List of music
This is a list of popular songs and music that are typically played at funeral ceremonies.
1812 OVERTURE (CONCLUSION) Tchaikovsky A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP Nat King Cole A BRIDGE TOO FAR Band of the A CERTAIN SMILE Johnny Mathis Coldstream Guards A GAELIC BLESSING Rutter Cambridge A GIFT OF A THISTLE (BRAVEHEART) Soundtrack Singers A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE Band of The Royal Marines A LIFE WELL LIVED Jorma Kaukonen A LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL Michael Bolton A LOVED ONE’S GOODBYE Daniel O’Donnell A MILLION LOVE SONGS Take That A MOMENT LIKE THIS Leona Lewis A MOTHER’S PRAYER Celine Dion A MOTHER’S WAY Foster & Allen A MUSICAL JOKE (HORSE OF THE YEAR Mozart The Horse THEME) Riding Champs A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY Max Bygraves A SONG FOR YOU The Carpenters SQUARE A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Acker Bilk A WINTER’S TALE David Essex ABIDE WITH ME Various artists ABSENT FRIENDS Ken Dodd ACE OF SPADES Motorhead ACHY BREAKY HEART Billy Ray Cyrus ADAGIO FOR STRINGS Barber ADIEMUS Karl Jenkins ADIOS Glenn Miller ALL I ASK OF YOU (PHANTOM OF THE Cliff Richard & OPERA) Sarah Brightman ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF Monty Python LIFE (MONTY PYTHON) (Clean) ALWAYS ON MY MIND Elvis Presley ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND Sandie Shaw ME AMARILLO (MAX AND PADDY) Peter Kay AMERICAN PIE Don McLean AND I LOVE YOU SO Mantovani ANGEL EYES Wet Wet Wet ANGELS Robbie Williams ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Vera Lynn ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA Handel AS TIME GOES BY Various artists AUTUMN LEAVES Doris Day AVE MARIA Andrea Bocelli BACHELOR BOY Cliff Richard BAILERO (SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE) Canteloube Katherine Jenkins BAKER STREET Gerry Rafferty BARCELONA Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe BE STILL FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD Instrumental BE STILL MY SOUL Katherine Jenkins BENEDICTUS (THE ARMED MAN) Karl Jenkins BEYOND THE SEA Bobby Darin BIG SPENDER Shirley Bassey BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY The Verve BLESS THIS HOUSE Harry Secombe BLUE DANUBE WALTZ Strauss BLUE MOON Nat King Cole BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen BORN FREE Matt Monro BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf BRANDENBURG CONCERTO 3 (1st mvt) Bach BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon & Garfunkel BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel BRING HIM HOME (LES MISERABLES) Colm Wilkinson BRING ME SUNSHINE Morecambe & BROWN EYED GIRL Van Morrison Wise BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations BYE BYE BABY Bay City Rollers CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ The Mamas & the CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT Elton John Papas CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU Barry Manilow CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John CANON IN D Pachelbel CAPTAIN SUNSHINE Neil Diamond CATCH A FALLING STAR Perry Como CELLO CONCERTO (3rd mvt) Elgar CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA Oasis CHEEK TO CHEEK Fred Astaire CIRCLE OF LIFE (LION KING) Elton John CLAIR DE LUNE Debussy CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN (THE SOUND OF Soundtrack CLOSE TO YOU The Carpenters MUSIC) COLONEL BOGEY Band Of The COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones Grenadier Guards COME ON EILEEN Dexy’s Midnight COME UNTO HIM (MESSIAH) Handel Runners CONCERTINO FOR CLARINET AND Weber CONCERTO FOR TWO MANDOLINS IN G Vivaldi ORCHESTRA IN C MINOR (2nd mvt) COOL FOR CATS Squeeze CORONATION STREET TV Theme COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS Harry Secombe CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Queen CROCODILE SHOES Jimmy Nail CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Elvis Presley CWM RHONDDA Welsh Male Voice DAD’S ARMY THEME Bud Flanagan Choir DAMBUSTERS MARCH Central Band RAF DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY The Mavericks DANCING QUEEN Abba DANNY BOY Daniel O’Donnell DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND Salvation Army Band DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP Katherine Jenkins DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA (EVITA) Lloyd Webber Sarah Brightman DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Bobby Darin DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Dean Martin EARTH SONG Michael Jackson EDELWEISS (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) Soundtrack EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (1st mvt) Mozart ENDLESS LOVE Diana Ross & ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN Band of the Blues Lionel Richie & Royals ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue & ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles Jason Donovan EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Ella Fitzgerald EVERGREEN Will Young EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE The Police EVERYBODY HURTS REM EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ The Beautiful EVERYTHING I DO I DO IT FOR YOU Bryan Adams South EXODUS (MAIN THEME) Mantovani EYE OF THE TIGER (ROCKY SOUNDTRACK) Survivor FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK Kirsty MacColl & FANTASIA IN C MAJOR BWV570 Bach The Pogues FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens