Music
Music has a unique ability to capture our memories, emotions, and connections. When selecting songs for a funeral or memorial service, the choices are deeply personal. This list reflects the diverse musical tastes, interests, and meanings that can represent a life well-lived. There are no right or wrong selections - just trust your heart. Let these suggestions spark ideas to honor your loved one with melodies and lyrics that provide comfort, inspiration and reflection. Music is a gift to cherish in both joyous and sorrowful times.
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
– Victor Hugo
6th Symphony ‘Pastoral - Beethoven
A Sentimental Journey - Doris Day
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Abide With Me - London Philharmonic Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra
Adagio in G Minor - Albinoni
Aerial (A Sky of Honey) - Kate Bush
Air on the G String
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Christian Choral Society
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Wallsend Baptist North Tyneside
Always In My Heart - Glenn Miller
Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley
Angels - Robbie Williams
Ave Verum Corpus, K.618 - Vienna Boys Choir
Begin the Beguine - Glenn Miller
Benedictus - Karl Jenkins
Berceuse (Dolly Suite) - Faure - Julian Lloyd Webber
Blue Danube - Strauss
Borrowed Angels - Kristin Chenoweth
Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise
California Dreaming - The Mamas and The Papas
Candle in the Wind - Elton John
Canon in D – Pachelbel - Acker Bilk
Circle of Life - Elton John
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
Danny Boy - Irish Anthem – Gentri Covers
Deep Blue Evening - Edric Connor
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Nat King Cole
Down on the Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Edelweiss - Mantovani
Elegy on the RAF March Past - Central Band RAF
Emperor Waltz - Strauss - Mantovani
End of the Line - The Traveling Wilburys
Evening Hymn (The Day Thou Gavest)/ Last Post/ Sunset - Central Band RAF
Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers
Everybody’s Talkin’ - Harry Nilsson
Fields of Gold / I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Larry Green
Fields of Gold - Sting
Fields of Gold - Eva Cassidy
Flower of Scotland - Band of The King’s Own Scottish Borderers & Lowland Band
Fly Me to the Moon - Rod Stewart
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
Going Home - James Last
Going Home - Richard Carney
Goodbye - Kenny Rogers
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Heaven’s Garden - Kieran Brennan
Here comes the Sun - The Beatles
Here You Me - Sad Boy
Here, There, and Everywhere - The Beatles
Hero - Maria Carey
High on a Hill - Band & Bugles of 2nd Batallion; The Royal Green Jackets
Hymn of the Cherubim - Tchaikovsky
I Am Sailing - Rod Stewart
I Could Never Say Goodbye - Enya
(I Did It) My Way - Frank Sinatra
I Dreamed a Dream - (Les Misérables) Acoustic Guitar
I Love You Because - Jim Reeves
I Miss You - Avril Lavinge
I Remember You - Frank Ifield
I Turn to You - Christina Aguilera
I Vow To Thee My Country - Band of The Coldstream Guards
I Vow To Thee My Country - The Poppy Girls
I Walk with God - Mario Lanza
If I Ruled the World - Tony Bennett
Immortality - Celine Dion
In The Arms of An Angel - Sarah Mclachlan
Jephtha - Handel - Anthony, Rolfe Johnson
Jerusalem
Just Call Me Angel - Juice Newton
Ladies in Lavender - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Joshua Bell on Violin
Leave Right Now - Will Young
Let’s Twist Again - Chubby Checker
Lord of the Dance - Fiddler’s Galore
Memories - Elvis
Memories - Maroon 5
Moon River - Andy Williams
Moonfire - James Last and Richard Clayderman
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
Morning Has Broken - (Celtic Carol) Graal Orchestra
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Morning Has Broken - Instrumental
My Love, My Life - Mamma Mia (Here We Go Again) Amanda Seyfried, Lily James, and Meryl Streep
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Nimrod - Enigma Variations Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Edward Elgar
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor
Piano Concerto 5 Emperor (2nd Movement Adagio) - Beethoven – Andre Rieu
Pomp and Circumstance - Royal Philharmonic – Edward Elgar
Radetzky March - Strauss
Rest In Peace - Aron Wright
Rule The World - Take That
Sail on Sailor - Beach Boys
Sailing By - Ronald Binge – BBC Concert Orchestra Handley
Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks
Smile - Bradley Walsh
Smile - Nat King Cole
Smile - Rod Stewart
Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Glenn Miller
Song To the Siren - This Mortal Coil
Songbird - Eva Cassidy
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Songbird - Kenny G
Spanish Eyes - Englebert Humperdinck
Stay With Me - Ironik
Stranger in Paradise - Tony Bennett
Stranger on The Shore - Acker Bilk
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op68 Pastoral (2nd mvt Andante Molto Mosso) - Beethoven - Hanover, Band - Goodman
Take 5 - Dave Brubeck
Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
Take My Hand Precious Lord - Elvis Presley
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton, Instrumental
The Gad Fly - Shostakovich – Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Krimets
The Great Escape - Elmer Bernstein
The Great Pretender - Queen
The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
The Long and Winding Road - The Hit Crew (Instrumental Version)
The Next Generation TV Soundtrack - Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion
The Rose - Andre Rieu
The Story of My Life - Neil Diamond
The Things We Did Last Summer - Frank Sinatra
The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
These Are the Days of Our Lives - Queen
These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole
Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
Top of the World - The Carpenters
Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Waft Her Angels Through the Skies
Walk of Life - Dire Straits
Walking On the Moon - The Police
We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When The Good Times Come Again - Barry Manilow
When the Roll is Called Up Yonder - Johnny Cash
When the Sun Falls - Bruce Cockburn
White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn
Wild Mountain Thyme - Joan Baez
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
You Are the Reason - Calum Scott
You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban