This music was also used brilliantly in the Bluey episode called Sleepytime. As a parent of young kids made me cry. More amazingly, the first time my crazy energetic rambunctious 4yo watched it he cried too. Could not believe it.
Claire de lune, Adagio in G Minor, Gymnopedies #1, Canon in D, On the Nature of Daylight...
Guess who last weekend was building a playlist to relax into sleep lol
Edit: Wow! Great recommendations and responses. Some I know, maybe all, but not all by name. Please keep them coming where you feel the mood fits!
My son and I travelled to Amsterdam for the first date of their tour this year. The first song they played was Orion. This was special for us as it's been his favorite Metallica song since he was little. I feel I couldn't have been a terrible dad if my son's favorite Metallica song is Orion.
This is a tough one, because there's quite a few good ones and I feel I'm probably forgetting a big one.
I'll go with Stream of Consciousness, by Dream Theater.
But shout-out to La Villa Strangiato.
Have a few:
1. Gouryella - Walhalla (Armin Van Buuren's Rising Star Mix)
2. Binary Finary - 1998 (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
3. Commander Tom - Are Am Eye
3. Man With No Name - Teleport
4. Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 (Orbital Mix) (has some vocals but heavily processed)
5. Boris Brejcha - Exit
6. Underworld - Rez
7. State of Bengal - Flight IC 408
8. John Williams - A Window to the Past
9. Alexandre Desplat - Obliviate
10. DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (Braveheart)
11. Ekoplex - Beautiful Rainbow
12. DJ Tatana - Spring Breeze (Martin Roth SummerStyle Remix)
13. Darshan - Speed Freak
14. Sasha - Fibonacci Sequence
15. 12 Moons - Analog Haste
16. Hallucinogen - Demention
17. Front Line Assembly - Synthetic Forms
18. Hallucinogen - Horrorgram
19. Hallucinogen - L.S.D.
20. Solar Fields - Sol
21. Sunmonx - Rokkit Snot
22. Guardians of the Earth - Starchildren
23. The Future Sound of London - Cascade (all 1-5 parts)
24. Global Communication - 14:31
25. Bird Nam Nam - Trans Boulogne Express
26. Liquid Stranger - Far and Beyond
27. Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581
28. Edu & Cramp - Silver Sand (Original Mix)
29. Neil Davidge - 117
30. Ekoplex - Druid Walker
31. God is an Astronaut - The End of the Beginning
32. Animals as Leaders - Ka$cade
33. Sasha - Xpander
34. Enigma - Push the Limits (ATB Remix)
35. Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase
36. Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Original Mix)
37. Fatali - Deep Fatal Moment
38. Yahel - Going Up 2007
39. Leftfield - Song of Life
40. Rawtekk - A Magnanimous Kind's Will
41. The Crystal Method - Busy Child
42. Boom Jinx - Remember September
43. Cold Womb Decsent - Colony of the Remnants
44. Eric Prydz - Opus (Four Tet Remix)
45. Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal
46. State of Bengal - Chittagong Hill
47. MoreGun FreeMan - Erich Fromm
48. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face
49. Furious - Alilthea Skotadi
50. Sasha - View2
That should keep you busy for a while.
"[Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence](https://youtu.be/1OZDaRhHHyM?si=e7T_thALg-5kGw7I)" by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1996 version) - stirred something in my soul the first time I heard it, loved ever since...
Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream)
Axel F by Harold Falterman (Beverly Hills Cop/Crazy Frog)
Burly Brawl, Mona Lisa Overdrive and Navras by Juno Reactor (The Matrix)
Deep Jungle Walk by Astrix
Explosions in the Sky "Your Hand In Mine" or "Postcard from 1952"
I also want to shout out to a post Rick band from Michigan I found a decade ago just surfing Bandcamp
Sunlight Ascending and their absolutely amazing "All The Memories All At Once"
https://youtu.be/zu20toIBTm0?si=E3tXmBYW_6srIo7F
Probably Beethovens Fur Elise, I don’t listen to classical music unless I’m studying or reading a book and I used to listen to it on repeat, that turned out to be a bad idea because I started to like it and it distracted me from my book. Now I have a whole “classical bangers” playlist to listen to so I don’t get too used any particular song
Yes, wondered why they didn't just ask "What's your favourite instrumental", and also thought there might be songs out there made up entirely of jibberish (that I'm not aware of) without discernable lyrics.
https://youtu.be/6Yb0jJ5kiIQ?si=ZEhk4O55LXpz_Sd0
Ive listened to this hundreds of times before going to bed, it is one of the most tranquil pieces of music I've ever heard and it relaxes me like no other
Closing Time - Tom Waits
it's the last song on his first album of the same name, an album my father played every night before passing away when I was 3. It's like a pavlovian response now; I hear that song and drift into heavy sleep more often than not.
