Sample Processional Music
Beyond the Traditional Wedding March*:
Contemporary
(Just about any slow song you would consider for a Father/Daugher or First Dance, could be used as your processional dance in its instrumental form. These songs also do well for a Unity Candle lighting.)
Always and Forever (Elijah Wood)
Ave Maria
(Traditional, Harry Conick, Jr. or Celine Dion)
(Traditional, Harry Conick, Jr. or Celine Dion) Because You Loved me (Celine Dion)
(Celine Dion) Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
(Elvis Presley) Colour My World(Chicago)
(Chicago)Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Come What May (Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor)
(Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor)Endless Love (Lionel Ritchie/ Diana Ross)
(Lionel Ritchie/ Diana Ross) Everything (Lifehouse)
(Lifehouse) From This Moment On (Shania Twain)
(Shania Twain) Grow Old With Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
(Mary Chapin Carpenter) Heaven (slow version) (DJ Sammy)
(DJ Sammy)I Believe in You and Me (Whitney Houston)
(Whitney Houston) I Dont Want To Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
(Aerosmith)In My Life (The Beatles)
(The Beatles) Longer (Dan Fogelberg)
(Dan Fogelberg) Look At You Girl (Chris Ledoux)
(Chris Ledoux) Only Hope (Mandy Moore)
(Mandy Moore) Only Time (Enya)
(Enya) Power Of Love (Celine Dion)
(Celine Dion) The Wedding Song (Kenny G)
(Kenny G)This I Swear (Nick Lachey)
(Nick Lachey) Time in a Bottle(Jim Croce)
(Jim Croce)What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong or Kenny G)
(Louis Armstrong or Kenny G) When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating)
(Ronan Keating) Other Popular Selections: Traditional
A Song For My Daughter(Steve Moser, Mikki Viereck, Ray Allaire)
(Steve Moser, Mikki Viereck, Ray Allaire) Adagio in A Minor (Bach)
(Bach)Air on the G String (J.S. Bach)
(J.S. Bach)Allemande from G-Major Suite (Pachelbel)
Apotheosis" from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
Arioso (J.S. Bach)
(J.S. Bach) Ave Maria (Schubert, or Charles Gounod)
(Schubert, or Charles Gounod) Canon in D (Pachelbel)
(Pachelbel) Carillion (Murril)
(Murril)Carolan's Draught (Turlough O'Carola)
(Turlough O'Carola)Con Te Partiro (Andrea Bocelli)
(Andrea Bocelli) Con Te Partiro Luciano Quarantotto (Franscesco Sartori)
(Franscesco Sartori) Coronation March (Walton)
(Walton)Crown Imperial (Walton)
(Walton)Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies (Tchaikovsky)
Dodi Li(Translation: Hebrew for "My beloved is mine." (Steven Sher)
(Translation: Hebrew for "My beloved is mine." (Steven Sher)Erev Ba (Shoshana Damari)
(Shoshana Damari) Fantasia in G (middle only, Bach)
(middle only, Bach)Grace (Telemann)
(Telemann)Heroic Marches (Telemann)
(Telemann) Jesu (Joy of Man’s Desiring J.S. Bach)
(Joy of Man’s Desiring J.S. Bach) Lasia Ch’io Pianga (George Frideric Handel)
(George Frideric Handel) Majesty (Telemann)
(Telemann)March (from Scipio, Handel)
(from Scipio, Handel)March Triomphale (John Field)
Midsummer Night's Dream (Felix Mendelssohn, Can be used for a recessional or processional.)
(Felix Mendelssohn, Can be used for a recessional or processional.)Minuet in G (W.A. Mozart)
(W.A. Mozart) Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel)
(Handel)Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Orb & Sceptre (Walton)
(Walton)Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar)
(Elgar)Prince Of Denmark's March (Clarke)
(Clarke)Processional from the Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers)
Processional in D (J.S. Bach)
(J.S. Bach) Processional to Tedeum(Charpentier)
(Charpentier) Romance from String Quartet (Mozart)
(Mozart) Rondeau" -- Shoshana Damari
Sinfonia (From Wedding Cantata, Bach)
(From Wedding Cantata, Bach)Sleeper’s awake (Bach)
(Bach) Spring (From the Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi)
(From the Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi) Symphony No.5 (Ludwig Van Beethoven)
(Ludwig Van Beethoven)Te Deum (Opening Fanfare only, March and Rondeau, Charpentier)
(Opening Fanfare only, March and Rondeau, Charpentier)The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
(Handel)The March (Tchaikovsky)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Bach)
(Bach)Trumpet Tune (Charpentier)
Trumpet Tune and Air (Purcell)
(Purcell)Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
(Clarke) Trumpet Voluntary (Henry Purcell)
(Henry Purcell) Trumpet Voluntary (Dupuis)
Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky)
Waltz in A Flat (Brahms)
(Brahms)Water Music (Handel)
Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn)
(from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mendelssohn)Wedding March (from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart)
(from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart)Wedding March (The Sound of Music)
(The Sound of Music)Winter (From the Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi)
(From the Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi) With You(From the Musical "Pippin")
(From the Musical "Pippin")Disclaimer: I have found this information from various sources. I am not selling them, nor profiting from their listing. I have placed them on my site as a courtesy to others, to show the breadth of offerings in this category. If you wish to use these songs, you must follow all copyright laws yourself, and/or obtain permission to use them, if that permission is necessary.
*The Traditional Wedding March is not permitted in many Houses of Worship due to Richard Wagner's alleged ties to Adolph Hitler.
It would be very inappropriate to play the Wedding March at a Jewish or interfaith wedding, especially. There are many other beautiful alternatives!
