resources

There are a wealth of resources on the web to help you plan funeral ceremonies. And it can be very stressful and overwhelming to sift through all the choices.

To make it easier for you, I would suggest that you first think about the following resources:-

Suggested music

– Music is a personal choice, the suggestions below are there to help, but not necessarily select. They may remind you of another song by the same singer, composer or track. Check the songs on YouTube

Contemporary Music

  • A Mother’s Prayer by K. Michelle
  • A Song for Dad – Keith Urban
  • Against All Odds – Phil Collins
  • Ain’t No Good Day For Dying – Maura O’Connell
  • Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
  • Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
  • Amazing Grace – Cindy Marro
  • Angel – Sarah McLachlan
  • Angels -Mary McLaughlin
  • Angels – Robbie Williams
  • Asleep – The Smiths
  • Beautiful Day – U2
  • Bitter Sweet Funeral – The Verve
  • Blinded by your Grace – Stormzy
  • Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
  • Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
  • Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise
  • Broken – Lifehouse
  • Calling All Angels by Train
  • Candle in the Wind – Elton John
  • Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley
  • Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
  • Clocks – Coldplay
  • Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
  • Dance With My Father Again – Luther Vandross
  • Dancing Queen – Abba
  • Dignity – Deacon Blue
  • Don’t Forget to Remember me – Carrie Underwood
  • Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
  • Don’t Speak – No Doubt
  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
  • Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
  • Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
  • Emmerdale – Theme Tune
  • Even My Dad Does Sometimes – Ed Sheeran
  • Even Though You’re Gone – Angelis
  • Every Breath You Take – The Police
  • Everybody Hurts – R.E.M
  • Father and Daughters – Michael Bolton
  • Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
  • Fix You – Coldplay
  • Flying Without Wings – Westlife
  • Go Rest on that Mountain – Vince Gill
  • Going Underground – The Jam
  • Good Riddance (Time of your life) – Green Day
  • Goodbye is the Saddest Word – Celine Dion
  • Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
  • Grandma’s Feather Bed – John Denver
  • Grandma’s Hands – Bill Withers
  • Grandma’s Song – Gail Davis
  • Grandpa – Justin Moore
  • Ha Ha You’re Dead – Green Day
  • Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke
  • Halo – Beyonce
  • He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – Neil Diamond
  • Heaven – Bryan Adams
  • Heaven – Talking Heads
  • Heaven Was Needing a Hero – Jo Dee Messina
  • Highway to Hell – ACDC
  • Hero – Mariah Carey
  • Hold Back The River – James Bay
  • How To Save A Life – The Fray
  • I’ll Always Love my Mamma – The Intruders
  • I’ll Be There – The Escape Club
  • I Miss You – Stevie Nicks
  • I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
  • I will Remember you – Sarah McLachlan
  • If Tomorrow Never Comes by Garth Brooks
  • I’ll be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
  • I’ll Sleep when I’m Dead – Bon Jovi
  • In my Life – The Beatles
  • In the Living Years – Mike and the Mechanics
  • If Tomorrow Never Comes – Ronan Keating
  • I’ll see you again – Westlife
  • Imagine – John Lennon
  • In My Life – The Beatles
  • Jealous of the Angels – Donna Taggart 
  •  Lay me Down – Sam Smith
  • Let It Be – The Beatles
  • Like a River – Carly Simon
  • Mama – Il Divo
  • Make Me a Channel of Your Peace – Susan Boyle
  • Make Me Smile – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
  • Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
  • Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
  • May It Be – Enya
  • Momma, I’m coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne
  • My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
  • My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
  • My Immortal by Evanescence
  • My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
  • My Way – Frank Sinatra
  • My Immortal – Evanescence
  • Nan’s Song – Robbie Williams
  • Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O’Connor
  • Out of Reach – Gabrielle
  • One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey & Boyz to Men
  • Passing Through – Ronan Keating
  • Perfect Day – Lou Reed
  • Photograph – Ed Sheeran
  • Pictures of You – The Cure
  • Please Don’t Stop The Rain – James Morrison
  • Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
  • Right here waiting – Richard Marx
  • Sailing – Rod Stewart
  • Satisfied Mind – Jeff Buckley
  • See You Again – Wiz Khalifa
  • Show Me Heaven – Maria Mckee
  • Simply The Best – Tina Turner
  • Slipped Away – Avril Lavigne
  • Smile – Nat King Cole
  • Spirit in the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
  • Someone Like You – Adele
  • Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
  • Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own – U2
  • Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
  • Soul Limbo / Cricket Theme – Booker T. & the MG’s
  • Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
  • Stand by Me – Ben E King
  • Stay With Me – Sam Smith
  • Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran
  • Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
  • Teardrop – Massive Attack
  • Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse
  • Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
  • Thank you for being my Dad – Jon Barker
  • The Long and Winding Road – The Beatles
  • The Prayer by Celine Dion and Josh Groban
  • The Scientist – Coldplay
  • There You’ll Be – Faith Hill
  • Time To Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli
  • Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
  • We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
  • What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  • When I get where I’m going – Brad Paisley
  • When September Ends – Green Day
  • Who Knew – Pink
  • Who Wants To Live Forever – Queen
  • Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
  • Wonderwall – Oasis
  • You Raise Me Up – Westlife
  • You’ll Be in My Heart – Phil Collins
  • You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry & The Pacemakers
  • You’re Missing – Bruce Springsteen
  • You’re My Best Friend – Queen
  • You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
  • Your Song – Elton John

