophelia” – The Lumineers
“Experience” – Ludovico Einaudi
“Breathe Me” – Sia
“Nightbook” – Ludovico Einaudi
“Motion Picture Soundtrack” – Radiohead (Instrumental Version)
“Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” – Blind Willie Johnson

Alcatraz Echoes – Prison Ghosts, Isolation, Cold Waters

“The Lighthouse” – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
“In the Air Tonight” – Phil Collins
“The Last Day” – Moby
“Shadowplay” – Joy Division
“People Are Strange” – The Doors
“The Host of Seraphim” – Dead Can Dance
“Exit Music (For a Film)” – Radiohead
“All the Good Girls Go to Hell” – Billie Eilish
“No Surprises” – Radiohead
“Into the Black” – Chromatics

Sutro Baths & Land’s End – Ruins, Waves, Ghosts on the Cliffs

“The Curse” – Agnes Obel
“Four Walls” – Broods
“Your Young Voice” – Ólafur Arnalds
“Saltwater” – Geowulf
“The Wolves (Act I & II)” – Bon Iver
“Haenim” – Kim Jung Mi
“In a Week” – Hozier & Alana Henderson
“Awake” – Tycho
“Eyes on Fire” – Blue Foundation
“Bloodflood” – alt-J

Presidio Trails & Mission Lore – Shadows, Soldiers, Spirits

“Black Water” – Of Monsters and Men
“No Light, No Light” – Florence + The Machine
“Haunted” – Laura Welsh
“Shadow” – Chromatics
“Retrograde” – James Blake
“Unsteady” – X Ambassadors
“Way Down We Go” – KALEO
“Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio
“Meet Me in the Woods” – Lord Huron
“Sedona” – Houndmouth

City After Dark – Crime Mysteries, Zodiac Vibes, Urban Haunt

“Nightcall” – Kavinsky
“Tear You Apart” – She Wants Revenge
“Red Right Hand” – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
“Blackout” – Anna Calvi
“Blue Monday” – HEALTH
“Glory Box” – Portishead
“Breezeblocks” – alt-J
“Trip the Darkness” – Lacuna Coil
“Lonesome Town” – Ricky Nelson
“Far From Any Road” – The Handsome Family

Closing Tracks – Foggy Highway 1 Drives, Night Ferry Home

“Rivers and Roads” – The Head and the Heart
“To Build a Home” – The Cinematic Orchestra
“St. Clementine” – Hozier
“Big Black Car” – Gregory Alan Isakov
“The Parting Glass” – The Wailin’ Jennys