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.
Radiohead - Nude
The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone
Some years ago I stumbled upon this Norwegian artist (I’m not Norwegian). This is a very beautiful song.
Hard to choose one, but Metallica - Fade to Black.
Heyr himna smiður - a medieval Icelandic hymn, set to music by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson
Samson by Regina Spektor has to be up there for me.
Teya Dora - Ramonda
Yeah, I’m a Eurovision fan.
I can’t come up with just one and this list changes over time a lot for me. But here is a current top 3 for me
Dry the River - Weights and Measures
Surprised no one said samuel barber - adagio for strings yet.
somber fact: he wrote that when his wife died
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
From NieR Automata - Weight of the World https://youtu.be/P_yaecJ11JQ?si=e5mDeU-lfM1G1E6q
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.
The Nights by Avicii makes me quite emotional.
