Music and Song suggestions suitable for use in Funeral Ceremonies

Mainly compiled by Funeral Celebrant Pamela Adams
Others provided by Graduates of the International College of Celebrancy

For a Fisherman:
"Gone Fishin" - Bing Crosby and Co.

For A Bushie/Garden Lover:
Australian Bird Symphony

For Children/Babies:
"Goodnight My Angel" - Billy Joel
"Circle of Life" - EIton John
"Fly" - Celine Dion
"Beautiful In My Eyes" - Joshua Kadisson
"Baby Mine" - Bette Midler

For Young Funerals:
--- "Goodbye My Friend" – Linda Ronstadt
--- "Everybody Hurts" - REM
--- "And When I Die" - No Mercy
--- "Truly, Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
--- "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
--- "Bring Him Home" - Michael Crawford
--- "Nobody Knows But Me" - Tony Rich
--- "Forever Young" & "I'll Stand By You" - Pretenders Parents:
--- "Because You Loved Me" - Celine Dion
--- "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler
--- "Beloved" - Wendy Matthews
--- "All I Ask of You" - Michael Crawford

For all ages:
"It's A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
"Angels" - John Farnham
"Well Meet Again" - Vera Lynn
"In My Life" - The Beatles; Judy Collins, Sean Connery
"Memory" - Barbara Streisand
"The Way We Were" - Barbara Streisand
"Goodnight Sweetheart" - Al Bowly
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" – Van Morrison; Rod Stewart
"You Are So Beautiful To Me" - Joe Cocker
"One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey/Boyz To Men
"It's Hard To Leave" - Judith Durham

For a father
The Old Man - sung by John McDermott (Irish Tenors)

From Christine Capewell
Goodbye: Lionel Richie
I'll see you in my Dreams - Sung by Joe Brown
Time To Sleep - Richard Strauss
Charmaine (as Background music during commital)
Sleepsong - Secret Garden
The Last Rose of Summer - T. Moore

Soundtracks: Selections from "Paradise Road", "Out of Africa", "Man From Snowy River", and so on. --