Royalty free ambient music with focus on the light, blissful, airy, relaxing and soothing stock music tracks that you can use as background music for relaxation videos, music for guided meditations, or for poignant, beautiful scenes such as nature photography, nature footage etc. Often with a sense of ease, beauty and reflection, these ambient background music tracks were composed by professional composers and producers, then hand picked and curated for the Shockwave-Sound stock music catalogue.
Sounds of the forest brought by gentle strings pads horns and sound effects. A reflection of nature in all seasons this piece is beautifully relaxed warm and yet intriguing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Gentle relaxed strings and keyboards bring a time of reflection and soothing massage. Overlaid with the softest beats and synced to 60 BPM in time with heartbeat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
An underwater discovery - join us as we venture the depths of the ocean. A fusion of mellow pads and sea creature sound effects that evolve with the introduction of gentle keyboards to bring a delicate blend of sea atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Melancholic, simple melody with an ambient arrangement, inspired by the music of Twin Peaks etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
This ambient feelgood track opens with a warm electric piano pulse and continues into an understated, relaxing drum groove with gentle bells and a soft bass line. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Pulsating digital tones, whimsical rhythmic patterns. Ambient, Pleasant, Light. Great background music for technology, research, science, digital themes. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Melodic, slowly soaring piece that brings a feeling of vast mountains or fields. Inspirational and majestic, reminescent of the sound of Vangelis. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Gently tinkling bells like raindrops or sparkling stars set the mood; joined later by a soft drum beat and a very deep soft bass line and subtle synth arpeggios. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
There is something strangely reassuring and comforting about the completely random way in which rain drops fall on water, or wind chimes play in the wind. This aural painting aims to capture that unpredictable, random nature. The lack of any system or recognizeable pattern instills calmness and clears the mind. [Tempo: Very slow / 87 BPM]
Melancholic, reflective, open ambient soundscape, After about a minute a solitary acoustic guitar joins and plays a few expressive notes. Contemplative, solemn, tender/sore, but hopeful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 109 BPM]
With a wonderful feeling of dawning, new dawn, new times and new promise... this spiritual track plays for exactly 1 minute and features angelic chords, sweeping textures and a simple but emotional 60's style guitar. [Tempo: Very slow / 106 BPM]
Solnatt is a Norwegian word that means 'Night Sun' (roughly). Inspired by the northern midnight sun, this is a fragile and reflective piano piece, with hope and light mixed with melancholy. Highly suitable for use in film or other media or art, this track is somewhat inspired by the tender film music style of Thomas Newman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Piano, docu-style atmosphere. Eerie, tension, futuristic. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
This piece of soothing relaxation music plays for 60 minutes uninterrupted. The music is floating, tingling, soothing and soft relaxation music, with only a few sparse melodic elements. It keeps an even flow, but there is very little repetition, despite it's full one hour playing time. Bells, windchimes, soft pads, piano, acoustic guitar and other sounds intertwine to create a calm, slightly melancholic atmosphere. This track was made to be played at low volume as background ambience. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This track plays for a full 60 minutes continuously. Relaxing, refreshing, cleansing, and touching ambient music, inspired by the tranquility of life under water. Great for relaxation or nature, diving etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Scattered pulses of sound and signals from an unknown entity. Relaxing, dreamy, meditational. Outer space, space travel, science fiction. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
This track is a bit hard to categorize. It's a very emotional and melodic piece based on a string section, bells and electronic percussion. The purposefully staccato electronic sounding drums interact with the tender and expressive string section to create a unique and captivating sonic imagery. The composition itself is a bittersweet, loving but also sorrowful aria. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A peaceful, understated and gently flowing ambient track with subtle melodics. Also available in an underscore version without the top melody line. Soothing, floating, gently pulsating and light relaxation. Beauty, enjoyment, heavenly. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A very warm and appealing track. Hard to pin down, with elements of ambient, pop, new-age and urban. Repeating patterns of guitar and electric piano create a dreamlike, textured sonic image. Great for use with visual media, carries a lot of emotion and reflection. A sort of kaleidoscope of sound and music. Thoughtful, unique and interesting. This track is available in many different versions, with or without the high guitar notes, and with or without the drums. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
This is essentially an ambient track with a slow, steady drum groove and bass guitar added to it. Soft, slowly strummed guitar chords also join in after a while. The track has a sense of deep movement, inner peace and calm, and at the same time something momentous, epic and timeless. Perhaps the stillness of outer space, an underwater adventure or a sleeping giant? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 50 BPM]
