Here is our selection of light and quirky 'subtle comedy' royalty-free music tracks. This selection from our production music library features music with a goofy, oddball and whimsical sound - not so much 'in your face' but rather, a more sophisticated comical approach. These stock music tracks will go great with light comedy, sneaking around, candid camera, quirky scenes, animation and more. Royalty free music tracks to license and download in WAV and MP3.
This catchy, piano-driven uplifting track conveys an optimistic and playful energy. Pizzicato strings play the friendly melody, backed up by xylophone, marimba, bass and drums. This track is excellent for positive flavored commercials, drama, comedy and travel programming. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Cheerful and retro-fun, this music track is inspired by the game show jingles of the 60’s and 70’s. Groovy flutes, trumpets and trombone play the light melody while laid back electric guitar, organ, xylophone, bass and drums undergird the snappy rhythm. Highly suitable as music for period pieces around the 1960’s-70’s, commercials and comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Light and jovial in a retro-cool package, this music track swings like a cheerful pop song from the 1960’s. Flutes, vibraphone and bells play the catchy melody while the rhythm section is played on bass, organ, and drums. Great music for period pieces around the 1960’s-70’s, commercials and comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
This track is upbeat, joyful and energetic. The pizzicato violin melody floats over a pulsating rhythm section of bass, synths, bells, harp and drums. Perfect for travel, light drama, commercials and comedy. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Summer holidays and vacations in the tropics are evoked by this smooth and relaxed ukulele led tune. Simple and happy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A fun and cheeky orchestral piece with a mischievous, child-like feel. A slight sense of mystery and curiosity. Wood blocks with light orchestra and piano. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
A fresh and friendly music track played on ukulele and acoustic instruments. Lively, fun... and induces toe-tapping. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A curious and quirky little track, with a sense of mockery and slight mischief. Arcane / Odd / Unusual. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A light, slightly playful and whimsical track. Cute and innocent. Happy, but not too intense. Child-like curiosity. For life's quirky and cheeky moments. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
This track has a happy, care free feel of simple pleasures and every day joy. Bright and bubbly, toe-tapping, and with a feel good vibe. It's not exactly Pop, not exactly Folk, not exactly Country and not exactly Children's music either, but has something of each of these genres. Perhaps vacations, fun days, enjoying life and the simple things. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Cheerful, happy and light hearted pop song that features quirky ukulele, childlike whistled melody, piano, happy bells and a groovy drum beat. [Tempo: Medium / 142 BPM]
A fun, new arrangement of the traditional French melody, Alouette. Bright and cheeky, with French instrumentation. A goofy whistling melody enters at about 1:25 in. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
An traditional French folk song, performed on two accordeons for a suitably French sound. Tango Feel. Simple but effective - captures the spirit of France. Also nice for comedy, funny video, candid camera and more. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fun loving and positive, this marimba-pizzicato string based tune is excellent at capturing the pleasant tone of a moment. Accompanied by nylon string guitar, bass, drum and shaker. Great for moments of celebration, adventure and fun. Excellent music for commercials, comedy, travel and lifestyle. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Summery light and inspirational, caring and excited is what this track conveys. The instruments include pizzicato strings, marimba, grooving drums and bass, shaker, bells, and synth pad. Excellent for commercials, travel and drama/comedy based themes. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
Funky and cool, down-to-earth, this marimba based track is easy on the ears and has a great rhythm section groove. The catchy melody is backed up by electric guitar, synth pad, bass and drums. Highly suitable for comedy, drama, travel, and commercials. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
A cheeky and charming little French number. Available in a vocal version (retro French chic style, male/female duet) and an instrumental version, this light hearted waltz has a quintessentially French style and sound. [Tempo: Medium / 180 BPM]
A French or European style accordeon waltz with a slightly hellish feel, this track will go well with anything France, Gypsy, or traditional Europe. It has a subtle undertone of humor, with a tuba solo some way in. Will work for travel and culture, as well as for comedy and productions needing a unique touch. [Tempo: Medium / 197 BPM]
A French or European style accordeon waltz with a slightly hellish feel, this track will go well with anything France, traditional Europe, Eastern Europe / European backcountry. It has a subtle undertone of humor, and will work for travel, culture, historical, as well as for dark humor. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Children’s Corner, Petite Suite pour Piano seul, VI. Golliwogg's Cakewalk, Allegro giusto, by Claude Debussy. Performed and recorded by Abigail Mettry exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Sweet and charming, old-style Jazz in Gypsy Swing style. Feelgood and light hearted. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted. [Tempo: Fast / 108 BPM]
An optimistic and playful feel-good track. Cheeky and fun, with a nice bounce. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A positive, quirky and fun vintage 1950's style track. Kitsch and quirky, made with percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
This early country pop music track swings and sways, bops and rocks. Its honky tonk, twangy electric guitar melody has that quintessential Nashville tone which plays over a tight arrangement of saloon piano, acoustic guitars, double bass and drums. This is a great music for comedy, light drama, period pieces, rural programming and commercials. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 114 BPM]
Comic and laid-back retro music theme inspired by those classic sixties sitcoms such as Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie and Father Knows Best. Great for spoofs and comedy music. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
