8. Literature survey for Mood Enhancer - N-Division-2019-2020-Even/Repo-06 GitHub Wiki

This is a literature survey which provides details about the types of moods and the kind of music that goes well with the mood.

Anxiety:

Anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress. It’s a feeling of fear or apprehension about what’s to come.

Examples:

  • "We Can Fly," by Rue du Soleil (Café Del Mar)

  • "Canzonetta Sull'aria," by Mozart

  • "Someone Like You," by Adele

  • "Pure Shores," by All Saints

  • "Please Don't Go," by Barcelona

  • "Strawberry Swing," by Coldplay

  • "Watermark," by Enya

  • "Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix)," by DJ Shah

  • "Electra," by Airstream

  • "Weightless," by Marconi Union

Study showing music reduces anxiety

Happy:

Examples:

  • "Clair de Lune" -- Debussy

  • "Adagio for Strings" -- Barber

  • "Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor ("The Tempest")" -- Beethovan

  • "First Breath After Coma" -- Explosions in the Sky

  • "Adagio for Strings" -- Tiesto

1. Article on musics for happiness

2. Study showing trigger of dopamine due to songs

Focus:

Examples:

  • Flyinglotus - Flotus

  • GoLuBiKa - Jon Hopkins - Lost in Thought

  • Tycho - See

  • Explosions In the Sky - Trembling Hands

  • Rodrigo y Gabriela - The Soundmaker

  • ghostly - Shigeto - Tide Pools

  • Röyksopp - Röyksopp Forever

  • MrAnonymas - RJD2 - Ghostwriter

  • Tycho - Spectre

  • Vitamin String Quartet - Vitamin String Quartet Performs Sigur Ros' "Hoppípolla"

  • adrian.dulu - Aphex Twin-Xtal

  • Sir Knight - Mogwai -Hungry Face [Les Revenants] (Sir Knight Bootleg)

  • Tycho - Awake

  • Flyinglotus - Flying Lotus - mister murky socks ///// LOS ANGELES ALT take mix2

Study showing musics for better focus

Sad/lonely:

Examples:

  • “Heavy” by Linkin Park

  • “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World

  • “Friend, Please” by Twenty One Pilots

  • “Rise Up” by Andra Day

  • “Hold On” by Good Charlotte

  • “Bishop’s Knife Trick” by Fall Out Boy

  • “Isolation” by Alter Bridge

  • “Still Breathing” by Green Day

  • “1-800-273-8255” by Logic ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid

  • “If Today Was Your Last Day” by Nickelback

Study correlating music with feeling sad or lonely