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
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.
Always thought “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal was very beautiful.
Ocean by John Butler is amazing
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I’ll probably think of some others and may update this as I think of them
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Heyr himna smiður - a medieval Icelandic hymn, set to music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
The Blower’s Daughter by Damien Rice is a favourite of mine.
the lark ascending by vaughan williams
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I think it is impossible to just have one.
I am a sucker for soundtracks but soundtracks do cheat a little bit just because you get emotionally invested into the movie/game/tv show and have such great memories with them it is hard not to find them amazing.
Test Drive or Forbidden Friendship from the Movie How to Train your Dragon. Is the first ones that came to my mind when you say beautiful song.
The Halo theme song.
Good Riddance from the game Hades covered by Rachel Hardy. (Also Anything from Rachel Hardy. She has an amazing voice and does an amazing job covering songs IMO.)
May it be by (Enya) (yet another movie sound track Lord of the Rings. lol)
The Light in Us all (Planet Coaster)
I see this is a very weird list I have come up with. These are just the ones that came into my head first.
Surprised no one said samuel barber - adagio for strings yet.
Exactly what I was gonna say.
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somber fact: he wrote that when his wife died
Radiohead - Nude
I love this song. The intro sounds so other-worldly.
Some years ago I stumbled upon this Norwegian artist (I’m not Norwegian). This is a very beautiful song.
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I have multiple answers. Here’s one: Anytime Anywhere by milet
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The Seed - Aurora. Only ever heard her Runaway till recently. But this one actually made me cry. She did good on this one.
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I was literally about to post this song but checked the comments and here it is :) class song
From NieR Automata - Weight of the World https://youtu.be/P_yaecJ11JQ?si=e5mDeU-lfM1G1E6q
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