Top 10 Best Instrumental Music in the World

Romeo and Juliet, a play written by the brilliant English playwright William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was written around 1594-1595, based on a pre-existing plot about a tragic love story that actually occurred in Italy during the Middle Ages. The song Romeo and Juliet is a melody of a sad love story with gentle tunes transformed into instrumental music, immersing listeners in profound emotions. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless love story. Similar to the beautiful yet tragic love story, the music piece 'Romeo and Juliet' also evokes indescribable emotions in listeners. It's the voice of two hearts beating in unison, longing for each other, it's the words of a loving heart yearning but being torn apart. What could be sadder than two people genuinely in love yet unable to be together? The music piece makes listeners resonate with that heartache, the longing for love, the agony of longing to be with the one they love.

Music pieces based on the touching story of Romeo and Juliet always receive great attention from the public. To this day, music has recorded numerous pieces created from that story. Moreover, the instrumental music piece Romeo and Juliet also has various versions with lyrics.

'Love is blue' can be translated as 'Love is blue' or as 'love has faded'. Love is blue is a familiar melody, widely and continuously reproduced in mass media. Love is blue describes the joy and pain of love in terms of color and other factors. Blue is the color of hope, however, blue also symbolizes sadness, desperation. Listening to 'Love is blue', we can also perceive it as a love story that the artist is guiding us through with each note. There are romantic, profound passages, then ecstatic happiness, interspersed with poignant, chaotic music showing the ups and downs, the agony in that love.

The music of Love is blue was composed by Andre Popp and the lyrics were written by Pierre Cour in 1967. Later, Brian Blackburn wrote the English lyrics for this music piece. Love is Blue was first performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros, since then, the music piece has been recorded by many other artists. Most notably by French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, who had the most famous version and became the number one hit of a French artist topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.

The Godfather Love Theme is the soundtrack of the movie 'The Godfather' released in 1972. The film is a classic masterpiece beloved by many, and along with it, the song 'The Godfather Love Theme' has also become an immortal international romantic song. The music is like whispers of love, sometimes gentle and poignant, sometimes powerful and intense. Listening to 'The Godfather,' our emotions sway with the music, like the fluctuating beats of a passionate heart, always throbbing, intoxicated.

While the instrumental version of The Godfather Love Theme exists, there's also a vocal version titled Speak Softly Love. Speak Softly Love has lyrics by Larry Kusik and music by Nino Rota. The distinctive ambiance of the music bears resemblance to the theme appearing in 'Preludio-Povero Ernesto' from Gaetano Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale (1797-1848). Since then, the resounding melody of this love song has been echoed far and wide, by many famous singers and bands such as Andy Williams, Bobby Vinton, Dalida, Guns & Roses, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra... who have recorded this song in various musical styles. There's a version with gentle, tender music, as beautiful as the love story of Michael Corleone and the Italian peasant girl Apollonia; there's a version with orchestrated rock music, depicting the violent confrontations between mafia groups.

Childhood memory carries a gentle melody accompanied by the saxophone, as if leading people back to their own childhood. The music helps listeners recall sweet memories of their youth. As an instrumental piece performed by the Swiss band Bandari in their album Sunny Bay, Childhood memory serves as a personal narrative of each of our tranquil childhoods. The music weaves a serene tapestry filled with nostalgia. The soothing melody of 'Childhood memory' can evoke various emotions in listeners. Sometimes nostalgic, deeply reminiscent, other times sorrowful to the point of heartache. 'Childhood memory' whispers to us about the peaceful times we've had, offering comfort whenever we need rest and relaxation.

Bandari is a contemporary band of the AVC Audio Video Communications AG label in Au, Switzerland. However, the group is mainly known in China and Taiwan. Bandari released its first album in 1990 and has over 20 albums worldwide. Bandari is a New Age instrumental band composed of composers, musicians, and sound engineers who share a passion for music. The band is led by German conductor Oliver Schwarz. Bandari's characteristic is incorporating natural sounds into their music, creating gentle and soothing melodies.

River flows in you is composed by Yiruma, the stage name of Lee Ru-ma, a world-renowned pianist and composer from South Korea. In 2001, he released his most famous album to date, First Love. The best-selling piece from this album is River flow in you. Since 2001, River flow in you has been released on two other albums, First Love (Repackaged) and Wedding Essentials: The Ceremony.

