Best Contemporary Instrumental Wedding Songs

Posted by on Sep 1, 2012 in Wedding Songs | 0 comments

What are the best contemporary instrumental wedding songs?

Wedding music played as a background to various wedding interludes should provide the right ambience without overshadowing the actual event. You will not need music for the entire wedding ceremony. Some moments are better served by silence, which allows your guests time for quiet reflection. Appropriate background music can help add emphasis to a particular reading. For example, if someone is reading an Irish poem, having an instrumental version of “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” will help add emphasis to the reading. If you are looking for music to use during unity ceremonies, check out the Best Unity Ritual Songs.

When choosing music, you will want to consider what mood you are looking to set. Keep in mind that mood is not always determined by the songs you choose. Sometimes it is a matter of what type of instruments are used or how the song is arranged. For example, take the classic love song “Because You Love Me.” – in our playlist we have three different versions of it – notice how the mood changes from one version to the next, depending on the instruments used. So think about the mood you are looking to achieve for your wedding ceremony when considering the instruments used in the songs.

When selecting wedding music, here is a general guide as to what instruments you should consider to set the right mood. Here is a good guideline as to which instruments best fit different moods.

  • Elegant: strings, harp, violin, flute
  • Contemporary: guitar, drums, keyboard
  • Traditional: organ, piano
  • Serenity: harp, flute, violin, piano
  • Uplifting / Joyful: strings, violin, guitar, flute, piano, organ
  • Playful: violin, guitar, piano
  • Formal: organ, violin, harp
  • Contemporary: guitar, piano
  • Romantic: violin, piano, harp
  • Spiritual: organ, harp, strings

We have selected a few of the more popular contemporary instrumental pieces and listed them below. Keep in mind, many of the songs have multiple instrumental variations (piano, guitar, strings, etc.) – too many, in fact, for us to list each version individually. So, if we have the piano version listed but you want the guitar version, just search for the guitar version when the view tab (for that song) takes you to iTunes. Having said that, we did try to find the more popular versions and/or versions that were recorded specifically for weddings. For your convenience, we have compiled the songs in a playlist, making it easy for you to listen to a sample or purchase a song.A detailed list of the songs is provided below the playlist. If you are looking for songs specifically for a wedding union ritual, such as the lighting of the unity candles, we have created a special page for it titled Best Unity Ritual Songs. Also, if you are looking for classical instrumental pieces, we have listed them on our page of Best Classical Instrumental Songs.

 Best Contemporary Instumental Wedding Songs

  1. A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
  2. A Love Forever
  3. A Moment Like This
  4. A Whole New World
  5. All I Ask Of You 
  6. Arthur’s Theme
  7. As Two Become One
  8. Beautiful Day (Originally by U2)
  9. Beauty and the Beast
  10. Because You Loved Me
  11. Butterfly Kisses
  12. Can You Feel the Love Tonight?
  13. Chasing Cars (Originally by Snow Patrol)
  14. Do You Realize?? (Originally by The Flaming Lips)
  15. Edelweiss
  16. Endless Love
  17. Everlong (Originally by Foo Fighters)
  18. Everything I Do, (I Do for You)
  19. For Your Eyes Only
  20. From This Moment On
  21. Greensleeves
  22. Groovy Kind of Love
  23. Have I Told You Lately
  24. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman
  25. Here Comes Your Man( Originally by The Pixies)
  26. Here, There And Everywhere
  27. Hopelessly Devoted To You
  28. How Beautiful
  29. How Deep Is Your Love
  30. I Can Only Imagine
  31. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
  32. I Will Always Love You
  33. I Will Be Here
  34. Imagine
  35. In My Place (Originally by Coldplay)
  36. In Your Eyes (Originally by Peter Gabriel)
  37. It Had to Be You (Theme from When Harry Met Sally)
  38. Just Like Heaven (Originally by The Cure)
  39. Just the Way You Are
  40. Kiss from a Rose
  41. Love Of My Life
  42. Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet
  43. Love Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire by David Foster (1985)
  44. Memory
  45. More Than Words
  46. Music of The Night
  47. My Heart Will Go On
  48. Part of Your World
  49. Show Me Heaven
  50. Simple Gifts
  51. So This Is Love
  52. Some Day My Prince Will Come
  53. Something There from Beauty & the Beast
  54. Stand By Me
  55. Take My Breath Away
  56. The Greatest Love Of All
  57. The Prayer
  58. The Rose
  59. Three Times A Lady
  60. Through the Eyes of Love
  61. Transatlanticism
  62. Unchained Melody
  63. Unforgettable
  64. Wedding Day White
  65. When I Fall In Love (Theme from Sleepless in Seattle)
  66. When You Wish Upon a Star
  67. Wind Beneath My Wings
  68. You Can’t Hurry Love
  69. You Light Up My Life 
  70. You Send Me
  71. You’re Beautiful

 

 

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