FERNANDO Abba FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY Gerry & The FIELDS OF GOLD Eva Cassidy Pacemakers FINGAL’S CAVE (HEBRIDES OVERTURE) Mendelssohn FINLANDIA Sibelius FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE Rimsky-Korsakov FLOWER OF SCOTLAND Orchestral FLY ME TO THE MOON Frank Sinatra FOOTBALL CRAZY The Spinners FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS Bee Gees FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS Neil Diamond FOREVER YOUNG Rod Stewart FROM A DISTANCE David Last GABRIEL’S OBOE (THE MISSION) Ennio Morricone GEORGIA ON MY MIND Michael Buble GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (GLORIA) Vivaldi GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH Elvis Presley GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN Jim Reeves GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD (THE Stainer CRUCIFIXION) GOING HOME Dvorak GONE FISHIN’ Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong GONE TOO SOON Michael Jackson GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys GOODBYE Lionel Richie GOODNIGHT GIRL Marti Pellow GOODNIGHT IRENE Foster & Allen GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART Dean Martin GRACELAND Paul Simon GRAND MARCH (AIDA) Verdi GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Jerry Lee Lewis GREENSLEEVES Mantovani GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER Fron Male Voice HALLELUJAH Alexandra Burke Choir HARE KRISHNA Hindu Chant HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE Rod Stewart YOU HAVEN’T MET YOU YET Michael Buble HE AIN’T HEAVY HE’S MY BROTHER The Hollies HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS Perry Como HEARTBEAT (THEME) Nick Berry HANDS HEAVEN Bette Midler HEAVEN’S NOW MY HOME Libby L Allen HEBRIDES OVERTURE Mendelssohn HERE COMES THE SUN The Beatles HEY JUDE The Beatles HI HO SILVER (BOONE THEME) Jim Diamond HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL Royal Scots HMS PINAFORE (OVERTURE) Gilbert & Sullivan Dragoon Guards HOME Simply Red HOTEL CALIFORNIA The Eagles HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT Michael Bolton HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART Al Green YOU HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Bee Gees HOW GREAT THOU ART Aled Jones HUMMING CHORUS (MADAME Puccini HYMN TO THE FALLEN Katherine Jenkins BUTTERFLY) I AM WHAT I AM Shirley Bassey I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Johnny Nash I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Roy Orbison I DREAMED A DREAM Susan Boyle I HAVE A DREAM Abba I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Jim Reeves I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin I WILL LOVE YOU ALL MY LIFE Charlie INTERMEZZO (CAVALLERIA RUSTI I VOW Band of The Landsborough TO THEE MY COUNTRY) Coldstream Guards I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY Whitney Houston I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Foreigner I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston I WON’T FORGET YOU Daniel O’Donnell I’D DO ANYTHING (OLIVER) Soundtrack I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING The New Seekers I’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU Billy Fury I’LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU Billy Fury I’LL SEE YOU AGAIN Mario Lanza I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS Doris Day I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN Foster & Allen I’LL WALK BESIDE YOU Harry Secombe I’LL WALK WITH GOD Russell Watson I’M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES Henry Burr & Albert Campbell I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN Frank Sinatra IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher IF I SING YOU A LOVE SONG Bonnie Tyler IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES Barry Manilow IMAGINE John Lennon IN FLANDERS FIELD Royal Scots IN MY LIFE Johnny Cash Dragoon Guards & Blake IN PARADISUM (REQUIEM) Faure IN THE AIR TONIGHT Phil Collins IN THIS LIFE Ronan Keating N TRUTINA (CARMINA BURANA) Orff INTERMEZZO Bizet IOLANTHE (OVERTURE) Gilbert & Sullivan D’Oyly Carte ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Dolly Parton & IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY Band Of The Kenny Rogers Coldstream Guards IT’S MY LIFE Bon Jovi JAMES BOND THEME London Philharmonic Orchestra JERUSALEM Blake JESUS JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING Bach Aled Jones KISS FROM A ROSE Seal KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR Guns ‘n’ Roses LA MER Richard LA TRAVIATA (PRELUDE ACT 1) Verdi Clayderman LADY IN RED Chris de Burgh LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Choral & Elgar Orchestral) LAND OF MY FATHERS Band Of The LARGO (NEW WORLD SYMPHONY) Dvorak_ James Welsh Guards Last LEAVING ON A JET PLANE John Denver LET IT BE The Beatles LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE Frank Sinatra LIBERA ME (REQUIEM) Faure LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME Dean Martin LORD OF THE DANCE Celtic Instrumental LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Michael Ball LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING Matt Monro LOVE IS ALL AROUND Wet Wet Wet LOVE ME TENDER Elvis Presley LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU Billy Ocean LOVE YOU EVERY SECOND Charlie Landsborough LOVING YOU Elvis Presley LULLABY Brahms MAGGIE MAY Rod Stewart MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE Aled Jones MANY RIVERS TO CROSS