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.
Thoughtful, contemplative, reflective piece. Piano is joined by orchestral strings and then develops into a full orchestral arrangement a bit further in. Story-like, intriguing, developing. Suitable for drama and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A somewhat mystical and intriguing, orchestral score for drama, family adventure, fantasy or storytelling. Slightly quirky and stormy, this piece has a sense of intrigue, wonder - and perhaps a new angle? [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Warm and bright strokes of electric guitars painting a spectrum of waves ranging from present joy to nostalgia. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A mysterious and dark ambient piece. Heavy electronic sounds and a dark, grooving drum track provide a sense of cold melancholy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 82 BPM]
From introspection and reflection, to hope and brightness. New things beginning, opening to beauty and light. Beautiful piano, flute and cello solos in this warm tender track. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow / 70 BPM]
A sparse, understated and gentle solo piano track. Melancholic but hopeful. Eternal love, reflection, perhaps loss or dearly held memories. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A light, forward moving, thoughtful and reflective music track with a sense of slight mystery or a thought process. Features a soft cinematic piano, light strings and synth pads. Light Suspense / Thoughful / Contemplative Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A wistful and reminiscent ambient atmosphere gives way to gentle piano. The track climaxes in a sweeping crescendo of the 'Memories' theme, perfect for a reunion or homecoming. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Reflective film underscore. Orchestral backing texture piano melody. Thoughtful, nostalgic, melancholic. Good for film/TV drama, poignant messages, love and eternal friendships, real human values. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A tender and emotional track consiting of a simple piano backing with a full and dynamic string section. Cinematic and evocative, this track will heighten the emotion of many projects. Bittersweet / Melancholic. Touching / Thoughtful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This piano + light orchestra track starts with a mysterious feel, and changes to a quirky, rhythmic feel from about 50 seconds. Combining a slightly playful feel with sneaky, suspicious, mystical undertones, this track could go well with classical mystery, period drama, general drama/film, and more. Can also work for Nature TV / Natural world. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Emotional, contemporary mix of orchestra and piano. From pensive and thoughtful offering hope and comfort at the top to grand and glorious, life loving celebratory culmination later in the mix. Good for drama, storytelling, contemplative narrative such as documentary, biography, poetry and visuals such as time lapse. Orchestration includes piano, strings, french horns, harp, flute, oboe, and clarinet. Real orchestral recording of exeptional value. Multiple edits and versions with or without piano are available for your convenience. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Frederic Chopin, Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
An elegant, timeless and slightly mysterious, cinematic music track with a dreamy feel. Featuring piano, strings, electronic drum loops, atmospheric pads and ethnic percussion. Ethereal / Dark / Crime Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Short but poignant piece with an ambient piano backed up by strings and synths, creating a sense of regret and sorrow. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A set of 6 minimalistic cinematic strings pieces made to function as underscore, background music for drama and storytelling. Each of the 6 cues (parts) share the same sound, but with different chords and hints of melodies, each carrying different moods and emotions. Use at low volume during film scenes, to stay back and create an emotion or mood, without being noticed too much. The sound used is a combination of acoustic strings and synth strings, like much of cinematic / TV drama / film score music uses. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A dark, weird, ambient underscore that provides light background tension for a sad story. The vibe and feel are disturbing, depressing, and sad. The music will support episodic TV, documentaries and films that have dark drama. Eventually the tune releases and provides more hope. It's kind of like two cues in one so listen all the way through. The music is thoughtful, pensive and introspective. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Looking inside for answers, following up on troubling questions, searching and wanting to understand are easily conveyed in this marimba-centered piece. Bells, pizzicato strings, pan drums, drums, shaker, bass and synth pad float behind the marimba hypnotically. Suitable for all kinds of emotional drama, and themes/scenes where melancholy and searching dominate. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
A slow, serious, pensive underscore for mystery drama, fiction, storytelling. Perhaps crime or criminal investigation, dark subjects. Cold. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Inner Mind' and 'Inner Thoughts'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 51 BPM]
A warm, gentle and reflective solo piano piece. Mellow and heartening, it has a slight tinge of melancholy, but is hopeful, dreamy and caressing. Available as a normal clean piano version, and as an 'old nostalgic piano sound' version. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Haunting harp and solo violin harmonics create a cold world. Unnerving cimbalom and tremolo strings add foreboding as build to a dark climax. Perfect for a murder mystery. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Delicate and deliciously dark, contemplative solo piano piece. Graceful, elegant, and tender. Film noir / Reflection / Melancholy / Slow time. Available as a normal clean piano version, and as an 'old nostalgic piano sound' version. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Reflective Piano piece. Touching, Wistful, Graceful, Nostalgic. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Solo piano evolving figures. Easy and mellow. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Reflective piano-led theme, with underlying percussion. Thoughtful, insightful music. Good music for drama, film/TV, and media use. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Emotional drama underscore. Nostalgic, wistful, reflective. Strings, piano, clarinet. Rich sound, melancholic. Perhaps deep thoughts or revisiting a familiar place? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Thoughtful and insightful, subtle orchestral/melodic underscore. Putting the pieces together, thoughts or insights. Slightly mysterious. [Tempo: Very slow / 73 BPM]
