Finding easy listening instrumental pieces

Hi,

I am looking for a category of instrumentals, whch is easy listening. Some examples are saxophone, piano, guitars, electronics and mixtures and I have download alot of them (from torrents, etc.). However, I would like its genre to be towards the ballad and easy listening side, rather than jazz or hip-hop (which I hate). It also includes easy listening movie soundtracks. But most soundtracks don’t belong to this category.

Can you introduce me any more instrumentals of this genre which you think is highly recommended and kind of depressive? I have also the soundtracks of sad animes such as GotF, VotDS, NaTHaT, etc.

I think there is a site somewhere in the net world which features all the instrumentals. Does anyone has any idea?

Thanks.

Try Enya. Definitely easy listening. 😀

I’ll upload a little collection of easy listening songs. 🙂 Varying from post-rock to electro~

I just discovered bluefm. Very nice. Easy listening instrumentals almost 24 hours per day. Please no jazz nor rock thanks.

Classical Gas by anyone ( Eric Clapton). It’s a very easy listening song.

Andy McKee.

God Is An Astronaut and Explosions in the Sky make absolutely BEAUTIFUL music.

How about Robert Miles? I love his first cd.

Well, what started as a little collection has grown to a big one, as I was browsing through my Itunes 😀 I’ll upload it in parts, yours to choose which to download (and I’ll continue updating it later on~(and yeah, it follows the alphabet xD)):

PART 1:

http://divshare.com/download/2032099-8ec

Abraham – Blue For The Most
Absent Without Leave – The First Rain
Adem – You And Moon
Adiemus – Rain Dance
Aimee Mann – Save Me
Air – The Way You Look Tonight
The Alan Parson Project – Eye In The Sky
The Album Leaf – Streamside
Alex Gopher – The Child
All India Radio – Evening Star
Alpha – Sometime Later
Amethystium – Shibumi
Aoife N� Fhearraigh – Seacht Suailci Na Maighdine Muire
Arid – Body Of You
Arsenal – Either
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
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Badly Drawn Boy – Silent Sigh
The Band – The Weight
Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
The Beach Boys – All Summer Long
The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
Beck – Lost Cause
Billie Holiday – Solitude
Bj�rk – Possibly Maybe
Blue Blot – September
Boards Of Canada – Peacock Tail
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love
Brakes – No Return
Brian Eno – Through The Blue
Bright Eyes – Lua
Broken Social Scene – Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan

PART 2:

http://divshare.com/download/2034343-05a

The Cardigans – For What It’s Worth
Chris Hinze – Mantras & Names
Christopher Franke – A Radiant Band Of Light
Cibo Matto – Sugar Water
Conan The Barbarian OST – Theology / Civilization
Connie Dover – Ubi Caritas
Corinne Bailey Rae – Breathless
Craig Armstrong – Balcony Scene
Daft Punk – Something About Us
Damien Rice – Cannonball
Dave Brubeck – In Your Own Sweet Way
Dead Man Ray – Brenner
Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
The Demo Saou – Portablism
Django Reinhardt – My Blue Heaven
Douglas Spotted Eagle – Grandfather’s Song
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The Eagles – Take It Easy
Elbow – An Imagined Affair
Emilie Simon – Baby Penguins
Enigma – Return To Innocence
Ennio Morricone – Chi Mai
Enya – The Council Of Elrond
Erik Satie – Gymnopedie #1
Explosions In the Sky – A Slow Dance
Filter – Take A Picture
Fiona Joyce – Letting Go
The Flaming Lips – Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planitia)
Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again
The Frames – Song For Someone
France Gall – Musique
Franklin Bruno – Clean Needle
The Future Sound Of London – My Kingdom

The Blade Runner OST by Vangelis is some excellent easy-listening/relaxing music. There are a few other people on the boards who’ll testify to this as well.

Part 3:

http://divshare.com/download/2170828-2e6

Gare Du Nord – Panchira
Gary Jules – Mad World
Gerry Rafferty – The Right Moment
Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade
Gloss – Lonely In Paris
Grandaddy – The Crystal Lake
Gregorian – Hurt
The Grid – Angel Tech
Halcali – Strawberry Chips
Heather Nova – Maybe An Angel
The Herbaliser – Road Of Many Signs
Herbie Hancock – Cantaloupe Island
Herman D�ne – Not On Top
Hevia – El Ramu
Hildegard Von Bingen – Vision (O Euchari In Leta Via)
Hooverphonic – Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs
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Incubus – Aqueous Transmission
Ingrid Michaelson – Keep Breathing
International Karate – A Night Without Sleep
Iona – Iona
Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You
Jethro Tull – Bouree
Joan As Police Woman – Real Life
Juana Molina – La Verdad
K’s Choice – Ol’ 55
Karen Matheson – Rithill Aill
Kenji Kawai – Ghostdive
Kruder & Dorfmeister – High Noon
Lamb – What Sound
The Lemonheads – (My Drug) Buddy
Loreena McKennitt – The Mummer’s Dance
Low – Just Like Christmas

This is a sad song if ever i heard one. Its from the Anime Samurai Champloo, from a scene where Mugen falls into the ocean.

