This is where you'll find music that would be suitable on the Travel Channel and, to some extent, on Discovery Channel and National Geographic. This music will have a sense of discovery and exploration and often with World / Ethnic influences. That's not to say that all the music here will be tribal or have a strong ethnic feel. There's also some music here that just has a slight Latin or Mediterranean feel, making it suitable for enjoying while chilling out on the beach or just enjoying a relaxing holiday at a fine hotel. Mostly, though, this music will convey the moods of Africa, Eastern / Middle East, Far East, South American or other exotic destinations.
Big and brassy, this up-tempo funk is great for sports highlights. Funky, groovy, with a 70s feel, this mid-tempo lively track is perfect for conveying a sexy, rich, yet elegant soundscape. Great for productions that require a pleasing, positive, warm vibe, with a touch of retro, such as films, commercials and other projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
A short Japanese Koto piece, with a mysterious vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Happy and festive Latin track with brasses percussion and fiesta! [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Reggae track with a nice groove. Medium- to up tempo, with electric guitar, subtle organ, drums and understated melody lines. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
A cheap cantina with drunk Italian musicians playing an authentic tarantela. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Peaceful traditional Chinese / Far Eastern / Oriental music with a lilting walt like quality. Bawu and Dizi carry the lead along with guzheng, gongs and Daiko to accompany. [Tempo: Slow / 54 BPM]
Middle Eastern melody played by an exotic-sounding string instrument and backed by hypnotic bells, sequences, and tribal drums. Bridge breaks down into funky double time for a surprising mood twist, and then returns to the Middle Eastern theme. Includes elements of Bollywood, funk, electronica, and world music. [Tempo: Medium / 102 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]
This style, while using modern synth and guitar, has an authentic flavor of Iraqi, Moroccan or other Middle Eastern / Arabic music, which in some regions preserve the normal major keys, then goes back to quarter tones, bouzouk , and oud are dominant along with oriental percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Easy, positive and inspiring acoustic music composition that brings the feeling of optimism and hope. Calm and relaxing melodies performed beautifully on acoustic guitars, bass, light percussion and drums. Peaceful / Hapiness / Optimistic Music. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Picture a sleepy town in Mexico, it’s hot, the sun is high in the sky, and the Spanish girl walking by is beautiful, romance is in the air. Nylon Guitars strum, piano melody plays, percussion elements glide in the background. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Blending Eastern/Oriental music moods and instruments with more modern, western rhythms, this exotic chillout track features tabla, flute and Sarangi. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A celebratory orchestral piece that suggests a festival or other significant event, perhaps in a great city. The piece is dramatic and noble, and could work in a variety of historical or present-day scenes of jubilation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Fun, quirky, and up-tempo, this track has an old-time quality to it, with a remarkable flute melody and a bouncing, animated percussion. It brings to mind classic cartoons. Great for productions that require a jazzy, upbeat, and lively backdrop, such as movies, commercials, TV shows and other projects. [Tempo: Medium / 184 BPM]
Mid-tempo caribbean or latino groove. Traditional style with latin percussion, piano, acoustic bass. Fun, sun, summer and holiday. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
a contemporary percussion filled composition accompanied by a japanese picked metallic string instrument called a koto. It's weird but dancy touch would certainly be a righteous pick for any ethnic moving and dynamic footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Moving and upbeat world music gets jazzy. Ref. Hugh Masakela, Fela Kuti [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Slow, soft, peaceful, yearning and meloncholy. Cascading synth pads keep the pulse going as chinese violins and conventional string sections play restless melodies over the top. Would suit romantic film project. Contains synths, Chinese ehru violin, double bass, drums and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
Slow, romantic Brazilian Jazz with a bittersweet longing and lyrical melody on soprano sax. A touching and timeless sound that will compliment sunset beaches, love stories, intimate and elegant locations and dinner parties. [Tempo: Slow / 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]
Traditional Indian instruments combine with an electronic flair to create this adventurous, grooving Middle Eastern piece. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Happy, young and care-free dance music track, light and bouncy, gives a feeling of good weather and summer beach fun. Ideal music for advertising, vacation and travel, happy activities. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
India / Bollywood / Indian and Eastern / Oriental pop culture. Mystical / Exotic / Alluring. Slight Hip-Hop feel. Available with or without the Vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Nice and easy breezy with acoustic guitars and laidback drums. Very slightly jazzy. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
