From walking down the aisle to signing the register, your ceremony will set the tone for the rest of the day. Not only do your first steps down the aisle mark the start of the biggest day of your life, it serves to create a welcoming atmosphere and evokes the raw emotion among your guests.
One way to ensure your ceremony stands out for all the right reasons is in your choice of music; you must decide on songs that suit the overall theme of the wedding – whether that be contemporary, traditional or informal, and you should choose tunes that strike a chord with you as a couple. You can opt to play the music from a recording through overhead speakers or hire a band, string quartet or choir.
To help inspire you, we’ve got 15 songs that we think are perfect to walk down the aisle to, or use them throughout your ceremony as a filler to keep guests entertained during quieter interludes – such as when posing for photos or signing the register:
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Your Song – Ellie Goulding
Marry You – Bruno Mars
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls
Tale As Old As Time – Arianne Grande and John Legend
Halo – Beyoncé
A Million Love Songs – Take That
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
I’m Kissing You – by Des’ree
Shallow – by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper