Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
A purposeful and positive piano based pop/rock track with strong drums, bass and guitars, which are glued together with some synth effects and strings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Slow piano instrumental with an intimate feel. Builds all the way till the end of the song. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Happy piano instrumental with a very dynamic feel. Constantly building until the end of the song. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 185 BPM]
Sad yet uplifting, like a replenishing of the soul, the end of suffering. Voices, strings and ethnic instruments. Great for yoga and meditation. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Survivors of an epic event come to terms with what their world has now become. Atmospheric drones, and foreboding textures circulate as they uncover the remnants of a shattered past. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A storming cinematic track that evokes a classic cinema sound and fantastatic film introductions. Very high energy and heavy orchestration. The energy of this track remains fairly high throughout. Thematic fanfare. Classic movies / Big Sky. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
A melancholy piece with piano, strings, choir and synth textures. Evokes a feeling of acceptance and reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Piano, guitar mutes (harp like) and strings give a sense of floating amongst the clouds in a sun shower, with shards of sunlight breaking through. Great for magical or dream like scenes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
Lush strings and piano are the backdrop for a very emotional solo violin melody. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
An emotional composition for string section, Wonderment and love / memories / life's big moments. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A solo piano piece with some reminiscences of impressionist music period [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 50 BPM]
Mysterious and dreamy, electric guitar gently plays over a rich soundscape. Perfect for creating a mood of mystery, intrigue and sadness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A lonely piano melody gently plays out on top of dark strings and synths. A sense of moving on from a terrible past, but not without scars. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
A tender, hypnotic track featuring piano, electric guitar, synth and pulsating strings. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
Piano, strings and choir create a somber feeling of determination and acceptance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 64 BPM]
A warm, sincere and caring acoustic track featuring piano, acoustic guitar and string ensemble. Nostalgic and heartening, as if to remind us of the truly meaningful things in life. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A dreamy marimba, strings and percussion based track, with a hint of sadness. Suitable for situations where a character is redeeming him or herself, through sheer hard work and determination. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A delicate and light, mellow track featuring acoustic piano and acoustic guitar. Comforting and wistful. Touching and poignant, uncomplicated, like motherly love or eternal friendship.
[Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]A relaxing, ambient and reflective track with celesta and synth, with percussion and strings entering at 0:45. Gentle and soothing in the "New Age" style, this track is perfect for meditation, relaxation or reflection or space themes. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A pretty and mellow acoustic track. Sparse and delicate, with a melancholic, nostalgic feel. Performed live on acoustic guitar and an old upright piano. Fragile / Pretty / Reflective. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
From the outset, huge drums and a catchy, soaring melody push forward a huge amount of energy. Full of optimism and heroism, this track could be the anthem for a major sporting event, or just as appropriate as the underscore for a montage showing the virtues of a company. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
Glorious and Heroic cinematic track with a romantic feel. Emotional music for melodramas, romantic themed videos and trailers, commercials and other visual media. Passionate, with piano and orchestral sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 95 BPM]
A positive, breezy and fresh Light Rock track with a sense of freedom and joy. Feelgood / Wind in your hair / Care free / Appealing / Good natured. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Piano and String Ensemble over modern Percussion elements and big Orchestral Drums. Longing for something with a hopeful drive, emotional and determined. Growing in stature and energy, before returning to a reflective conclusion.
[Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]Slow, dreamy Americana / Acoustica with a haunting, solemn, sound. Beautiful and introspective, melancholic and nostalgic. Acoustic guitar, mellotron, and an old upright piano with a very nostalgic sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
A poignant and sincere piano + strings piece. Touching melody, good for storytelling, drama, love story, intimate interviews, hardship and more. [Note: This track was previously titled 'Autumn Piano', but has been retitled to 'An Autumn Melody'.] [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Royalty free music with piano, acoustic guitar, and orchestra over urban / pop drums and bass, elude to a troubled past, a longing for recovery and a feeling of determination. Could work perfectly for a documentary about urban renewal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Acoustic guitar music. As the beginning of a movie about human relationships ... meetings, conflicts and moments of reunion. Acoustic Guitars Nylon establish this beautiful musical story. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A heartfelt and beautiful theme for film / television, with Piano and Strings. Touching and delicate. Hopeful / Emotional / Touching. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A simple piece that conveys warmth and love. Could be useful in some types of romantic scenes. The piece also has an innocent feel, so it could work in scenes involving children playing or scenes where older characters remember their youth long ago. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A beautiful and evocative orchestra track made with piano and strings. An exhale celebrating success, packed with emotions of hope, triumph and love. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
An epic race across the Alaskan race, surrounded by snow capped mountains and frozen lakes. The music starts small and atmospheric, leading to an exciting finish, like racing toward the finish line. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
A slow, serious, pensive underscore for mystery drama, fiction, storytelling. Perhaps crime or criminal investigation, dark subjects. Cold. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Inner Mind' and 'Inner Thoughts'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 51 BPM]
Inspired by Ludovico Einaudi and Yann Tiersen, this emotional piano solo music track is suited for drama and deep storytelling. The arpeggiated movement throughout the piece evokes a sense of purpose and achievement. And the classical simetry of the main melody brings a sense of order to things. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Beautiful, soft, spacey, dreamy, mellow, relaxing, peaceful, moving and magical. Clean guitar picked chords are embellished with soaring strings & minimalist subtle drums. The piece builds gradually in intensity until finally it is soaring high above the earth like some kind of heavenly vision. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
An ambient, reflective and somewhat ethereal track made with an echoey and reverberant bed of electric guitar. Available with or without 'bitty' electronic drums. Hints of Sigur Ros. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
An ambient, ethereal and reflective track made with a bed of echoey electric guitars and acoustic guitar over the top. Melancholic, but hopeful. Reflective, thoughtful and nostalgic. Hints of Sigur Ros. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A somewhat dreamy and melancholic, but also hopeful and heartening, ambient/acoustic track. Acoustic guitar, piano and resonant, ethereal pads made with echoey electric guitars. Homey, simple, thoughtful and honest. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
An emotional and deep music track with an uplifting melody. The track opens with a few simple piano notes and fills in with guitars and strings. As the track builds up you hear a few distance vocals and emotional solo violin. A huge drum roll introduces the main part of the track with a pleasant piano melody and big chord changes. The track ends with a strong theme reintroduction with the underlying deep synth bass and a repetitive piano melody that keeps that longing feeling on outro. This composition will work great as music in scenes of separation, lost love. Perhaps life changing events, or an epiphany. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 130 BPM]
An inspirational track with edgy drums and memorable melody. The opening piano is wide and distant with an uplifting and epic chord progression. The track builds up with intertwining piano melodies and strings to the main drop. The main part of the track is edgy yet uplifting and melodic. String section melodies are touching and emotional while keeping with the upbeat rhythm of the track. Uplifting / Inspiring / Rousing / Amazement. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A soft, emotional and somewhat cinematic / epic feeling track with piano, strings and choir. Wistful and melancholic. Soothing, comforting and heartfelt. Think epic love story, possibly end-credits roll of a cinematic production, or just for listening and being taken away by the beautiful harmonies. Available with/without crickets chirping in the background, with/without choir, and with/without a subtle soprano solo vocal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Dreamy, spacious, ethereal, serene, magical, mellow, cinematic, mysterious, reflective, calm & tranquil pop track with a slight 50's vibe to it. Inspired by the vibe and mood of the film 'the virgin suicides'. Enchanted, floaty & meditative. Would suit dramatic / romantic / filmic / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 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]
This track features Piano melody with orchestral symphonic elements in the style of Chopin/Beethoven and the turn of the century mood in the eastern Europe but done in a Tim Burton orchestral fashion ala Danny Elfman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Lyrical acoustic track featuring solo guitar. Slightly contemplative yet positive. Suitable as a film underscore. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
An open, transparent musical backdrop with a somewhat mysterious tone. This ambient guitar soundscape can work for many different media productions, including drama, reality show, nature- and underwater footage, crime and investigation, and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional, inspiring and reflective music track with a dreamy and cinematic feel. Imaginative and creative composition that brings a feeling of wonder and excitement. Peaceful, soft and calm music featuring beautiful piano, atmospheric pads and string pizzicatos in the beginning and evolving to a more dynamic second part featuring different kinds of percussion and full orchestral strings. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Inspiring piano and orchestra mixed with modern percussion elements and soft electronica. Longing for something with a hopeful drive, emotional and determined. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 96 BPM]
A light, loving indie-pop song about picturing the future. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
