In this royalty free music category here you will find a mix of Indian music, Bollywood rhythms, middle eastern and Arabic sounds. Acoustic instruments performed live - reed flute, ethnic percussion instruments, bouzouki, zither, Turkish oboe, santoor, tabla and more. Stock music fit for commercial, travel, adventure, vacation and discovery, for relaxation, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. Good background music for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
Brooding dance rhythms & electronica fused with a provocative Eastern flavour & a growing feeling of intrigue, excitement & menace. Builds to a blistering climatic shift at 1:45. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mysterious and exotic, sitar and tablas. A flavor of India, Arabia, North Africa, Persia or the Middle East. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 93 BPM]
Slow and pulsating Indian or Middle Eastern moods with sitar, deep bass, tabla drums and raq. Sparse, mystical, tribal. Great for travel, adventure, Asian/jungle. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Busy ethnic sound with tablas, clay drums and sitars. Disturbing drone. Vocal chant. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
India or Arabia meets Rnb beat music, with cool Eastern / Oriental instruments, bouzouk, accordion, kanun and oriental percussion that reflects the essence of the orients. Groovy / Exotic / Positive. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Egyptian / Arabic epic moods featuring dramatic strings and horns, ethnic percussion. After about a minute and a half, a slick, modern drum groove is added. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Oriental track made in traditions of Persian gulf countries. Oriental drums , darbuka, arabian flute and strings create a sense of Middle East countries including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc. Eastern market bazaar, camels around and men in white folk clothes. Happy and light, but also slightly pensive. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Eastern drone with reed flute, ethnic percussion and vocal chants. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Eastern and Western influences mix in this blend of downtempo chill-hop drums with Middle Eastern instruments and vocals. A version without the vocals is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Inspiring and positive Indian traditional music featuring santoor and tabla with shahnai accompanied by folk percussion such as ghatam and Iddaka. Great for culture and travel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Spacey, dreamy,ethereal, trancey, exotic, beaty,dancey track with and Indian / Arabian vibe to it. Ethnic percussion fuses with atmospheric vocal samples to form a groovy & hypnotic ethno-pop. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Indian music with authentic instruments and all kinds of modern elements. Edgy and hot. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
This piece reflects the grandeur of the Emirates, and how it developed from a normal desert country to one at the forefront of technology and progress. The track has a sense of grandeur, success and power, with echoes of a rich culture and history. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Smooth and meditative soundtrack was made with ethnic instruments in contemporary vision. Medium tempo. Relaxing and peaceful, calm and beautiful river that slowly flowing down through the valleys. Good suitable for the travel and documentary programs. Ethnic, Indian, Oriental. Sitar, tabla, Indian flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A spicy fusion of indian, funk, jazz and electronica make this a nice contemporary track for projects relating to travel, cooking or cultural documentaries. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Beautiful, mournful vocals lament over sad strings a hypnotic drum groove and plucked ethnic instruments. The track is emotional, sad and yet hopeful all at once. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Funky asian voice and electric guitars. Upbeat, almost frantic, mix of electronica and Indian or Arabian. World fusion. [Tempo: Very fast / 133 BPM]
Cool and groovy Indian Banghra mixed with hip-hop styles. Catchy, unique, exotic, fresh and funky. Great production from Project 2020. This track is available both with and without Indian vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Ominous, foreboding, middle-eastern textures. Occasional chanting voice, eastern string instruments, dark drones and slow rhythms. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Blending elements of urban, r&b, Hip-Hop and Indian music, this is a seriously down and funky Asian Fusion track. Fresh, exotic and fun. The track really comes into its right in the 'Vocal version', where Indian singing is mixed with the raw hip-hop beats. (To hear the singing, listen for about a minute and a half into the Vocal version). [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Softly played, mysterious underscore with harp and ethnic flute. A feel of the Middle East or North Africa. Exotic, repetitive, pulsating underscore with a slight nerve. Perpaps, Egypt, Sahara or other desert landscape. Mythology, mystery, ancient cultures, far-away places, adventure and discovery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
An ambient, reflective and nostalgic piece played with the ethnic oriental oud, combined with piano, pads and eastern percussion. A sense of longing and perhaps turmoil. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument somewhat similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
