Ceremonial Soundtrack

Ceremonial Soundtrack

August 6th, 2010 @ 1:05 pm by Mrs. Locket
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Like many brides these days, I have come to realize that we do not need to use the traditional ceremonial tunes that we have all become accustomed to. Yes, Canon in D is quite lovely, and the Wedding March is a great prelude to the bride walking down the aisle, but in my opinion it has been overdone and quite frankly I am over it.

After a few discussions with Mr. Locket, we have decided to kick tradition to the curb and join the masses of new; we plan to change things up with songs we like and songs that will hold a special meaning to us and our wedding. First up, we thought of the guys and gals.

Wedding Party Score:

I really loved the idea of doing something fun and upbeat for our wedding party and thought that this version of the Beatles’ “Come Together” would be perfect.

However, after much thought, Mr. Locket and I decided that even though it would be fun, it wouldn’t be as fitting to our vision as we would like. (Perhaps we could find another place for it…maybe for seating our guests?)

We decided to go with a song that is very dear to us, a song that we almost thought wouldn’t fit. The song? “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol. It’s our song and has held a special meaning to us for a few years now. We had been hoping to incorporate the song into our wedding day somehow, but had been worried that it would be too mopey and not romantic enough. That was until we came across this lovely string quartet version of it.

Aaahhhh. Isn’t it perfect? I think it sounds absolutely beautiful, and hearing it really takes me back.

The Bridal Walk:

And for myself we’ve decided on this lovely song by Priscilla Ahn. I instantly fell in love with the song when I heard it in the movie Bride Wars and knew then that I would need to incorporate it into our wedding somehow. It really reminds me of a being a little girl and living out my dreams (walking down the aisle being one of them), and though it may not be perfectly fitting, it is beautiful.

Post Ceremony:

And lastly, to finish up the ceremony we’ve chosen the string quartet version of “All You Need Is Love.” Ideally, we would go out with a bang and do it up Love Actually style with musicians hidden in our audience, but since that’s not possible, we will let our DJ take the cue from the officiant.

What do you think? What does your ceremony soundtrack sound like?

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14 Responses to “Ceremonial Soundtrack”

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Moose1209 (message) 1,992 posts, Buzzing bee

We did all you need is love as our recessional too! On the organ.. it was hot. We did the traditional Canon in D for our processional. I have loved it since I was a little girl and it’s what I always wanted and I didn’t care that it was over done, I couldn’t imagine my wedding without it. BUT.. I was planning on having canon in D for the bridesmaids AND for me. Hubs had.a.hissy.fit. He was dead set that I needed to come out to the bridal march, despite mine and my mother’s protests he was having none of it.. so I let him win that one, and I will say it turned out lovely.

8/6/10 @ 1:45 pm (reply)

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TheFutureMcBride (message) 4,479 posts, Honey bee

Technically, it’s not all figured out yet. What? My wedding is next Sunday? I had no idea. Anyway, I’ll be walking into Nirvana played by VSQ , but I don’t know which song yet and we’ll walk out to “500 Miles” because I would walk 1,000 miles to fall down at McGroom’s d-oor-oor-oor. badada! badada! So much fun! “500 Miles” was the first thing we picked.

8/6/10 @ 1:47 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Beautiful song choices! I really love Chasing Cars!!!

8/6/10 @ 1:52 pm (reply)

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emma5w (message) 547 posts, Busy bee

I love those choices! I really want to use non-traditional music for our ceremony but it’s “frowned upon” at our church. I’m going to ask our organist anyway. We’ll see. “Dream” is a beautiful choice. And “Chasing Cars” is our first dance song! And “All You Need is Love” is my first choice for a recessional song, if we’re allowed.

8/6/10 @ 1:57 pm (reply)

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MissMargie (message) 767 posts, Busy bee

Love the Beatles of course, and the Snow Patrol song sounds very pretty in string format, great choice!

8/6/10 @ 2:03 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I love these choices. Priscilla Ahn is one of my favorite singers.

8/6/10 @ 2:08 pm (reply)

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pdxskigirl (message) 18 posts, Newbee

we used “The Dress Looks Good on You” by Sufjan Stevens, “Luckiest” by Ben Folds, and “Lucky” by Jason Mraz w/ Colbie Callaitt for our pre-ceremony & processional music (I walked to “Lucky”). Our recessional was “Two Step” by Dave Matthews Band - that was the one thing I knew I would have at our wedding, even before we set the date

8/6/10 @ 3:01 pm (reply)

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missbiscuit (message) 1,050 posts, Bumble bee

Everybody being seated music: no idea. Something mellow. Will probably give a few ideas to our DJ but leave it up to them.
Wedding party entrance: not sure yet. I’m thinking maybe the VSQ version of “Somebody to Love” or “God Only Knows”
Bridal entrance: a classical guitar version of “Storybook Love”- the theme from Princess Bride
Our recessional: At the moment I’m really loving “What I Wouldn’t Do” by A Fine Frenzy
First dance: a toss up between “Lullaby” by Dixie Chicks or “Heavenly Day” by Patty Griffin

8/6/10 @ 3:17 pm (reply)

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meggyo (message) 323 posts, Helper bee

i’m using snow patrol “chasing cars” as my aisle walk, so good choice!

8/6/10 @ 3:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Barrettes (message) 883 posts, Busy bee

I’m having a strong reaction to this post! Your songs seem so perfect for you!! I have absolutely not dealt with our song choices because it seems overwhelming. Maybs I’ll snag yours and call it a day

j/k I know I have to do my own homework!

8/6/10 @ 6:10 pm (reply)

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theresa1078 (message) 194 posts, Blushing bee

One of my best friends is playing our ceremony, and since I was about 15 I’ve joked with him that I want him to play “Ziggy Stardust” from start to finish at my wedding…so 16 years later, he’s going to play (instrumental) 4 songs off of the album (all the “slow” ones, as he puts it) during the guest arrival, and I’m going to walk down the aisle to “Lady Stardust”…most people won’t know what it is and will just think it’s pretty guitar music, some people will recognize it, and it will mean something to me and my fiance since “Moonage Daydream” is our first request whenever we see my friend play out!

8/6/10 @ 8:23 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

I have no idea what most of our songs will be, except when we are being introduced it’ll be Outkast “Hey Ya!” and our aisle exit will be “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” a la Pencils!

8/6/10 @ 11:20 pm (reply)

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jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

I love this idea so much! I am waiting to hear back from our church but really hoping I can also play string music to popular songs. Miss Cardigan also fantastically introduced us to VSQ & I’m glad to hear of a different string quartet too- more possibilities!

8/8/10 @ 12:16 am (reply)

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jlp2w71611 (message) 298 posts, Helper bee

OOH & how could I forget! Friday we went on a winery tour for a work function of my fiancee’s office and we went to your venue Locket! Oh so beautiful & we were there just before closing time as a wedding was about to begin any minute. You are going to have a fabulous time for sure

8/8/10 @ 12:18 am (reply)