This royalty free music track listing features tracks from the Novelty, Specialty and Sound-Alike genres. Stock music tracks to mimick specific niche music styles and cultural/musical eras. There are some comedy music tracks here, some cheesy music, as well as some "hidden treasures" with beautiful performances of quirky, unique musical styles. Most of these royalty-free music downloads feature specialty instruments and come in full track, 60-secs cuts, 30-secs cuts, seamless stock music loops. This music can be licensed, downloaded and used in your own media productions.
A slowly swaying waltz track with a deliberately imperfect female vocal line, vocalizing the main melody. The laidback, up-close and personal vocal style gives the track a genuine, homely and very intimate mood. It's a bit quirky, a bit retro, a bit skewed, bittersweet, left-field and very warm and charming - like the last dance, after everybody else has left. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Take a trip back in time to the Psychedelic 60's when the Beatles experimented with oriental atmospheres. Vintage guitars, Sitar and Drums are prominent in this uplifting tune and a reverse guitar solo graces the second verse. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Lively, intense, retro style Progressive Rock track in the style of Yes, UK, King Crimson and many other bands of the 1970's and 80's. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Cheesy chapel organ playing Mendelssohn's Wedding March. Ideal if you need music for a scene of a Las Vegas wedding, in one of those cheap wedding chapels. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Quirky, unusual spot build of various human sounds. suitable for funny commercial or animation, comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Van Halen meets Huey Lewis in this uptempo, happy, Keyboard driven track that takes us back to the roaring 80s. Don't forget your shoulder pads. Compulsory tapping guitar solo included. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Head straight back to the swinging sixties with this uptempo, infectious, toe tapping track. Uplifting, cheesey, fun and feel good, perfect for any project looking for a retro, groovy and kitsch vibe with organ, brass, guitar, electric piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 93 BPM]
Authentic 1980's music with synths and drifty groove. Very melodic. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
A theme similar to James Bond 007. Spy Caper, with urgent bass lines and mysterious / pompous orchestral elements. Big brass sections etc. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
A sound similar to 1980's electro-pop groups like Human League, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and others. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Slow orchestral march. Nice bed for political official pronouncements. Calm and easy. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Techno remix of an all-time classic hit. 90s' Euro-dance meets 70s' Hooked on Classics! Ideal if you need to emphasize a fusion between classical and contemporary, or elegance and technology. Or even if you need a corny piece of classical music arranged as techno! [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A cool, confident and funky 1960's or 1970's style pop-groove. Mid-tempo, swinging, sparse. Great for Retro Chic, fashion / commercials, historical / cultural, specialist media production, retro film and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
70's style funk, a satire of secret agent/superhero TV-series themes like Inspector Gadget, Pink Panther or James Bond. Retro, cartoony and fun, but not childish, with a slight space feel to it. Trumpet trio, drums, bass guitar, Hammond organ, synthesizer, strings, occasional guitars. A little bit mischievous, cheeky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A charming and positive feeling, retro pop track. Feeling of the 1960's or 1970's, slightly carefree hippie feel. No real melody, just a groove with subtle melodics. Relaxed and happy. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Quirky and hypnotic retro classical piece, with a heavy influence from Italian traditional music and Baltic/Gypsy music as well. With a somewhat funny and unusual mystery aura, investigative and foggy. A repetitive cello pizzicato progression is surrounded by a series of dreamy chromatic melodies on mandolin, clarinet, flute, celesta, glockenspiel, basson, harmonium and violin. This piece could easily fit a Frederico Fellini's surreal scene. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
Short, 30-seconds piece with a 1960's / 1970's retro flavour featuring vintage synths, organ and reversed guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Upbeat retro sounding (1970's / 1980's) corporate rock track. Strong melodic theme and driving rhythm section. Uplifting, positive with lots of energy and spirit. Great for an opening theme, adventure, corporate advertising, talk show, cooking show, infomercial, team spirit, sports. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Classy piano accompanied by jazzy percussion in a playfully assured arrangement. This loungy retro-style theme has a laid back ending would make it suitable as a title sequence or in reality style programming sequence. [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
Upbeat Ragtime track played on an old upright piano. Great happy-go-lucky track for any silent movie, commercial, comedy, animation, documentary or any project set around the early 20th century. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
Cheesy retro 80s' commercial underscore. Perfect for eighties spoofs and those "call now!" adverts! [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Motown type instrumental soul groove, with a flavor of the 1970's and 80's. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
Cool 1980's style electropop with a modern flavour. Tight beats, filtered loop, cool synth bassline and staccato casio tones underneath a warm piano and euro synth melody. Positive and insistant. Great for fashion, pop culture, youth, technology, night life and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
