• Ioughttamow
    160·
    7 months ago7 months ago

    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

  • SjmarfOP
    100·
    7 months ago

    The Blower’s Daughter by Damien Rice is a favourite of mine.

      • IninewCrowEnglish
        20·
        7 months ago

        Same here … always happy to see many people know and love this music

    • agent_flounderEnglish
      20·
      7 months ago7 months ago

      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)

  • shortwavesurferEnglish
    70·
    7 months ago

    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.

    • Lokisan
      20·
      7 months ago

      The whole album is a masterpiece. Reckoner is my favorite <3

    • SjmarfOP
      10·
      7 months ago

      I love this song. The intro sounds so other-worldly.

  • GrappleHatEnglish
    60·
    7 months ago

    Always thought “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal was very beautiful.

  • davidgro
    50·
    7 months ago

    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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      20·
      7 months ago

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    • agent_flounderEnglish
      20·
      7 months ago

      Oh wow that is amazing. Thank you!

      I forgot how much I love this kind of choral music.

  • seth
    50·
    7 months ago7 months ago

    “Perpetuum Mobile” by the Penguin Café Orchestra, and “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap always give me frisson when I come back to them.

  • Catsrules
    51·
    7 months ago

    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.