Music Selection Ideas for Your Video Montage

Enough can’t be said about how important music selection is in a video montage. In addition to invoking memories, the music choices will set the mood for the entire piece.

Computer Design Graphics uses the Apple itunes Music Store to acquire your song choices. The songs included in your package will be acquired and provided to you on CD at no extra charge.

Here are some suggested songs. It is, by no means, a comprehensive list. We’ll be happy to include the music selections of your choice.

BIRTHDAY SONGS

Female Birthday

Brick House – Commodores
Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Every Mother’s Dream
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
She’s Not Just a Pretty Face – Shania Twain
You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker

All Birthdays

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Aretha Franklin
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Celebrate – Kool and the Gang
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Louis Armstrong
It Was Your Song – Garth Brooks
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
Thanks for the Memories – Frank Sinatra
The Best is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
This is the Time – Billy Joel
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
You’re Nobody (till somebody loves you) – Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra
Young At Heart – Frank Sinatra

GRADUATION

A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Celebrate – Kool and the Gang
Closing Time – Semisonic
Here’s to the Night – Eve 6
How’s It Gonna Be – Third Eye Blind
I Hope You Dance – LeeAnn Womack
I’ll Be There For You (Friend’s Theme Song) – Rembrants
I’ll Remember – Madonna
It Was Your Song – Garth Brooks
More To This Life – Steven Curtis Chapman
My Wish – Rascal Flatts
Thank You – Dido
This is the Night – Clay Aiken
Time of Your Life – GreenDay
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When You Believe – Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston

WEDDING SONGS

Songs for the Bride

Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
Just a Girl – No Doubt
My Girl – The Temptations
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker

Songs for the Groom

Best Day of My Life – George Strait
My Guy – Diana Ross and the Supremes
The Boy I’m Gonna Marry – Darlene Love

Songs for the Bride & Groom

A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson
Amazed – Lonestar
Back at One – Mark Wills or Brian McNight
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Breathe – Faith Hill
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis
Come Away with Me – Norah Jones
Cowboy Take Me Away – Dixie Chicks
Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing – Mark Chestnut or Aerosmith
Every time I Close My Eyes – Babyface and Mariah Carey
Fallen (Pretty Woman Soundtrack) – Lauren Wood
Feels Like Home – Chantal Kreviazuk
Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Forever and for Always – Shania Twain
From This Moment – Shania Twain
God Must Have Spent a Little More Time – Alabama or NSYNC
Grow Old with Me – Mary Chapin Carpenter
Happily Ever After – Case
Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart
Heaven – Bryan Adams
I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery
I Could Not Ask for More – Sara Evans or Edwin McCain
I Cross My Heart – George Straight
I Do (Cherish You) – Mark Wills or 98 Degrees
I Finally Found Someone – Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams
I Hope You Dance – LeeAnn Womack
I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
I Love the Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery
I Need You – Leann Rimes
I Swear – John Michael Montgomery or All 4 One
I Will – The Beatles
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
It’s Your Love – Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
In My Life – Beatles
Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
Loving You (Instrumental) – Kenny G
My Best Friend – Tim McGraw
On My Wedding Day – Don Henley
Once In A Lifetime – Aaron Neville & Kenny G
One Boy, One Girl – Collin Raye
Only You – The Platters
Power of Love – Celine Dion
Somebody Like You – Keith Urban
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Thank You – Dido
This I Promise You – NSYNC
This is the Night – Clay Aiken
This is the Time – Billy Joel
To Make You Feel My Love – Garth Brooks
Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Valentine – Martina McBride
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Will You Marry Me – Alabama
With This Ring – Sawyer Brown
When We Get Married – Larry Graham
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
When You Say Nothing at All – Allison Krauss
Wrapped Up In You – Garth Brooks
You Had Me From Hello – Kenny Chesney
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
Your Precious Love – D’Angelo & Erykah Badu

Upbeat Songs for the Bride & Groom

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Aretha Franklin
All You Need is Love – Beatles
Going to the Chapel – Shirelles
How Sweet It Is (to be Loved by You) – James Taylor
I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
It Had to Be You – Frank Sinatra
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
L.O.V.E. – Nat King Cole
Lets Stay Together – Al Green
The Best is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
With This Ring – Platters

ANNIVERSARY SONGS

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Aretha Franklin
All You Need is Love – Beatles
Anniversary Song – Eva Cassidy
Because 2 People Fell in Love – Brad Paisley
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Forever and For Always – Shania Twain
Forever Young – Rod Stewart
Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart
Heaven – Bryan Adams
Here, There, and Everywhere – The Beatles
I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John
I Love the Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery
I Will – Beatles
If You Ever Leave Me – Barbara Streisand & Vince Gill
In My Life – Beatles
In This Life – Collin Raye
It Feels Like Home – Chantal Kreviazuk
It Had to Be You – Frank Sinatra
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
L.O.V.E. – Nat King Cole
Loving You (Instrumental) – Kenny G
Lets Stay Together – Al Green
Look at Us – Vince Gill
Papa Loves Mambo – Dean Martin
Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
My Best Friend – Tim McGraw
My Girl – The Temptations
On the Day that You Were Born – Karen Carpenter
Remember When – Alan Jackson
So Amazing – Luther Vandross
Something That We Do – Clint Black
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Tale as Old as Time (Beauty and the Beast)
Thank You – Dido
The Best is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
This is the Time – Billy Joel
Through the Years – Kenny Rogers
Times of Your Life – Paul Anka
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters
When I Said I Do – Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
When You Say Nothing at All – Allison Krauss
Wrapped Up In You – Garth Brooks
You Send Me – Sam Cooke
You’re My Inspiration – Chicago
You’re Nobody (till somebody loves you) – Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain

SONGS TO SAY FAREWELL

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Aretha Franklin
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Goodbye Roseann – R.W. Hobbs Jr.
How Do I Live Without You – Leann Rimes
I Hope You Dance – LeeAnn Womack
I’ll Remember – Madonna
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
I Will Remember You – Sarah McLaughlin
It Was Your Song – Garth Brooks
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Remember When – Alan Jackson
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Thank You – Dido
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

RETIREMENT

Hit the Road Jack – Buster Poindexter
I Feel Good – James Brown
I Hope You Dance – LeeAnn Womack
It Was Your Song – Garth Brooks
Let the Good Times Roll – Delbert McClinton
The Best is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
When I’m 64 – The Beatles
When You Believe – Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
You Saved the Best For Last – Vanessa Williams
You’re Nobody (till somebody loves you) – Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra
Young at Heart – Frank Sinatra

SONGS TO ADD HUMOR

Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
Bad Boys Whatcha Gonna Do – COPS theme song
Hit the Road Jack – Buster Poindexter
I Feel Good – James Brown
I’ll Be There For You (Friend’s Theme Song) – Rembrants
I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
Love Shack – B-52’s
Macho Man – Village People
Man, I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain
Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Twist and Shout – Isley Brothers
We are Family – Sister Sledge
YMCA – Village People

SONGS FOR THE OPENING & CLOSING SEQUENCES AND MENU

Celebrate Good Times (c’mon) – Kool and the Gang
Going to the Chapel – Shirelles
I Feel Good – James Brown
I’ll Be There For You (Friend’s Theme Song) – Rembrants
Let the Good Times Roll – Delbert McClinton
My Girl – The Temptations
Papa Loves Mambo – Dean Martin
Thank You – Dido
The Boy I’m Gonna Marry – Darlene Love
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Too Marvelous for Words – Frank Sinatra
We are Family – Sister Sledge
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
With This Ring – The Platters