Mine was Hedwig's Theme (from the Harry Potter movies). I was really into Harry Potter when my DH met me, and one of his first gifts to me was the HP encyclopedia, with a card addressed to me from my favorite character.

my sister walked to a string quartet playing Time to Say Goodbye by Andre Boccelli. It was beautiful
TsuKata - that is super cute!

I'd like to walk to Pachabel's Cannon - classic and beautiful.

My sister walked down the aisle to a mixture of Coldplay and Moby. There was not a dry eye in that church. The music really set the tone and one day when I finallly get married I want to walk down to coldplay too.

I walked down the aisle to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," by Israel Kamakawiwo. I loved it and so did everyone else.

Then my husband and I walked out to "I'm a Believer," by the Monkees.

Traditional Jewish music played during my Traditional Jewish ceremony, but the songs were played beautifully on two acoustic guitars for a modern, romantic twist!

You reminded me utrach, before the whole ceremony started, our very good friend played acoustic guitar while the guests were being seated. It was his gift to us and it was lovely.

i always thought that i would want to go more traditional when i walk down the aisle - pachabel's cannon was always my choice, but who knows. i'm not married yet, so i'm sure my taste will change between now and then.

I walked down to Pachabel's Cannon, during the ceremony we played my mother's favorite song (she passed when I was 7) "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge and we walked back up to "I believe in Miracles" by Hot Chocolate... I think.

My bridesmaids walked down to Pachebel's Canon in D. I walked down to the Bridal March.

Does something from the 1960s count as comtemporary?

you know, i went to a friends wedding long time ago, and i loved what they did.
They had led zeppelin, johnn lennon(woman was their wedding song) and a whole lot of 60s, 70s music, but also had modern rock.
It was a beach wedding and it was amazing, i had so much fun, cause we went to walk on the beach, it was at night so even more romantic

summer weddings people

we walked down to an opeth, a swedish death metal band, song. it was just instrumental, quite lovely i think, but we have a flare for being out there.

for my upcoming wedding, our entire ceremony will be aided by beatles songs--from the entrances to the candle lighting to the exit. and because our ceremony is at the same venue as the reception, there's a bit of a welcoming time before it starts. for that we're playing all dave matthews band songs. we're big fans of both bands. we're even having a beatles cover band play at our cocktail hour.

I'm not planning a wedding anytime soon, but ideally the music would be mostly 1940s-60s. I fancy Glenn Miller right up there with Jobim.

I've been thinking about "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton (the acoustic version. But luckyme Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is also an awesome suggestion.

the bridal party walked to a string quartet of an Evensense song and i walked down to Le Vie En Rose. I couldn't stand the thought of being traditional lol

I'll probably walk down the aisle to the Wedding March. And we'll walk out to "Happy Together" by The Turtles It's 'our' song!

I walked to a jazz standard - the Nearness to you

Most likely it'll be a classical take on a contemporary song heavily influenced by classical music. (?) Like - A power metal song, by Kamelot or maybe Nightwish. Maybe a Leaves' Eyes song. I don't know, I'll have to talk to the groom. Kudos to the couple who walked down to Opeth, that sounds like a pretty cool wedding!

Pachebel Cannon in D when I walked down the aisle (traditional) but we did The Cure's "Cars" (Friday I'm in Love) as our recessional (modern)

My wedding music was a combo of both classic and contemporary. The guys went down the aisle to the theme from Looney Tunes (my husband is a Bugs Bunny freak). I walked down to "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera. The traditional recessional music was played afterwards.

Ours was a mix. I walked to Pachabel's Canon in D (love that) but the recessional was Clocks by Coldplay.

In the prelude I had some Phantom of the Opera, Moon River, and some other instrumental songs.

ok so I just went and listened to Pachelbel's Canon in D on youtube... cause I didn't recognize the name.
OMG I love it! I've heard it before ... just didn't recognize the name. I am definitely going to incorporate that into my wedding somehow!

I walked to "In My Life" by the Beatles. It was great.

My husband surprised me for my walk down the aisle, he had our church choir ( like 60 ppl) sing my favorite gospel song when I walked down *so dramatic*

I'm going to be walking down the aisle to an instrumental version of R.E.M's "At My Most Beautiful". I LOVE that song!

I envision mine being music from the 30's/40's maybe some Frank Sinatra or big band music. It'll be great that much I know...

