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.
Barrels of beer, partying and fun. A short track that illustrates the spirit of Oktoberfest in Germany. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Mellow 70s Soul influenced by Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' and 'Mercy Mercy Me.' This is the perfect substitute if you're looking for the same style and sound. [Tempo: Medium / 96 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]
Busy, upbeat funk. Slap bass, funky Rhodes clav, syncopated drums and various retro synth licks, with a Hammond organ joining in. Excited, cool, funky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Classic funk in the style of James Brown or the Blues Brothers. Cool and strutting, with a busy bass line, drums and congas, horns section and funk guitar. New as of 2012, but in an authentic sounding 1970's type production. Trumpet solo at 01:10. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Retro funk in the style and sound of James Brown, Maceo Parker, Sly and the Family Stone or early Prince. Fun and funky, with a retro chic. Busy bass line and syncopated drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Broadway type show tune. Very theatrical in the style of the 40s, 50's and 60's. Harp sweeps, fluttering clarinets and flutes add a comic flair. Playful, campy and retro could work for game shows, cartoons, comedy and many offbeat situations. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 BPM]
Instrumental version of the old Birthday celebration favorite. Available as a regular / long version, and also as a seamlessly looping version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Instrumental version of the traditional nursery rhyme / children's song. Available as a regular / long version, and also as a seamlessly looping version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Homage to the 1980's. A funky 1980's tune with an overall sound reminiscent of a motivational 80's power ballad. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Upbeat, soulful and authentic Sixties R&B music. Vintage organs, electric guitars, grooving bass and drums. This track is excellent as music for adding that positive ‘60s sound to commercials, family and friendship theme dramas and travel programming. [Tempo: Fast / 143 BPM]
A small marching band version of the traditional American piece. [Tempo: Medium / 144 BPM]
A crunchy and punchy drum track. Solid, funky, energetic. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
Dark and twisted, but also fun music. Classic Evil Clown type track with barrel organ, ominous bells and slightly psychedelic strings and orchestra elements. Quick waltz rhythm. Funny horror. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
A bold and triumphant orchestral march. Uplifting / High spirits / Ceremony / Parade. Rousing and motivating. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 117 BPM]
A proud stoic soundtrack featuring orchestral strings and horns, with piano and marching drums. Also available as a version without the marching drums. Patriotic / Honorable / Ceremonial / Achievement / Graduation / Victorious. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An ominous and foreboding, cinematic track in the style of classic Western movies and spaghetti westerns. Very southern and somewhat Mexican-infused sound, but also a modern and clean production. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
Buoyant Jazz with a 1940's or 1950's flare. Good for dancing scene, or anything with a fun, lively physical presence. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 133 BPM]
An upbeat, lively, excited Retro Funk track with the sound and feel of the 1970s or early 80's. Bright and funky horn sections with a great bass line and funk guitars. Authentic sounding 1970's type production. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A funky jazz number (or jazzy funk number, if you prefer) with a 70's feel, inspired by the music of Herbie Hancock and others. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
A fun and bubbly 1980's style pop/house track. Sax intro, funky piano and horn licks. [Tempo: Fast / 141 BPM]
Festive and feelgood 1960's-1970's Big band jazz, in the style of the classic James Bond movies. Great for 1960's / 70's retro chic, with authentic jazz band sound of the period, as heard in many classic movies and TV shows from that era. This track is very varied throughout with many different parts, twists and turns along the way. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
1980's or early 1990's style House Pop beat. Uplifting, happy, groovy. Slight disco feel. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Upbeat, catchy, and positive music, this old school 1960's R&B track conveys good times. The melody is played by Horns, and pushed along by a tight “Detroit sound” rhythm section including electric guitars, organ, bass, tambourine, and drums. Excellent music for 60s-70s period pieces, comedy, travel, web videos, and jingles. [Tempo: Fast / 145 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]
Swinging, vintage, happy-go-lucky Jazz done Louis Armstrong style. Perfect for flashbacks to the 1930s and 40s, lighthearted comedy, riverboat gambling, kids tv and much more. Features Trumpet, Acoustic Guitars, Upright Bass and Drums. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Typical seventies or early eighties Blaxploitation tune or Cop Show theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, groovy theme and a powerful brass section. Happy, funky, groovy and authentic sounding 1970's or early 1980's jazz funk music. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Retro 80's hard rock soaked in glory and reverb. Think Top Gun. Heroic theme with blazing guitar licks and an uplifting chorus. Synth bass and electronic drum machine lend a special character to this track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