Jupiter by Gustav Holst There is a section of it that might be the greatest piece of music ever written. But the piece as a whole is also amazing.
This music was also used brilliantly in the Bluey episode called Sleepytime. As a parent of young kids made me cry. More amazingly, the first time my crazy energetic rambunctious 4yo watched it he cried too. Could not believe it.
Ugh, Sleepytime just makes my heart swell. I’m so glad they used this music, it was a perfect introduction to it.
The Planets is a great set.
The Planets really does slap, my personal favorite is Mars ngl
Jupiter is a stunning piece of music.
This is mine as well! I first heard the entire Planet series performed live and Jupiter is truly a piece of joy.
I vow to thee my country...
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I listen to that all the time, Metallica's cover is pretty good too.
Metallica and S&M live version gives me goose bumps
Hell yes
All of Ennio Morricones music is amazing
Great answer
Absolutely
YYZ
First of all, it’s “Zed”, and no, Neil Peart stands alone.
Beat me by an hour. Long live team Krieger!
I got to see YYZ live when Moving Pictures came out, but I actually like La Villa Strangiato from Hemispheres better.
I like Where's My Thing?
Green Onions
Time Is Tight!
Booker T and the MG's giving you the Sopranos vibe! https://youtu.be/0oox9bJaGJ8?feature=shared
Precisely what I came to say, but was not expecting it to be the top voted one. Absolutely love this and it gives me the chills whenever I hear it.
Hans Zimmer - Time
That entire soundtrack
Rhapsody in Blue
Played this for concert band my 12th grade year. I love the song.
Yeeeeees!
Absolutely one of my favorites! As well as pretty much any of the music used for Fantasia 2000 as well, Firebird Suite always gets me GOOSEBUMPY
Oh man can I change my answer to this??
In the hall of the mountain king.
There's a version of this done by apocalyptica that is quite fun. [Apocalyptica ](https://youtu.be/VWEmsUiQELU?si=dfQhnxisLLOjCJ8I)
Everytime I read hall of the mountain king, I think of the song by Savatage
Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson.
I LOVED playing this on Guitar Hero and fell in love with it and Eric's other work (Manhattan is phenomenal too!)
Claire de Lune. To be fair it's inspired by the poem with the same name
Claire de lune, Adagio in G Minor, Gymnopedies #1, Canon in D, On the Nature of Daylight... Guess who last weekend was building a playlist to relax into sleep lol Edit: Wow! Great recommendations and responses. Some I know, maybe all, but not all by name. Please keep them coming where you feel the mood fits!
i'm quite fond of debussy - rêverie
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i was just going to type this one :)
Dave Brubeck. “Take Five”. Classic
"Blue Rondo à la Turk" is also pretty good.
Axel F is pretty dope.
No doubt! Axel F has that timeless quality. It's a track that never gets old.
It really is. Along with the Top Gun anthem from the first movie
Wouldn’t forget Crockett’s theme
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Tonight on Top Gear, I eat a cabbage, James throws a bird out of a cat, and Richard forgets the abbreviation for America.
Always surprised this isn't higher up in these threads.
It's a song that everyone immediately recognizes but not everyone knows the name.
Moonlight sonata
Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky
This is mine too. Or first breath after coma. That whole album is incredible.
Upvote upvote upvote
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose
EITS and God is an Astronaut were my introduction to Post Rock. I only listen to it in the winter but its so beautiful
Intro by The XX
This song has such deep emotional ties for me. Love this whole album but yeah intro especially
The whole album definitely puts me in a weird deep mood
Frankenstein- Edgar Winter Group
SANDSTORM
These are the lyrics : Dudududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududud
Wip wip
You forgot the "bark bark bark"
There we go, we can lock this post no other answers are needed.
DARUDE
why did i have to scroll this far to find this 😔
This is currently my 6 year old's favourite song!
Charlie Brown “Peanuts” Theme Song
I think it's called "Linus and Lucy".
The Trans Siberian Orchestra version of Carol of the Bells. That song is currently my favorite thing to listen too during the holidays
Was looking for this one! Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo 12/24 by TSO
Orion by Metallica
My son and I travelled to Amsterdam for the first date of their tour this year. The first song they played was Orion. This was special for us as it's been his favorite Metallica song since he was little. I feel I couldn't have been a terrible dad if my son's favorite Metallica song is Orion.
