Music for New Beginnings: Untapped Emotional Niche
The user's query about music associated with 'new beginnings' indicates an unmet demand for emotionally resonant soundtracks for life transitions (e.g., graduations, new jobs, moving, personal growth). This presents an opportunity for music artists, producers, and streaming platforms to curate, compose, or market music specifically for these moments. AI-driven music composition could also explore this thematic area, creating custom 'new beginning' tracks.
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Is a type of music generally associated with new beginnings?
Posted by u/Truewolf12•07/21/2025
We have dirges for funerals, and Anthems to ralley people and/or celebrate a shared experience; But is there a type of music thats generally associated with new beginnings?
I dont mean a ge
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u/MoreThanWYSIWYG
Idk, but Dreams by the Cranberries would probably be in it
u/almagentry
check out post hardcore like it prevails, hundredth, misery signals and for the fallen dreams
u/GripSock
whatever music you decide to put on on the bus ride to your new city, or on the airport, or whatever. you create the assocations. the song reflects on a persons experience and just tries to e
u/PeterPunksNip
Sports movies montage scene music 😝
I'm thinking "Eye of the tiger" or "We built this city on rock'n'roll" type of stuff
u/nevergnastop
Country. Trucks are always breaking down, dogs running away, wives leaving. Gotta get er done and find a new one. /s kinda
u/Truewolf12
I've never associated Hymns with new, but I can definitely understand the argument for it.
That's also what I saw suggested with a quick Google search, so maybe that's the closest thing we ha
u/Truewolf12
Its hard to define but, Using the examples, a Dirge could be made in almost any genre, just as an Anthem could be almost any genre. Where as genres are more of a theme, like country, rock, or
u/Careful_Compote_4659
Here comes the sun.
u/PlasticCantaloupe1
Do you ever feel like you’re staring at a blank page before you?
u/Dampmaskin
>I dont mean a genra, like "New age" but a style of music/ryme.
I'm confused. What is a genre, if not a style?
u/ACertainTrendingFrog
Coldplay’s old shit was really good for this
u/jt2ou
Overtures
u/DifferentSet7771
I’d say songs with uplifting builds, major keys, or even rising key changes often capture that “new beginning” feel. Stuff like post-rock or ambient can really hit that emotional reset button
u/ertad678678
The genre you’re looking for is called “unwritten” by natasha bedingfield
u/imperfect_imp
I'd argue videogame music. Nothing like starting a fresh Minecraft world and a C418 track starts playing. And the first Build Mode song in the original Sims is literally called New Beginnings
u/JoanJettEnthusiast
i think hymns? plenty of them are for new beginnings, or for continuing on after/in spite of a struggle. as such, many of these songs are associated with gospel, or in their most modern itera