The song "I will love you" is also something I've had in mind but it might be a little TOO much. Not sure...

We did contemporary music for our ceremony. I walked down the aisle to Sade's By Your Side and we used U2's Beautiful Day as the recessional. It was very "us", and I'm so glad the music reflected our taste and our relationship. We're not very traditional.

Ours was a combination. Our Moms walked down and lit our candles to Yanni's "Sunrise", our bridesmaids walked down to Pachelbel's "Canon in D" and I walked down the aisle to Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty". We exited to - oh gosh what was it... ackk I can't recall the name but it wasn't the traditional wedding march that is typically played after the ceremony but it was a classical piece.

One of my favorite songs to use as a processional though is The Hawaiian Wedding Song done by Elvis... it's so pretty.

I walked in to the theme from Princess Bride, "Storybook Love", played on the harp by my husband's cousin. It was GORGEOUS, and something that I just really really had wanted. It is funny how planning a wedding there are things that you just pick and then there are things that you are dead set on. I loved the song, and felt so fairy tale moment in my rooftop overlooking the beach ceremony. It was perfect.

(the song is in this youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uczkDCyFJsc)

lenmuffit;I LOVE "In my Life." Brilliant Choice.
Ok, so my first name is Jade and I'm thinking of walking down to Aerosmith's "Jaded."
Please weigh in and tell me if this is tacky or amazing.

These are the songs I have picked for various parts of our ceremony:
This is the day by The The
Is This Love by Bob Marley.
You're my best friend by Queen
Love and some verses by Iron and Wine
I would have picked Such great heights by Iron and wine, but a friend recently used that in their wedding, and I wanted ours to be different.

Our first dance song is going to be sunshine lollipops by Leslie Gore

We walked in to Pachabel's cannon and out to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye.

I opted to skip the whole classical music route...I didn't want anything overdone or traditional.

I walked down the aisle to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole. It was beautiful.

And my recessional song was something fun and unexpected, a song that I've always loved and makes me think of my hubby: "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals.

I walked down the aisle (and by aisle I mean the cement path down the middle of my backyard) to the Book of Love by the Magnetic Fields.

Since I opted for a Catholic-style wedding but without a mass, instead of having Ave Maria during the ceremony I had it for my entrance and exit music. For the entrance I had an instrumental and for the exit I had Erasure's recording. I would've preferred the Schubert version but I just made do with the Gounod version for both.

If I ever get married I am SURE it will be to a chorus of shotgun blasts.

I am not a traditionalist by any means, but even if I was, I wouldn't use the Bridal Chorus. It comes from a story about a failed marriage! lol

If I were to get married again, I would have "All The Lights Went Out" by Marcy Playground play. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, written for the lead singer's bride-to-be. Check it out (and ignore the video lol):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BTLmXO4VwvY

She came in from stormy weather
And asked her friend to be there with her
When she slid down Cupid's bow
Oh lookin' fine that day

I had a dream that we were lovers
I had a joke and she would smile when I'd say
We could blow
Blow a fuse in heaven
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well today
All the lights went out in heaven
Yeah today
All the lights went out in heaven

And I knew that she was all
All that I needed
Yeah, yeah,

Cause today
All the lights went out in heaven
Yeah today
All the lights went out in heaven

And I knew that we were doomed
Doomed to love each other

ours is all Beatles, and I am walking down to "Here, There and Everywhere" and we are walking back down to "All you need is Love", just two months left...

I am so excited!

Adult contempo all the way. Kenny G is totally the theme of my wedding. Or maybe Philip Glass. Plink plink, plink.

I walked down the aisle to Etta James' "At Last." So beautiful, and completely memorable.

mmm...

I'm not sure if I'll ever walk down the aisle (I'm not religious), but if I did I'd like the intro to Stratovarius' Black Diamond (that would be ideal), or maybe Sinergy's Born Unto Fire And Passions (it would be my second choice)...
I'd also love to walk down the aisle to the first chords of The Phantom of the Opera, but that would be too dramatic, and more funny than serious though.

naked as we came- by iron and wine
in your eyes- peter gabriel
bitter sweet symphony - the verve

Well I was (and still am) a HUGE New Kids on the Block fan. Im walking in to a piano version of I'll be loving you forever...... so fitting and actually very beautiful on the piano.