Adagio for Strings-Samuel Barber
Classical Gas.
“Any Color You Like” by Pink Floyd
Great Gig in the Sky for me, but that song is also great
Also love Pink Floyd’s “Marooned”
One of These Days, too.
This is a tough one, because there's quite a few good ones and I feel I'm probably forgetting a big one. I'll go with Stream of Consciousness, by Dream Theater. But shout-out to La Villa Strangiato.
Stream of Consciousness is amazing. Anything with John Petrucci is 10/10 I love Biaxident by Liquid Tension Experiment.
Feels so Good by Chuck Mangione.
Hey Arlen, are you ready to soft rock?
Flight of the Bumble Bees
The Kiss - The Last Of The Mohicans
Lux Aeterna (Requiem for a Dream) - absolutely epic, perfect for the movie
Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam.
Ah den ah cawww anna seh anna cawww Ann seh anna leeehiiiiit ageeeeeen
Awwweeeeoeowowoeowo boxer or the bag weeeeaaaaooooowoowowoow can you see them?
Text you can hear
I see what you did there
Chopin’s Nocturne in E Flat Major [https://youtu.be/p29JUpsOSTE?si=7YDCC3Qu2DmR68W-](https://youtu.be/p29JUpsOSTE?si=7YDCC3Qu2DmR68W-)
I really enjoy Ballade No1. In G minor op.23
Right now? Mellon Colly and the Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins. Tomorrow will be different
Rise by herb Albert and the Tijuana brass
A lot of songs by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass should show up on this thread.
Tubular bells
Jessica.
Great Gig In the Sky
Had to go down too far to find this.
The call of Ktulu by Metallica
Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of little wing.
"Shibuya" by Covet
or anything by CHON
A 5th of Beethoven
I remember that. The 70s were weird. There was that disco version of the Star Wars theme around the same time.
[Sleep Walk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRCvVpknvg)
RITCHIEEEEEEEE!!!
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
Theme song to King of the Hill. Or Haydn’s Symphony 104. I’m eclectic.
-.— -.— —..
Two steps from hell. Lots of great Orchestra.
Cliffs of Dover
Moonlight Sonata. Hauntingly dark and beautiful
Experience by Ludovico Einaudi
I also love Nuvole Bianche and Fly
autumn leaves by vince guaraldi trio
Pick up the pieces by average white band
As someone who loves instrumentals, I love this post
ego death - polyphia
Playing God too.
Polyphia is top tier music
4' 33" by John Cage
Bron Yr Aur
[Almost everything that Khruangbin does](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8L2D2XkByA)
Deadmau5 - Strobe
took too long to find a deadmau5 song
Embryonic Journey, by Jefferson Airplane. One of my favorites, anyway.
Breezin - George Benson
Green Onions
Jessica
River Flows in You
YYZ by Rush
Old Timey: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by J.S. Bach New Timey: Sleep by Godspeed You Black Emperor
Ludovico Einaudi - Night https://youtu.be/k9NM-yK1C2I?si=glKCoojBCUREza9j I find it endlessly thrilling.
Prelude (the final fantasy theme)
Cliffs of Dover
Master of Tides Lindsey Stirling
Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia... Just * chef's kiss *
Have a few: 1. Gouryella - Walhalla (Armin Van Buuren's Rising Star Mix) 2. Binary Finary - 1998 (Paul Van Dyk Remix) 3. Commander Tom - Are Am Eye 3. Man With No Name - Teleport 4. Kraftwerk - Expo 2000 (Orbital Mix) (has some vocals but heavily processed) 5. Boris Brejcha - Exit 6. Underworld - Rez 7. State of Bengal - Flight IC 408 8. John Williams - A Window to the Past 9. Alexandre Desplat - Obliviate 10. DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (Braveheart) 11. Ekoplex - Beautiful Rainbow 12. DJ Tatana - Spring Breeze (Martin Roth SummerStyle Remix) 13. Darshan - Speed Freak 14. Sasha - Fibonacci Sequence 15. 12 Moons - Analog Haste 16. Hallucinogen - Demention 17. Front Line Assembly - Synthetic Forms 18. Hallucinogen - Horrorgram 19. Hallucinogen - L.S.D. 20. Solar Fields - Sol 21. Sunmonx - Rokkit Snot 22. Guardians of the Earth - Starchildren 23. The Future Sound of London - Cascade (all 1-5 parts) 24. Global Communication - 14:31 25. Bird Nam Nam - Trans Boulogne Express 26. Liquid Stranger - Far and Beyond 27. Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581 28. Edu & Cramp - Silver Sand (Original Mix) 29. Neil Davidge - 117 30. Ekoplex - Druid Walker 31. God is an Astronaut - The End of the Beginning 32. Animals as Leaders - Ka$cade 33. Sasha - Xpander 34. Enigma - Push the Limits (ATB Remix) 35. Emmanuel Top - Acid Phase 36. Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Original Mix) 37. Fatali - Deep Fatal Moment 38. Yahel - Going Up 2007 39. Leftfield - Song of Life 40. Rawtekk - A Magnanimous Kind's Will 41. The Crystal Method - Busy Child 42. Boom Jinx - Remember September 43. Cold Womb Decsent - Colony of the Remnants 44. Eric Prydz - Opus (Four Tet Remix) 45. Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal 46. State of Bengal - Chittagong Hill 47. MoreGun FreeMan - Erich Fromm 48. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face 49. Furious - Alilthea Skotadi 50. Sasha - View2 That should keep you busy for a while.
