There is some time for all of us when we start focusing, relaxing, driving a car, or just thinking (you name it), having some sound vibing in your ear which make you sing this song in your head. I also like to fill my time with some music, although it varies depending on the situation I am currently in.
Like you, for years my sound taste also was changing. My childhood, my character, the place I lived, and the people I grow-up with, shaped the music taste I have today - possibly it was similar for you.
When I was a child, I listen to a lot of rock/pop/hip-hop/rap music and played video games (mostly RPG where I wasn’t a good player tho). After the years, I noticed, the time I spent in my youth, created unique moments/atmospheres in my brain, that forged my music taste. For example, I really enjoy nowadays getting back to the move & game soundtracks while focusing, as this bringing me some kind of relief while working with micro breaks for my brain which the music-memory reveal, and then have a feeling I am much more focused/productive.
Over time, I build a sentiment of old’school grove, jazz, electronic, ambient, house/trance, pop, and rock vibes. Not forget about great movie & game soundtracks I love to listen to and of course some classical pieces.
This is a special article for me. It has a much more personal touch with the music that, is with me for years. I hope you find it likable, and inspirational, and maybe you find something interesting and think someday it was worth your time to check out this post.
Thank your time, and enjoy it as much as I do!
Disclaimer: I am not the owner of the songs, therefore, I keep the full names & authors of the songs (or mixes) with links to the sources I know where they still exist. In case some songs will not be available anymore by the time you read them, they could be removed mean, and I am sorry. When this happens, just let me know (tweet me, or use comments), and I will do my best to keep them updated.
Single songs
There are a couple of songs I dear the most over time, although not all I wish, I could put in here. The question is “why do actually these songs land in the lists below”? I think there were many reasons “why”. I feel some sort of connection to the songs below, simply from just being sentimental to the past memories I had with them, while some events happened in my life, ending on just liking the kind & vibe the music is giving me.
Below I gather a few lists and grouped them into sections that should be a bit useful for you. The order of the songs is mostly random (there is no 1st/last nor best/worse), and some of them are grouped if they come from one artist to have easier sneek.
- kudasai - the girl i haven’t met
- kudasai - technicolor
- Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
- Make Me Say It Again Girl, Pts. 1 & 2
- José González - Heartbeats
- DJ Cam Quartet - Rebirth of Cool
- Skarby - Liber x Doniu
- UB40 - Kingston Town
- Watch & Vibe - After Dark - Mr.Kitty (Music Video - Lost In Translation)
- Max Richter - On The Nature Of Daylight (Entropy)
- Kavinsky - Nightcall
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim
- Electronic Gems - 憂鬱 - Sun
- College feat. Electric Youth - A Real Hero
- Home - Decay
- Electric Youth - Innocence
- Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole - Somewhere over the Rainbow
- Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei
- Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1
- Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
- Passenger - Let Her Go
- Hoobastank - The Reason
- Lifehouse - Spin
- Lifehouse - Take Me Away
- Coldplay - In My Place
- Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
- Coldplay - Viva La Vida
- Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars
- Fun.: We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe
- Foner - September
- Thirty Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge
- Maximum Love - Feel Electric
- Ta-ku - Love Again (feat. JMSN & Sango)
- We Are All Astronauts - Ether
- We Are All Astronauts - Doves
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Official Video)
- HOME - Resonance
- HOME- - Flood
- Paradis - Hémisphère
- Varius Manx - Piosenka księżycowa
- Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
- Theophilus London - Why Even Try
- Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
- Paradis - La Ballade de Jim
- Portland - Deezy Daisy (Oxford Remix)
- Woodkid - Brooklyn
- Earth, Wind & Fire - September
- Nas - Mastermind (Sourface Remix)
- Tom Odell - Another Love (Zwette Edit)
- Satin Jackets - Hollywood (feat. Eric Cozier)
- Jonas Mantey - Frei
- n u a g e s - Dreams
- Phoria - Red (Need a Name Remix)
- Passion Pit - Constant Conversation (St. Lucia Remix)
- Robert Miles - Children [Dream Version]
- Lane 8 - Every Night
- Alesso - Heroes (we could be) ft. Tove Lo
- David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia
- Michael Nyman - The Other Side
- Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Ludovico Einaudi - Fly
- Und1fin3d - Try
- Jon Schmidt - All of Me (original tune)
- Johann Sebastian Bach-Air on G String
Mixes
- Majestic - Winter Calm - A Sunday Chill Mix
- Blissful Solitude - Ambient Mix
- the bootleg boy - RAINING IN OSAKA
Game Soundtracks (single & mixes)
- The Elders Scroll V Skyrim Soundtrack - The Streets of Whiterun
- Skyrim - Music & Ambience - Rainy Day
- The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind Soundtrack
- rain - Relaxing music from Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale and Neverwinter Nights soundtrack
- Icewind Dale 2 Soundtrack - Skeleton of a Town
- Icewind Dale 2 Soundtrack - Return to Kuldahar
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Ambient Mix
- The Witcher 3: One hour of Emotional and Relaxing Music
- Prestigious_Gaming - Prestigious_GamingThe Witcher 3: One hour of Emotional and Relaxing Music
- PecoreSoundtracks - Heroes 3 of Might and Magic Soundtrack (ost) [complete / HD]
- Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu
- Heroes Might & Magic - Dirt Theme
Movie Soundtracks (single & mixes)
- How to train your dragon Score - Forbidden friendship
- How to train your dragon Score: Romantic flight
- Tron Legacy - 03 The Son of Flynn - Daft Punk
- Tron Legacy - 10 Adagio For TRON - Daft Punk
- Tron Legacy - 15 Solar Sailer - Daft Punk
- Tron Legacy - Special Edition CD 2 - 02 - Encom Part II
- Edward Shearmur - K-Pax Soundtrack
- Man of Steel - Trailer Music - Storm by Craig Armstrong
- 300 OST - Returns a King
- Basil Poledouris - Hymn for Red October
- Hans Zimmer - Last Samurai - A Way of Life
- Hans Zimmer - Last Samurai - Hard Teacher
- Hans Zimmer - Film Score Composer - Interstellar - Recording of Pipe Organ
- Hans Zimmer - The Lion King Soundtrack - Under the Stars
- Der Demiurg - The Cloud Atlas Sextet
- Cloud Atlas End Title
- Alan Silvestri- Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack
- Dragon Ball Z - M710 - Prologue & Subtitle I
- Dragon Ball Z - M1711 - Prologue & Subtitle II
Playlists
- For Programming - here I keep a track of songs I mostly listening to while programming.
- For Car - in car I like “gently intense vibes” (if even I can say that). They suppose to gently land in the ears, but not to gently so they not lulaby me while driving 🙈
- Music from Childhood - it’s mostly some polish songs, a sentimental vibes from my childhood and where I was born and growing up.