Serious and emotional, drama- or film underscore cue. Piano, subtle orchestra and a single soprano voice. Reflection, mystery, intrigue. [Tempo: Slow / 98 BPM]
Gentle and sleepy piece driven by guitar and baritone sax on pad'n'groove background. This slightly unreal and abstract mood associates well with calm late night climate. A bit of tranquility and a bit of sensual thrill. General underscore for film, tv and media. Also relaxation, enjoyment, chilling out... [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
Slow and reflective film underscore. Piano and strings, slowly developing theme. Good for use in drama, film, tv, or storytelling. Perhaps memories, contemplation, reflection or unveiling a mystery. A sense of something underlying, more than the eye can see, a hidden truth or thoughts forming. Mystery, drama, intrigue, introspection. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A subtle underscore for film, drama, war/documentary, cultural, historical etc. Has a dark nerve, with a slightly Oriental sounding motif around the 1 minute mark, which is followed by a sorrowful, desolate piano theme and a crescendo at about 2 mins. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Short, medium tempo orchestral piece full of suspense and unknown destiny. Contains small string section of violas and cellos... Also a haunting piano melody and percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Ethereal, mellow, dreamy and atmospheric space-rock track. Slightly reminiscent of Pink Floyd and Nine Inch Nails. Would suit dramatic/cinematic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 53 BPM]
Repetitive music, very functional and organic. This track recorded on piano and strings will be great for ambient, background, climatic situations. Warm acoustic sound and soft ending. [Tempo: Slow / 47 BPM]
Acoustic guitars & strings dominate this moving theme that would work well over a main title. It is essentially a love theme between two brothers, but would work as a theme between any two siblings or friends. Optimistic, hopeful. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Gentle acoustic guitars and strings complement each other through this short but provocative piece of music and has elements of a love, reflection and contentment. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
A sweet, simple and ambient melody played on piano that has a Thomas Newman / Brian Eno / Erik Satie feeling about it. Good to use in moments of reflection to heighten the emotion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
A classy, delicate and tasteful piano track. Somewhat wistful and reflective, but not really sad - this elegant piece projects reflection and contemplation. Available with or without ambient pads added to the piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Peaceful, beautiful, serene and mysterious track based around spacey piano lines, emotive strings and a soft hypnotic drum machine groove. Would suit detective/mystery/psychological chiller/thriller/romantic type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Slow, deeply thoughtful, melancholic and hypnotic piano-lead orchestral piece that tugs at the heartstrings and ticks at the speed of time itself. Simple piano combines with soft staccato woodwind and atmospheric, lush sustained strings. Would suit any dramatic/romantic/documentary/history projects. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
Soft, slow but very powerful track full of emotion and pathos. Simple piano chords are overlaid with tragic strings and a hypnotic military march style drum pattern. As the tune unfolds it grows in intensity and draws the listener in. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, emotive and peaceful track with hypnotic piano lines, lush strings and a steady, spacey beat. Has a mesmeric, slightly melancholic atmosphere. Would suit dramatic/cinematic/romantic/documentary projects. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Dramatic, nervous piano arpeggios and melody lines give this track a slightly unsettled feeling to it's intro ...but then a wall of guitars, bass and drums bursts in and brings you to energized life. The cycle begins again only this time with searing lead guitar solos playing over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
A very sad and yet relaxing tune. Strings wash over you in a mood full of loss and lament. Above the strings a piano tells it's story in a simple and meloncholy melody. In the chorus the string section swells up and overflows like an inevitable tide of sorrow. The ending brings in the elements of the orchestra almost one by one until the final call. Would suit a tragic drama or romantic film project. Contains strings and piano. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
Slow, peaceful and very beautiful ambient track. Soft piano combines with spacey synth pads and lush, pensive strings to create a sad anthemic piece in remembrance of the fallen. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
An emotional but subtle film soundtrack score. Strings and piano, good for drama, personal reflection. Introspective, hopeful but apprehensive. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
A very melancholy and contemplative dramatic cue with a hint of romance underscoring anything from the nostalgic memory of a lost loved one to a somber walk in the park. Piano, strings, and bass. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Thoughtful solo piano. Peaceful, haunting, meditative. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
