Electronic
Funeral Songs
Explore 8 funeral songs tagged as "electronic". Each song has been carefully curated to help you create a meaningful memorial service.
All Electronic Songs
To Build a Home
The Cinematic Orchestra
A cinematic piano piece with spoken word about building a life and a home with someone.
Why it's meaningful: The arc from building a home to its emptiness mirrors a life lived and lost.
Best moment: Memorial slideshow or service. The piano and strings build extraordinary emotion.
Only Time
Enya
Enya's serene, layered masterpiece about the mysteries that only time can reveal.
Why it's meaningful: The question 'who can say where the road goes?' speaks to the mystery beyond death.
Best moment: Processional or during reflection. The layered vocals create a sacred atmosphere.
Porcelain
Moby
A delicate, shimmering electronic piece that captures fragility and beauty.
Why it's meaningful: The title 'Porcelain' evokes the beautiful fragility of life. Gentle and meditative.
Best moment: During reflection or as background during a viewing. Creates atmospheric calm.
Teardrop
Massive Attack
A haunting trip-hop masterpiece about love and vulnerability, featuring Elizabeth Fraser's ethereal vocals.
Why it's meaningful: The atmospheric production creates a liminal space between worlds—fitting for a funeral.
Best moment: During reflection. The otherworldly atmosphere is transcendent.
Outro
M83
A triumphant, cinematic electronic piece that builds to an overwhelming climax of beauty.
Why it's meaningful: The spoken word about being reunited with everyone who has died creates a vision of reunion beyond death.
Best moment: Recessional. The building crescendo creates cathartic release as mourners depart.
Adagio for Strings
Tiësto
The electronic reimagining of Samuel Barber's most sorrowful classical work.
Why it's meaningful: Bridges generations—classical grief meets modern expression. The build is overwhelming.
Best moment: For someone who loved electronic music. The crescendo is devastatingly powerful.
Intro
The xx
A minimalist, shimmering instrumental that captures intimacy in its purest form.
Why it's meaningful: The spare beauty says more in silence than most songs say with words.
Best moment: Processional or during quiet reflection. Elegant and understated.
Opus
Eric Prydz
A nine-minute progressive house epic that builds from delicate to transcendent.
Why it's meaningful: The journey from quiet to overwhelming joy mirrors the celebration of a life fully lived.
Best moment: Recessional or reception for someone who loved electronic music.