Wedding Ceremony Music

Ceremony music style

Gone are the days when it is expected that the ceremony entry music needs to be Felix Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” in C major. Now for couples getting married selecting their own personal style of music for the ceremony, has become more important than ever. The music chosen will be the opening act of the wedding day, reflect the couple’s personalities, and set the tone for the entire day.

The music you need for your ceremony.

At the being of your ceremony you walk down the aisle, this marks the beginning of your wedding. When it comes to selecting the music for this special moment you may want to go with a classical piece or something a little more modern, you could also think about having live music. It doesn’t matter what music you choose for your entry, it’s just good to remember that you want to take your time walking so maybe look at a slower piece of music.

The next piece you will need is for when you are signing the marriage documents. At this point of the ceremony, you are married and the song you select should reflect this moment of love and happiness.

The last piece of music you will need is for when you exit the ceremony. This signals that the formal part of your day has concluded and it’s now time to start the celebrations. The piece of music you select is a great opportunity for you to share your excitement as a newly married couple and to start the party.

It’s your choice.

No matter what style of music you select for your special day just remember this is your day. It doesn’t matter what music you have as long as it is what you want and what works best for how you want your moment to feel.

Here, are 6 different music genres with 20 ideas in each to help you select the music that is best for your ceremony.

20 Modern Songs

1) Make You Feel My Love – Adele

2) Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

3) All of Me – John Legend

4) Marry You – Bruno Mars

5) If You Love Her – Forest Blakk & Meghan Trainer

6) Love On Top – Beyoncé

7) Over and Over Again – Nathan Sykes ft. Ariana Grande

8) I Choose You – Sara Bareilles

9) Stand By You – Rachel Platten

10) Marry Me – Meghan Trainor

11) I Wanna Grow Old With You – Bride & Groom

12) The One – Kodaline

13) Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

14) Perfect – Ed Sheeran

15) pov – Ariana Grande

16) You Are The Reason – Calum Scott & Leona Lewis

17) Poetry – Wrabel

18) Can’t Help Falling in Love – Kina Grannis

19) Marry Me – Train

20) Beginning Middle End – Leah Nobel

20 Country Music Songs

1) Making Memories Of Us – Keith Urban

2) Amazed – Lonestar

3) I’ll Name The Dogs – Blake Shelton

4) Hey Pretty Girl – Kip Moore

5) When Love Finds You – Vince Gill

6) Love Story – Taylor Swift

7) When I Found You – Jasmine Rae

8) She Thinks She Needs Me – Andy Griggs

9) She’s In Love With The Boy – Trisha Yearwood

10) History In The Making – Darius Rucker

11) Tim McGraw – It’s Your Love

12) Yes! – Chad Brock13) In Case You Didn’t Know – Brett Young

14) Promise To Love Her – Blane Howard

15) The Rest of Our Life – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

16) Better Today – Coffey Anderson

17) From The Ground Up – Dan & Shay

18) When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating

19) Good as You – Kane Brown

20) Look What God Gave Her – Thomas Rhett

20 Old Time Songs

1) Love Me Tender – Elvis

2) If I Could Build My Whole World Around You – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

3) All You Need Is Love – Beatles

4) When You Need Me – Bruce Springsteen

5) You and I – Stevie Wonder

6) Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

7) When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole

8) Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac

9) You Make My Dreams Come True – Hall & Oates

10) You’re all I need to get by – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

11) Happy Together – The Turtles

12) Can’t Take My Eyes Off Your – Frankie Valli

13) Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder

14) Kiss From A Rose – Seal

15) Ain’t No Mountian High – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

16) Saving All My Love For You – Whitney Houston

17) It Must Be Love – Madness

18) Dance Me to the End of Love – Leonard Cohen

19) Heaven – Bryan Adams

20) Lovely Day – Bill Withers

20 Jazz Songs

1) Crazy Love – Michael Buble

2) At Last – Etta James

3) Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra

4) Who’s Lovin’ You – Michael Buble

5) L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole

6) The Nearness of You – Michael Brecker

7) It’s A Wonderful Time For Love – Norah Jones

8) You’re My Thrill – Cecile McLorin Salvant

9) It Had To Be You – Ray Charles

10) The Look of Love – Diana Krall

11) I’ve Got a Crush on You – Sarah Vaughan

12) We’re In This Love Together – Al Jarreau

13) What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

14) Love Is Here to Stay – Tony Bennett & Diana Krall

15) Because Of You – Tony Bennett

16) Come Rain or Come Shine – Norah Jones & Wynton Marsalis

17) It Had to Be You – Harry Connick Jr

18) Cheek To Cheek – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

19) A Love That Will Last – Renee Olstead

20) Giving You The Best That I’ve Got – Anita Baker

20 Songs From Movies

1) All You Need Is Love – Love Actually – Lynden David Hall

2) I Knew I Loved You – Memoirs Of A Geisha – Savage Garden

3) This Never Happened Before – The Lake House – Paul McCartney

4) Love You I Do – Dream Girls – Jennifer Hudson

5) Can’t take my eyes off you – 10 Things I Hate About You ~Frankie Valli

6) Take My Breath Away – Top Gun – Berlin

7) Love Me Like You Do – Fifty Shades of Grey – Ellie Goulding

8) Love You ‘Till the End – PS I LOVE – The Pogues

9) I Love You – in Runaway Bride – Martina McBride

10) Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Lion King – Elton John

11) I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Armageddon – Aerosmith

12) When You Say Nothing At All – Notting Hill – Ronan Keating

13) – It Had to Be You – When Harry Met Sally – Harry Connick Jr.

14) Mannequin – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship

15) A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman – Pink

16) How Long Will I Love You – About Time – Ellie Goulding

17) Can’t Help Falling in Love – Crazy Rich Asians – Kina Grannis

18) A Whole New World – Aladdin – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle

19) Come What May – Moulin Rouge – Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman

20) It’s Gonna Be Love – A Walk To Remember – Mandy Moore

20 Classic Music Pieces (modern versions)

1) Wedding March – Rock on Electric Guitar

2) Wedding March – Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar & Bass Guitar

3) Wedding March, Felix Mendelssohn: Jesse Ramirez, classical guitar

4) The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Academy of Ancient Music

5) Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – G.F. Händel / Ankunft der Königin von Saba / Orgel: Markus Süß

6) Berlin Song – Ludovico Einaudi

7) Canon in D – (Johann Pachelbel) – Violin & Piano

8) Canon in D (Pachelbel’s Canon) – Cello & Piano

9) Air on the G String (J. S. Bach) – HAUSER

10) Water Music – George Frideric Handel’s – Suite No. 2 (Proms 2012)

11) MOZART / LISZT – AVE VERUM CORPUS – Piano: Cyprien Katsaris

12) ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ BWV.147 by J.S Bach – London String Collective play

13) Spring (La Primavera), III. Allegro, Alana Youssefian & Voices of Music RV 269 – Vivaldi Four Seasons

14) Sphärenklänge, Walzer, Op. 235 – Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmoniker

15) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” Serenade in G major, K.525, Allegro

16) Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter (L’Inverno), original version. Freivogel & Voices of Music RV 297 4K

17) Salut d’Amour, E. Elgar – Anastasiya Petryshak

18) Le carnaval des animaux: XIII. Le cygne – Arr. Hazell for Cello and Orchestra

19) Marriage of Figaro Overture, Mozart – Stringspace String Quartet

20) Meditation from Thais for Violin and Piano – Jules Massenet

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