Songs that feel like The Maze Runner (2014)
Amnesiac panic and claustrophobic dread give way to hard-won camaraderie and a desperate, adrenaline-soaked push to break out of a world with no answers.
- Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush: Relentless pulsing drive and yearning mirror the boys' desperate, repeated runs against an impossible wall.
- Radioactive by Imagine Dragons: Post-apocalyptic awakening and a stomping, defiant build suit a boy emerging into a new, hostile world.
- Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes: A menacing, marching riff that feels like the Grievers closing in.
- Intro by The xx: Sparse, nervy tension and cold atmosphere evoke the quiet dread of waiting for the doors to close.
- Little Talks by Of Monsters And Men: A communal, shouted-together energy like the Gladers bonding to survive.
- Wake Up by Arcade Fire: Soaring, anthemic rebellion capturing the moment the group decides to fight the system.
- Take Me To Church by Hozier: Brooding, ritualistic intensity and defiance against an unseen controlling power.
- Dissolve Me by alt-J: Eerie, off-kilter electronic textures reflect memory loss and a world that doesn't add up.
- Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin: Pounding, primal momentum fits the all-out sprint through shifting corridors.
