SONG LISTS
CIVIL SERVICE CEREMONY SONGS
ROMANTIC INSTRUMENTAL SONGS
The following songs work well for Prelude and Processional music:
Beautiful Day - Karly Jurgensen
Butterfly Waltz -
Brian Crain
Con Te Partiro -
Sartori
Gabriel’s Oboe -
Moriccone
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Hymne -
Vangelis
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
May Be -
Yiruma
Notte Stellata -
Il Volo
River Flows in You -
Yiruma
Romantic Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride) -
Wagner/Wong
Threads of Love -
Lorie Line
When the World Belonged to Us -
Jim Wilson
CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL
The following songs work well for Prelude and Processional music:
Air from “The Water Music” - Handel
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
Largo - Handel
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff
Sheep May Safely Graze - J.S. Bach
The following songs work well for Processional, Recessional, and Postlude music:
UPTEMPO
La Réjouissance - Handel
Ode to Joy (Joyful, Joyful) - Beethoven
Rondeau - Mouret
Spring - Vivaldi
Trumpet Tune - Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
MASH-UPS - 2 songs put together - Uniquely Crafted by Karly!
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) + Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
Lovesong (The Cure) + Canon in D (Pachelbel)
The Luckiest (Ben Folds) + Canon in D (Pachelbel)
A Thousand Years (from Twilight) + Here Comes the Bride (Wagner)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) + Canon in D (Pachelbel)
UPTEMPO
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) + Lead Me, Lord (Becker)
Love Story (Taylor Swift) + Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Rather Be (Clean Bandit) + Trumpet Tune (Clarke)
Sky Full os Stars (Coldplay) + Something Just Like This (Coldplay)
CHRISTIAN SONGS
These songs work well as Prelude or Special Seating songs, as well as songs to be sung during the ceremony:
Ave Maria - Schubert
Doubly Good to You - Amy Grant
Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here
How Beautiful - Twila Paris
I Will Be Here - Steven C. Chapman
Love Never Fails - Brandon Heath
My Beloved - Kari Jobe
Reflection - Sarah Hart
Set Me as a Seal - Matt Maher
Surely the Presence (of the Lord is in This Place)
The Prayer - David Foster
Wedding Song (There is Love) - Paul Stookey
Wherever You Go - David Haas
When I Say I Do - Matthew Maher
IRISH SONGS
These are songs that work well as Prelude, Processional, or Unity Ceremony songs:
Be Thou My Vision - Traditional
Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually
Irish Blessing - Palmer (can be sung)
Loch Lomond
These are uptempo Irish Recessional and Postlude options:
Canticle of the Turning
Haste to the Wedding
SONGS FROM TELEVISION AND CINEMA
A Thousand Years* - Twilight
Band of Brothers - Main Theme Song
Edelweiss* - The Sound of Music
Falling Slowly - Once
Feather Theme - Forrest Gump
Gabriel’s Oboe - The Mission
Glasgow Love Theme - Love Actually
It’s Quiet Uptown - Hamilton
Over the Rainbow* - The Wizard of Oz
Sabbath Prayer* - Fiddler on the Roof
Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
Tara’s Theme - Gone With the Wind
The Ludlows - Legends of the Fall
*These songs can be sung
POPULAR (POP) SONGS
These songs can be sung or played instrumentally:
A Case of You - Joni Mitchell*
A Life That’s Good - Lennon & Maisey*
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri*
Better Place - Rachel Platten*
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis*
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones*
Feels Like Home (from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)*
Found a Heart - Emily Hearn*
Grow Old With Me - John Lennon*
In My Life - The Beatles*
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison*
Marry Me - Train*
Not With Haste - Mumford and Sons*
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac*
The Luckiest - Ben Folds*
To Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan/Adele*
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong*
Yellow - Coldplay*
I Was Made For Loving You - Tori Kelly/Ed Sheeran*
Jesus, Etc. - Wilco*
INSTRUMENTAL SONGS:
All My Love - Led Zeppelin
All of Me - John Legend
All the Way - Van Heusen/Cahn
Best/Rest - Bon Iver
Bless the Broken Road
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Van Morrison
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
I Could Not Ask For More - Sara Evans
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Just the Two of Us - Bill Withers
Love and Some Verses - Iron & Wine
Lovesong - The Cure/311
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Moon River - Henry Mancini
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
She’s Got A Way - Billy Joel
Skinny Love - Birdy
Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran
Titanium - David Guetta
The Blower’s Daughter - Damien Rice
The First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Your Song - Elton John
You Are the Reason - Calum Scott
UPTEMPO INSTRUMENTAL SONGS FOR RECESSIONAL & POSTLUDE:
Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows
A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Best Day of My Life - American Authors
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Everything - Michael Buble
Friday, I’m in Love - The Cure
Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
I Choose You - Sara Bareilles
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Shallow - A Star is Born
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns ’N Roses
These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs
Titanium - David Guetta
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
You’re My Best Friend - Queen
Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
CATHOLIC WEDDING SONG LIST
ROMANTIC INSTRUMENTAL
Beautiful Day - Karly Jurgensen
Butterfly Waltz - Brian Crain
Con Te Partiro - Sartori
Gabriel’s Oboe - Moriccone
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Hymne - Vangelis
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
May Be - Yiruma
Notte Stellata - Il Volo
River Flows in You - Yiruma
Romantic Wedding March (Here
Comes the Bride) - Wagner/Wong
Threads of Love - Lorie Line
When the World Belonged to Us - Jim Wilson
CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL
Air from “The Water Music” - Handel
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - J.S. Bach
Largo - Handel
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff
Sheep May Safely Graze - J.S. Bach
UPTEMPO
La Réjouissance - Handel
Ode to Joy (Joyful, Joyful) - Beethoven
Rondeau - Mouret
Spring - Vivaldi
Trumpet Tune - Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary - Clarke
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
