Most Beautiful Sounds

  1. Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) A minimalist masterpiece—simple, slow piano and violin lines create an ethereal, meditative space.

  2. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Orphée (2016) An album blending orchestral grandeur with haunting electronic textures—music that feels like memory itself.

  3. Brian Eno – An Ending (Ascent) (1983) Ambient music at its finest—weightless, melancholic, and infinite.

  4. Max Richter – On the Nature of Daylight (2004) A deeply emotional string piece, famously used in Arrival—captures longing, loss, and time’s passage.

  5. Ólafur Arnalds – Happiness Does Not Wait (2021) Icelandic composer blending classical strings with subtle electronics—intimate and expansive.

  6. Nils Frahm – Says (2013) A hypnotic piece built from layered synthesisers. Both mechanical and deeply human.

  7. Stars of the Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001) Drone-ambient music at its most beautiful. Vast, slow-moving soundscapes that suspend time.

  8. Your Hand in Mine – Explosions in the Sky instrumental post-rock track that offers hope through its soaring guitars and cinematic atmosphere.

  9. William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops (2002-2003) Tape loops slowly decaying as they play—a meditation on memory, loss, and the passage of time.

  10. Wigwam – Bob Dylan (1970) Hidden gem. The song I will be humming at my funeral.