As the year begins to wind down and finals slowly creep up on us, we thought you might need a killer study jam playlist, or at least some new tracks to add to your go-to list. We have scoured Spotify searching for instrumental study playlists and compiled many songs to create one amazing playlist that is sure to motivate you to get stuff done. Divided into two instrumental playlists below you will find soundtracks ranging from Harry Potter to Finding Nemo to The Shawshank Redemption and a list of more modern classical hits as well as instrumental remakes to pop hits! Enjoy!
Movie Soundtracks
Corynorhinus- Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard (Batman Begins)
Raising the Sail- Philip Glass, Burkhard Dallwitz (The Truman Show)
Cornfield Chase- Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)
Harry’s Wondrous World- John Williams (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone)
Concerning Hobbits- Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Torn Souls- Hans Zimmer, Geoff Zanelli, Blake Neely (The Pacific)
Nemo Egg (Main Title)- Thomas Newman (Finding Nemo)
Brooks Was Here- Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption)
The Swings of Central Park- Alexandre Desplat (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
Time- Hans Zimmer (Inception)
The Adventures of Tintin- John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin)
The Greatest Game Ever Played- Brian Tyler (The Greatest Game Ever Played)
This Land- Hans Zimmer, Lebo M. (The Lion King)
Main Title- James Horner (Braveheart)
Only A Dream- Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence- Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
The Green Mile- Thomas Newman (The Green Mile)
Love Death Birth- Carter Burwell (Breaking Dawn) (Yes, Twilight)
The Imitation Game- Alexandre Desplat, London Symphony Orchestra (The Imitation Game)
Hedwig’s Theme- John Williams (Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone)
The Theory of Everything- Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything)
Mountains- Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)
Theme- John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra (Jurassic Park)
I’m Forrest…Forrest Gump- Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump)
Rooftop Kiss- James Horner (The Amazing Spider-Man)
Classical with a Twist
Début- Mélanie Laurent
Cello Gonzales- Chilly Gonzales
Wide Awake (Violin Version)- Taylor Davis
Autumn Hill- John Hopkins
With Or WIthout You- 2Cellos
Aliquot- Poppy Ackroyd
Titanium / Pavane- The Piano Guys
The Reader (Malbork)- Bill Ryder-Jones
Blank Space (String Quartet Tribute to Taylor Swift)- Vitamin String Quartet
Falling, Catching- Agnes Obel
Pompeii (String Quartet Tribute to Bastille)- Vitamin String Quartet
A Softer World- Luke Howard
Chasing Cars- Simply Three
Sonet luz de la Luna- Ludwig van Beethoven
Viva La Vida- Simply Three
River Flows In You- Yiruma
Pumped Up Kicks- St. Martins Pops Orchestra
Rêverie- Claude Debussy, Alain Planes
Counting Stars- Simply Three
Glasslight- Desertshore
Lithium- Maxence Cyrin
Story of My Life- The Piano Guys
One Note- Alberto Giurioli
Cool Kids (String Quartet Tribute Echosmith)- Vitamin String Quartet
Reel- Dmitry Evgrafov