These selections are based on both relevances of words in the title of the song or the ambiance it would create under the magical canopy of a star-studded sky. The genres are bluegrass, standards, rock, jazz, classical, electronica, and movie soundtracks. Have fun creating your own playlists. It is prudent and the right thing to pay BMI/ASCAP the royalty fee, which is distributed to the artists whose works you are using. The annual fee is the modest sum of $250 dollars, which is well worth the price of the audioscape that will greatly enrich the evening’s experience. There would be no such thing a complete list and this is to be consider but a starting point.
Fly Me to the Moon—Frank Sinatra
Stardust Memory—Artie Shaw
Moon River—Andy Williams
It’s Only a Paper Moon—Ella Fitzgerald
Blue Moon of Kentucky—Bill Monroe
Blue Moon—The Marcels
Amore—Dean Martin
Swinging on a Star—Bing Crosby
Across the Universe—The Beatles
I’ll Follow the Sun—The Beatles
Good Morning Starshine—Oliver
Rocket Man—Elton John
Moon Shadow—Cat Stevens
Dancing in the Moonlight—King Harvest
Till There Was You—Meredith Wilson
You’re A Sky Full of Stars—Coldplay
Total Eclipse of the Moon—Engima
Lucky Star—Madonna
Drops of Jupiter—Train
All of the Stars—Ed Sheeran
Dark Star—The Grateful Dead
Nights in White Satin—The Moody Blues
We are all made of Stars—Moby
Space Cowboy—Steve Miller
Riders on the Storm—The Doors
Walking on the Moon—Cas Haley
Space Oddity—David Bowie
Andromeda—Paul Weller
Bad Moon Rising—Creedence Clearwater Revival
Total Eclipse of the Heart—Bonnie Tyler
Stars and Planets—Liz Phair
Man on the Moon—REM
Another Star—Stevie Wonder
Blue Moon—Beck
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon—Johnathan King
Dark Side of the Moon—Pink Floyd (Album)
Shining Star—The Manhattans
Moondance—Van Morrison
Starman—David Bowie
The Sun—Brenda Carlisle
Yellow Moon—Neville Brothers
Planetary Unfolding—Michael Stearns
Harlem Nocturne—Earl Klugh
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1—Frederick Chopin
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2—Frederick Chopin
Moonlight Sonata—Beethoven
Air on the G String—J.S. Bach
Gregorian Chants
The Planets—Gustav Holst
In the Middle of Night—Billy Joel
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star—Jane Taylor
Fanfare for the Common Man—Aaron Copland
Star Trek Theme—John Williams
X-Files Theme—Mark Snow
Tubular Bells—Mark Oldfield
Solo Piano Music—Philip Glass
Phaedra—Tangerine Dream
Thus Spake Zarathustra—Richard Strauss
Soundtracks to these Movies:
Blade Runner
Star Trek
Star Wars
2001 A Space Odyssey
Interstellar
Alien(s)
Ghost in a Shell
Moon