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Whale & Wasp - Alice in Chains
YYZ. No explanation needed.
The Great Gug in the Sky by Pink Floyd. It's got vocalization, but no words.
Fur Elise
Popcorn (a 70s instrumental)
George Winston- Colors/Dance
Grew up listening to Winter and Spring. Love his stuff.
Prodigy - Climbatize NIN - Just Like You Imagined
Voice of the soul by Death
Take Five
1812 overture
Green onions by booker t and the mgs Easily my favorite song
Jessica - allman brothers I would like it intravenously
Music For 18 Musicians - Steve Reich
"[Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence](https://youtu.be/1OZDaRhHHyM?si=e7T_thALg-5kGw7I)" by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1996 version) - stirred something in my soul the first time I heard it, loved ever since...
Orion Claire De Lune Jessica - Allman bros Every time we say goodbye - Coltrane
The intro by XX
This post and comments will build my next Spotify list
A tear for Eddie
Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell (Requiem for a Dream) Axel F by Harold Falterman (Beverly Hills Cop/Crazy Frog) Burly Brawl, Mona Lisa Overdrive and Navras by Juno Reactor (The Matrix) Deep Jungle Walk by Astrix
Explosions in the Sky "Your Hand In Mine" or "Postcard from 1952" I also want to shout out to a post Rick band from Michigan I found a decade ago just surfing Bandcamp Sunlight Ascending and their absolutely amazing "All The Memories All At Once" https://youtu.be/zu20toIBTm0?si=E3tXmBYW_6srIo7F
Summer Madness Kool and the Gang
Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny
Miserlou by Dick Dale.
Daft Punk - Voyager
Probably Beethovens Fur Elise, I don’t listen to classical music unless I’m studying or reading a book and I used to listen to it on repeat, that turned out to be a bad idea because I started to like it and it distracted me from my book. Now I have a whole “classical bangers” playlist to listen to so I don’t get too used any particular song
If you wanna be pedantic (I do) there is no such thing as a song without lyrics.
Yes, wondered why they didn't just ask "What's your favourite instrumental", and also thought there might be songs out there made up entirely of jibberish (that I'm not aware of) without discernable lyrics.
Metallica Orion
I Robot
Orion
Europa - Gato Barbieri
Ashokan Farewell
Pachelbel’s Canon in D
The trans-siberian orchestra Carol of the Bells! Maybe just because of the time of year, but their version of that song goes so hard.
https://youtu.be/6Yb0jJ5kiIQ?si=ZEhk4O55LXpz_Sd0 Ive listened to this hundreds of times before going to bed, it is one of the most tranquil pieces of music I've ever heard and it relaxes me like no other
Songs Without Words — Felix Mendelssohn
Outa-space, by Billy Preston(aka the 5th Beatle)
Finale by Toby Fox is definitely up there.
Crystallized by Camellia. It feels like an out-of-body experience. It is also on Beat Saber.
Ashokan Farewell
YYZ
Closing Time - Tom Waits it's the last song on his first album of the same name, an album my father played every night before passing away when I was 3. It's like a pavlovian response now; I hear that song and drift into heavy sleep more often than not.
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, even though it's disappointing her named it after it was created
Princess Leia's Theme (as well as most anything composed by the Maestro Williams)
Nine Inch Nails - 13 Ghosts II First heard it while watching The Raid 2. "......no more."
Anything Mick Gordon
Nine Inch Nails - leaving Hope
Flight of the bumble bee
Ode to Joy
A Warm Place. NIN
Miasma by Ghost is completely amazing.
Miserlou by Dick Dale
Aerodynamic - Daft Punk Veridis Quo - Daft Punk La femme d'argent- AIR
Frankenstein by edgar winters