India pop / Bollywood. Fun / happy / cute / whimsical. Available with or without vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An emotional soundtrack with an Eastern / Middle Eastern or Slavic feel. Available with or without fragile female vocalizations. Melodic, passionate, combining elements of sorrow and melancholy with those of light and hope. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Ethereal, spacey chant-like track. Ethnic vocals samples mix with brooding synth bass notes, sitars and percussion. Very uniquely moving track full of passion and the trials of life. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Epic high powered, high drama explosive rock track with an Eastern flavoured intro. Arabian plucked strings build the intro tension before a monster riff explodes the track into energised life. Once it gets going, it builds in intensity until the eye of the storm, the mid section. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Exotically traditional oriental composition with percussions and a turkish saz (lute). suitable for ceremonial scenes from the middle east and orient. Hectic, ardent and feisty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Warm pads, bells and a mysterious Eastern wind instrument, the Sarangi flute. Great background music for travel and mystery, adventure and excotic places. Foreboding, underlying mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A calm, floating and spiritual music track with Indian flute, Indian Sarod, warm pads and ethereal piano. Good for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Also for relaxation music, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient and exciting, this piece takes you on a modern day tour of Africa. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
An electronic Dubstep track featuring a fat but clean bass, classical drum beat spiced up by an Indian touch to it brought by a sitar, some tablas and a bansuri. It's urban and dark sound would provide a great combination to any city footage, something like a documentary on Bombay's mafia. [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
Suspenseful, dramatic, ethereal, epic, spacious, moody, atmospheric cinematic rock track that gradually builds in intensity. Starts with dhol drums & various synths join in as it goes. Exciting, tense, thrilling, rhythmically hypnotic & climactic. Would suit action / thriller / sports / combat / crime type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
Very hypnotic, trance-like and seductive piece full of groove and Eastern promise. A massive groove is coloured by Eastern strings, santoors and percussion slowly builds in intensity until the final climax where huge guitar riffs enter and bring the tune to it's close. Contains guitars, santoor, strings, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
A mystical cinematic cue with an ancient egyptian and far eastern tone. It features cinematic percussion, the beautiful and haunting Duduk and lush strings. The It has a spiritual, emotionally intense mood that is captivating, powerful and gripping. Excellent for cinematic work, spiritual and religious video and biographical or documentary footage requiring something that will emotionally stir the viewer. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A solemn female vocal with subtle drones, ethnic percussion and flute. Middle Eastern, North African, Palestinian or other world/ethnic content. Ominous, foreboding. Sorrow, loss, pain or anguish. Builds in intensity after about 01:45. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
An eerie voice calls from a distance, drum hits keep us on our toes. A shadowy figure moves through the desert like a ghost; forsaken, alone. Would work great leading up to a military conflict in a middle east setting. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
A fresh and feelgood instrumental music track with a taste of the excotic, Eastern. Could be India, Middle East, Arabia, Egypt, Dubai etc. A very positive and inviting feel. Great music for commercials, travel, adventure, holiday and discovery. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Silky middle eastern female vocals and ethnic percussion build to an aggressive grunge rock ending. Works well for trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A relaxing, ecclectic rhythm groove, warm and laidback guitar melodies with a slight jazzy feel. Also features Indian sitar and tabla percussion for a nice and breezy, ethnic/world feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A cinematic soundtrack piece with a strong Arabic / Middle Eastern / Turkish / Egyptian feel. Persian, Arabian, Turkey, Egypt, exotic percussion, strings and woodwinds. Sweeping, epic, like an amazing journey to a far-away land, new discoveries and great adventures. Sitar, tabla, eastern strings and other middle east instrumentation. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A forward and upward driving track with fast piano arpeggios, ethnic percussion and voice pads. Great for world news, current affairs, exciting travels and more. Available in two different mixes, and 60/30-secs versions of both mixes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Seductive Bhangra rhythms with a sweet, erotic female vocal. Playful flutes & sitars add to the intrigue, charm and coquettish humour to this chilled out Eastern style dance track. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
This track is highly evocative and is great as an opener or introduction. Free tempo, features Indian slide guitar freely improvising on a bed of lush pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dramatic Middle Eastern score featuring Oud, Percussion, Strings and Duduk. Builds in intensity with a breakdown halfway through before building again. Perfect for action and adventure films and video games. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
World rock designed for TV or web ads. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A romantic score with indian world music flair and a modern rhythm. Sitar, indian female vocals, plucked instruments and oriental sounds. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A very warm and soothing music track, chilled out background music with a slight Indian, Oriental feel. A lazy, hot summer day in an exotic place. Indian summer chill music... [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A very dramatic and grippingly emotional epic composition with orchestral, choral, and world instruments with middle-eastern colors. This piece starts with a very mysterious and vast introduction before a rise to a driving and almost tragic emotional climax. Perfect for trailers. [Tempo: Very fast / 120 BPM]
Upbeat, high energy adrenaline rocker with slight ethnic flavour. Lots of guitar melodies, distorted guitar riffs, strings and bombastic dramatic statements. Contains guitars, Persian santoor, bass, drum and strings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
