Tag Archives: Music

Our Beautiful Funeral Music: “The End,” by the Doors

Songs to guide you through a loss, to play at a funeral, or to enjoy on your own
Posted on October 16, 2012 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“The End,” one of the Doors’ most famous, and impenetrable songs, in its final stanzas, reveals itself as a song on death. Immortalized in Francis Ford Coppola’s viciously brutal war film, Apocalypse Now, “the End” tells a long, winding, haunted … Continue reading →

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Our Beautiful Funeral Music Series: Sheltering Sky

Ryuichi Sakamoto's music for the film speaks volumes on the vast desert landscape of life and death
Posted on October 2, 2012 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

The film, Sheltering Sky evokes the most exotic and memorable moments of life through a musical score perfectly suited as beautiful funeral music. We provide a brief narration from the film to accompany the main musical score: Narrator: Because we … Continue reading →

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What is Therapeutic Music? – An Interview with Lucy Banks

How specialized musical regimens help the ill
Posted on July 14, 2012 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Based in Atlanta, GA, Lucy Banks is an intern with the Music for Healing and Transitions Program, which, according to their website, is a “national educational certification program preparing musicians to provide live, therapeutic music at the bedside.” She spoke … Continue reading →

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Coachella Honoring the Dead

Coachella Announces "Hologram Lineup" Featuring Only Dead Musicians
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The music festival, Coachella honors our dead in quite the interesting and creative way. Continue reading →

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The St. James Infirmary Blues by Louis Armstrong

An Old Folk Song that Continues to Strike a Chord
Posted on January 20, 2012 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

In the old folk songs from the early 20th and late 19th Centuries, passed down through families and generations into the very soul of our culture, death is a common theme. This should not be surprising. These were harder times … Continue reading →

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Who Wrote the Saddest Song of the Century?

Oh Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be?
Posted on April 27, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Everybody knows the song “Last Kiss.” Everybody’s heard it at least once, and after they do, they tend to remember it. The haunting refrain “Oh Where Oh Where Can My Baby Be?” just stays with you, cuts through whatever else … Continue reading →

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