Funeral Music
Music is another way of expressing and reflecting on the life of a loved one at Funeral and Memorial Services.
Music plays a powerful role; it can be emotive, reflective or humorous.
Music choices are endless and it may take some time to find the best songs for a service.
Music can be pre-recorded or performed life at a service.
It is important to acknowledgement source and copyright.
Here’s just a few ideas to get you started.
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Funeral Music A Mothers Prayer - Celine Dion Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Angels - Robbie Williams Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens Angels Brought Me Here - Guy Sebastian Mull of Kintyre - Paul McCartney Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds On Eagles Wings - Josh Groban A thousand Stars – Billy Fury Only Time – Enya Amazing Grace - Soweto Gospel Choir On The Road Again - Willie Nelson Angels – Robbie Williams One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey Ave Maria - Sarah Brightman Over the Rainbow -Israel Kamakawiwo Awake My Soul – Mumford & Sons Precious Child - Karen Taylor Beautiful Boy – John Lennon Que Sera Sera - Doris Day Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel Reach for the Stars – S Club 7 Dancing With The Angels - Monk & Neagle Sailing - Rod Stewart Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits See You Again – Wiz Khalifa Calling All Angels – Train Somewhere Out There - Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson Circle of Life – Elton John Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy Come On Up to the House – Tom Waits Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo Country Roads – John Denver Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum Don’t Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley Stairway To Heaven - Led Zepplin Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sherrin Fields of Gold - Sting Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton Fly - Celine Dion popular for infants Thank You For Loving Me - Jon Bon Jovi For a Dancer – Jackson Browne Thank You – Johnny Reid From A Distance - Better Midler The Air that I Breathe – Hollies Going Home – Mary Fahl The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperinck Gone Too Soon – Michael Jackson The Living Years – Mike and the Mechanics Goodbye - Lionel Richie The Prayer - Celine Dion Goodbye’s the Saddest Word - Celine Dion The Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones Goodbye My Friend – Linda Ronstadt The Last Farewell - Elvis Presley Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt The Rose - Bette Midler Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones The Way We Were - Barbara Streisand Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen There You’ll Be - Faith Hill He Ain’t Heavy – Neil Diamond Time after Time – Cindy Lauper or Eva Cassidy Heaven Can Wait – Meatloaf Time To Say Goodbye - Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Heaven was Needing a Hero – Jo Dee Messina Brightman Hero - Mariah Carey To Where You Are – Josh Groban I Am Sailing – Rod Stewart Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston Unforgettable – Nat King Cole I’ll See You Again – Westlife Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warne In the Arms of an Angel – Sarah McLachlan When I Die - No Mercy Into the West – Anne Lennox When I Grow Too Old To Dream - John Mcdermott I Can Feel You Drifting - Chalee Tennison We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn I Don’t Wanna Close My Eyes - Aerosmith Who Knew – Pink I Need You - 3T Who Wants to Live Forever – Queen I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler I’ll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy Wish You Were Here - Fleetwood Mac Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Guns'n'Roses Yesterday - The Beatles Lullaby – Billy Joel You Are My Sunshine - Anne Murray Last Farewell - Elvis Presley You Were Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley Looking Forward, Looking Back - Slim Dusty You’ll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - Susan Boyle You’ll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers Meet Me in the Middle of the Air – Paul Kelly You’re My Best Friend – Queen My Way – Frank Sinatra You Raise Me Up – Westlife
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Funeral Music Classical
Air on a G string - Bach Canon - Pachelbel Cello Concerto - Elgar Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy Funeral March - Beethoven Fur Elise - Beethoven New World Symphony (Going Home) - Dvorak Nimrod - Elgar Nocturne in E flat Major - Chopin Piano Concerto 21 - Mozart Prelude in C minor - Chopin Serenade for Strings - Elgar Sheep May Safely Graze - J.S.Bach Solveig’s song -"Peer Gynt"- Grieg Symphony No.6 "Pastoral" - Beethoven The Four Seasons (Winter) - Vivaldi The Gadfly - Shostakovich The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams The Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) The Planets "Venus" - Holst
Religious
Abide With Me Amazing Grace - Leann Rimes Ave Marie - Celine Dion Be Not Afraid - John Michael Talbot Come As You Are - John Michael Talbot Hallelujah "Vocal" - Mozart Here I Am Lord - John Michael Talbot Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S.Bach Onward Christian Soldiers - Tennesee Ernie Ford Psalm 23 Requiem - Berlioz Requiem -Pie Jesu - Faure Symphony No.9 "Ode to Joy" - Beethoven The Lord Is My Shepherd - John Michael Talbot
Old Time
As Time Goes By - Louis Armstrong Danny Boy Flower of Scotland He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother - The Hollies My Way - Frank Sinatra Unforgettable - Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
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