This is where we keep the music that makes us think of the 1980's. This music wasn't actually composed or recorded in the 80's, but it has an 80's feel and sound, making these tracks suitable for Retro 1980s productions. Historical, even. (Even though, for those of us who grew up in the 1980s with Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Grandmaster Flash, Human League and New Order's "Blue Monday", it feels really weird to talk about that era as "Historical"!)
A driving, retro inspired Hip Hop song about being on the rise. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
An uplifting and energizing electronic pop track with a catchy main theme, and with a cool 1980's retro video game sound / chip music sound in the middle part. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 117 BPM]
Powerful and Strong 70's / 80's style Hard Rock Track featuring distorted guitar rhythms and solos, drums and bass. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Soul / R&B / Funk. A mid-tempo funky track with tenor sax, trumpet and flute. A classic style with a modern sound. Smooth and groovy. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cool, classy and chilled Modern Jazz with a Bossa Nova rhythm, sultry horns and elegant piano. Good for creating a sophisticated and relaxing mood. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Smooth and sophisticated. Reminiscent of the cool jazz you might hear at an early 60s cocktail party or nightclub. Played by a small jazz combo featuring electric piano, and guitar with vocal "scat" section. Think Happy Hour, after dinner drinks in a quiet out of the way club, bar or restaurant. Also perfect for luxury cars, jewelry, upscale advertising, country club, music on hold, Muzak. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A cool little funk tune featuring a clavinet line that is infectious and entertaining. The horn section adds spice and hipness. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
A relaxed disco/soul song about a man trying to declare his love. Features male vocal, funky guitars. Sounds like Daft Punk and Smokey Robinson had a baby. 1980, vintage, could be playing at the prom when a shy guy sees the girl of his dreams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Catchy, feelgood and uplifting track with a contemporary triplet drum groove. Cool synth textures, modern drums, percussion and powerful U2 like guitar riffs drive this track. Subtly increasing in complexity climaxing in a cool uplifting and positive ending. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Funky retro chip tune with catchy melodies - 8-bit/arcade games style sound. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A busy and bouncy Electro-Pop track with strong influences from 1980's and 1990's electro / synth / videogame scenes. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A short, ambient guitar intro leads to a driving, determined Rock track with a distinct 80's feel. Great for sports, movies, commercials or when you've got to have a montage. Features guitar, synths, piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A huge great bouncy meatball of a tune. Pulsing synth bass and syncopated drum groove make this one swing large. Various parts come and go but the beat must and will go on. Contains synths, drums, choirs and eastern oboes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 133 BPM]
Let's travel back in time to the roaring eighties with this happy, positive rocking track and its lush, sleek arrangement of multi-layered electric guitars, driving bass and simple, powerful drums. Compulsory guitar solo inside. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Feelgood Funk / Jazz Fusion. Cool, relaxed and groovy funky track. Riffs, Wah-Wah guitars and Rhodes Electric Piano. Nice brass section. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A happy, bright electro-pop track with an up-tempo and lively beat. Features feel-good synths and percussion. Perfect music for corporate video, advertising, travel, vacation, family entertainment or any production that needs some upbeat, positive background music. Energising, uplifting pop that makes you feel good. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A somewhat bizarre, and slightly creepy, 1980's themed instrumental production with big synths and drums. Big and spacious - like travelling back in time. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 74 BPM]
Dance-infused pop song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An authentic sounding retro gameboy/nintendo/nes chip-tune. Very catchy and uplifting. Available as looping and underscore versions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Fresh funk grooves with electric piano and bass. Retro funk sound, upbeat but also with a chilled, suave feel. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, revived today by TV series about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Tension / Suspense / Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Spacey, ethereal, moody, groovy, dreamy, haunting & other-worldly electronic track. A determined beat combines with ghostly synths & vocal fx to make motivated music suitable for corporate / science / news / documentary / dramatic / mystery type projects. Influenced by the sound of Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Uplifting, bright, lively, joyful and energetic rock theme. Intense guitar riffs and solos. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Fun and funky, 8-bit retro video game style, with a strong, tough feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dance groove great for Fashion programs, Modern Style Videos, Catwalk scenes in movies and everything evolving the modelling business. Relaxed and smooth music, nice as a background. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Laidback 70s style jazz funk. Simple and infectious horn melody with groovin rhythm section. A feel-good, driving in the summer with the soft top down, lounging retro jam. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
