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Hello
The Romantic Love themes in John Barry's version of King Kong are very relaxing.
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Somewhere in Time ( speaking of Barry) is amazingly relaxing.
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My go-to relaxing soundtracks:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Russia House
The Terminal
Out of Africa
Dances With Wolves
Somewhere in Time
Edward Scissorhands
Birth
Usually though if I'm looking for a specific mood, I will create a playlist and pick and choose from the scores that I have. An example of a recent playlist:
Prologue (Birth)
Main Title (Taxi Driver)
Storytime (Edward Scissorhands)
Bat Cave (Batman)
The Death of Marilyn/Dad's a Genius (ID4)
Many Meetings (LOTR:Fellowship)
End Credits (Apollo 13)
The Hand of Fate Part II (Signs)
Swimming (Waterworld)
The Harvest (Medicine Man)
Crossed Legs (Basic Instinct)
New Sight (ST: Insurrection)
Honey (The 13th Warrior)
Home Safe (The Haunting)
Lucy's Party (Dracula)
Farewell and End Titles (Dances w/ Wolves)
A Tree for my bed/My Friend the Brachiosaurus/Remembering Petticoat Lane (Jurassic Park)
End Credits (Jaws 2)
Light comedy and romantic drama tend to have really mellow scores.
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I would add March of the Pengines by Alex Wurman.
This is one I find engaging and extremely relaxing.
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Friedhofer--The Best Years of Our lives
Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue
Grant Green -- Idle Moments
Goldsmith -- A Patch of Blue
Vaughan Williams -- Lark Assending, Greensleeves, etc.
Rota -- Romeo and Juliet
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Morricone's Oceano is hypnotic.
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Jun 24, 2020 - 12:10 PM
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Graham Watt
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increbula - I know that it's very annoying when people don't follow the directives and go off on a tangent, effectively not being a help in any way. Let me be that person.
I would say that, generally speaking, soundtracks are the worst things you could use. In the vast majority of cases there are going to be mood-busting tracks, or sections of tracks. It's the logical nature of the beast.
That's not to say that there haven't been any good suggestions from the other folks, but the playlist idea is a good one. Failing that (like if it'll be a hassle putting one together at this late stage), non-soundracks would be the way to go. There are so many artists on Spotify, YouTube etc that have soothing/ relaxing albums up that you're spoiled for choice. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Classical, symphonic, jazz, New Age... Does your friend have a preference for - or an aversion to - any particular style of music? Does he enjoy listening to soundtracks in general but needs guidance in finding (or your choosing) the right ones?
Good luck! I hope you find some things which do the trick.
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