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10 songs that feel like Oblivion

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

The song you love
Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla
safe 34/100 intensity 60 BPM
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En blanc et noir — Claude Debussy moderate 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Pavane pour une infante defunte — Maurice Ravel safe 60 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same layered texture.

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Saudade — Olafur Arnalds safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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The Miners Hymns Main Theme — Johann Johannsson safe 60 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same layered texture.

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245 — Eric Dolphy moderate 71 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100).

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Venus — Gustav Holst safe 60 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same layered texture.

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God Bless the Child — Keith Jarrett Trio moderate 65 BPM

Keeps the same reflective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (65 BPM).

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Lover Come Back to Me — Coleman Hawkins safe 80 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Funeral March — Frédéric Chopin moderate 60 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Egdon Heath — Gustav Holst moderate 60 BPM

96% 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 “Oblivion” by Astor Piazzolla?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “En blanc et noir” by Claude Debussy, “Pavane pour une infante defunte” by Maurice Ravel, “Saudade” by Olafur Arnalds — 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 “Oblivion”?

It measures 34/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 34/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype2/10

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

Intensity34
Dynamics56
Tempo11
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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