In this category you will find atmospheric production music with beautiful piano parts, ambient backgrounds, organic sounds of orchestral strings. Royalty free music that will inspire, sadden, arouse melancholic, introspective and reflective mood in you. Film background music that will be used in dramas, TV and other media.
Hollow strings and low piano lay the foundation for an ominous cimbalom melody. The track transitions to an uncertain version of the 'Memories' theme. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]
A dark and foreboding track, with occasional glimmers of light. Harp and cimbalom accent a pad of string harmonics. The track concludes with the glockenspiel playing a minor arrangement of the 'Home' theme. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 64 BPM]
A piano duets with a sad, crying violin in this piece of music. The violin's melody is super emotional describing a range of emotions including sadness, regret and hurt. You can almost hear the tears dropping from the violin! This could also be used to set up a dark, dramatic, mysterious or emotional scene. It can also work quite well in a horror or thriller film. [Tempo: Slow / 126 BPM]
A melancholic and solemn underscore for film / drama. Introspective / questioning / searching. Piano and strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dreamy, film like peace with a very dreamy, haunting sound. Distant, touching, contemplative music. Vocoder processed voices, piano and strings. Contemplative, melancholy Americana influence. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic, contemplative, reflective, thoughtful piano and light orchestra track. Emotive / Poignant / Serious music. [Tempo: Slow / 114 BPM]
Underscore cue for drama or personal stories. Tender, thoughtful, reflective, intimate. Contemplation, perhaps memories, decision making. Has a wistful side, perhaps a missing piece or searching for hope. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 110 BPM]
A beautiful and sorrowful piano track with a historical feel. Perhaps wartime Europe, sadness and reflection, yet also beauty and hope. Played live on an old piano. In the later parts of the track, the piano is joined by soft, frail strings. Very touching piece. Mournful, thoughtful and delicate. Serious. Good for history, historical drama, documentary, film/television drama, loss and sorrow. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
'Dark Ages' is a collection of 12 dark, ambient, semi-orchestral tracks. The music has a sense of history and mythology, making these tracks highly suitable as a soundtrack for historical drama, history / documentary as well as medieval/fantasy material, be it films, fantasy games, TV or installations. The music is mostly without any outstanding melody, making it highly usable as background texture and ambient underscore. It leaves room for dialogue and/or other audio elements, without competing. Some of the tracks carry a sense of mystery and danger, whilst others lean more towards horror and sci-fi. All 12 parts share a sense of lurking danger, impending tragedy, conflict and betrayal. The arrangements are dominated by dark drones and pads, piano, cello and resonant overtones. Also available are 9 seamless music loops from this collection. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
An ambient dramatic track of strings, piano, and pads, reminiscent of the American Beauty and Road to Perdition soundtracks. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Slow, thoughtful, beautiful, spacious, cinematic, serene, dreamy and atmospheric. Piano and strings piece with regal power and an air of melancholy or tragedy. Would suit romantic / period drama / historical / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
Atmospheric soundscapes with mournful flourishes of a distant flute. Something is simmering beneath the surface... [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Melancholy, moody, and haunting. This track would work great as a character theme. There are ominous undertones when the bass beats come in. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A gently inspiring and uplifting dramatic cue, underscoring scenes of heart felt hope and sentiments. Light piano and rhythm with ambient textures. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A moody, echoing march. Heave synth sounds, and sparse melodies. Sets a mood that is ominous and mysterious. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 53 BPM]
Harp clock ostinato combined with Piano and some inspiring elements. Suited for thinking and developing subjects, preparing a plan or hatching an idea. Longing for something with a hopeful vibe, emotional and determined. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A hopeful, bittersweet piece. Piano, strings and synth textures evoke a feeling of reflection and hope. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Hope springs from melancholic undertones in the same way every ending is a new beginning. Simple staccato piano riff with strings and electric guitar picking, ideal for winter and cold themes, nature programs, somber or meditation scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Solo Piano. This track fits under picture well requiring a solo instrument with plenty of overall mood and tone. Acoustic piano processed to create a playful yet gentle and emotional effective piece. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Reflective solo piano music. This music will be great for dramatic, strange, mysterious, and climactic situations. Intriguing and atmospheric. Beautiful acoustic sound. [Tempo: Slow / 49 BPM]
A dark and elegant royalty free piano track, it maintains a quiet suspense throughout. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft, ambient guitar music. Understated and reflective, with a warm sound. An open aural landscape. Slightly mysterious. Room for thought and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Reflective film underscore. String & pad texture with subtle piano notes. Thoughtful, nostalgic. Drama, documentary, culture, history, and more. [Tempo: Very slow / 118 BPM]
A suspenseful and stirring chamber music track starting with piano, and evolving into very cinematic, trailer track without percussion and brasses, making it slightly softer and cleaner trailer type of music. A sense of movement, activity, something building up, nearing, increasing. [The 'Radio Edit' version has been edited to reduce the 'intensity' of the most dramatic/climax part of the track. This could make it less suitable for drama, advertising etc. where you need a build-up to a climax, but more even-going, more suitable for just listening.] [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 190 BPM]
Hazey, dreamy Americana track made with vocal textures, piano and strings. Fragile, ethereal, angelic. The piano part is performed on an old upright piano for a nice and nostalgic sound, and the vocal is deliberately unpolished. Introspective / Reflective / Tender / Solemn. [Note: In this track you will hear minor sound artefacts (clicks, tiny bumps). This is because it is a live recording on an old piano, without computers or MIDI controllers, in a "live" setting with microphones placed near the piano. You can hear the sounds of actual keys being played. It is not an error with the file!] [Tempo: Very slow / 48 BPM]
