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]
A Khaligy style track that brings a fusion mode between world music, and khaligy (emirates, saudi, kuwait, Bahrain) it has a dynamic chorus, then it goes back to to a reflective ambient dream. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
This piece is subtle, quietly yearning and contains a beautiful tension. This tension could easily be an inner drama of the mind wrestling with dark emotions. Instruments include: piano, Chinese Kim, marimba, pizzicato strings, bass, synth pads, drums and soft percussion. Excellent for commercials, travel and drama/comedy based themes, as well as for mystery and intrigue, analysis and data gathering, puzzle / crime solving and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 142 BPM]
War influenced track, with a cinematic aura. Powerful world percussion combined with middle eastern melodic phrases, full of anticipation and drive. Think Homeland and Syriana, or any tense drama with an Eastern / Arabic feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A very deep relaxation track with a mysterious / world feel. Tibetan bells, ethereal pads, distant strings. Suitable for hypnosis, yoga, deep stillness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A slow, world / harmony / mystery track with a warm, fantasy feel. Soothing, mysterious, dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 52 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]
Relaxing, pulsing, mid-tempo track, with a remarkable flute melody and bouncing percussion, this is the perfect mix between excitement and relaxation. Suitable for presentations, commercials and other productions that require a soothing and uplifting soundscape. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Medieval or celtic sounding Fantasy piece with flute, tamborine and traditional drums. Medieval inn, town, festival or dance. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Pulsating, dark underscore. Nervous strings, echoes of bass notes, menacing deep brass notes and reverberant percussion. A sense of foreboding danger. Horror, thriller, etc. In addition to the regular full-mix version, there is also an alternative 'no percussion' version where all percussion sounds have been taken out of the mix, resulting in an even more "sneaky" sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Pensive, tense underscore for thriller, horror or scifi. Electronic, strange noises, high twitchy strings, occasional reverberant percussion. Lurking danger. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A middle eastern / Arabian sounding, epic, highly dramatic piece, featuring eastern chant vocals, large drums and percussion section, strings, choir and other ethnic instruments. After a foreboding, tense opening section, the main percussion and chant part comes in at about 52 seconds into the track. Drama, conflict. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A very slow moving ambient track, like oozing, sticky, floating, slowly sinking into the deep or softly falling snow. Sorrowful, mournful, almost standing still. A sense of time itself slowed down. Inspired by the ambient works of The Dead Texan and others. Acoustic piano, mellotron, slowly swirling synth pad, electric guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A traditional Greek or slightly Turkish sounding folk music track with bouzouki. Composed by our very own Greek composer, Dimitris Plagiannis, this is an exotic, authentic, great 'Zorba' type music track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Melancholic blues/jazz crossover ballad. Using a strange sound almost like a howling dog combined with brush drums, acoustic guitar and vocal textures, this warm and intimate track is unusual, moody and surprising - and with a very slight latin influence. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Uptempo Russian or Yiddish style Polka. Accordeon, bouzouki and voices over nylon guitars, bass and drums. Can be a Jewish celebration, traditional Greek folk music, Russian folk music, Gypsy music or Eastern European folk music. Available is also an 'underscore version' which cuts out the melodic/top instruments, leaving only the background groove. [Tempo: Fast / 131 BPM]
Greek folk dance type tune, similar to 'Zorba' etc. Steadily increasing tempo throughout. Accordeon and bouzouki over nylon guitars, bass and drums. Can also be a Yiddish, Gypsy or Eastern European folk track. Bright, happy, authentic folky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Typical Colombian cumbia. This track evokes the landscape of Colombia and their people. Featuring Latin percussion, brass section and piano. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
This unique and appealing Far Eastern / Oriental piece starts off very exotic with chinese / oriental instruments and then gradually increases it's "funkability" as it goes along. Great for commercial use, travel & adventure, exploration and holiday. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Staccato and nervous, semi-orchestral tension underscore. Undercover, dangerous mission. Few guitar notes mixed with symphonic elements and a pulsating rhytmic backdrop. Movement, getting into position, primed and ready for action. Great for spy, mystery, thriller, crime, secret mission, military or swat team etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Ominous, foreboding, middle-eastern textures. Occasional chanting voice, eastern string instruments, dark drones and slow rhythms. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Dark, eerie, mystical soundscapes, with a tribal, ethnic, jungle feel. Mystery / Suspense / Tension. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Mysterious, dark and ethereal soundscapes with a hypnotic, tribal influenced, repetitive drum beat. Dark / Eerie / Mystical. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Chinese / Oriental moods and melodies. Uplifting with a classic Far East sound. China, Tibet, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 62 BPM]
