Sometime in summer 2019, Chris shared 100 great instrumentals on the Creating Facebook page. Some of us added to the list too.

These pieces of music were not only for inspiring lessons or to be used in lessons, there were just for us teachers. Soothing, lively, de-stressing, invigorating.

Here’s the full list. Sorry no links, but a snappy copy n paste to YouTube and voilà! Happy scrolling!

List of 100 Instrumentals 

1) Incredible Bongo Band – Bongo Rock

2) The Smiths Oscilate Wildly

3) Ralph Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending

4) The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 

5) Air – Modular Mix

6) Ramsey Lewis – Dear Prudence

7) Deliverance soundtrack – Duelling Banjos

8) Belle & Sebastian – Fuck this Shit

9) Nightmares on Wax – Les Nuits
10) Orbital – Belfast 

11) New Order – Elegia

12) Santa Esmeralda – Sevilla Nights

13) Don Carlos – Alone

14) Vangelis – Rachel’s Theme

15) Georgio Moroder – The Chase

16) Chicane – Offshore
17) Pink Floyd – The Great Gig in the Sky
18) Chris Coco – Back to Nature
19) Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets (live at Pompeii)

20) Coldcut – Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force remix) 

21) Elliot Smith – Kiwi Maddog

22) Mogwai – I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead

23) Gui Boratto – Acrostico

24) Morcheeba – Blue Jam

25) Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions 

26) Glide – Space Van 

27) Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon (LP)

28) Funakadelic – Maggot Brain

29) A R Rahman – Mumbai Theme Tune

30) Rabbit in the Moon – Out of Body Experience 

31) Jon Hopkins – Breathe this Air

32) U Zig – Roy Castle

33) Utah Saints – Soulution 

34) The XX – Intro 

35) Tangerine Dream – Live at the Boiler Room 

36) Walter Murphy – A 5th of Beethoven

37) Ginger Baker & Abyss – African Time

38) LTJ Experience – Beggar Groove

39) Prokofiev – Dance of the Knights (from Romeo and Juiliet) 

40) Honest Guys – Honest Guys Meditations 

41) Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas

42) Aswad – Dub Fire (AKA Mosman Skank) 

43) Harry Thurman – Underwater

44) Kyoto Jazz Massive – Nacer Do Sol

45) Jakatta – Feeling Blue (Cover of theme from Betty Blue)

46) The KLF – Chill Out LP

47) Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita

48) War on Drugs – Haunting Idle

49) 808 State – Pacific 202

50) Pepe Braddock – Deep Burnt

51) Simon and Garfunkel – Anji

52) Santana – Soul Sacrifice 

53) Robinson Crusoe – Robinson Crusoe Suite 

54) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross

55) New Order – The Beach

56) Felt – Evergreen Dazed

57) Photek – T’Raenon

58) Martin Roth – Analogue Guy in a Digital World

59) Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein

60) Moonman – Galaxia (Eliot j Remix) 

61) Manuel Gottshing – E2-E4

62) Cat Stevens – Was Dog a Doughnut

63) John Williams – Asturias (AKA Leyenda)

64) Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar

65) Wamdue Project – Instrumentation

66) Beastie Boys – Electric Worm

67) Andreas Voellenweider – Stella

68) Tears For Fears – Pharoahs 

69) Moby – God Moving Over the Face of the Water

70) Boo Radleys – Lazarus (St Ettiene remix) 

71) The Cinematic Orchestra – All Things to All men

72) Pete Shelley – Witness the Change (instrumental) 

73) David Axelrod – Holy Thursday

74) Ennio Morricone – The Mission

75) Maxence Cyrin – Where is my Mind?

76) Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities

77) State Azure – Love on a Real Train 

78) David McCallum – The Edge

79) Grant Green – Maybe Tomorrow

80) Kraftwerk – Spacelab

81) Jean Michel Jarre – Oxgene Part VI (Open Minded mix)

82) Cymande – Dove 

83) B M EX – Appollonia (Tamaza Mix) 

84) PFM – The Rough with the Smooth

85) Angelo Baddliomenti – Theme from Twin Peaks

86) Talk Talk – Living in Another World (instrumental)

87) Tiga – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore

88) Aphex Twin – Avril 14th 

89) Neu – Hallo Gallo

90) Lil Louis – French Kiss

91) Michael Nyman – The Heart Asks Pleasure First

92) The Andrew Oldham Orchestra (Instrumental of Rolling Stones) The Last Time 

93) Ice T (and The Time) Cold-Wind Madness

94) Wood, Brass and Steel – Funkanova

95) Commodores – Machine Gun 

96) Koo l& the Gang – Summer Madness

97) Erik Satie – Gymnopédies

98) Albinoni – Adagio in G Minor

99) Barber – Adagio for Strings

100) The Beatles – Flying