In this category of production music you will find film music with beautiful female voices, mystical sounds, atmospheric orchestral sound. Royalty free music that grabs the heart, invites to reflection, but also inspires to action. Perfect background music for video projects where emotions and mood are important.
Movie and TV underscore. A dark and gentle melancholy theme with slight moments of hope. Piano arpeggios, beautiful melody on cello with subtle electronic percussion and synth pad. A haunting, tender and dreamy soundtrack for contemporary film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 BPM]
Emotional and uplifting starting with piano and building to strings and choir, perfect for tales of love and friendship, births and deaths, remembering those important to us and other precious moments that tug at the heartstrings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
This piece of music uses long, held chords from soft orchestral strings while piano plays a very sad, sparse, melancholic, haunting but beautiful melody. This is useful to add depth to a character, scene or setting in any film or tv show. It could also be used in a scene of grieving. This would also fit perfectly into news programs and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This is a haunting piece featuring 2 electric guitars. It is deliberately sparse to evoke feeling of isolation and despair. Hard to place this track in a specific "music genre". Folk? Ambient? Film score? Rock? Either way, it's an atmospheric piece, suitable for film and other media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A sad, heartfelt string atmosphere that is ideal for evoking a tender, dramatic ambience. Live and sensitive performance with a sweet expressive melody and a melancholic, passionate arrangement that pulls at the heartstrings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Glorious and triumphant inspirational cinematic music piece featuring full orchestral strings and brass sections, emotional piano, war drums and orchestral percussion. Epic and dramatic composition perfect for movie trailers, video games, sports videos, superhero films, commercials and more. Powerful and exhilarating music track that evolves to create a heroic and victorious feeling. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A reflective cinematic theme composition, serious and majestic with a beautiful nostalgic main theme. Gentle piano and harp intro goes into a massive orchestral arrangement with live strings, french horns, huge choir section and big drum section. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A hauntingly beautiful solo piano piece for scenes of lost love, sorrow, loneliness, funerals and other tragedies. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Reflective and melancholic, slow and nostalgic music, this track has a slow tempo and a sense of sorrow, but also of hope. Perhaps personal reflection, a new beginning and saying goodbye to the old. Fragile and beautiful, this track uses an unusual, slow and swaying 5/8ths rhythmic pattern. Heartwarming / Nostalgic / Hopeful Music. [Tempo: Slow / 111 BPM]
Sad and reflective Middle Eastern track featuring qanun accompanied by electric cello and duduk. Great for drama, tragedy etc. Refugees, tragedy, solemn. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An introspective, thoughtful and emotive soundtrack featuring a somewhat bittersweet piano lead. Grows to an orchestral crescendo at about 01:15 with sweeping, moving strings. The later part of the track from 02:20 takes on a more positive, hopeful feel. Perhaps reconciliation or coming to terms. A beautiful and touching film soundtrack cue for drama, love story, personal stories, history, appeals and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Gentle piano, strings and guitar speak about their lost love. Would work well for a scene dealing with a death as well. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
A soft piano-led emotional track with bursts of cinematic orchestral stabs and swells to accompany this dramatic piece. Perfect for trailers and emotion-driven visuals. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A reflective, melancholic and contemplative, acoustic / ambient piece. Built on acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and ethereal pads, this track is understated, introspective and emotive. Perhaps haunting memories, longing, or reflection of what could have been. Wistful. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Stately horns (and orchestra) perform a melody perfect for any project needing a feeling of courageousness, valor, hope, glory, and patriotism. Could also work well to describe great leadership - a president or general. [Tempo: Slow / 69 BPM]
Romantic, cinematic piece performed by live philharmonic orchestra. Sweeping, touching, reflective. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow and emotional orchestral piece with peaceful yet sorrowful emotional touch. Cinematic and engaging. Think Lord of the Rings. [Tempo: Slow / 97 BPM]
A melancholy piece with piano, keyboards, strings and synth textures. Evokes a feeling of reflection and longing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
A reflective, thoughtful, serious underscore for drama, mystery or documentary. Thinking time / Contemplation / Processing. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35: III. Funeral March. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, soft, beautiful, dreamy, emotional, meaningful, moving orchestral piece with a sense of nostalgia, loss & sadness. Calm, thoughtful, reflective, tranquil, resigned, serene, sedate & somber. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / romantic / historical type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A passionate, serious and somewhat sorrowful track with full orchestra, epic tribal drums and a solo female voice. The powerful orchestra and marching drums contrast with the fragile and emotional vocal. Could be about human struggle and oppression. Sadness and loss, struggle against hopeless odds, hope and aspirations, epic love. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
Highly dramatic and filmic. Ethnic string instruments and rhythms combine with simple piano and strings. Very hypnotic, mysterious and mesmerising. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, spacious, serene, reflective, moody, thoughtful, weepy, dreamy, melancholic piano piece with ethereal fx in the background. Soft, magical, meaningful, sublime, sentimental, touching & wondrous. Would suit dramatic / romantic / documentary / military / requiem / historic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 52 BPM]
