This royalty free music track listing features tracks from the Novelty, Specialty and Sound-Alike genres. Stock music tracks to mimick specific niche music styles and cultural/musical eras. There are some comedy music tracks here, some cheesy music, as well as some "hidden treasures" with beautiful performances of quirky, unique musical styles. Most of these royalty-free music downloads feature specialty instruments and come in full track, 60-secs cuts, 30-secs cuts, seamless stock music loops. This music can be licensed, downloaded and used in your own media productions.
In the style of Junkie XL and Fatboy Slim. Uptempo funky Big Beat tune, with bluesy guitar riffs and a busy bass line. Fun breakbeat and drums loops punctuated by nasty synthesizers. Positive and vibrant, with a lot of edge. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
An impactful Marching drum line track with big bass drum impact. Ideal for sports content and any media project that needs snare rolls, marching band buzz, and half time college march band entertainment and energy! Use this for TV spots too. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
The Entertainer, the famous piano ragtime by Scott Joplin. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 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]
Imagine Booker T and the MG's collaborating with Tower of Power, this track has the swinging groove of the song Green Onions along with a big horn section, bluesy guitar and jazzy baritone saxophone solo. Great upbeat, cool swinging, funky blues track for any project. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Retro-sounding solo piano blues, with a dry club ambience, this track could be used as both source sound and underscore. It’s a bit melancholy, a bit drunk, a bit lonely, and a tiny bit comic. Short, sweet and versatile. Good for daytime drama, historical drama, parody and spoof. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Gritty Jazz Funk with a New Orleans edge. A retro 70s fusion vibe with soulful brass section, guitar, electric piano, bass and drums. Perfect for creating an old school, urban feel with some southern charm. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
Authentic retro surf rock. Cheeky retro cool with attitude. Great for pulp and retro style action and adventure films & trailers. Twangy guitars with a 1960's / 1970's sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
A pure drum track. A somewhat jazzed-up pop-rock beat performed live in a studio, by professional drummer Silvio Centamore. This beat features a lot of syncopations, twists and turns, funky breaks, jazzy twists. This drum track has an edgy and confident feel, with a very urban flair. A sense of something happening, something going down, something coming up. For when you need something different, cool and hip - maybe a little daring, audacious, and provocative. Jazzy and complex, urban feel. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A lonely music box melody builds to a full orchestra before ending as it begins. Dark, tense and climactic but not too scary, family oriented horror. Good for trailers, video games, cartoons, halloween, quirky Tim Burton type films and even commercials. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Fun, funny and up-tempo, this is a polka-like track, with a remarkable melody and a unique feel to it. Suitable for quirky, original productions, particularly comedies and other projects that require a comedic backdrop, such as commercials, features, shows, or presentations. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
Slow acoustic jazz with just guitar and upright bass. A bit downtrodden, slow moving, disappointed. Old-time jazz or rag sound. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Ragtime piano, 1900's era. Historical, happy, bouncy, also good for childrens music. [Tempo: Medium / 153 BPM]
A touch of comedy and a pinch of cool and depth – this TV-theme type track combines all these lacing a catchy overdriven guitar/rhodes lead over it all. With elements of pop, rock and jazz, the melody plays over bass, drums, shaker, nylon stringed guitar, and Wurlitzer electric piano. Awesome for footage needing thematic elements with a melodic development. Excellent for crime, drama, travel, comedy, and urban settings. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Take it to the streets of the early 70s with this fun and upbeat yet raw and gritty soul track. Inspired by the blaxploitation soundtracks of the era this track is perfect for any project looking for a cool, badass retro vibe. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A kitsch retro-style mid-60's parody with big horns, Latino rhythms and an infectious flute & synth lead. Guaranteed to evoke the swinging sixties with its bright & bouncy easy listening style. Well matched with the Elliot Simons track 'Sambatastico' [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Heavily inspired on John Philip Sousa's American and military marches. Reminiscent of the famous "Liberty Bell" march, used as the Monty Python's Flying Circus' theme. Just add the foot sound effect on the last note. Recorded with a real band, real people playing. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Retro 1960s-1970s surf rock. Twangy guitars and a genuinely authentic sixties / seventies sound combined with an exciting, uptempo feel makes this track suitable for fun and sports, pulp / surf inspired videos, and stylish retro productions with attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 176 BPM]
Retro 80’s dance track. Female vocals in the style of Bananarama. Girl looks forward to a summer of romance that can only lead to heartbreak once again. Drum machines, bass synths, synth pads and leads. Keywords: Summer romance, Girls and boys, 1980’s. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A slowly swaying waltz track with a deliberately imperfect female vocal line, vocalizing the main melody. The laidback, up-close and personal vocal style gives the track a genuine, homely and very intimate mood. It's a bit quirky, a bit retro, a bit skewed, bittersweet, left-field and very warm and charming - like the last dance, after everybody else has left. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Over the top eighties action music with lyrics about a maneater woman, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury theme song True Survivor. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Upbeat retro sounding (1970's / 1980's) corporate rock track. Strong melodic theme and driving rhythm section. Uplifting, positive with lots of energy and spirit. Great for an opening theme, adventure, corporate advertising, talk show, cooking show, infomercial, team spirit, sports. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Let's go back to the 1980's with this funky and varied electro-pop track with a typical sound from that era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Cheesy but cool 1980's style funk/disco track. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Fun and bright, upbeat and swinging, New Orleans and Mardi Gras celebration jazz. Street party / Parade / Historical fun. Available with or without the guitar strumming and/or the bass. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 97 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]
This track starts out with chords on a Mellotron, similar to the Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields Forever' which leads to a funky laidback groove with melody on piano and slightly dark undertones due to the descending notes played by tremelo guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 94 BPM]
A slowly swaying, sultry and hot blooded, brooding and somewhat doom laden Surf rock track with a slight Latin twist. Late 1950's or 1960's era. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Retro surf rock / pulp rock. 1960's / 1970's sound. Lively and uptempo, but also a bit sneaky, expectant. Danger and adventure. Bad-ass attitude combined with a free flying spirit. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A new take on a classic style. 1960's Spy action style. Busy and upbeat, this track would suit a Retro production with a "swinging 60's" feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
Inspired by the sound of Mission Impossible, this is a fast moving theme for a spy, secret agent or undercover cop. Suitable for action with a hint of mystery and conspiracy. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A historical, retro big band, classic dance hall track. Showtime type music from the 1920-1950 era USA. Romantic and lyrical string section with brass section, acoustic guitar, jazz drums, acoustic bass, piano and some trumpet and violin soloing. Good for historical / period films, retro productions of the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's or 1950's. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Funky House track with an uplifting, driving Disco groove. Live electric bass, a variety of synths and four to the floor drum groove provide a perfect blend of retro and contemporary dance music for your next project. 1970's or 1980's feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Quirky, unusual spot build of various human sounds. suitable for funny commercial or animation, comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Vintage style swing influenced by the Pink Panther theme. Shady and sneaky yet quirky and fun with baritone sax, piano, guitar, double bass and drums. Great for comedies, retro 60s theme music, detectives, sleazy lounge music, cartoons and video games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Uptempo, happy ragtime piece with a country twang. Performed entirely on acoustic guitars. Wholesome fun! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Playful and funny comedy / slapstick music. Irreverent, wacky and a ever so slightly bonkers. Running around, messing around, fooling around, falling about... Great for kids, animation, whimsical and joke material etc. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Orchestrated big movie action, James Bond Agent 007 Soundalike. Determined and dramatic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 134 BPM]