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.
Intense, colourful and very cinematic ethnic/rock track. Middle Eastern vocals float over hypnotic synth sequences, pads and a relaxed drum feel. The track slowly builds as it goes until walls of rock guitars join the trance-like vocal refrains. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Cool combination of huge lumbering grungey guitar riffs and ethnic vocals samples. Has a powerful, rich and sometimes menacing vibe to it... a statement of intent. The mid brings a long breakdown where drums and strings bubble under and twist their way back to an almighty riff attack. A real journey of a tune. [Tempo: Medium / 76 BPM]
Mysterious and exotic, sparse Egyptian, Middle Eastern or North African melody with flute, harp and windchimes. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Asian meets Urban in this hip-hop / dance underscore track with an Indian flavor. The full length version features a downtempo break in the middle. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 134 BPM]
Melodic Indian piece featuring table and sitar. Drums, bass and Indian style strings come in after about 30 seconds to lift the piece and bring it home. Appealing Indian music track. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Dark and disturbing middle-eastern / arabian ambient track with a moving drone, deep drums and eastern wind instrument. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
A fun blend of the East and the West, this track starts with banjo-sitar and soon turns into an Indian banghra dance party mixed with modern electronic rhythms and a funky guitar riff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 108 BPM]
This is a long track featuring Tablas played in the unique middle eastern "finger" style, along with Sitars, Thai or Indian Reed flute and a suitably arab sounding 'drone' sound. The track goes through several different stages of various intensities and themes. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A dry and breathy rhythm soon gives way to a majestic melody which leads further into dark ambiences and a choir swelling into mystery & mythology. Dark / Mystical / Ethnic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 64 BPM]
A grand cinematic piece with ethnic & tribal undertones. Chants, pulses and crescendoes give a sense of witnessing thousands of years of mystery and mythology. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Dark atmospheric film soundtrack style. Sparse, foreboding, sneaky. Slight ethnic slant. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 119 BPM]
Very Eastern with tabla and giant djembe drums leading the way. A minute in, the arrangement picks up with sitars etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Busy ethnic sound with tablas, clay drums and sitars. Disturbing drone. Vocal chant. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A piece with both Middle-Eastern and Native American influences. Choir gives a sense of awe and mystery, broken by tribal drums and fluttering woodwinds. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A nature adventure from the Himalayas or other exotic place. Bright, positive, elegant and beautifully understated. [Tempo: Fast / 110 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]
Beautifully exotic, sensual and tasteful track blending elements of Ambient, Ethnic, electronic and tribal music with a haunting middle eastern chant/vocal and a slow, dark, enticing bass drum groove. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Smooth as silk and with a fantastic Eastern atmosphere, this track features sitars, tabla and modern production techniques to create a very tasteful Indian experience. In addition to the regular version, we also have a 'Beat' remix of the track, where a modern, but elegantly understated dance beat has been added. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Slightly dark and foreboding Arabian/Egyptian track with a sense of history and mysticism. This track goes through various different sections throughout - some more and some less rhythmic - and can be used for several cues. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
This North Africa inspired track takes the sounds of Morocco with it's african and arab elements, and mixes that with modern breakbeat and retro rock'n roll influences. We know it sounds crazy, but it works. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
Contemporary sitar and Indian percussion grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Funky sitar grooves and atmospheres. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Uptempo Indian track with Indian slide guitars and strings. Very exotic sounding. The track features a free-tempo start, then percussion and bass enter at 0:20. Full-on drums enter the third time through, to give the track an additional lift. There's also an alternative 'no free-tempo start' version which skips the free-tempo opening part and goes directly to the main rhythmic part. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
Slowish melodic with Indian style slide guitars and tabla. Appealing, gentle melody and a very vibrant sound. Positive and emotional. [Tempo: Medium / 106 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]
Mysterious, mystical and foreboding Arabian or Persian textures. Nervous underscore with a Middle Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark and ominous Arabian music, Middle Eastern world track with wailing female vocalizing and singing, booming drums and and a dramatic orchestral underscore. Sorrowful, foreboding and exotic music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
North African, Persian or Arabian world soundtrack. Pharaos, pyramids, ancient history, mystery and mythology. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Floaty and dreamy musical soundscape with world & ethnic flavors from Northern Africa and the Middle East. Various ethnic instruments used in combination with textured pads and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 63 BPM]
