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Lively - "Clearing up music!"

• The Flight of the Bumble Bee - Rimsky-Korsakov
• The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson
• Minute Waltz - Chopin
• William Tell Overture - Rossini
• Any Blues / Boogie number - Jools Holland
• Nutcracker Suite - March - Tchaikovsky
• Nutcracker Suite - Trepack - Tchaikovsky
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
• We love to boogie - T-REX
• Song 2 - Blur
  
  TV Theme Music:
  
• Grandstand
• Ski Sunday
• Superstars
• Match of the Day
• Wimbledon
• Snooker
• Sportsnight
• Groundforce
• Countdown

A Challenge

• Mission Impossible - Film Music
• Phat Planet - Leftfield (Guinness Water Adverts)
• Star Trek - Film Music
• Gladiator - The Battle - Film Music
• Ride of the Valkyries - Wagner (Film - Apocalypse Now)
• Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
• The Heat is on
• Reach - S Club 7
• I Have a Dream - Westlife
• Countdown TV theme

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Celebrating Successes (e.g. a football win)

• We are the Champions - Queen
• Star Wars - Film Music
• Indiana Jones - Film Music
• I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
• Three Lions (Footballs Coming Home) - Baddiell & Skinner
• Eye of the Tiger - Film theme from Rocky

Calm & Relaxing

• Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
• Open Heart Zoo - Martin Crech (Advert for Lexus)
• Air on G String - Bach
• Largo - New World Symphony - Dvorak
• The Orinoco from Watermark by Enya
• Canon - Pachelbel
• Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
• The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals
• Greensleeves by Vaughan Williams
• Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
• A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay
  
  
  Artists:

Dido
David Gray
Moby
Chilled Ibiza

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Reflective

• Adagio for Strings - Barber (Film music for Platoon & Elephant Man)
• Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
• What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• Imagine - John Lennon
• You'll never walk alone - Gerry & the Pacemakers
• Space Oddity - David Bowie
• It was a very good year - Robbie Williams / Frank Sinatra
• The Star and the Wise Man - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Titanic - Film Music
• Ave Maria - G.Caccini
• Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Reading
• Gangst'a Paradise - Coolio & L.V.
• Red Weed - War of the Worlds

Happy / Fun

• Fairground / organ music
• Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
• The Syncopated Clock - Leroy Anderson
• Guaglione - Prez Prado (Old Guinness Advert)
• Lovely Day - Bill Withers
• Happy Birthday - Michael Jackson
• Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendes (Austin Powers Theme Music)
• The Blues Brothers
• I like driving in my car - Madness
• Pink Panther - Film Music
• Happy Talk - Captain Sensible
• Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
• Anitra's dance from Peer Gynt by Grieg
• Peter's tune from Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev
• Fossils from Carnival of the Animals by Saint - Saens
• Walking on Sunshine
• La Bamba - Los Lobos
• Theme from Rawhide - The Blues Brothers

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Rhythmic - can't keep still / dance

• We Will Rock You - Queen (opening)
• Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
• Rocking All Over the World - Status Quo
• Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves or David Bowie / Mick Jagger
• Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
• Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega / Bob the Builder
• Men in Black - Film theme tune
• Move your feet - Junior Senior
• Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - The Blues Brothers

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