Acoustic guitar ballad with relaxed and reflective mood. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
A very rich and sincere composition with a deep, flowing piano sound and simple, heartening melodies. Reflection / Hope / Wonderment Music. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
This piece of music uses long, held chords from soft orchestral strings while piano plays a very sad, sparse, melancholic, haunting but beautiful melody. This is useful to add depth to a character, scene or setting in any film or tv show. It could also be used in a scene of grieving. This would also fit perfectly into news programs and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An emotive and cinematic piano led track, with warm strings, subtle percussion and a quiet drone. Evocative and somewhat melancholy, this track would be great for adding an emotional edge. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A very inspirational, yet understated and subtle music with an uplifting, gentle flow. Light rock influenced guitar pick combines with orchestral textures. Very poignant, uplifting and triumphant. Patriotic, even, with grace, dignity and elegance. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Dreamy, introspective, serene, reflective, moody, solemn, somber, sedate piano & strings soundscape. Conjures up images of a russian winter, ice & snow all around. Ethereal & thought provoking. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / filmic / romantic type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 79 BPM]
This short, poignant, dramatic track features haunting piano and evocative violins that effortlessly set the mood for a series intro. Perfect for capturing the essence of suspense and emotion in a concise format. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Piano, Soundtrack, Pensive, Indie Drama Music. Delicate yet disturbed solo piano piece, with some dreamy textural elements. Dramatic and self-contained, personal and intimate suffering. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sad and emotional piece made for extreme visual and cinematic solutions. Heavy orchestral drums led by high piercing strings and basses following. The beginning of the track starts soft and builds upon itself with a tense and dramatic movement. This track is perfect as a theme or even any emotional cinema, it contains a start-stop feel to really offset the strings which lends itself for a very beautiful sound. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Wistful / Touching / Flowing / Beauty / Delicate / Warm Music. Small orchestra soundtrack piece, featuring live performed orchestral instruments, suitable as music for film and other media. A Solo Piano version is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A dreamy and ethereal, cinematic music royalty free music track. Mysterious melodies performed on piano, strings, ethnic percussion, electronic drum beats and atmospheric pads. Elegant, timeless music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Very atmospheric, haunting and other-worldly abstract electronic track. Has a cinematic Roger Waters/Floyd type vibe to it with little synth parts & noises coming in and out throughout it's progress.Truly spaced-out. [Tempo: Very slow / 65 BPM]
A percussive and dark underscore track that has lots of moving light percussion lines, with dark and emotional cello playing over them. Piano and synths create an evil yet curious and magical sound. Lots of different sections that are a mix between powerful, strong, unusual and magical. Slightly similar to the music of the film The Fountain. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Deep and intense, building drama music with a drone like pulse. The track begins calmly and builds to a powerful conclusion and a nostalgic, reflective afterthought. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
An inspirational and uplifting music track. Emotive and poignant, creating a cinematic experience great for trailers, films and presentations of various types. Touching / Heartening music. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Full orchestra with piano and acoustic guitar build the tension gradually throughout. Subtle at first, about halfway through the tension goes up with low brass stabs. Perhaps someone suspects they are being followed, and their anxiety and dread grows. At the end, when they look back to see if the menace is still there, they see nothing. Was it all a dream, all in their head? [Tempo: Slow / 69 BPM]
A contemplative and tender drama / film underscore. This piece carries a sense of sorrow, loss and perhaps a feeling of 'what could have been', but toward the end there is a sense of hope or perhaps resolve, determination. An emotive and reflective piece that will bring emotional depth and a sense of humanity to your project. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A thoughtful, touching and moving light orchestral music with a poignant, and emotive theme. Moving, inspirational, reflective. Elegant and dignified. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A light, mysterious and easy track made with percussion, in a style and sound similar to Thomas Newman. Will work well for scenes of the passing of time, or a story developing, progressing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Soundtrack / Sci-fi / Space / Fantasy. An atmospheric track that conveys a sense of grandeur. Could work for scenes in which a character encounters a beautiful or awe-inspiring environment, or any scene involving mysterious or fantastical events. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Slow, simple, calm piano background track based on hypnotic, subtly evolving arpeggios. Peaceful, slightly mysterious and reflective. A sense of constant progress. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Emotional, cinematic action track with a mystical feel in the beginning but escalating to a more dramatic orchestral ending, great for trailers, films, games and TV. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Reflective, introspective, warm and melancholy composition. Some times the real value lies in the simple things. Close, personal, emotive, heartwarming. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
Flowing guitar with strings, soft piano and percussion paints a picture of a small village of oppressed people. There's hope for them yet though, as they break free from their bonds and embrace a better life. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Film soundtrack / underscore suitable for drama and adventure, city streets, urban living, mystery and personal stories. Lush strings and acoustic guitars. A jazzy saxophone joins in after about 1 minute. Reflection and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
