"To Build a Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra is one of my very, very favorite songs. You just have to hear it. It's very simple—piano, voice, some strings—sweet, beautiful, and so very sad.
It's not the typical track for The Cinematic Orchestra; they're actually a new age-y jazz band that plays around with electronics as well as more traditional jazz sounds. Their range and types of songs are extremely varied, but "To Build a Home" is nonetheless an exception to their general rule. It's more balladic than their usual stuff, more acoustic, and just so good.
Moreover, the band collaborated with production group Up the Resolution to create a wonderful video for both "To Build a Home" and another song, "Breathe," from the same album. "Breathe" has a similar melancholy tone (which is probably why it was chosen to be in the video), but in terms of instrumentation and structure is a little more like the typical Cinematic Orchestra sound.
I don't want to ruin anything, but the video is emotive and absolutely beautiful and never fails to make me tear up at least a little.
"To Build a Home"/"Breathe" by The Cinematic Orchestra from Ma Fleur (2007)
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P.S.— The post's title comes from a very lovely poem called "Barter," by Sara Teasdale, and I highly recommend looking it up.
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