Music

 

Individual Songs

Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)

“Song to the Moon” from Rusalka by Antonin Dvorak (1901)

“Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy (1905)

 

Four Sea Interludes (Act 3, "Moonlight") by Benjamin Britten (1945)

How High the Moon by Ella Fitzgerald (1947)

Moon River by Audrey Hepburn (1961)

 

Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra (1964)

Wernher von Braun by Tom Lehrer (1967)

Whitey On the Moon by Gil Scott-Heron (1970)

 

Moondance by Van Morrison (1970)

Moonage Daydream by David Bowie (1971)

Moonshadow by Cat Stevens (1971)

 

Pink Moon by Nick Drake (1972)

Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest (1972)

Brain Damage & Eclipse by Pink Floyd (1973)

 

Moonlight Feels Right by Starbuck (1975)

月亮代表我的心 / The Moon Represents My Heart by Teresa Teng (1977)

Dancing in the Moonlight by Thin Lizzy (1977)

 

Walking on the Moon by The Police (1979)

Ticket to the Moon by ELO (1981)

The Killing Moon by Echo & the Bunnymen (1984)

 

World War III by Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five (1984)

The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys (1985)

Man on the Moon by R.E.M. (1992)

 

Black Moon by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1992)

Under a Glass Moon by Dream Theater (1992)

Monochrome by The Sundays (1997)

 

I Don't Want To Live On The Moon in Sesame Street (1998)

Moondance by Nightwish (1998)

Lunar Sanctum by Kamelot (1999)

 

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon by Eddi Reader (2001)

Sail to the Moon by Radiohead (2003)

Reflecting Light by Sam Philips (2004)

 

Having Seen the Moon by Karl Jenkins (2005)

Moonlight by Kamelot (2005)

Milestone Moon by Zee Avi (2011)

 

Please Mr. Kennedy by Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver (2013)

American Flag on the Moon by Brad Paisley (2014)

From Here to the Moon and Back by Dolly Parton (2014?)

 

Go! by Public Service Broadcasting (2015)

Runnin’ by Pharrell Williams (2016)

Love You To The Moon by Kip Moore (2018)

 

Spotify Playlist

A playlist featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, and others

*Thank you to the following folks for suggesting songs (alphabetically by last name): Caitlin Ahrens (Sail to the Moon & Milestone Moon), Regupathi Angappan (Moonlight Sonata), Michael Aye (Black Moon), Ankit Barik (Moon River), Dave Blewett (The Killing Moon), Lockwood DeWitt (The Whole of the Moon), Patricia Dobrowski (Moonshadow & I Don't Want To Live On The Moon), Laura Graham (The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon & Moonlight Feels Right), Doug Hemingway (Brain Damage & Eclipse), Alan P. Jackson (“Song to the Moon” from Rusalka, Four Sea Interludes Act 3 "Moonlight", Dancing in the Moonlight (Lizzy), Under a Glass Moon, Moondance, Lunar Sanctum, Moonlight, Having Seen the Moon), Sarah E. Moran (Moonage Daydream & Ticket to the Moon), Chloe Pear (Pink Moon), Parvathy Prem (Clair de lune & Reflecting Light), Andy Rivkin (Monochrome), Steve Scharmer (Moondance), Ngoc Truong (月亮代表我的心 / The Moon Represents My Heart & Moonlight Sonata), and Greg Waters (Go!).