What's Your Writing Playlist?

I have this theory that music can influence your mood, and in turn, influence your writing. Has anyone done a study on this? If not, I'd love to be a test subject.
The majority of the time I tend to stray away from listening to music while writing creative pieces. However, once in a while, I find a song that perfectly fits the mood I'm trying to convey. Most recently that song was "Breathe Me" by Sia. It's a sad, but breathtaking tune that really helped push an emotionally complex short story I was working on. I don't even know how many times that song looped through my headphones during my writing process. I just know that the song was a perfect mood-setter.
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I always thought it would be great if authors could package a soundtrack to their novels or short stories. A soundtrack, in my opinion, would further contribute to the tone & mood. I guess a neat thing about scriptwriting is that you can actually insert mood-setting songs into your script. Maybe during a montage, or faded into the background of a scene. Or you could even have your character listening to something through their headphones, stereo, etc. With scriptwriting there seems to be so much more room for music.
So what is on your writing playlist? What are songs that help you get the words flowing? Or, what songs would you would want to include in your Script Frenzy script?
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