Super Cheezy groovy theme to a non existent cop show. The mood is a cross between the Inspector Morse, Bergerac and Starsky and Hutch. Lots of strings, brass and jazzified drums. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Drift back to the sixties and the golden age of Motown, in particular Stevie Wonder. An uplifting, soulful track featuring harmonica, guitar, piano, horns, strings, drums and bass. Great for any project in need of a retro, familiar and feel good vibe. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Shady funky Jazz with a 70s soundtrack feel. Laidback funk groove with jazzy guitar, percussion, piano, upright bass and orchestral string builds creating a slight feeling of tension. Great for tough, cool characters, undercover cops, spies, blaxploitation and urban settings. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A pumping dance track mixing swing style horns & 1980's disco licks with a rock solid 4/4 backbeat and sweeping synth effects. Use for anything from an exercise workout mix to a Reality style TV gameshow theme. [Tempo: Fast / 140 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]
Ragtime track played on a very old upright piano. Great happy-go-lucky track for any silent movie, commercial, comedy, animation, documentary or any project set around the early 20th century. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
A fun and cheeky Indie-pop, Retro, Vintage bubblegum pop/jazz track with a sense of 1960's hippie pop culture and also an influence from 60's or 70's surf rock. Great for comedy, cool and chic, retro, vintage and just fun and upbeat videos, commercials, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
This piece just enlivens your spirits with happiness and good feelings in a simple, innocent and playful way. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
A fun and simple jazz track, acoustic bass and acoustic guitar Django style. Cheeky, charming and light hearted. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Fun and cool retro jazz track. Swingtime jazz rhythm with organ, marimbas, trumpet, vibraphone and jazz guitar. Cool and slick, with a classic jazz feel. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Squawking techno meets ska in this unhinged rave up with retro sounding drums & bass and a burbling chicken-like synth. It’s outrageous and more than a little bit daft. Suitable for cartoon graphics, micro games, commercials, short films or off beat comedy videos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A bouncy whacked out tune with a retro gaming feel and all the charm of a 1980’s synthesizer demo! Complete with cheerful drums & cheapo plastic instruments, this bubbly melody would suit cartoon graphics, micro games, commercials or quirky off beat comedy videos. Similar in style to the Elliot Simons tracks Wacko Town, Big Cheese & Sambatastico. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Surly, pensive Surf Rock, with a slight Latino / Mexico feel. Southern California classic rock of the 1960's and 1970's. Hot, Emotional. Retro chic, for fasion, culture/historical and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Historical Court, lordship or aristocracy. Regal, royal, honorable - played on harpsichord. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A powerful drum, stomp, percussion, claps composition with unique breaks. Features powerful and impacting taiko drum accents, snare rolls with flair and tight hits. Perfect for action, sports, commercials, trailers, jingles, marching band, stimulating visual media that needs to create big impact, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Disco dancing music track with a retro feel of the 1970's or early 1980's. Uptempo music, with a funky party mood. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Slow, doom-ish, retro pulp / surf rock. Twangy guitars with a Mexican feel. California surf style guitar amp sound. Very slow, sensual in a 'fatal female' type mood. Good for pulp and retro styled flicks. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
A slightly jazzy, retro, funk / filmscore type track. Could easily be the main theme soundtrack for a 1970's or 1980's cop drama or action happy private investigator type show. Mysterious vibes, sense of danger and excitement. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Classy piano accompanied by jazzy percussion in a playfully assured arrangement. This loungy retro-style theme has a laid back ending would make it suitable as a title sequence or in reality style programming sequence. [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
Glam it up 70s style with this rock track influenced by the likes of Marc Bolan and T-Rex, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Faces etc. Driving, edgy Rock n Roll accompanied by flamboyant hair, clothes and make-up. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Head straight back to the swinging sixties with this uptempo, infectious, toe tapping track. Uplifting, cheesey, fun and feel good, perfect for any project looking for a retro, groovy and kitsch vibe with organ, brass, guitar, electric piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 93 BPM]
This track brings back the nostalgia of enthusiastic eighties stereo synth sounds - similar to what is used in Van Halen's "Jump." This is combined with a quick moving bass-line and a very bubble gum style drum beat. Good for any scene looking to re-create the eighties. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