A cute and funny "trip back in time" to the early versions of Super Mario and other fun Nintendo / Commodore / SEGA / Arcade retro games. [Tempo: Fast / 105 BPM]
Fun lyric about rockets and space. Features electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, electric piano, drums , bass guitar, Vocoder. Upbeat, fun, adventurous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A somewhat busy, yet also laidback, cool and funky jazz / fusion / funk track. Influenced by lounge, jazz, funk and fusion of the 1970's and 1980's, yet also with an element of today's modern sound. Fun and funky, without going over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Live jazz band playing a mid-tempo swing jazz, cool and strutting with cheeky and playful melody lines interspersed with solos. Jazz drums, upright bass, piano, sax and trumpet. Classic 'jazz club' style. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. A song about letting go and enjoying a little bit of escapism. The lyric is also a spoof on the phrase "keeping it real" . [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
An uplifting and exciting contemporary upbeat instrumental. Distinctive and ever changing with lots of movement and ebbs and flows musically and dramatically. Guitar, both real and synthetic, powerful bass and real drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
A Funky House track with a very 'live' sound. A strong, driving groove featuring vocals, piano, bass, strings and synths create the perfect vintage disco sound with a modern twist. Available with or without vocal samples. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Track with funk elements, easy bassline, electric piano and fx sounds. [Tempo: Slow / 107 BPM]
Uptempo, positive, Funk / R&B / Fusion. Catchy, groovy and danceable. Busy bass lines with upbeat drums, occasional brass/sax section. Sax- and synth solos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Fun, cheeky and cute retro video game style music. A nod back to the 80's and 90's with Super Mario and his friends. About a minute into the track there's a faster, more action filled part which can be edited to a separate file and used for a different scene/stage in your production. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Chilled electronic music track. Optimistic dreamy pads and thick analogue synths give this track a rich lush texture. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Dreamlike electronic pop track with a retro feel. Spacious pads and shimmering synths over a driving beat. Inspiring and uplifting. Explosions in the sky... [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A somewhat 70's or 80's sounding chill-out groove with retro electronic drum box, electric rhodes keyboard with leslie effect and occasional guitar melodies. Groovy and tasty, good for chill, lounge, fashion, style, retro chic and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A happy, summery pop-rock track. Uplifting, happy piano over a summery beat, with retro synths as support. Positive and emotional melodies over sentimental organ. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Powerful hard rock with a heavy eighties aura. Perfect for sports or training montages. Energizing and inspiring solid rock tune. Also available without the corny guitar melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Steady and spaced-out synthwave music. Pulsing / Uplifting / Dreamy / Smooth music. Retro 1980's feel. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Relaxed vaporwave track with dreamy synths and expansive pads. Thick retro analogue bass and chilled beats. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Sexy, seductive, funky and laidback R&B track for projects in need of a classy and urban soundtrack. Retail, fashion, in-store use, 80s flashbacks and commercials. Features Piano, Guitar, Synth Bass, Pads and Drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A rocking 80's Van Halen meets Rolling Stones meet AC/DC about partying, loneliness and struggling against the odds. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, and revived today by TV serious about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Mystery / Retro / Dark Music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A J-Pop or K-Pop style happy track featuring lead guitar, synthesized instruments and a strong beat. Lots of fun and very upbeat. Retro 1980's feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Beaty, fun, electronic track mixing synths, piano, retro-vibe organ and drum machines. Lively, motivating and with great forward momentum and energy [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Silky, sexy and laidback Smooth Jazz similar to the sound of George Michael's Careless Whisper, Sade, Grover Washington Jr, David Sanborn, Ronnie Laws etc. Old school romantic vibe with Saxophone melody, Guitar, Electric Piano, Bass and Drums. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