Contemporary Instrumentals

 
 

Sound Tracks

  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python
  • Beauty and the Beast (Instrumental) Theme tune – Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Cockeye’s Song (from Once Upon a Time in America) – Ennio Morricone
  • Coronation Street – Theme Tune
  • Ding Dong the Witch is Dead – Wizard of Oz
  • Dumbledore’s Farewell (From Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) – Nicholas Hooper
  • Farewell to Lorien (from Lord of the Rings) – Howard Shore
  • Frozen – Epic Majestic Orchestral Covers
  • Eastenders – Theme Tune
  • Game of Thrones  – Theme Tune
  • Great British Bake Off – Theme Tune
  • Harry’s Game (Theme Tune) – Clannad
  • Hymn to the Sea (from Titanic) – Horner
  • Lonely Shepherd (from Kill Bill) – Gheorghe Zamfir
  • I’ll Be There For You – Friends Theme Tune
  • I Will Always Love You – Celine Dion
  • I Will Return (from Fast and  Furious 7) –  J.R. Rotem, Skylar Grey and Luke Laird
  • Match of The Day – Theme Tune
  • May it Be (from Lord of the Rings) – Howard Shore
  • Memories – Barbara Streisand
  • Now We are Free (from Gladiator) – Zimmer and Gerrard
  • Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone
  • Only Fools and Horses – Theme Tune
  • Over The Rainbow – Eva Cassidy
  • See You Again (from Fast and Furious 7) – DJ Frank E , Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa
  • Test Match Special – Theme Tune
  • Tennesee (from Pearl Harbour) – Hans Zimmer
  • The Last of the Mohicans – Trevor Jones
  • Time (from Inception) – Hans Zimmer
  • Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show) – Phillip Glass
  • Wind Beneath My Wings (from Beaches) – Bette Middler
  • Wishing you were somehow here again – Phantom of the Opera

Classical Music

  • Allegretto, (from Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvmt) – Beethoven
  • Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
  • Adagio in G minor – Albinoni
  • Adagio Lamentoso (from Symphony No. 6) – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Agnus Dei – Samuel Barber
  • Air on a G String – Bach
  • Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
  • Ave Maria from Otello  – Giuseppe Verdi Ave Verum – Elgar
  • Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
  • Cantata No. 208, Sheep May Safely Graze – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cantus – Arvo Part
  • Canon in D – Johann Pachelbel
  • Dido’s Lament (from Dido and Aeneas) – Purcell
  • Elegie in Cmin, Op 25 – Gabriel Fauré
  • Enigma Variations – Nimrod
  • Funeral Ikos – John Tavener
  • Fur Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Four Seasons – Vivaldi
  • In Paradisum  – Gabriel Fauré
  • Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
  • Kindertotenlieder – Mahler
  • Lacrimosa (from Requiem) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Largo (from Xerxes’) – Handel
  • Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven
  • Nessum Dorma – Puccini
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen
  • Pavanne – Gabriel Fauré
  • Pie Jesu – Gabriel Fauré
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Prelude op. 28, no. 6 – Chopin
  • Prelude and Angel’s Farewell (from The Dream of Gerontius) – Elgar
  • Raindrop (Prelude No. 15 in Db Major) – Chopin
  • Sanctus, Reqiem 48 III –  Gabriel Fauré
  • Sonata Pathetique 2nd Mvmt. – Beethoven
  • Song for Athene – Sir John Tavener
  • Symphony No. 9, Largo, 2nd Mvmt – Dvorak
  • Symphony No 5, Adagietto – Mahler
  • The Lark Ascending – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hymns

  • Abide With Me
  • All Things Bright & Beautiful
  • Amazing Grace
  • Battle Hymn
  • Beyond the Sunset
  • Come, Ye Disconsolate
  • Does Jesus Care?
  • God Will Take Care of You
  • Great is Thy Faithfulness
  • Great is Thy Faithfulness
  • How Great Thou Art
  • I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from The Messiah (Handel)
  • Jerusalem
  • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
  • Morning Has Broken
  • My Faith Looks Up to Thee
  • My Jesus, I Love Thee
  • My Saviour First of All
  • Nearer My God to Thee
  • O That Will Be Glory
  • On Eagle’s Wings
  • Precious Lord
  • Rock of Ages
  • Safe in the Arms of Jesus
  • Saved By Grace
  • Still, Still with Thee, When Purple Morning Breaketh
  • Sweet By and By
  • Tell It to Jesus
  • The Lord’s My Shepherd
  • The Old Rugged Cross
  • The Sands of Time Are Sinking
  • There is a Hope – Stuart Townend
  • Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne and Thy Kingly Crown
  • What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  • When I survey the Wondrous Cross
  • When Peace Like a River (It is Well)
  • When the Trumpet of the Lord Shall Sound
  • When We See Christ

Links to Funeral Poems

 

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Best Funeral Poems

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Poems and Reflections

Poems, Prose and Extracts

Poems for various relatives, occupations and interests