This series has some great instrumental tracks both happy and sad. This ones exceptional though.

Its called Obokuri~Eeumi by Asazaki Ikue. I hope you enjoy.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/30786410ed7e7d/

I’d have to nominate Icarus Dream Op. 4 by Yngwie Malmsteen.
Neo-Classical rock styled guitarist but the song itself is amazing which is all that really matters.

Try to find some new age pianist like Yiruma(my fav). Jazz is nice too especially Mindi Abair.

Part 4 (most likely the last part :D:D) :

http://divshare.com/download/2171687-a1c

Madredeus – O Tejo
Magical Trick Society – Turnabout Courtroom – End
M�ire Brennan – An Fharraige
Mandalay – Deep Love (Onda Underwater Mix)
Mano Negra – Out Of Time Man
Mark Knopfler – Sailing To Philadelphia
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Men At Work – It’s A Mistake
Mercury Rev – Little Rhymes
Michael Gettel – When All Is Quiet (She Dreams Of Horses)
Mike Oldfield – Incantations
Miles Davis – ‘Round Midnight
Mirah – Jerusalem
Mogwai – Dial: Revenge
Mr. Wednesday – The Cargo Doors Have Requested Our Cooperation
M�m – Scratched Bicycle / Smell Memory
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Nat King Cole – You’re The Cream In My Coffee
Neal Schon – Cool Breeze
Nicci Berry – Down By The Glenside
Nick Cave & Kyle Minogue – Where The Wild Roses Grow
Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
Ninety 9 – Willow
Nizlopi – JCB
Norah Jones – Painter Song
Abe’s Exoddus OST – Main Menu
Orbital – Halcyon + On + On
Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark – Enola Gay
Ozark Henry – Intersexual
Paul Schutze – Sleep 2
Philip Glass – Closing
Pink Floyd – Learning To Fly
Portishead – Roads

Easy listening instrumentals, hmm … try Secret Garden and Tommy Emmanuel, I think you’ll like them 🙂

@Panda Surf: I like your song packs, they look like they came off one of my own playlists ^^ Emilie Simon, Lamb, Mogwai – all favourites.

Thanks, byaku-chan. ^^

Also, this’ll be the last part x) :

Part 5:

http://divshare.com/download/2177069-f8b

Radiohead – Sit Down, Stand Up (Snakes & Ladders)
Rin���r�se – Mes Vacances � Rio
Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble – The Vanishing Breed
Ronan Hardiman – Celtic Dream
Roots Manuva – Witness One Hope
Rosie Thomas – Farewell
Roxy Music – Tara
R�yksopp – Sparks
Sacred Spirit – Yeha Noha
Scorpions – Wind Of Change
Sean Lennon – Home
Simbad – Soul Fever, Original
Sparklehorse – Don’t Take My Sunshine Away
Spencer Brewer – Portraits
St. Germain – Sure Thing
Sven Van Hees – What Do You See?
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Tama – Ta’aba (The Leaving)
Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train
Thievery Corporation – Indra
This Mortal Coil – You And Your Sister
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Daniel
Tujiko Noriko – Mugen Kyuukou
Tunng – Woodcat
Twalseree – Alverdans En Ridee
Vali – Sorg
V�rrtin� – Emoton
Vienna Teng – Gravity
Wes – Alane
Willem Vermandere – Sneeuwlandschap
Yann Tiersen – Les Jours Tristes (Instrumental)
Yndi Halda – We Flood Empty Lakes (A Lily Remix)
Zero7 – Destiny

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I’ll probably downlaod them whenever i get the chance ^^

seems great for like doing homework or somethng 😮

I recently borrowed the album "Eden" by Sarah Brightman and it’s very good. Maybe you want to give that one a shot. 🙂

Try my first relaxing collection

Sarah McLachlan is (I think) easy listening…

A good ballad by Evanescence is "Good Enough"

…and look up "Eternal" by Evanescence as well. Good piano piece, that one. ^^

zero 7, vangelis, some yoko kanno songs, air, portishead, dj shadow, massive attack, lemonjelly, some gorillaz tracks, lamb.

also forgot mogwai and sigur ros, peaceful rock, cant go wrong

Updated the download links with Divshare. ^o^~

Zazen (easy listening)
Boards of Canada (abstract ambient electronica)
the ansiform anonymous netlabel (ambient)

try the OST of Girl with a Pearl Earring. <3

bump.

I appreciate the music, Trentington! I think I need a change from all the vgm I listen to.

—Desert_Eagle