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.
A funny and quirky track with a reggae rhythm and cheesy "Doo Bop" type sampled voices. Playful, quirky, quaint and just the right amount of naff. Feelgood stuff, with a sense of tropical vacation. Flute- and sax solos follow. [Tempo: Medium / 70 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]
A light-hearted and quirky track with lots of interesting percussion and clapping. Unusual sounding instruments mixed with fun and upbeat melodies creates a happy mood. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 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]
A toe tapping happy cue which is innocent, fun and playful. Full orchestra, a marching band and plenty of interesting instruments playing create a light and humorous cue. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A modern, fun and Catchy, spring in your step piece. Light melodies overlay sidechained pads to bring a joyful blend of musical airness, highly suitable for contemporary commercials and happy times. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
Electric guitar, piano, drums and pizzicato strings create a Chet Atkins meets Eric Clapton blues infused feel and sparse production elements. Good for ads / commercials and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
This upbeat, electronic track with playful analog synths sounds it came straight out of your favorite old school arcade. Great for advertising the latest invention, or highlighting advances in the world of robotics, technology, and science. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An upbeat, fun, modern folksy track featuring chimes, strings, piano, acoustic guitar, bass, and drums. A catchy melody, and an infectious beat make this perfect “good mood” music for your production. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
A fun and quirky, upbeat track, featuring a ukulele and chimes over piano, acoustic guitar, and simple drums. Nice for the modern production looking to provide an upbeat, feel good soundtrack to their footage or commercials, this track captures a smiling summer day. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 165 BPM]
Just a bottleneck guitar playing some quirky country licks. Dizzy and dazed... Perhaps drunk. :) Fun and quirky. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A catchy, upbeat, fun, and happy track featuring a hilarious baritone sax lead, an energetic drum groove with percussion, and an upbeat vibe. Perfect for comedy projects, spots, adverts, commercials, vacation videos, and any project needing funny and wacky energy. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
A simple, innovative, thought provoking, cute, playful, and catchy. It designed with the purpose of bringing attention not to itself but to work hand in hand with your message, you spot, your idea. The melody itself symbolizes “great ideas”. Your customers and audience will really feel and remember what your commercial is about. The music is intended to motivate your audience and make them feel optimistic, trusted, and be positive about your product or service. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
Happy and upbeat music piece featuring ukulele, hand Claps, acoustic guitars, piano, glockenspiel, bass guitar and drums. Uplifting and Motivating composition great for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 119 BPM]
A positive, simple and cheeky track featuring acoustic sound of ukulele and guitars, with simple catchy melody on piano and mallets. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Cool and quirky, this whistled track is organ-based 60’s style pop track is bursting with fun. The rhythm arrangement also features acoustic guitars, walking bass, tambourine, and drums. This is superb cue for commercials, comedies, travel, web how-to videos and 1960’s period pieces. [Tempo: Fast / 162 BPM]
Joyful, carefree track with acoustic guitar, piano, clapping and whistling. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A light, playful and heartening orchestral / soundtrack piece. Spring-like, innocent, flowering. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
Passionate Latin music composition with authentic acoustic guitars, percussion, bass and drums. Great for films and videos, exotic dance, music for holiday and vacation, travel and fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Happy ukulele, quirky whistles and bright glockenspiel come together in a happy, cheeky and uncluttered piece. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Feel-good 50’s nostalgia meets modern production in this swingy, groovy, happy instrumental tune. Funky guitar and bass riffs, quirky organs, hand claps and brass stabs work in tandem to bring your visual content to life. Uplifting vibes for a bright future...life is good, indeed! (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 146 BPM]
A quirky and lighthearted, yet also mystical and intriguing, orchestral cinematic piece. Cheeky and mischievous, with 'oddball' sentiments, this track will work great with a funny detective, funny kids, animals, playing up, hidden camera, pranks, strange and quirky creatures, people up to various forms of mischief, and much more. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Happy go lively jazz theme inspired by those classic sixties sitcoms such as Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie and Father Knows Best. Great for spoofs and comedy. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