upbeat jazz fusion with syncopations and a slight latin feel on the rhythm. Great sax performance. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Groovy, summerly HipHop / Pop Track with a typical reggae-sytle guitar which brings positive vibes, a good mood and a nice summer-feeling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A folk track featuring guitar, banjo, accordian & harmonium. Longing / Hopeful. A promise of new & better times? [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Energetic and inspiring, featuring heavy synths and fast drums, with a wild / untamed element and a hint of the jungle. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Happy, beaty bouncey, didgeridoo lead track with an uplifting poppy chorus part. Ideal for cruising along some endless Australian highway, or just up the road the shops. Contains didge, drums, synths, fiddle, bass and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
A beautiful and melodic country rock ballad played on dobro, pedal steel guitar, guitars and drums. A memorable and reflective melody with a nostalgic feel and a hint of the blues. [Tempo: Medium / 110 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]
A wonderfully exotic track mixing traditional sounds of Africa and its islands in the Indian Ocean with a light, contemporary beat. Features gambri, marimba, electric kalimba, upright bass, ethereal vocals and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An updated version of the best selling track "Montuno". Faster, with an interlude and a different drum groove. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Hot salsa in the Son Montuno style from Cuba. Starting with a punchy intro and a fierce piano, bass, percussion and drum groove. Music continues with a fiery horn section followed by a sax solo. Breaks down to a percussion section before ramping up with a climatic horn and sax solo section. Whew, this will wear you out! Great for dance competition, Travel, Latin culture, Miami, Cuba, South America, Central America and Tropical settings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 225 BPM]
Upbeat, vibrant, and happy track, with a strong Latin flavor, this is the perfect backdrop for dancing sequences, warm and exciting scenes, and also for productions that require a touch of boldness and tenderness. Great for films, TV shows, commercials, and other projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
Calm and meditative Chinese music featuring Bawu (wind) and Pipa (strins) accompanied by Daikos and gongs. Music suitable for travel and culture. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Heartfelt, sparse jazz ballad featuring nylon strung guitars. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A grand and inspirational musical depiction of the beauty of land and nature within the world we live in. A very Disney sounding track with joyous piano over rolling snare drums and booming bass drums with orchestral backgrounds and cutting edge synth arpeggiations. Travel media, film scores or soundtrack, contemporary, world music, similar to style of new age and Yanni. I wrote this after seeing the Grand Canyon for the very first time. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
10-string viola playing over a pop brazilian percussion. A bit of Xote, a very popular rhythm in Brazil. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A real feelgood, nicely flowing pop groove track, with a Hawaiian slant. Fresh guitar strumming, groovy bass line and Hawaii slide guitars. Excellent for positive, uplifting, refreshing and joyful media; travel, beach, holiday, and fun in the sun. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
This track is a nice blend of world music elements from Ireland to South America. It features exciting and energetic tribal percussion. It's remeniscent of popular american survival shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. It has an exciting an uplifting melody that is memorbale and would perhaps make a nice main title. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
This catchy Reggaeton track begins with a solo riff, with an accordion-like sound, followed by synths, bass, and finally the very groovy drums characteristic of the style. Fun and uplifting. Sun, summer, latin feel. Sexy and sensual, tropical mood, island feel. Good for club scenes, beach party. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Laidback Latin jazz/rock with a Santana influence. Authentic percussion, guitar, piano and bass. Nice for any project looking for a smooth, tropical groove. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
Mysterious and provocative, this track features ethnic Middle Eastern percussion with bansuri (bamboo flute) with drums and funk bass. The result is world beat with a funky groove. Great for giving a modern edge to world music. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
A soft solo acoustic Tagalog vocal ballad about admitting one own faults in a relationship. Suitable for tv/film soundtrack and Filipino related content. Lyrics sung in the Tagalog language. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
Smooth jazz with a mediterranean, slightly latin feel. Vibraphone, warm electric pianos, with modern style chopped-up drum beats in Cafe del Mar chill-out style. Flute lead. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Sophisticated yet bit ironic pop track, that is nostalgic and romantic. European / French or Italian feel. Accordion and rhythm group featured. Like a little fling while on holydays that is well in the past but still so pleasantly memorable. A bit cheeky. Slight Ska feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 134 BPM]
Featuring traditional African instruments, such as Cora and Kalimba this track is in a world fusion style and is very evocative and charged with an African spirit. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Extensive plains, horses, cows, ranches and an astonishing landscape from the Pampas. A deep expression from the heart of Argentina / South America folk music. 100% authentic & live performed. No computers, no samples. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
A nicely flowing and grooving, feelgood Reggae track. Fairly laid-back, without too much in the way of lead / soloing, making this track good for background use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
