Frederick Chopin – piano preludes and nocturnes.

There’s something uniquely evocative about solo piano. It may the use of it in movies since pretty much forever, but I can’t help but picture scenes when I hear it. Of course, there are plenty of clichés when it comes to this kind of thing, so I’m always careful when choosing which one to listen to. But then, clichés only earn that name because they’ve been used a lot, and that means that they work! For any kind of romance, tragic or otherwise, a bit of Chopin playing in the back ground can tease just the right phrase to really evoke the pain/joy/love/hurt you may be trying for.