"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky. Dramatic quiet-to-loud arc, stormy climax. layered composition, overlapping color planes. Mood: cathartic, contemplative, emotional. Visual style: 2000s digital editorial aesthetic. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Have You Passed Through This Night?
Explosions in the Sky
Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (2001)
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Have You Passed Through This Night? by Explosions in the Sky is 85 BPM — Andante (walking pace).
Half-time 43 BPM · Double-time 170 BPM · released 2001
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Song DNA
Notes: Features gradual crescendos with swelling guitars and steady percussion that build emotional intensity without abrupt shifts. The layered instrumentation creates a rich, immersive soundscape ideal for sensory processing.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening meditation meltdown recovery
Middle of the road on intensity, in the best way. It has a big quiet-to-loud range with just a little movement, over a multi-layered texture. Purely instrumental, at an unhurried mid-tempo. It’s easy enough to follow without going flat. Against the 19,209 songs we’ve measured, it sits more energetic than 41% of songs, calmer than the rest.
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Moods: cathartic, contemplative, emotional
Traditions: post-rock
Volume Warning
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" climbs hard.
Dynamic range 8/10 places this in our upper band. The opening volume that feels comfortable will not be comfortable at the climax. If you are setting this up for a focused listen, anchor your volume to the quietest section, not the loudest. The arc is the point of the song; if you blunt it by riding the volume knob, you lose what makes it work. Explosions in the Sky built the dynamic shape on purpose. Plan around it.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 8/10 is in the upper band of our library. This song has a significant quiet-to-loud arc. For sensory-sensitive listening, set the opening volume well below your comfortable top-end; the climax will land harder than the intro suggests.
Sudden changes: mild. There are one or two transitions worth knowing about, though they're musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
Texture is layered — a full arrangement with clear separation between parts.
Predictability is medium — conventional structure overall, with one or two moments that deviate from what you'd expect.
Vocal style: instrumental.
Where this sits in Explosions in the Sky's catalog
We have 32 songs from Explosions in the Sky in the library. Of those, 4 are rated Safe, 16 Moderate, and 12 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 8/10 sits above the artist average of 7.9, making it the #10 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
2001 context
Released in 2001. We have 324 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.3/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 2000s.
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Traditions
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How fast is "Have You Passed Through This Night?"?
85 BPM — Slow (downtempo / ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Morning coffee, deep work, commute wind-down.
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When "Have You Passed Through This Night?" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
✗
Focus / studying
No — too dynamic or too many surprises. Save for active listening.
✗
Running / workout
No — 85 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Moderate because it falls between our Safe and Intense thresholds on at least one dimension. Moderate is the default for most well-produced music that has real arc but no surprise elements. Full rubric: methodology.
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44/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-13. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 41% of songs, calmer than the other 59%. Its intensity reading of 44/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 80% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
Day Six — Explosions in the Sky · 99%Welcome, Ghosts — Explosions in the Sky · 99%Human Qualities — Explosions in the Sky · 99%Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude — Yo-Yo Ma · 99%
Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
2001 in context
The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Day Six — Explosions in the SkyWelcome, Ghosts — Explosions in the SkyBach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude — Yo-Yo Ma
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity44
Dynamics78
Tempo25
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Have You Passed Through This Night?"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky has a tempo of 85 BPM (Andante (walking pace)). At half-time that is 43 BPM, and at double-time 170 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" by Explosions in the Sky rates as Moderate intensity. Dynamic range 8/10, mild sudden changes, layered texture. Moderate is the default for well-produced music with real arc but no surprise elements.
How loud is "Have You Passed Through This Night?" — what is its dynamic range?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" has a dynamic range of 8/10. Substantial quiet-to-loud arc. Start at a volume well below your top-end; the climax will land harder than the intro suggests.
Does "Have You Passed Through This Night?" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Have You Passed Through This Night?" best for?
In our library "Have You Passed Through This Night?" is recommended for: deep listening, meditation, meltdown recovery. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Have You Passed Through This Night?" released?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" is from 2001, on the album "Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever". It appears in our 2000s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Have You Passed Through This Night?"?
We tag "Have You Passed Through This Night?" as cathartic, contemplative, emotional. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Have You Passed Through This Night?"?
The vocal style is instrumental.
Is "Have You Passed Through This Night?" good for running?
Not really — at 85 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Have You Passed Through This Night?" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (8/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Have You Passed Through This Night?" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Have You Passed Through This Night?"?
"Have You Passed Through This Night?" is Moderate intensity — fine for most listeners, but with enough dynamic activity that it works best as active listening rather than background.
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