60's or 70's styled lounge music with a hint of 'elevator muzak' and a tongue in cheek attitude. Quirky and a bit cheesy, but cool. Bass guitar, organ, latin bossa nova percussion, subtle guitar licks and kitsch strings. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A cheeky, quirky and silly track that creates a warmhearted and fun mood. Some unusual rhythms and instruments help to create a childish and mischievous sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Neoclassical, cinematic, light orchestra music with a slightly quirky or mischievous feel. Music for a lighthearted mystery, a period drama, or a historical setting. Staccato string section with piano sets the tone with a timeless and stately sound for a developing story. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted, with acoustic guitar, muted trumpet and clarinet taking turns leading. [Tempo: Medium / 195 BPM]
A gentle and somewhat curious, or slightly playful, light orchestra piece. Cinematic in nature, this wonderfully quirky piece is centered around a repeating piano note, alluring to something, or someone, with curiosity and innocence - or perhaps the dawning of a new day, or curious new adventures. Light and innocent. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
Fun, lighthearted and chirpy track with a whistled melody and jazzy acoustic backing. Perfect for kids tv, comedies, commercials or any cheerful, carefree character or situation. Features acoustic guitars, bass, soft drums and whistling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
An upbeat, playful and lighthearted track with pizzicato strings and a range of fun and quirky instruments. Slightly mysterious with a very small sinister undertone. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A classic House of Mystery soundtrack with a quirky, bizarre, haunted or magical feel, in a grotesque mood and sound. Old musical box, carousel or fairground genre. Great for fairy tales, mystical tales, Halloween, magical mischief, or dark comedies. [Tempo: Medium / 156 BPM]
Uptempo, old-style Gypsy Jazz / Django type music, with a fun, jumpy feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 139 BPM]
Light, fun, and easy, this 'happy' blues music track is bouncy and exudes an authentic rural feel. Its brushed drums and acoustic guitar create a great shuffle that the resonator guitar plays on. Slide is used on the resonator guitar for that swampy tone. Great music for comedies, rural dramas, 'country' travel and cooking shows. Happy / Hopeful / Rural / Blues Music. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
A jolly, chilled, laid-back and humorous ukelele lead tune perfectly suited for an underscore or background music role, or in scenes involving a sense of comedic irony. A little Spongebob Square Pants under the sea. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 132 BPM]
A fun and lighthearted, active and bustling, baroque inspired piece of neo-classical music. Fanciful, busy and posh upper-class, with a cheeky look back at the heady days of regal and stately, luxurious, classical baroque music by Bach, Vivaldi, Händel and Purcell. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 132 BPM]
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 63 in D Major, Hob.III:63 ; Op.64 No.5 'The Lark': Movement 3: Minuet. Allegretto - Trio. Recorded live in studio by the Allegro String Ensemble, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Upbeat happy-go-lucky jazzy tune heavily influenced by 50s and 60s era production music. Inspired by retro sitcoms, vintage TV, cartoons and tongue-in-cheek vintage cartoon parodies. [Tempo: Fast / 146 BPM]
Franz Peter Schubert, Scherzo in B-flat Major, D. 593. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Engaging and playfully sinister, this Latin-infused music track is melodramatic and fun. Horn stabs create tension over a grooving bed of Latin percussion, synth strings, acoustic bass and a Hip Hop beat. This track would fit well within comedies, dramas, commercials, and travel programming. [Tempo: Medium / 155 BPM]
A happy-go-lucky, bouncy and colorful track that is also somewhat laid-back, with an optimistic, uncomplicated feel of the good life, fun times and the simple life. Acoustic guitar, Ukulele, whistling, xylophone and simple percussion with hand claps. A memorable tune that will have you whistling along, as you tap you foot. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A cute and playful track with a great hook. This track features a bouncy mbira with piano and strings. Suitable for ads and childrens programming. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
This piano and whistle driven track is upbeat, cheerful and innocent. It’s pushed along by percussion, electric piano, marimba, drums and bass. It’s perfect for conveying a sense of light adventure, home, belonging, family, friends. Available in various versions / mixes / edits to give you options in editing to your project. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A somewhat mysterious beginning develops into a rhythmic and quirky orchestral piece.This track is hard to pin down to a single genre or type of use. It has a pensive and querying feel to it, like a classic Agatha Christie mystery puzzle. It also has a sense of accomplishment and some driving force, yet it is delicate and cool, which can make it work for delicate and emotional commercials and more. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A happy, positive and optimistic music track featuring ukulele, simple and steady drum beat, and whistle melody. Suitable as music for cheerful, fun and positive podcast and commercial videos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 172 BPM]
Quirky orchestra and percussion, makes you think of white picket fences and neighbors trying to out do one another. Reminiscent of the music from Desperate Housewives. [Tempo: Medium / 100 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]
A mixture of country and funk music with a fun melody. Great for any children and funny material. [Tempo: Fast / 110 BPM]