Best 100 Instrumental Songs

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1Ballade pour Adeline
recording of:
Ballade pour Adeline
composer:
Paul de Senneville (in 1976) and Olivier Toussaint (in 1976)
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishing (music publisher – add no releases here!)
Richard Clayderman2:39
2Einsamer Hirte
sound engineer:
Dick Lewsey
producer:
James Last (German big band leader & composer, 1929–2015)
pan flute:
Gheorghe Zamfir (Romanian pan flute musician)
conductor:
James Last (German big band leader & composer, 1929–2015)
produced for:
Born Free
recording of:
Einsamer Hirte (The Lonely Shepherd)
composer:
James Last (German big band leader & composer, 1929–2015)
publisher:
Happy Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG, Tutti Intersong Éditions musicales, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Gheorghe Zamfir4:22
3Isadora
Paul Mauriat2:59
4A comme amour
Richard Clayderman3:20
5Il silenzio
Georges Jouvin2:33
6La Tristesse de Laura
recording of:
La Tristesse de Laura
composer:
Patrick Juvet
part of:
Laura, les ombres de l’été (1979 film soundtrack)
Patrick Juvet4:00
7Thanksgiving
George Winston4:07
8The Poet and I
Frank Mills3:45
9Wheels
Billy Vaughn2:04
10Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Narciso Yepes3:00
11Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat2:38
12Before the Rain
Lee Oskar8:30
13Le Concerto de la mer
Jean‐Claude Borelly5:01
14Song From a Secret Garden
Secret Garden3:35
15Song Bird
engineer:
Gordon Lyon
co-producer:
Kenny G (saxophonist)
producer:
Preston Glass
recording of:
Songbird
composer:
Kenny G (saxophonist)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., High Tech Music, Kenny G Music and Kuzu Music (publisher)
Kenny G4.55:03
16Le Premier Pas
Claude Ciari4:17
17Wonderland by Night
solo trumpet:
Charly Tabor
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Domestic Pop (Do not use as a release label!) (in 1961)
recording of:
Wunderland bei Nacht (Wonderland by Night, original instrumental version) (in 1959)
composer:
Klaus-Günther Neumann (German songwriter, arranger) and Willi Stanke
Bert Kaempfert3:14
18Jeg ser deg sote lam
Susanne Lundeng3:48
19Romance
倉本裕基3:43
20Pipe Line
recording of:
Pipeline
composer:
Brian Carman and Bob Spickard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Regent Music (BMI) and Regent Music Corp.
The Chantays2:20
21La Reine de Saba
Paul Mauriat3:09
22Please Return to Pusan Port
Paul Mauriat2:58
23Washington Square
The Village Stompers2:39
24Wild Flower
Richard Clayderman2:56
25Autumn Leaves
Roger Williams3:01
26Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Impellitteri5:24
27Pearly Shell
Billy Vaughn2:22
28Feels So Good
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 21)
Chuck Mangione3:33
29Bossa Baroque
recording of:
Bossa Baroque
composer:
Dave Grusin (American pianist and score composer)
Dave Grusin4:22
30La playa
Claude Ciari2:42
31Stranger on the Shore
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor Ltd. UK (not for release label use; fka Polydor Records Ltd.) (in 1962) and K‐tel International (do not use as a release label! for copyrights/distributor use only) (in 1984)
recording of:
Stranger on the Shore (original instrumental version)
composer:
Acker Bilk
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Acker Bilk2:54
32Monaco
Jean-François Maurice3:56
33Silk Road
Kitaro4:13
34The Great Yellow River
宗次郎4:27
35Samba pa ti
recording of:
Samba pa ti
composer:
Carlos Santana
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Petra Music, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) and Universal Music Careers
Santana4:45
36A Wonderful Day
Sweet People4:23
37Silhouette
recording of:
Silhouette
composer:
Kenny G (saxophonist)
publisher:
Brenee Mus., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., High Tech Music, Kenny G Music, Kuzu Music (publisher) and SBK Songs Ltd. (in 1988)
Kenny G4:31
38The Messiah Will Come Again
recording of:
The Messiah Will Come Again
writer:
Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan5:55
39Nocturne
Secret Garden3:17
40That Happy Feeling
Bert Kaempfert2:55
41Conquest of Paradise
recording of:
Conquest of Paradise (1492: Conquest of Paradise)
composer:
Vangelis (Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical)
publisher:
Spheric BV
Vangelis5:25
42Orange Blossom Special
Billy Vaughn2:34
43Canon
George Winston5:23
44I Can't Stop Loving You
101 Strings2:23
45Red River Rock
cover recording of:
Red River Rock
composer:
Tom King (50s & 60s songwriter), Ira Mack and Fred Mendelsohn
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd. and Mole Hole Music
is based on:
Red River Valley
Johnny and the Hurricanes2:11
46Beatnik Fly
cover recording of:
Beatnik Fly
composer:
Tom King (50s & 60s songwriter) and Ira Mack
is based on:
Blue Tail Fly (“Jimmy Crack Corn”)
Johnny and the Hurricanes2:12
47Let's Go
recording of:
Let’s Go (Pony)
writer:
Lanny Duncan and Robert Duncan (American poet)
The Routers2:20
48Wipe Out
producer:
Charles Bud Dant
bass guitar:
Pat Connolly
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ron Wilson (drummer of The Surfaris)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jim Fuller (surf rock guitarist)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Bob Berryhill
spoken vocals:
Dale Smallin
recorded at:
Pal Recording Studio in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 38)
recording of:
Wipe Out
composer:
Bob Berryhill, Patrick Connolly, Jim Fuller (surf rock guitarist) and Ron Wilson (drummer of The Surfaris)
publisher:
Miraleste Music and Robin Hood Music Co.
The Surfaris42:40
49Telstar
producer:
Joe Meek
recording of:
Telstar (in 1962)
composer:
Joe Meek
publisher:
Ivy Music Ltd.
The Tornados3.353:16
50I Want Some Lovin
Louis Prima2:30
51Karelia
The Spotnicks2:32
52Le Dernier Train de Les Pase
The Spotnicks3:02
53Blue Star
instrumental cover recording of:
Blue Star (1955 song)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
version of:
Blue Star ("The Medic Theme")
The Ventures2:14
54Walk, Don...
cover recording of:
Walk, Don’t Run
composer:
Johnny Smith (jazz guitarist)
publisher:
Forshay Music, Inc., On Board Music (publisher), Peer Music (“Peermusic—the global independent”) and Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
The Ventures2:24
55Sanghied
The Ventures1:38
56In the Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Glenn Miller3:31
57In the Year 2525
Franck Pourcel2:58
58My Blue Heaven
The String‐A‐Longs2:20
59Time Is Tight
recording of:
Time Is Tight
composer:
Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter), Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) and Booker T. Jones
publisher:
Al Jackson Jr. Music and Irving Music (BMI)
Booker T. & the MG’s3:18
60Hang'em High
cover recording of:
Hang ’em High
composer:
Dominic Frontiere
Booker T. & the MG’s3:55
61Concerto disperato
Nini Rosso3:20
62Music Box Dancer
Frank Mills3:19
63Danny Boy
Sil Austin4:02
64Pop Corn
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Musicor (American record label) (in 1972)
cover recording of:
Popcorn (in 1972)
composer:
Gershon Kingsley
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Hot Butter4.352:34
65Shaft
producer:
Isaac Hayes
bass guitar:
James Alexander (US soul bassist, singer and songwriter)
bongos and congas:
Gary Jones (percussionist)
electric piano:
Lester Snell (Pianist/keyboardist, songwriter and producer)
electric piano, organ, piano and vibraphone and lead vocals:
Isaac Hayes
guitar:
Charles Pitts and Michael Toles
membranophone and tambourine:
Willie "Too Big" Hall
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Stax Records (not for release) (in 1971)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 303)
recording of:
Theme From Shaft (Shaft, 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Isaac Hayes
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
part of:
The 44th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1971 winner)
part of:
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
Isaac Hayes3.654:38
66Heather
recording of:
Heather
writer:
John Pearson
publisher:
Emil Ascher, Inc. and KPM Music Ltd. (Keith Prowse Maurice Music Ltd., not for release label use, please refer to “KPM Music” for that)
Carpenters2:51
67Hooked on Classi
producer:
Jeff Jarratt (producer) and Don Reedman (producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Louis Clark
arranger:
Louis Clark
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Ltd. (UK arm of RCA) (in 1981)
medley including a recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les toréadors (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arrangement of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les Toréadors. Allegro giocoso (theme from Carmen: Prelude to Act I and Carmen: Act IV. « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! »)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arrangement of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
medley including a recording of:
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16
