Prelude music is played right before the ceremony as guests are being seated. These songs will set the tone for your ceremony, usually classical or jazz music is commonly played.
Depending on your timeline, you will typically choose 5-6 songs to be played during this time.
| #34 | Dave Matthews Band |
| (Nice to Meet You) Anyway | Gavin Degraw |
| (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry | The Crystals |
| 1+1 | Beyonce |
| 1,000 Faces | Randy Montana |
| 143 | Musiq SoulChild |
| 18th Floor Balcony | Blue October |
| 21 GUNS | GREEN DAY |
| 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major – Andantino | Chopin |
| 3 words | Cheryl Cole featuring WILL.I.AM |
| 5 steps | Dru Hill |
| A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes | “Cinderella” |
| A Lifetime | Prophet Jones |
| A Little More | Skillet |
| A Love Idea | Mark Knopfler |
| A Lovely Day | Bill Withers |
| A Lover’s Concerto (Minuet in G Major) | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| A Nova Vida | Carter Burwell |
| A Postcard to Henry Purcell | Pride & Prejudice (Music from the Motion Picture) |
| A River Flows In You | Yiruma |
| A Rose Is Gently Blooming (Op. 122, No. 8) | Johannes Brahms |
| A Starlit Sky | The Workday Release |
| A Time For Us | The O’Neill Brothers |
| A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) | Andy Williams |
| A Walk in the Forest | Brian Crain |
| A Whole New World (instrumental) | Aladdin |
| Addictive Love | Bebe and Cece Winans |
| Aerosmith | I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing |
| Air | George F. Handel |
| Air On The G String | Johann S. Bach |
| All For Love | Bryan Adams |
| All I Want Is You | Bary Louis Polisar |
| All I Want is You (Lyrical Violin Version) | Vitamin String Quartet |
| All My Life | K-Ci & Jojo |
| All That I Am | Rob Thomas |
| All around me (acoustic) | Flyleaf |
| All in | Lifehouse |
| All in a Garden Green | Julia Lane |
| All of My Days | Alexi Murdoch |
| Already Taken | Trey Songz |
| Always | Atlantic Starr |
| Always On My Mind | Willie Nelson |
| Always With Me, Always With You | Joe Satriani |
| Always and Forever | Heatwave |
| Amazed | Lonestar |
| Amazing Grace | Ruben Studdard |
| Amazing Grace | Traditional |
| Angel | Amanda Preze |
| Angel | Jon Secada |
| Angel | Chaka Khan |
| Angel Eyes | Jim Brickman |
| Angels | Robin Thicke |
| Annie’s Song | John Denver |
| Anticipation | Carly Simon |
| Anyone Else But You | Moldy Peaches |
| Anyone Else But You | Ellen Page and Michael Cera |
| Anywhere But Home | Evanescence |
| April Showers | Dru Hill |
| April Showers | Sugarland |
| Aqua Harp | Animusic |
| Aqueous Transmission | Incubus |
| Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not | Thompson Square |
| Arioso | Bach |
| As (Always) | 1 Comment |
| As Tears Go By | Rolling Stones/Vitamin Source |
| Ashokan Farewell | Jay Ungar |
| At Last | Beyonce |
| At Last | Etta James |
| Ava Maria | Schubert |
| Ave Maria | Hayley Westenra |
| Ave Maria | Beyonce |
| Ave Maria | Celine Dion |
| Ave Verum Corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Awake | Secondhand Serenade |
| Beau Soir | Debussy |
| Beautiful | Christina Aguilera |
| Beautiful | Jim Brickman featuring Wayne Brady |
| Beautiful as You | All 4 One |
| Beauty and the Beast | Jim Brickman |
| Beauty and the Beast (Original) | Disney |
| Because You Loved Me | Celine Dion |
| Because you loved me | Juanita Bynum & Donnie McClurkin |
| Bella’s Lullaby | Carter Burwell |
| Bella’s Lullaby (piano version) | Taliesin Orchestra |
| Best of Intentions | Travis Tritt |
| Better Life | Keith Urban |
| Bless The Broken Road | Rascal Flatts |
| Bob Marley | Is This Love |
| Book of Love | Peter Gabriel |
| Bourree | Handel |
| Breathe | Faith Hill |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Aretha Franklin |
| Buy Me A Rose | Kenny Rogers |
| By Your Side | Sade |
| Call Me Irresponsible | Michael Bublé |
| Can You Feel The Love Tonight | Elton John |
| Can’t Fight the Moonlight | LeAnn Rimes |
| Can’t Help Falling in Love | UB40 |
| Canon in D | Johann Pachelbel |
| Canon in F | The O’Neill Brothers |
| Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré |
| Caribbean Blue | Enya |
| Carolan’s Welcome | (Tradition Irish) |
| Cawaale Adan | Album tusmo |
| Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude | Bach |
| Ceremony | New Order |
| Champagne Supernova | Oasis |
| Chances Are | Martina McBride and Bob Seger |
| Chapel of Love | Dixie Cups |
| Chariot | Gavin Degraw |
