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serenityHirohashi Makiko

Makiko Hirohashi: Serenity

When it comes to Japanese healing music composers, this is the person: Makiko Hirohashi.

She is affiliated with the Biosick Environmental Music Laboratory and has produced a great deal of this kind of healing music.

She is a leading figure in the easy-listening piano genre.

energy flowSakamoto Ryuichi

Ryuichi Sakamoto — energy flow

This is a masterpiece whose delicate, translucent piano tones gently soothe the heart.

The clear, pristine melody played by Ryuichi Sakamoto tenderly accompanies the listener, like a breeze rippling across the surface of water.

Released in May 1999 as a theme for a Daiichi Sankyo pharmaceutical commercial, this piece achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the first instrumental work to top the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, its simple yet deeply expressive sound resonating with many.

Its pleasant sense of weightlessness offers a moment of peace from a busy day, aids concentration, and provides a serene companion for quiet reading—creating a truly healing experience.

Ocean of TendernessAshra

Ashra – Ocean of Tenderness

Ashra is a project by German musician Manuel Göttsching, a figure who greatly influenced New Age and ambient musicians.

Among Ashra’s tracks, this one titled “Sea of Kindness” sounds like music that would make a spa space even more comfortable.

MoonBjörk

björk: moon

There are many songs by Iceland’s great female singer Björk that would fit perfectly as spa background music! Among them, this song released in 2011, Moon, is a blissful track that evokes a divine feeling and a sense of another dimension.

How Would It Be 2Bruno Pernadas

Bruno Pernadas – How Would It Be 2

This is a track from Portuguese artist Bruno Pernadas’s 2014 debut.

He’s an artist whose music blends a variety of styles, and this song evokes a landscape that feels like being in nature.

It’s a piece that seems to offer a gentle, slow-building sense of elation.

Birds, Pt. IChassol

Chassol – Birds, Pt. I

A piece by the composer Chassol, who hails from Martinique, a French territory.

Based on field recordings of birds from his homeland, it layers piano and rhythms to create a beautiful track that evokes natural scenery.

Both the birdsong and the piano sound feel wonderfully pleasant.

Only TimeEnya

Enya – Only Time (Official 4K Music Video)

This is a signature song by the Irish singer Enya, also included on the soundtrack of the 2009 film Sweet November.

As a pioneer of the New Age music boom, Enya’s works—featuring multilayered vocals that feel like the ultimate in soothing—seem perfect as background music for a spa.