Sad, Melancholic and emotional solo piano piece that brings to imagination the images of lost love, loneliness, hard life, pain, sorrow and sadness. Performed on a grand piano. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 122 BPM]
A touching an emotional piece. Featuring piano and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Lush string orchestra and gentle guitar portray both tragedy and hope. Coming to terms with loss, and moving on. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 61 BPM]
Ambient/Electronica with guitar. Moody, developing. Slight Peter Gabriel influence. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Huge, wide-ranging score of epic proportion - last warrior on a blood-soaked battlefield pulls himself out of the mire only to discover that he is the last man standing. He gathers his strength and returns to his village in triumph but with a broken spirit. This score contains mystical elements, bombastic outbursts, scenes of total destruction and unimaginable tragedy and despair, with a driving rhythmic second half building to a heroic climax and eerily subdued final resolution. Good for epic battle, blood-soaked battleground, action/adventure. This track is recorded with a real live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Soft, lush string pads with touching, nostalgic soprano saxophone. Tender, melancholic, reflective, caressing. Suitable for film, drama, tv and emotional content. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A rather dramatic / melancholic piece of music, a good fit for any "It's time to go" kind of scene. The main theme is created by the cellos and uplifted with harmonies on violins and upright basses. I also believe that it could be useful to most game or videos in need of a peaceful break to it, due to it's slow tempo, limited orchestration and minimalistic melody theme. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
A track of sparse piano against a dark keyboard pad - accompanied by a beautiful ribbon mic recording of a real rainstorm from my friend's porch. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Memories of warmth with a touch of sadness are reflected in this beautiful melody.It has a transparent, thoughtful, compelling to stop in time track. Suitable for sentimental, dramatic, love, lonely, sad scenes in movies and videos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Textural acoustic guitar patterns. Slightly dreamy. Good as background for drama, storytelling, visual imagery and more. Neither very light nor very dark. Earthy, relaxed and unfolding. Simple rhythm arrangement with shaker and hand clap joins later. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A very melancholy and contemplative dramatic cue with a hint of romance underscoring anything from the nostalgic memory of a lost loved one to a somber walk in the park. Piano, strings, and bass. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic and solemn underscore for film / drama. Introspective / questioning / searching. Piano and strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A calm, tender and wistful cinematic track based on strings, harp, and piano, featuring a rich orchestra sound and an emotional, touching melody. Soft and passionate. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Strings and guarded atmospheric layers are joined by clarinet and piano. Under a cloud, as if a dream or distant memory. A sense of grief, sadness - mourning the past, unable to quite move on. Ending gives a sense that perhaps the light is at the end of the tunnel, although it's far away right now. Suitable for any scene needing a powerful yet subtle score to reinforce the drama. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 71 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Sad / grief / melancholic / nostalgia. [Tempo: Very slow / 57 BPM]
Sad, dreamy, soft, dramatic, meaningful, emotional, tragic, lost & lonely piano & strings piece. Serene, sedate, sublime, serious, deep, moving, rich, beautiful, atmospheric, magical & wondrous. Would suit romantic / dramatic / military / requiem / life type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A melancholic, touching, reflective and contemplative solo piano piece. Suitable for drama, personal stories and struggles. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Heroic and propulsive orchestra with drums. Great for pushing a scene along, whether it be a motivational video, montage in a film, or documentary about beating the odds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 149 BPM]
Slowly moving track with a mood of regret and misery, but also of hope. Monotonous harp and disonant ponderous pads in the background with accordion theme repeating its wailing melody. Although the track is hard to categorise, one can find here a slight feel of Middle Eastern, Semitic melody vibe. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
Cinematic style track built from loops. Cold piano is layered with percussion, horns, strings, and organ to create a driving mood. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 99 BPM]
Emotional drama underscore. Nostalgic, wistful, reflective. Strings, piano, clarinet. Rich sound, melancholic. Perhaps deep thoughts or revisiting a familiar place? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Warm choir with piano and strings pay penance for a wrongdoing. Understated power underneath the soft pattering of piano, feels like the end credits song to an epic story - soft and soothing, as if a painful event has passed and now is the time for healing. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Emotional and Passionate cinematic music that begins with a slow, mysterious and romantic piano theme, with pads and orchestral strings, growing to the intense second part with dramatic orchestral strings, war drums and fast paced piano. Good for action movies, trailers, documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow / 106 BPM]
Dark fantasy music piece featuring piano, cello, harpsichord and french horns. Ancient mystery, dark magic, deep adventure, tragedy, history. Highly suitable for drama, documentary, dark fantasy game, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A beautiful version of the famous Beethoven piano piece, Moonlight Sonata. An alternative version "with pedal noises" is also available, where the natural sound of the piano's food pedal has been included in the recording. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An introspective, haunting, film / drama score with a sense of loss, longing and desolation. Cold and dejected. Use for Drama, History, Storytelling. Perhaps true stories, courtroom drama. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