premiered in:
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (on 1869-04-03)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1868)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 13) and Works of Edvard Grieg by opus number (number: op. 16)
medley including a recording of:
Flight of the Bumble Bee (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
medley including a recording of:
Guillaume Tell: Overture (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture (William Tell: Overture)
medley including a recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11 (Karelia Suite, op. 11)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 11)
is based on:
Karelia Music, JS 115
medley including a recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena X. (no. 21) Duettino “Sull’aria… che soave zeffiretto” (La Contessa, Susanna) (Canzonetta sull’aria)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act III)
medley including a recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
medley including a recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (catch-all for unknown versions and arrangements)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 4)
arrangement of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration)
medley including a recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
arrangement of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
medley including a recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: I. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral” (catch‐all for unknown arrangements)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arrangement of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
medley including a recording of:
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (catch-all for arrangements and unknown versions)
lyricist:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
arrangement of:
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great” (2nd version)
medley including a recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (English baroque composer and organist) (in 1700)
medley including a recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E‐flat major (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
arrangement of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
medley including a recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: I. Toccata
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 30)
part of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra5:06
68Dance With the Guitar Man
Duane Eddy2:36
69La cumparsita
Los Índios Tabajaras2:43
70Morning Dance
Spirogyra4:02
71Last Date
Floyd Cramer2:29
72Children of Sanchez
recording of:
Children of Sanchez
composer:
Chuck Mangione
publisher:
Primary Wave Music (management, publishing and marketing company)
Chuck Mangione3:14
73Maiden’s Prayer
recording of:
Modlitwa dziewicy, op. 4 (A Maiden's Prayer, op. 4)
composer:
Tekla Bądarzewska (Polish classical composer)
Tekla Bądarzewska6:00
74Für Elise
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Beethoven3:47
75Just That Same Old Line
Fausto Papetti2:52
76Wayward Nile
The Chantays3:01
77Reflections of Passion
recording of:
Reflections of Passion
composer:
Yanni (Greek new age keyboardist Yiannis Chrysomallis)
publisher:
23rd Street Publishing, Inc. and YanniWorks
Yanni4:32
78Santorini
Yanni6:57
79Les Jours tranquilles
recording of:
Les Jours tranquilles
composer:
André Gagnon
publisher:
Les Éditions Pluie
André Gagnon5:51
80I Feel Love
Vanessa‐Mae6:57
81Greensleeves
Mantovani3:23
82Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
Jerry Murad1:48
83Besame mucho
recording of:
Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much, Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
lyricist and composer:
Consuelo Velázquez (in 1940)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Ray Conniff2:39
84Malaguena
101 Strings9:52
85Cotton Candy
Al Hirt2:25
86Java
Al Hirt1:57
87Peace Pipe
The Shadows2:10
88Calcutta
Lawrence Welk2:16
89Yellow Bird
Lawrence Welk2:17
90Baby Elephant Walk
recording of:
Baby Elephant Walk (Hatari!)
composer:
Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
arrangement of:
Variaciones sobre “El paso del elefantito”
Henry Mancini2:45
91Tuff
recording of:
Tuff
composer:
Ace Cannon
publisher:
Irving Music (BMI)
Ace Cannon2:29
92Laura
Ace Cannon3:00
93Dolannes Melody
Jean‐Claude Borelly3:28
94Mexico
Bill Justis2:18
95El bimbo
Claude Ciari2:49
96Tequila
The Champs2:13
97Emotion
Francis Lai4:42