Sometime in summer 2019, Chris shared 100 great instrumentals on the Creating Facebook page. Some of us added to the list too.
These pieces of music were not only for inspiring lessons or to be used in lessons, there were just for us teachers. Soothing, lively, de-stressing, invigorating.
Here’s the full list. Sorry no links, but a snappy copy n paste to YouTube and voilà! Happy scrolling!
List of 100 Instrumentals
1) Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock
2) The Smiths Oscilate Wildly
3) Ralph Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending
4) The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
5) Air – Modular Mix
6) Ramsey Lewis – Dear Prudence
7) Deliverance soundtrack – Duelling Banjos
8) Belle & Sebastian – Fuck this Shit
9) Nightmares on Wax – Les Nuits
10) Orbital – Belfast
11) New Order – Elegia
12) Santa Esmeralda – Sevilla Nights
13) Don Carlos – Alone
14) Vangelis – Rachel’s Theme
15) Georgio Moroder – The Chase
16) Chicane – Offshore17) Pink Floyd – The Great Gig in the Sky
18) Chris Coco – Back to Nature
19) Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (live at Pompeii)
20) Coldcut – Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force remix)
21) Elliot Smith – Kiwi Maddog
22) Mogwai – I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
23) Gui Boratto – Acrostico
24) Morcheeba – Blue Jam
25) Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions
26) Glide – Space Van
27) Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon (LP)
28) Funakadelic – Maggot Brain
29) A R Rahman – Mumbai Theme Tune
30) Rabbit in the Moon – Out of Body Experience
31) Jon Hopkins – Breathe this Air
32) U Zig – Roy Castle
33) Utah Saints – Soulution
34) The XX – Intro
35) Tangerine Dream – Live at the Boiler Room
36) Walter Murphy – A 5th of Beethoven
37) Ginger Baker & Abyss – African Time
38) LTJ Experience – Beggar Groove
39) Prokofiev – Dance of the Knights (from Romeo and Juiliet)
40) Honest Guys – Honest Guys Meditations
41) Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas
42) Aswad – Dub Fire (AKA Mosman Skank)
43) Harry Thurman – Underwater
44) Kyoto Jazz Massive – Nacer Do Sol
45) Jakatta – Feeling Blue (Cover of theme from Betty Blue)
46) The KLF – Chill Out LP
47) Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita
48) War on Drugs – Haunting Idle
49) 808 State – Pacific 202
50) Pepe Braddock – Deep Burnt
51) Simon and Garfunkel – Anji
52) Santana – Soul Sacrifice
53) Robinson Crusoe – Robinson Crusoe Suite
54) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
55) New Order – The Beach
56) Felt – Evergreen Dazed
57) Photek – T’Raenon
58) Martin Roth – Analogue Guy in a Digital World
59) Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
60) Moonman – Galaxia (Eliot j Remix)
61) Manuel Gottshing – E2-E4
62) Cat Stevens – Was Dog a Doughnut
63) John Williams – Asturias (AKA Leyenda)
64) Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar
65) Wamdue Project – Instrumentation
66) Beastie Boys – Electric Worm
67) Andreas Voellenweider – Stella
68) Tears For Fears – Pharoahs
69) Moby – God Moving Over the Face of the Water
70) Boo Radleys – Lazarus (St Ettiene remix)
71) The Cinematic Orchestra – All Things to All men
72) Pete Shelley – Witness the Change (instrumental)
73) David Axelrod – Holy Thursday
74) Ennio Morricone – The Mission
75) Maxence Cyrin – Where is my Mind?
76) Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities
77) State Azure – Love on a Real Train
78) David McCallum – The Edge
79) Grant Green – Maybe Tomorrow
80) Kraftwerk – Spacelab
81) Jean Michel Jarre – Oxgene Part VI (Open Minded mix)
82) Cymande – Dove
83) B M EX – Appollonia (Tamaza Mix)
84) PFM – The Rough with the Smooth
85) Angelo Baddliomenti – Theme from Twin Peaks
86) Talk Talk – Living in Another World (instrumental)
87) Tiga – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
88) Aphex Twin – Avril 14th
89) Neu – Hallo Gallo
90) Lil Louis – French Kiss
91) Michael Nyman – The Heart Asks Pleasure First
92) The Andrew Oldham Orchestra (Instrumental of Rolling Stones) The Last Time
93) Ice T (and The Time) Cold-Wind Madness
94) Wood, Brass and Steel – Funkanova
95) Commodores – Machine Gun
96) Koo l& the Gang – Summer Madness
97) Erik Satie – Gymnopédies
98) Albinoni – Adagio in G Minor
99) Barber – Adagio for Strings
100) The Beatles – Flying
