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10 songs that feel like Symphony No. 4

Matched to Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler 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
Symphony No. 4
Gustav Mahler
safe 24/100 intensity 60 BPM
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Time (The Revelator) — Gillian Welch moderate 85 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100).

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Moonshadow — Cat Stevens safe 92 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 17/100. Same smooth texture.

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May This Be Love — The Jimi Hendrix Experience safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Sea, Swallow Me — Cocteau Twins (with Harold Budd) safe 70 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Rutti — Slowdive safe 80 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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The Ship — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Cool Waves — Spiritualized safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Jewel safe 72 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and sits a little calmer at 15/100.

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95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Symphony No. 4” by Gustav Mahler?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Time (The Revelator)” by Gillian Welch, “Moonshadow” by Cat Stevens, “May This Be Love” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience — the top match scores 95% 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 “Symphony No. 4”?

It measures 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. 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

Sleep8/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

Intensity24
Dynamics44
Tempo11
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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