Willy Wonka Gene Wilder music

Only Gene Wilder could use a melody this simple to transport you to another world

James Horner Greater Glory

This is the best James Horner soundtrack you’ve never heard

Horner

Swallows and Amazons Ilan Eshkeri

‘Sitting in front of the same black and white notes as Beethoven and Wagner is terrifying’ – we talk to top film composer Ilan Eshkeri

Eshkeri

louisiana flood pianist

During the clean-up of the Louisiana floods, this guy played a beautiful piano Tarantella

youth orchestra play elgar in airport

This youth orchestra were stuck overnight in an airport, so they played something truly beautiful

Elgar

dustin stranger things sings

So one of the kids from Stranger Things has an incredible singing voice

Opus Clavicembalisticum Sorabji

Stop what you’re doing and listen to the hardest piano piece ever written

Mozart flute duet

These two music students played a duet for flute and piano… but not in the way you expect

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Dick Van Dyke did an impromptu performance of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in a diner and it’s made us all nostalgic

Petrol pump attendant opera

This petrol pump guy sings Handel surprisingly beautifully

Ivry Gitlis concert at 93

This 93-year-old violinist is proof that music never ages and never leaves you

Amanda Palmer mobile phone ringing

This pianist’s genius response to a mobile phone ringing had the audience in stitches

Discover Music

Robert Tiso glass harp

Ravel’s Boléro multi-tracked on wine glasses looks (and sounds) breathtaking

Ravel

Stranger Things poster

The super creepy theme from Stranger Things sounds utterly beautiful and haunting on piano

Verbier festival Joshua Bell

Watch Joshua Bell in concert – live from the Verbier Festival

bass long note mozart

The breath control in this astonishing bass solo will make your diaphragm hurt

Mozart

star wars flute multi track

This Star Wars flute multi-track is basically everything we love and more

Williams