Music and Readings

Ideas for Music and Songs at the Funeral

  • Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman – Time to Say Goodbye
  • Jim Reeves – I Love You Because
  • Elton John – Candle in the Wind; Circle of Life
  • Simon and Garfunkel – Sound of Silence; Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On; Fly
  • Rod Stewart – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You; Sailing
  • Bryan Adams – Right Here Waiting For You
  • Sarah McLachlan – In the Arms of an Angel
  • Robbie Williams – Angels
  • Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
  • Sting – Fields of Gold
  • Richard Clayderman – From A Distance
  • James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover; You’re Beautiful
  • Charlotte Church – When at Night I Go To Sleep; Pie Jesu
  • KD Lang - Hallelujah
  • Joshua Kaddison – Beautiful In My Eyes
  • Ronan Keating – If Tomorrow Never Comes
  • Bob Dylan – Forever Young; Blowing in the Wind
  • Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
  • Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World
  • Beatles – Let It Be
  • Frank Sinatra – My Way
  • REM – Everybody Hurts
  • John Lennon - Imagine
  • Bread - Everything I Own
  • Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
  • Gerry & the Pacemakers – You’ll Never Walk Alone
  • Cold Play – Fix You
  • Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
  • Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
  • Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
  • Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again; Now is the Hour
  • Green Day – Time of Your Life
  • Dragon - Rain
  • Barbara Streisand – Memory
  • Hayley Westenra – Heaven; Hine e Hine
  • Sir Howard Morrison – How Great Thou Art
  • Murray Grindlay – Southern Man
  • Daniel O’Donnell – Danny Boy
  • Foo Fighters – My Hero
  • Jim Reeves – Adios Amigo
  • Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
  • Foster and Allen – One Day at a Time
  • Michael Crawford – The Music of the Night
  • U2 - With or Without You
  • Israel K – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Bee Gees - First of May
  • Jud Arthur – You’ll Never Walk Alone
  • Bette Midler – Wind Beneath My Wings
  • Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers
  • Six60 - Before You Leave; All She Wrote; Mothers Eyes
  • Disturbed - Sound of Silence
  • Charlie Puth - See You Again
  • Ed Sheeran/Luke Combs - Life Goes On
  • Xavier Rudd - Follow the Sun
  • Iam Tongi/James Blunt - Monsters
  • Dani and Lizzy - Dancing in the Sky
  • The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
  • Luther Van Ross - Dance with my Father
  • Eric Idle - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
  • Ellie Goulding - How Long will I Love You
  • Dean Lewis - How do I Say Goodbye
  • Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
  • Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in The Sky
  • Shihad - Only Time
  • James Galway – Essential Flute
  • Photograph – Ed Sheeran
  • When We Were Young – Adele

Classical

  • Vivaldi; Bach; Strauss; Handel; Mozart; Puccini; Beethoven; Pachelbel
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