This is an ambient, reflective Grand Piano piece that plays for a full one hour. The music is similar to some of the works by Brian Eno, in as much as it is transparent, calmly reflective. Neither happy nor sad, not particularly emotional, but gentle, comforting, impressionistic. This track is excellent for use in media, art gallery, exhibition, still imagery, film projects and more. There is very little repetition despite the full one-hour playing time. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A smooth ambient chill-out track. Floating pads, warm vibrophones and downtempo urban drums combine to create a dreamy and soft soundscape. Great for relaxation, mellow travel footage, thoughtful reflection as well as for use in media such as commercials and websites etc. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Dreamy, floaty and mellow soundscapes provide the backdrop for this softly ambient pop track. Piano arpeggios and subtle drums join in to create a peaceful, inviting and shining musical backdrop. Great for any media of light and promise, hope and calm optimism, new technology, green alternatives, sunlight, family values etc. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A very dreamy and lovely romantic piece with piano and ambient instruments underscoring anything from love making to a bittersweet homecoming. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Warm, ambient pads with sparse, delicate synth bells, later joined by a restrained acoustic drums rhythm. Heartwarming, warm and comforting. Light ambient pop groove. Very relaxed, friendly and reassuring. [Tempo: Slow / 76 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]
Light ambient electronica, joined by pulsating light rhythms later on. Filtered rhythm loops give a sense of underwater or space movements. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Airy pads with subtle bass pulse, available in three different mixes. [Tempo: Medium / 79 BPM]
Pan pipes & breathy atmospheres. Dreamy, strange, meditation, relaxation music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Ethereal ambient background. Haunting and dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An airy and gentle track that blends Ambient with Pop. Very soothing and relaxing. Excellent for beautiful scenery, calm and inspiring visuals, relaxation, spa, commercials. Very inviting and appealing. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A warm, subtle, understated Ambient/Pop crossover track. Soothing, dreamy, calm and comforting. Great for use as a background with visuals, commercials, or just for chilling out. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Floating, airy pads. Heavenly, angelic. Relaxing, cleansing, new age. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft pads floating on clouds. Warm, soothing, spiritual. [Tempo: Very slow / 106 BPM]
Soft peaceful & atmospherically cinematic track with a slightly ethnic flavour. slow spacious flute lines float over simple oud arpeggios, sparse strings & a hypnotic beat to create a beautiful tune with tinges of melancholy & hope. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 106 BPM]
Soft, slow & beautiful piano-lead track with spacey synth pads & a steady beat. Very peaceful and atmospheric. would suit romantic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on...Very soft, slow and peaceful. Slow picked classical guitar is overlaid with simple plucked string melodies ,organ and celtic harp.The chorus part brings swells of strings and soft, unexpected 'other worldly' piano lines. Would suit dramatic , romantic or natural history projects. Contains guitar, bass ,drums,organ, harp and santoor. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Soft, slow & emotional royalty free orchestral music track with piano. Beautifully lilting & hypnotic piano arpeggios combine with heart-wrenching strings to make a peaceful,cinematic and emotive tune that would suit serious dramas/documentaries & epic romantic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Very slow piano melody realy intimist and relaxed, perfect for sensitive scenes. Acoustic piano sound. Will fit very well in love, familiar, drama situations. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Sparse, transparent music. Slowly pulsating, airy chords in wide open spaces. Mellow, dreamy, reflective. A very gentle and understated and chilled-out rhythm follows. Delicate, luxurious, smooth music. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
A longing, sorrowful and dreamy Aria of sorts, with soft orchestra, piano and artificially generated female vocal. A little bit eerie. Ethereal/dreaming. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
A soft and warm ambient track with a gentle bed of sound and a bell melody which is later complimented by a smooth and emotive string section. Unobtrusive and peaceful this track is great as background music for many projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A light and appealing ambient track with a syncopated and slightly quirky drum pattern which helps this track keep a level of interest while still being great for background music in many types of projects. The 'Alternative Mix' version has the drums/percussion mixed more in the background with a slightly softer sound. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
This track has a very atmospheric and cinematic sound created by soft synths, atmospheric guitars and piano. A slight minor feel gives this track a mellow, slightly wistful or nostalgic feel, but very soothing, calming and relaxing. Works for a great variety of projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 84 BPM]
Atmospheric and spacious ambient. Very meditative and soul expanding. Good for sci-fi, technology, space, mystery, fantasy, drama, romance, love, connection, universal oneness. Abstract and reflective. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Chilled ambient electronica. Melodic piano, spacious electric guitar, arpeggiated synths and gritty pad cycling away under icy mid tempo breakbeats. Atmospheric and reflective. Nice for any kind of background use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
Warm, soft and mellow pads, understated piano melodies and light arpeggios. Relaxing, atmospheric, lush and evocative. Good for relaxation, clouds, weightless, underwater footage, ambient scenes, art & visual presentations, and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 74 BPM]
A slow electronic percussion rhythm with deep, muted, swirling underlying pads. Dreamy, very slow, a feeling of time passing in slow motion, or being weightless. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
This hopeful and dignified track is a tasteful mix of styles with ambient sounds meeting more traditional rock sounds. The result is a heartwarming and emotive sound with a warmth that will add depth to many projects. Emotional / Unfolding / Heartfelt, good for drama and any poignant/personal oriented media. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