If Kraftwerk were Japanese, maybe this is how they would sound? Glitchy and lo-fi synthesizers over an electro retro beat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A cute piano driven track with gentle melodies accompanied by acoustic guitar. This composition builds throughout, becomes high energy by the end. Suitable for a large variety of projects. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Friendly and catchy, this acoustic guitar and whistles based track is perfect for heartfelt moments. Included in the arrangement are bass, bells, claps and brush drums. Sublime for family and youth themes, comedy, commercials, travel and web tutorials. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Vintage, quirky, positive and happy music track made with strings, brass, jazz big band and vintage styled percussion. This track is cool for projects that needs upbeat, positive and vintage styled music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
This marimba based cue is tender, hopeful, and curious. It moves between degrees of positivity and drama with fluid grace. The piano melody is supported by an arrangement of bells, pizzicato strings, arpeggiated synthesizer, pad, bass, shakers, light percussion and drums. Perfect for commercials, dramedy, relationship themes, cooking and travel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 137 BPM]
A different and thought-provoking track that builds and builds throughout. With bell sounds, glockenspiel and marimba it has a friendly and slightly nu-folk feel. A very uplifting track that has driven guitars and whistling at the end. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Two different versions of the Happy Birthday To You song played on piano. An easy-going, cozy version, and a more lively, party like version. Each comes with or without Applause sound and with or without a Party Toot sound at the end of the tune. [ Note about the copyright situation of this composition: This composition is now in Public Domain in USA. It is in Public Domain in EU no later than 31 December 2016. You may only use this composition if it is Public Domain in your country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You ] [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Modern pop music mixed with music elements from the 50's, inspired by Meghan Trainor. Fun, upbeat and cool tune with saxophones, piano and an urban rhythmic feel. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Laid back cheesy muzak, with a dreamy melody over a retro groove, reminiscent from Raindrops Keep Falling On My head, by Burt Bacharach. Floating easy listening music. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Happy jazz music inspired by those classic sixties sitcoms such as Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie and Father Knows Best. Great for spoofs and comedy. Retro kitch fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
Acoustic guitar, finger picking country / folk style. Up-tempo, jolly and cheerful, slightly bluesy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 101 BPM]
A happy, cheery track with ukelele, piano, glockenspiel, acoustic guitars, claps, drums and bass. Perfect for silly upbeat commercials, cute videos, pet videos, baby play dates, corporate videos, or your personal videos with your children, pets, or family. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A funny, upbeat and happy latin track featuring drums, piano, bells, horns, bass and percussion. Perfect for comedy movie trailers, hilarious commercials and funny YouTube videos, this track features a melody on glockenspiel and piano, silly timbale fills, then a horn section kicks in adding to the funny happy vibe of the track. It’s also ideal for entertaining dance around content, Latin/ Spanish food and culture content, beach content, travel videos, etc. When listening, wonderful oceanic and beach like palm tree images of Cuba, Central America, and South America will come to mind. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
This light, melody driven, synth pop track is warm, cute, optimistic and retro. Besides the fun, arcade game synth sounding melody this track contains backward strings, pizzicato strings, reverb-laden electric guitars, picked electric bass, light drums and percussion. These combined create an atmosphere high suitable for emotional drama, web videos and incidental TV/film music. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
With a bright & jaunty skip in the step, this mischievous romp pays homage to the golden age of whacky comedy film scores while still remaining ironic & contemporary sounding. The memorable hookline makes it a fun motif for radio & TV ads, cartoons, short films & games. Similar in style & sentiment to Elliot Simons’ ‘An Unfortunate Incident’, ‘Another Working Day’ and ‘A Midnight Symphony’. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
Upbeat, retro, orchestral theme reminiscent of old time 50s, 60s, game shows and TV series. Featuring orchestral percussion, pizzicato strings. Full horn section in B section. Sting ending. Ozzie And Harriet and Leave It To Beaver, come back to life! Great for award shows, retro game shows, broadway, fanfare, walk ons. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Like the awakening of an idea or the start of a great adventure, this bold orchestral piece grows from small beginnings to a huge striving precession that reaches a frantic conclusion at 1:00 returning to its original idea and finally to rest. Suitable for rites of passage sequences or the birth of ideas and on-going initiative. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
A French inspired blend of accordion, tuba, drums, xylophone and stand up bass create the image of a day in Paris, cartoon characters like Pepe La Pew and movies like Ratatouille. Ideal for happy, playful, goofy video games and TV cues. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Fun, cheeky and cute retro video game style music. A nod back to the 80's and 90's with Super Mario and his friends. About a minute into the track there's a faster, more action filled part which can be edited to a separate file and used for a different scene/stage in your production. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A bright, uplifting & heart warming melody with the feel of an independent comedy-drama or children’s animated feature. Orchestration adds humour and a sense of fun & a longing cello line adds a tinge of melancholy. Calming & buoyant with a quirky, positive outlook. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A slower instrumental comedy cue in 3/4 time with strings and marimba! Would work well for reality TV background music, as well as for apps and games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 175 BPM]
Mysterious, yet playful, this track is relaxed, fun and intriguing. Creates a somewhat contemplative mood, but has enough energy throughout to keep it upbeat and mischievous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]