Blue Ruins — a full-length concept album inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Reimagined as original songs, paintings, and dream-logic soundscapes through the voice and fractured memory of Clementine.
"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."
❄️ The Concept: Blue Ruins is a musical journey through the crumbling mind of Joel Barish. Inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, this concept album explores the sound of memories disappearing, the desperate attempt to hide in humiliated corners of the mind, and the loop of falling in love all over again.
Blending melancholic melodies with fragmented, dream-like textures, this is a soundtrack for the memories you can't bear to erase.
🧠 Mood: Melancholic, Surreal, Dreamy, Nostalgic, Wintery.
🎧 Perfect for: Rainy days, snowy walks, introspection, and healing from heartbreak.
This album is part of
A BeAUTIFUL ORDINARY — The Muzeum Collection
A series where films, characters, and moments are transformed into new works of art through music, narrative, and visual paintings.
🎧 Listen • Download • Purchase the CD (with bonus tracks):
https://SoulfulPlayground.com
THE EXPERIENCE
Each track began as a painting.
Each painting became a memory.
Each memory became a voice.
And every voice pulls you deeper into the emotional blueprint of someone trying to hold onto what’s fading.
15 songs.
15 canvases.
One story dissolving in reverse.
Tracklist:
1. Blue Ruins
2. Don’t Remember Me
3. Clementine vs Time
4. The Train Never Stops
5. I Forgot to Forget You
6. Oh, My Darling
7. Inside My Car
8. Tick-Tock, Clementine
9. Painting You While You Sleep
10. Don’t Call Me Nice
11. Thin Ice
12. Piece of Mind
13. Meet Me in Montauk
14. Burn It Clean
15. The Shape of What Remains
THE RECIPE CARD
(The tools + ingredients that made this project possible)
Inspiration
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Writing & Story Development
• ChatGPT (lyric shaping, world-building)
• Gemini (research, timeline & structure)
• le vent Graph Notebook – 100gsm (storyboards & sketches)
Music Production
• Native Instruments Maschine (drums, sequencing)
• Ableton Live 12
• Elektron Analog Heat II (saturation)
• Warm Audio gear (analog color)
• Suno (vocal performance & musical interpretation)
Art & Visuals
• PhotoLeap (concept mockups)
• MidJourney (painting generation)
• Kaiber (animated gallery scenes)
• Adobe Premiere Pro (editing & film assembly)
Distribution & Archives
• SoulfulPlayground.com — full albums, downloads, merch, CDs & vinyl
ABOUT THE MUZEUM COLLECTION
Every album in this collection is built as a gallery show:
paintings → music → memory → story.
No AI faces. No avatars.
Just interpretations of cinematic emotion translated through original art.
Collectors' editions, physical artifacts, and exclusive tracks are available through the Muzeum website.
SUPPORT THE ART
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HASHTAGS
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#ArtMusic #InspiredByFilm #LyricVideo #MuseumCollection
#Clementine #Montauk #EternalSunshine #JimCarrey #KateWinslet #BreakupMusic #CinematicInstrumental #soulfulplayground
CHAPTERS
00:00 Blue Ruins
02:00 Don't Remember Me
04:08 Clemintine vs Time
05:53 The Train Never Stopped
08:13 I Forgot to Forget You
09:38 Oh, My Darling (What a Mess)
12:11 Inside My Car
15:02 Tick Tock, Clemintine
18:14 Painting You While You Sleep
21:49 Don't Call Me Nice
23:50 Thin Ice
26:32 Piece of Mind
29:10 Meet Me in Montauk
31:49 Burn it Clean
33:54 The Shape of What Remains
36:10 Ending Credits (Blue Rains Reprise)
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