UB40 MASONIC FUNERAL MUSIC K477 Mozart (MAURERISCHE TRAUER MUSIK) MATCH OF THE DAY TV Theme MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP Cliff Richard YOU ME AND MRS JONES Billy Paul MEMORY (CATS) Elaine Paige MISSING YOU Jim Reeves MOON RIVER Louis Armstrong MOONLIGHT AND ROSES Orchestral MOONLIGHT SERENADE Glenn Miller MORE THAN A WOMAN Bee Gees MORE THAN WORDS Westlife MORNING (PEER GYNT) Grieg MORNING HAS BROKEN Various Artists MR BOJANGLES Sammy David Jr MULL OF KINTYRE Paul McCartney & Wings MUSIC OF THE NIGHT (PHANTOM OF THE Lloyd Webber MY GIRL The Temptations OPERA) Michael Crawford MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion MY MOTHER’S EYES Joe Longthorne MY PRAYER The Platters MY SOUL THERE IS A COUNTRY Parry Y WAY Frank Sinatra MYFANWY Bryn Terfel NELLA FANTASIA Il Divo NESSUN DORMA (TURANDOT) Puccini NEW WORLD SYMPHONY (Largo) Dvorak NIMROD (ENIGMA VARIATIONS) Elgar NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon NOCTURNE 15 IN F MINOR Op55 No1 Chopin NUNC DIMITTIS Anglican Chant O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE Mendelssohn ODE TO JOY (Orchestral) Beethoven OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE Reginald Dixon ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE Andy Williams ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES TV Theme PANIS ANGELICUS Franck PASTORAL SYMPHONY (MESSIAH) Handel PATIENCE Take That PEACE IN THE VALLEY Daniel O’Donnell PEER GYNT (IN THE HALL OF THE Grieg PEGGY SUE Buddy Holly MOUNTAIN KING) PERFECT DAY Lou Reed PIANO CONCERTO 1 IN B FLAT MINOR Tchaikovsky Op23 (1st mvt) PIANO CONCERTO 20 IN D MINOR K466 Mozart PIE JESU (REQUIEM) Faure (2nd mvt) PIE JESU (REQUIEM) Lloyd Webber PILGRIMS’ CHORUS (TANNHAUSER) Wagner PLEASE REMEMBER LeAnn Rimes POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCH 1 Elgar POSTCARD FROM HEAVEN Lighthouse Family PRECIOUS MEMORIES Jim Reeves PRELUDE 15 IN D FLAT MAJOR Op28 Chopin PRETTY WOMAN Roy Orbison RAINDROP RADETSKY MARCH Strauss RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS The Carpenters REACH FOR THE STARS S Club 7 REMEMBER ME Diana Ross RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI Rachmaninov RHINESTONE COWBOY Glen Campbell RULE THE WORLD Take That SAIL AWAY David Gray SAILING Rod Stewart SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME The Drifters SCHEHERAZADE Op35 (1st mvt) Rimsky-Korsakov SCOTLAND THE BRAVE Pipes & Drums of the Scots Guards SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Glenn Miller SEPTEMBER SONG Barbara Dickson SERENADE FOR STRINGS (1st mvt Allegro) Elgar SHEEP MAY SAFELY GRAZE Bach SHINE A LIGHT The Rolling Stones SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND Pink Floyd SINGING THE BLUES Tommy Steele SMILE Dean Martin SMOKE ON THE WATER Deep Purple SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU Matt Monro SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Frank Sinatra SOMEWHERE Il Divo SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Judy Garland SONGBIRD Eva Cassidy SPANISH EYES Engelbert SPIRIT IN THE SKY Doctor & The Humperdinck Medics STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Led Zeppelin STAND BY YOUR MAN Tammy Wynette STAR TREK THEME Knightsbridge SUMMER WIND Michael Buble SYMPHONY 40 (1st mvt) Mozart TAKE ME HOME Porth Tywyn Male Voice Choir TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (TOP GUN) Berlin TEARS IN HEAVEN Eric Clapton THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC Abba THAT’S LIFE Frank Sinatra THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN Thin Lizzy & Friends THE BRITISH GRENADIERS Band of The THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Alfie Boe Coldstream Guards THE FLOWER DUET (LAKME) Delibes THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams THE LARK ASCENDING Vaughan Williams THE LAST WALTZ Engelbert THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Goodall Katherine Humperdinck Jenkins THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush THE PRAYER Andrea Bocelli THE ROSE Daniel O’Donnell THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER Vera Lynn THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Abba THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING Daniel O’Donnell THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH Herman’s Hermits THIS IS MY SONG Harry Secombe THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN Eddie Cochran TICKET TO THE MOON ELO TIME AFTER TIME Miles Davis TIME TO SAY GOODBYE Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli TRUE LOVE Elton John & Kiki UNCHAINED MELODY The Righteous Dee Brothers UNFORGETTABLE Nat King Cole VALERIE Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick WALK WITH ME The Seekers WALKING IN THE AIR (THE SNOWMAN) Young Aled Jones WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS (NUTCRACKER) Tchaikovsky RPO Weldon WATER MUSIC (AIR) Handel WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Tina Turner WHEN A CHILD IS BORN G4 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE Nat King Cole WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS Grimethorpe Colliery Band WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN Chris Barber WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE Grimethorpe Colliery Band WIND BENEATH MY WINGS Bette Midler YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE Bing Crosby YOU RAISE ME UP Westlife YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE (CAROUSEL) Instrumental YOUR SONG Elton John ZADOK THE PRIEST Handel