From the first notes to the final melody, the music is a subtle, passionate undercurrent hidden beneath the gentle, sweet allure of the piano keys enveloping the senses. We all have small secrets we don't want anyone to know, often having to conceal what belongs to us. Sometimes we are not happy but still have to smile and say 'I'm fine.' River flows in you is like the silent waves revealing your true self, the person you want to hide. The gentle music is so soothing that it can erase the burdensome tensions within you, replacing them with an unusually empty feeling. That emptiness is also the necessary silence for you to rest and reflect on yourself, to ask yourself 'Who am I? What should I do in this life? Have I truly done well or not?'.

Those who love instrumental music are certainly familiar with Kiss the rain by Yiruma. Yiruma, born on February 15, 1978, is a world-famous pianist and composer from South Korea. Kiss the rain is included in his third studio album titled From the Yellow Room. This piece of music has been widely known and loved, perfect for playing the piano with others.

'Kiss the rain' is part of the album 'From the yellow room', a composition that rises on soaring scales, bringing a delicate and stirring feeling in the sound of falling rain. Then from the middle to the end of the melody, it remains unchanged like steady raindrops, but the right-hand part needs to be supplemented more, heavier, and more. The birth of Kiss the rain is quite interesting: on a starry night, suddenly it starts to rain, inspiring the piano artist Yiruma to compose. With its gentle melody, listeners can feel the romance and faint sadness in the music. 'Kiss the rain' can easily penetrate the hearts of listeners and leave us with poignant nostalgia.

We all have our own dreams, some dream of success and career, some dream of personal happiness. Each dream is born from the desires that one desires the most. Listening to the music Sundial Dreams feels like it's cheering us on for the most beautiful dream painting of our lives. Sundial Dreams is one of the tracks from In the Enchanted Garden, the debut album of contemporary American pianist Kevin Kern. Kevin Kern is an American pianist, composer, and recording artist. He represents the new age music style. Kern, who is blind, is supported by the music-assistive technology Dancing Dots for the visually impaired.

Like his successful albums, it's an album consisting of instrumental tracks. This album was released on February 27, 1996. Although the melody of Sundial Dreams is very familiar to everyone, its name is often unknown. Not grand and intense, not deeply sorrowful. The music brings a feeling of pure serenity that is strangely soothing.

Sadness And Sorrow, also known as Ai To Hi, is a piece of music from the globally renowned anime Naruto. Sadness And Sorrow was created by Yasuharu Takanashi, a famous Japanese composer and arranger for animated series and video games. Naruto is a Japanese manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto. The manga was first published in the magazine Akamaru Jump in 1997.

For us, Sadness And Sorrow is certainly not an unfamiliar piece of music. It's the soundtrack of Naruto. It tells the story of a troubled boy, orphaned at a young age, always lonely and marginalized. Despite always putting on a mischievous smile, deep down, the boy wants attention, wants recognition. Like its name suggests, the music is profoundly sad. It's a silent scream of desperate pain that few hear. The music infiltrates into the soul of each person, stirring up loneliness, buried sorrows, until we realize how weak and lonely we are, until we just want to curl up in a corner and cry like a child, releasing the burdens in our hearts.

The melody of Yesterday gently leads the listener back to the memories, the nostalgia of 'yesterday'. It could be sad memories, regrets, mistakes we've made. It could also be simple, serene moments, the truest essence of 'us'. Throughout the music, there's a melancholic undertone and a sense of regret. Today, Yesterday still demonstrates its allure with over 2,200 covers, making it one of the most covered songs in music history. The instrumental melody of this song has attracted many enthusiasts of soft-paced music. Yesterday proudly conquers even the most discerning music hearts of all time.

Yesterday remains popular to this day with over 2,200 covers, making it one of the most covered songs in music history. In Vietnam, the version with lyrics titled Ngày hôm qua performed by singer Ngọc Lan has also gained considerable popularity.

Papillon is a gentle melody performed by Secret Garden, a duo of new instrumentalists from Ireland-Norway, sometimes mistakenly classified as classical genre. Secret Garden comprises Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian composer-pianist Rolf Lovland. Papillon is Secret Garden's first international album titled Song from a Secret Garden.

If 'Kiss the rain' evokes a melancholic feeling, Papillon makes us deeply moved to the point of being choked up. The sadness permeates throughout the music like strong waves crashing onto the shore, evoking feelings of longing and regret. Sometimes, listening to the music makes us want to cry. The sorrows, even despair, seem to engulf our souls, but when the music ends, a soaring sound emerges, resonating as if breaking free from the previous sadness. That sound is like hope, faith that helps us love life more, like a message saying 'You may feel weak, you may cry when sad and desperate, but never give up hope, my friend!' Papillon is hailed as one of the timeless, finest instrumental pieces in the world.