Royalty free ambient music with focus on the light, blissful, airy, relaxing and soothing stock music tracks that you can use as background music for relaxation videos, music for guided meditations, or for poignant, beautiful scenes such as nature photography, nature footage etc. Often with a sense of ease, beauty and reflection, these ambient background music tracks were composed by professional composers and producers, then hand picked and curated for the Shockwave-Sound stock music catalogue.
A delicate, ethereal piano melody soars above spacey string pads, sparse percussion and distant Taiko drums. The track slowly evolves introducing subtle electronic and organic grooves, a synt bass and a bridge before going back to the last chorus. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A gentle and reflective ambient track consisting of electic piano, soft synth pads, picked guitar and piano. Warm, soft and open, this track would be great background music for all sorts of applications. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Soft, light and gentle music. Soothing and pretty; suitable for relaxation, yoga, chilled-out background music or romance / charity / heartfelt stories / beauty / nature etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 106 BPM]
A hazey, melancholic and softly flowing Nu-Folk / Americana music / Ambient crossover track with a mellow, longing feel. Poignant, flowing, touching music. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A beautiful and gentle melody on subtle harmonies with a delicate and silky sound. Great music for using in yoga, relaxation and meditation. Love / Dreamy / Contemplative Stock Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 52 BPM]
A track with an open feel and bright strings. The track builds with staccato arpegiating strings to the main part with big yet open and distant drums and piano. Piano chords hit to and build to an even larger part with more big drums and sprinkling of high piano notes throughout. The track doesn't have a strong melody or definitive voice, which gives it a more open and airy feel. Great for commercials or scenes of transformation or accomplishment, perhaps everyday heroes, new hope etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
A slow, dreamy, and soaring track of Ambient / Americana type music. Reminescent of Sigur Ros, with a haunting, organic, hazy sound. All live upright piano, acoustic guitar and 'oooh' vocal. No computers or electronics. Wonderment / Reflection / Emotive.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 59 BPM]Soft, magical, beautiful, atmospheric, mellow, spacious, soothing, peaceful & emotive piano piece using soft synth pads as background. Calm, pretty, delicate, thoughtful, reflective, tranquil & sublime. Would romantic / cinematic / documentary / mystery type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 53 BPM]
A very slow solo piano track, played live on an old upright piano with a nostalgic, aged sound. Melancholic but comforting, easy and relaxed. Introspective / Reflective / Dreamy.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]This track features female ooh's and fills with electronic elements coupled with real guitars, classic synths, and strings. Wow factor for new products, cars, makeup, jewelry, technology, games, discovery, rainforest, new drugs, new programs, and offers from retailers. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, tranquil, beautiful, dreamy, introspective, reflective track using strings, choir & synths. Simple, mellow, atmospheric, contemplative, serious & mysteriously unique. Would suit dramatic / detective / mystery / documentary / travel type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 66 BPM]
Ambient Drum & Bass. Atmospheric, deep, rich and with a nicely flowing DnB groove. Good for technology, innovation, future, discovery and much more. Also available in a version without the drums & bass (No Drums Bass version), making it a really nice ambient music track in its own right. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
Quirky and strange Electro-Ambient Soundscapes with a very slow, downtempo beat. Somewhat experimental. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
A tender, hypnotic track featuring piano, electric guitar, synth and pulsating strings. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for technology, industry, science, research etc. This tranquil ambient track is sparse but vast – easily blended with themes of technology, science, medicine and the future. With its reverb-drenched synth pads, looming drone and arpeggiator, this track ebbs and flows, keeping a steady pulse and evoking confidence and positive outcomes. Its ambiance is excellent for medical music, tech, corporate videos, scientific-based podcasts, drone shots, exploration, docu-biographies, and travel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
A pretty and quaint piano piece, performed live on an old upright piano with a nostalgic sound, combined with light strings. Delicate and happy, in a relaxed way. A sense of freedom, as a bird carried by the summer breeze. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 51 BPM]
Beautiful and emotive landscape, spacious ambient layers, insightful and compelling. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
A warm, reflective and heartening / endearing music track. Melancholic but also comforting and hopeful. Emotive / Endearing Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
A haunting and dark ambient piece. Lush choral harmonies rise and fall over dark instrumental tracks, providing a sense of oceanic fluidity. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient, Atmospheric, soft and intricate. A minimal piece that flows and has an interesting energy. Progresses into a mildly rhythmic and energetic composition. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Soft harp arpeggios with a sweet melody played by a flute. A soft music ideal to relax and let go. Mindfulness / Work Focus / Study Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
This very ethereal and floating track has both light and dark elements. On the one side, blissful and full of beauty and wonder, but on the other side, also a sense of vast emptiness and truly a 'lost in space' feel. The "More deep bass" version will add a slight element of darkness. This entirely ambient track will work great for scenes of space, cosmos, eternity, or with amazing natural scenes, for example of vast open, icy cold landscapes. Also great for relaxation and meditation, or any spiritual content. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Somewhere between Ambient and contemporary music, this track has a somewhat introspective, soul searching feel. Subtly melodic, transparent, thoughtful and insightful, and with a sense of hope and sincerity, this track will go well with many types of projects, from film & drama underscore to important messages about society, nature and more. Also for political messages, educational projects. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A subtle background track with bright, understated melodies, a gentle pulsating rythm and light textures. Highly useable with media such as data presentation, menu screens, multimedia presentations with subtle, tasteful movements, floating graphic elements, weather report, news update and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
