Throes – Half Moon Run
So you want a cascading piano to paint every bit of sadness in your soul? Yet you also want it to have an element of hope?
Memories – music2work2
Originally written for the music to grieve to playlist – it’s kinda disturbing that it should arrive on this playlist too!
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Rotation – Luke Howard
I love it when you think you know a track only to have your expectations exceeded as the composer take you in a completely unexpected direction.
To Move – Alex Kozobolis & Anna Rose Carter
A collaboration between two people, two pianists which produces an effortlessly light, floaty, safe space.
Safe Landing 1 – music2work2
This track was the original inspiration for the entire playlist. Actually the original idea had been kicked around a few years back and I had worked up a theme at the time but when i came back to it it didn’t really resonate.
I Miss You – Ozymandias
Short, simple and super sweet – it’s the kind of thing I might have written. Simple arpeggiated bass line with this uncomplicated meandering melody that reminds you of how it feels when you’re wondering, lost after your loved one has gone.
Heal – Tom Odell
“Take my mind and take my pain”
Oh if only that could happen.
The initial seeding of this playlist was dominated by instrumental tracks but this track made it in by the sheer beauty of the vocal – Tom Odell has a fabulous voice.
Loss – music2work2
Loss – when it’s still visceral – when you still think you can call them – when you’re still discombobulated and not sure when it will end.
Loss – when it colors your every move and burns hot in your heart.
Sadness – music2work2
Have you ever had your family break apart?
I have.
There are a hundred different feelings you go through, none of them good, but the emotion that lingers long after everything else has faded, is sadness.
By Night – Sophie Hutchins
I wasn’t aware of Sophie’s work until Nicole introduced me to this track for the Music to Grieve to playlist – I immediately fell in love. Melancholy piano – not overdone or flashy, just a simple theme that you can hear her breathe life into – and then the cello arrives – and it’s beautiful!
Acceptance – music2work2
There is a hopefulness to this track – particularly at the end where it’s all about imperfect and perfect cadences resolving positively around the G major root. The reality of grief is that life does go on, and while the grief may never fully subside, it does fade and we do get to feel good again.
Floating / Sinking – Peter Broderick
It’s the birdsong and background sounds that get you at the beginning – the scrunching through gravel accompanied by the sparsest piano chords and the whole mood is set.