For me it’s Erik satie’s Gymnopedie no. 1. I listened to a dramatized audiobook of lord of the rings a bunch when I was a kid. They played gymnopedie no 1 when bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf and the elves sailed to valinor, and it made me cry every time
The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone
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Once upon a time in the west - Final
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The Blower’s Daughter by Damien Rice is a favourite of mine.
I came to post that one.
Same here … always happy to see many people know and love this music
Give a listen to L’Isle Joyeuse. My favorite Debussy.
I think you win.
If you haven’t yet, give Lief Ove Andsnes’ rendition a try.
Everyone has their favorite interpretations, I guess. This is one of mine. From a pianist that impressed the hell out of me when I first heard him.
(The album Horizons if the link doesn’t work or you’re boycotting Spotify or whatever)
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I’m pretty fond of “Claire de Lune”
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Samson by Regina Spektor has to be up there for me.
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Radiohead - Nude
The whole album is a masterpiece. Reckoner is my favorite <3
I love this song. The intro sounds so other-worldly.
Surprised no one said samuel barber - adagio for strings yet.
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somber fact: he wrote that when his wife died
Exactly what I was gonna say.
I was at a target, and there was a guy playing the song Hallelujah on a violin. I was waiting for an Uber and hearing that song was really amazing so I actually asked my Uber driver to stop and gave him some money for such a good performance.
God I am getting crazy goosebumps just listening to this again. I love the 9th symphony so much.
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Always thought “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal was very beautiful.
Heyr himna smiður - a medieval Icelandic hymn, set to music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Oh wow that is amazing. Thank you!
I forgot how much I love this kind of choral music.
“Perpetuum Mobile” by the Penguin Café Orchestra, and “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap always give me frisson when I come back to them.
One of my all time favorites is the first opening theme of the anime Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
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Ocean by John Butler is amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYJf_ybyVo
I’ll probably think of some others and may update this as I think of them
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence https://youtu.be/1OZDaRhHHyM?feature=shared
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Forbidden Colours is also great. Not sure that’s it’s “beautiful” as a song, but the music itself and Sylvain’s voice certainly are.