Egyptian / Arabic epic moods featuring dramatic strings and horns, ethnic percussion. After about a minute and a half, a slick, modern drum groove is added. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A Marrakesh / Moroccan / North African or Arabic inspired ethnic underscore featuring Ud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Beautiful, haunting melodies, with a traditional Greek or Eastern European feel. Drifting like a distant memory of life long ago, and love lost. Also highly suitable for nature and the outdoors. Played on bouzouki, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and Rhodes piano. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Rich, moving drone behind a distant Irish flute, playing a celtic style, angelic melody of longing and nostalgia. Depicts the vast open fields of Ireland. There is also an alternative version where the deep underlying drone has been mixed much quieter. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Eastern drone with reed flute, ethnic percussion and vocal chants. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A beautiful and tasteful Eastern track featuring tambur, dumbek and eastern oud and ney flutes. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Very cool & crisp hip-hop track with a slight Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A pensive, broody and mystical musical backdrop, perhaps of an ancient time or a mysterious, forgotten place. Very highly suitable as an atmospheric background for a dark fantasy world. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
Warm pads, bells and a mysterious Eastern wind instrument, the Sarangi flute. Great background music for travel and mystery, adventure and excotic places. Foreboding, underlying mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 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 very warm and soothing music track, chilled out background music with a slight Indian, Oriental feel. A lazy, hot summer day in an exotic place. Indian summer chill music... [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A very atmospheric Fantasy track. Reminiscent of ancient times, mysterious worlds, perhaps fairies, elves, or a grand adventure in a fantasy world. Also some medieval influences. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Cinematic, drama tv or film theme. Activity, movements, intrigue. Strings, acoustic guitar, piano. Joined after about 40 secons by a passionate, intense tenor saxophone solo. Perhaps night scenes, urban/city story. Smokey. Good for drama, thriller, intrigue, conspiracies etc. [Tempo: Medium / 76 BPM]
Ethno, african voices, chinese erhu violine, progressive beat. Exotic landscape, travel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
This is a collection of live recordings of various Japanese performing artists. Among these recordings you'll find Japanese temple monks chanting, Japanese street musicians, live Taiko drumming, Japanese theatrical song/music performances, and more. Note: These recordings are made live, on the spot, often with an audience present -- so they are not entirely clean, and certainly not audiophile. You may hear some audience chatter and other imperfections. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Latin feel, South American, Andes etc. Guitars with pan pipes. Melancholic, ethnic. Passionate. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Dark and ominous, like a majestic landscape or building. Orchestral instruments with a deep, thumping, semi-ethnic feel and deep bells. Awe and amazement, with a foreboding edge. Rises to a crescendo around 45 secs in. Great for epic fantasy, grand adventures and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Haunting film underscore. Howling wind instrument and a low pitched roar, produced with a tribal instrument called "tambor onca". [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft Chinese, oriental mood music. Plucked strings, soft stringpads and hand percussion. China, Tibet, Malaysia and other Oriental destinations. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Sensual and exotic jazz track with a Latin, South American or Tropical feel, featuring congas, percussion and trumpet. Hot, exotic with a feel of Salsa or Merengue. Sex in the City / Carnival / Latin street party. Brazil / Cuba / Chile, etc. Also, feel of Miami USA. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Slow and slightly melancholic ambient track with sense of something evanescent flowing and glittering. Ocassional diverse bells strokes with gentle arpeggios of harp and pads in the background. Reminiscences of past events, anxious awaiting for something, or simply soon spring season awakening the nature from the cover of ice and snow. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Traditional Greek or Eastern European, "Zorba"-like, with mandolin and simple drums. Happy and joyful with a feel of the old Europe or Greece, perhaps a Greek wedding or party, with folk dance. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Softly played, mysterious underscore with harp and ethnic flute. A feel of the Middle East or North Africa. Exotic, repetitive, pulsating underscore with a slight nerve. Perpaps, Egypt, Sahara or other desert landscape. Mythology, mystery, ancient cultures, far-away places, adventure and discovery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
A solemn female vocal with subtle drones, ethnic percussion and flute. Middle Eastern, North African, Palestinian or other world/ethnic content. Ominous, foreboding. Sorrow, loss, pain or anguish. Builds in intensity after about 01:45. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Ethnic, exotic underscore track featuring Oud, pads, Middle Eastern or North African percussion and soprano sax. Foreboding and ominous, with a nerve. Deep, emotional and serious. Good as underscore for adventure, discovery, exploration, history and mythology. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Atmospheric, exotic, ethnic track featuring female vocal choir and the middle-eastern, north african plucked string, instrument, Oud. Great for travel, discovery, adventure as well as fantasy and dream worlds. The choir gives it an angelic feel, juxtapositioned against the serious, somewhat ominous tone of the Oud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]