This track is hard to categorize, as it combines elements of World, Jazz, Lounge and Chill-out. It has a sense of wonder and mystery and could perhaps be used for oceans, underwater, exotic city life. World / Travel / Discovery / Culture. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Slow, mellow Ambient-Pop crossover track. Light, gentle and warm with electric and acoustic pianos, very light drum patterns. Joyful, dreamy, spiritual. Atmospheric, gentle touch. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Futuristic sounds combine with atmospheric orchestral instruments in a dark but humerous mix. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
A melancholic and somewhat enchanting piano led ambient track backed up by strings, glockenspiel and synths. A simple piano phrase is gradually added to and developed into a sensitive and rich sounding piece of music. Fantasy / Wonder / Magical / Storytelling. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
A strangely alluring, somehow both angelic, heavenly, and at the same time a bit eerie and mystical music. Angelic voices swirl and flutter in a strange, harmonic, open aural vista. This music track will work great as a 'musical painting' or to signify something profound and ethereal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A warm and downtempo ambient - electronica crossover track. Softly floating, warm subtle movement, positive and friendly synthetic blips form simple melodies. Very tasteful and understated - a great track for media presentations, commercials and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
This track is a gently building ambient/atmospheric piece which works equally well as a background sound but also as a feature. Very emotive and reflective with guitar melodies, organ, pianos and various percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 87 BPM]
Soft, gentle, beautiful, magical, peaceful, moody, relaxing & thoughtful track blending simple spacious piano lines, strings & guitar harmonics. Pretty, hopeful, heartwarming, dreamy & reflective. Would suit romantic / cinematic / dramatic / documentary / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
A sombre, ethereal, ambient piece. Sorrowful, dejected, mournful music. A feeling of finality, of surrender. But also hopeful and full of wonderment towards the end. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 112 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]
A dreamy, mellow electronica pulse with ethereal voices. A bit hypnotic music. Wonderment / Heavenly / Reflective / Floating Stock Music. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A tasteful blend of Ambient and Jazz, this evocative track features subtle jazz drums with a warm organ and electric guitar. The music is deep and rich, yet understated and gentle. Will go well with scenes of nature / scenery, landscape photography, art installation, as well as thoughtful and reflective film scenes. Introspective and atmospheric. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
This serene music track is straightaway soothing, calming and elicits receptiveness. The piano and synth melody delicately touches over a shifting bed of pads and intricate drums/percussion. The reflective moods this track inspires work perfectly in dramas and documentaries. Ethereal / Reflective / Complex. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Relaxed, ambient piano track with occasional acoustic guitar notes and soft pads. Melancholic, tender, impressionistic, inviting. A time for quiet reflection. Quiet nature, sunrise, a new dawn. Semi-classical; reminescent of the works of Erik Satie and Brian Eno. Available is also an alternative version which cuts out the pads, leaving only the piano and guitar. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 43 BPM]
Dreamy, floaty and mellow soundscapes provide the backdrop for this softly ambient pop track. Piano arpeggios and subtle drums join in to create a peaceful, inviting and shining musical backdrop. Great for any media of light and promise, hope and calm optimism, new technology, green alternatives, sunlight, family values etc. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Ambient Drum & Bass. Atmospheric, deep, rich and with a nicely flowing DnB groove. Good for technology, innovation, future, discovery and much more. Also available in a version without the drums & bass (No Drums Bass version), making it a really nice ambient music track in its own right. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Spacious, minimalist, hypnotic arpeggios, emotional, bell melody. Ideal for documentaries, emotional storytelling, or introspective vlogs. Documentary Score / Minimalist Sound. Warm / Thoughtful / Heartening. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
An atmospheric and soft track but with a sense of movement and direction. Swirling pads, synths, guitar and a strong groove create a positive feel, great for background music with technology, travel, health and beauty and more... [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Track develops from a simple piano motif into a full orchestral theme. Hopeful and inspiring music, filled with awe and emotion. Repetitive pulsing structure evokes a sense of purpose and progress, and the final build up brings a grandiose vibe. Great for corporate and advertising. Think those inspiring videos - ordinary people doing amazing stuff. [Tempo: Slow / 105 BPM]
Slow, dreamy Americana / Acoustica with a haunting, solemn, sound. Beautiful and introspective, melancholic and nostalgic. Acoustic guitar and an old upright piano with a very nostalgic sound. Available with or without vocal 'oooh' part. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Reserved, atmospheric theme, slowly building up around a harp-loop. Good for a flashback scene. [Tempo: Slow / 105 BPM]
Gentle, celestial and deliberate, this vibraphone-based composition lingers in the air and soothes. Accompaniment includes synthesizer pads, sound effects, and grooving drums. Great for sensitive relationship dramas, even lifestyle, commercials and travel documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A melancholy start that builds to a big, dramatic setting with strings. Drama / Contemplative / Graceful Music. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Fragile, reflective, ethereal, and solemn music. Suggests meekness, brokenness, or devastation, perhaps rebirth, or being called to receive supernatural strength. Lead viola, string pad and choir. Spiritual / Emotional / Melancholic Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A subtle harp and piano with floating atmospheric pads. Music for Wellness, Holistic products, yoga and Spa. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Deep, calm piece with organic touches and melodies. Would suit a wide variety of programming such as nature or retrospective pieces. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
