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10 songs that feel like Neptune

Matched to Neptune by Gustav Holst on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Neptune
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Neptune
Gustav Holst
safe 41/100 intensity 60 BPM
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Time — Hans Zimmer moderate 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Adagio from Symphony No. 10 — Gustav Mahler moderate 60 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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La Cathedrale Engloutie — Claude Debussy moderate 60 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Lohengrin Prelude — Richard Wagner moderate 60 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Ondine — Maurice Ravel moderate 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Images — Claude Debussy safe 60 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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The Mission — Ennio Morricone moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Hoppípolla — Sigur Rós moderate 90 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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A 95% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Mirror — Charles Lloyd moderate 70 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Neptune” by Gustav Holst?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Time” by Hans Zimmer, “Adagio from Symphony No. 10” by Gustav Mahler, “La Cathedrale Engloutie” by Claude Debussy — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Neptune”?

It measures 41/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 60 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 35% of songs, calmer than the other 65%. Its intensity reading of 41/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 100% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity41
Dynamics78
Tempo11
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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