Calm and inspiring world / ethnic musical soundscapes using a combination of exotic instruments of Northern Africa and the Middle East combined with acoustic guitar. Plenty of variation throughout. Suitable for Middle East, Arabia, Persian, and Northern Africa. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A mystical and exotic track that combines acoustic guitar with various Moroccan, North African, Middle Eastern instruments, flutes, micro-tuned Kalimba etc. Somewhat dreamy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Middle Eastern, mysterious and haunting soundscape featuring pads, bells and eastern flute. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A track that combines equal measures of African and Middle Eastern influences, like the Northern African music of Morocco, Egypt, Algerie, Libya etc. Ethnic stringed instruments, subtle african vocal chants and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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 soft, ethereal and dreamy ambient track featuring swirling pad textures and Indian Sarangi guitar. Atmospheric, evocative and ethereal. Great for travel, adventure, reflection and world discovery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful, haunting, emotional and loving theme played on Indian flute with soft pads. Atmospheric, evocative and ethereal. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Mysterious and haunting, an exotic middle eastern, persian, indian or arabic music track based on a rhythm drone, tabla percussion and an ethnic wood flute. World / Ethnic / Travel Music. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Soft pads combine with Indian tabla percussion and blues/jazz style guitar melodies. A slight flavor of the exotic India, with smooth jazzy guitar and later piano. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
An exotic and atmospheric Indian track featuring authentic Sarod (similar to Sitar) and Indian flute over the soft, floating chords. Dreamy and slowly swaying rhythms with table, acoustic bass. Indian wood flute joins in the later parts of the track. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A mixture of the East (India) and the West (USA) from Indian composer-guitarist Arjun Sen. Smooth and jazzy drums combine with acoustic bass to provide a traditional U.S. jazz backing but this is mixed withsitars and exotic Indian flavours to create a wonderfully inspiring and groovy feelgood smooth jazz track with an Indian feel. Melodic, refreshing, soothing and invigorating all at the same time. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
Middle East traditional, haunting with flute, conga & percussion. Hypnotic, scary, eerie. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Middle East traditional acoustic with percussion, congas, tabla. Regal, mystical, dancing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
India, modern meets traditional. Corporate, technology, with tabla, percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 119 BPM]
Funky asian voice and electric guitars. Upbeat, almost frantic, mix of electronica and Indian or Arabian. World fusion. [Tempo: Very fast / 133 BPM]
A beautiful, traditional Indian love song arranged with a mixture of Indian ethnic instruments and more modern/western elements. Sung by the highly renowned Indian thumri singer Vidya Rao who has been kind enough to work with us on this track. Thumri is a form of Indian singing which originated in the temples where the courtesans of the temples used to sing about lost love. The lyrics in this song can be summarized as a woman singing to a dear friend or lover in a far-away land, singing for him to return to where he belongs. Arranged with tabla, Indian strings and soft pads. There is also an alternative version without the vocals, and yet another version with only the vocals and soft pads, in a more "ambient" setting. Haunting and beautiful. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
An exotic, haunting Indian vocal stock music track sung for us by highly renowned Indian female singer Vidya Rao, whom we feel privileged to have worked with on this track. Her sorrowful singing/chanting in the alaap is as atmospheric as it is emotional, and is accompanied by a clean jazz guitar, joined by jazzy drums and bass at around 1 min 45 secs. Alaap literally means introduction and it is traditionally used by an Indian singer who goes through many permutations in the notes of a raag finally resting on the tonic and then nods at the tabla player to set the rhythm. A smooth blend of the traditional and the modern, of the East and the West. Great for use in travel and adventure, chill-out and exotic moods. [Tempo: Slow / 102 BPM]
A blend of the East and the West, this smooth and exotic World fusion track features Indian flutes, clean jazz guitar, an oriental style drone and, after a long-ish intro part, a downtempo chillout drum groove with Indian tabla joins in. Gentle, atmospheric, warm and appealing - this is a great track for relaxing holiday or travel footage, adventure and journeys to far-away lands, as well as for spa, treatment, relaxation, heavenly pampering, etc. Two alternative mixes are also included: One without the guitar and one with only the soft pads and the flutes. [Tempo: Very slow / 72 BPM]
This smooth and soft world-fusion track uses the traditional Indian instrument Sarangi, which is a bit like a violin (although it predates the violin in existence). The traditional role of this instrument is to play in unison with the vocalist, but here the Saranghi has come into its own right, mixed with a downtempo electronica beat, tabla, tamborines and soft pads. A silky smooth, exotic and beautiful world ethnic track, highly suitable for travel, journeys, holidays and vacations in exotic and far-away places. Slightly wistful or sorrowful, but also comforting and hopeful. [Tempo: Slow / 87 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]