A playful and cheeky 1980's style track with drum machine, synth bass line and retro sounds. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Let's go back to the 1980's with this funky and varied electro-pop track with a typical sound from that era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Glam it up 70s style with this rock track influenced by the likes of Marc Bolan and T-Rex, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Faces etc. Driving, edgy Rock n Roll accompanied by flamboyant hair, clothes and make-up. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Using a very common group of 1950's chords give this piece a very familiar sound that's both clichéd but equally intriguing. Good to use as elevator music in a comedy film, or a comedy moment. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
Hear that band coming down the street? It's a real Sousa style march! Also works great as circus music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Austin Powers and James Bond collide in this kitch and upbeat authentic sounding 1960's TV titles track featuring a big brassy horn section, guitar, synthesiser, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Cheesy, uptempo ska / lounge, with trumpet and organ top line. Also available as an Underscore version, without the lead instruments. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A slightly jazzy, retro, funk / filmscore type track. Could easily be the main theme soundtrack for a 1970's or 1980's cop drama or action happy private investigator type show. Mysterious vibes, sense of danger and excitement. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Glorious and victorious, a substitute for the Chariots of Fire theme by Vangelis. Orchestral with hints of electronica this track is perfect for sports victories, acts of heroism, breakthroughs and achievements in business, inspiring stories and ceremonies. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Retro styled disco/funk, with an easy, breezy and laidback sound of the 70's. Funky bass line. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
This track brings back the nostalgia of enthusiastic eighties stereo synth sounds - similar to what is used in Van Halen's "Jump." This is combined with a quick moving bass-line and a very bubble gum style drum beat. Good for any scene looking to re-create the eighties. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Various versions / instrument arrangements of the traditional Public Domain music track, Happy Birthday To You. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Infectious parody of Laid back 60’s jazzy acoustic guitar music with a sweet rolling rhythm from a vintage drum machine. Bursting with quirky charm & romance, the descending chord sequence would suit repetitive plays as in games or menus. Slightly oddball and full of fun. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Quirky soundtrack featuring vocals singing "la La La's and Sha na na's. This is fun and silly and takes you right back into the 1950's rock n roll era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Fun, historical, cheeky, light jazz track. Retro, old-time feel. 1910's, 1920's, 1930's or 1940's era. With deliberately added vinyl record scratching sound. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Retro style, sexy and punchy electronica, in the style of Kraftwerk and others. Swinging tight beats, robotic analogue synth bassline, dirty synth lead and warm synth parts build underneath. Fashionable and confident. Great for fashion, culture, products, videogames, infomercials, technology and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Up tempo psychedelic funk with heavy wah wah guitar lines, brass, flute and clattering drums. A kitsch retro workout with a contemporary dance music edge. A fun and funky look back at the 1960's and 1970's... [Tempo: Fast / 118 BPM]
Impressionistic solo piano piece; neo classical. Eventful, confused, busy, varying moods. For films / cultural / special interest. Also good for historical / retro project; can be silent movie soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
1930's era newsreel introduction. Pompous and patriotic. Historical. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
Buoyant Jazz with a 1940's or 1950's flare. Good for dancing scene, or anything with a fun, lively physical presence. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 133 BPM]
Fast techno-funk beat, typical 80's music used for breakdance battles. 1980's, Retro, Technopop, Synth Pop, Electro Funk, Break dance. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Piano driven 80's style Rock perfect for your motivational montage. Atmospheric piano and synths compliment dynamic and driving drums with some nice builds and drops. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Retro, mysterious, funky spy music. Tension and danger with a quirky 70s edge. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
A quirky and cool little jazz number. Repeated bass pattern, various other instruments including a retro organ and hint of a muted jazz trumpet. Odd lounge, different and hip. Please note, this track has a 'vinyl record scratching' sound added *on purpose*. This is not a weakness in the production or a problem with the sound file. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 107 BPM]
Cool, laidback 60s/70s style soundtrack jazz with upright bass, drums, piano, vibraphone and baritone sax. The perfect track to accompany spies, espionage or any shady character lurking in the shadows. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Slow acoustic jazz with just guitar and upright bass. A bit downtrodden, slow moving, disappointed. Old-time jazz or rag sound. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
1950's or 1960's style classic rockabilly. Swinging and fun with twangy guitars. Historical, rock around the clock style. Also available as an Underscore version without the solo/lead guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
