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American style movie rock. Great for comedies about going to school. Female vocals, catchey repeated guitar riff, drum machine in verse. Lyrics describe various funny situations based around school. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Unique indie dance rock. Groovy repeated bass riff, Different drum beat, clean guitars, female vocals. Lyrics describe all aspects of dancing and moving to the beat. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Interesting mix of Sex Pistols style punk mixed with female Johnny Rotten vocals. No one likes school, especially homework. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 130 BPM]
Retro style chick rock in the style of “The Runaways”. Modern lyrics about the backstabbers of the celebrity reality world. Live rock band. Double time kicking chorus. Gossip, Celebrities, Ex-girl/boyfriends. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
She’s the one women want to be: Model, singer, actress all rolled into one. But watch that ego, everything comes with baggage. Cool electro rock with cool bass line, james bond guitar hook drum machine and kicking rock band chorus. Key words: Models, fashion shows, movie stars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Mid 2000’s style female singer/songwriter style track. Obsessive love leads to a bit of temporary madness, just a little. Acoustic guitars, drum loops, half time shuffle feel. Keywords: Addiction, relationships. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Modern hip electro pop with a hint of dubstep. Female vocals sing about the partiers ultimate fantasy…getting paid for a night on the town. Drum machines, bass synths, synth pads and leads with a retro feel. Keywords: Parties, Clubs, Celebrities, The “A” Listers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 164 BPM]
Soundtrack to a 70’s movie. Female vocals, flute melody, acoustic guitars. Looking back at one’s life and realizing there is no way to change the past, so look to the future. Keywords: Memories, Past, Looking back. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Interesting mix of Muse style music and American female rock vocals. Pounding shuffle tom tom beats throughout, with minor key guitar themes. Girl longs to be saved from a mundane existence by a comic book hero. Keywords: Life, heros, comic books, fantasy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Electro Pop/Dance. Female vocals describe various amusing scenarios that can happen at dance bars on a nightly basis. Drum machines, electric guitars, synths. Keywords: Dancing, Clubs, Losers. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Modern American Style Chick Rock. In the style of Aly & AJ and Ashlee Simpson. Pop band instrumentation. Keywords: Boys and Girls, relationships. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Uptempo chick rock in the style of Elastica. Every girls nightmare. Keywords: Conflicts, relationships, boys and girls. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 188 BPM]
Female fronted classic rock band. Glam rock feel. Heavy guitars, bass and drums. Keywords: Fake people, Gossip, Phonies. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
Huge choir vocal intro with tympani like drums and acoustic guitars. Light airy female vocals with light marching drums leads to a soaring chorus about loves confusing signals. In style of The Cranberries, Kelly Clarkson. Keywords: Heartbreak, lost love, loneliness, betrayal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A powerful Country rock song about never giving up on someone. Features male vocals. Also available in an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
Retro country blues ballad in 1950's style. (Patsy Cline style, but with male vocal). [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Bass synths and pads, Lead synths, drum machine, live kit, heavy guitars and electric bass. Seductive female vocals set the scene of the ultimate club seductress. Modern electro-rock with a dance groove. Also available as an instrumentalversion. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Clean/dirty electric guitars, Ampeg bass guitar, and live drumkit with plenty of cowbell! Female vocals describe the age old habit of getting together with good friends to do absolutely nothing. Modern rock with a touch of classic rock style rhythm guitar parts. In the style of Indie Rock, Black Keys, Led Zeppelin, the Ting Tings. Also available as an instrumental version. Indie / Punky. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A love song that starts softly with gentle acoustic guitar and male vocal. Building up into uplifting chorus with strings, piano and many vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
An upbeat country rock song with both acoustic and electric guitars. Strong driving electric guitar and bass in chorus with many layers of vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Mid tempo punk rock song about selling your soul for what you want. Also speaks to personal confusion and willingness to do whatever it takes. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Americana free feeling song about moving away from home. Lyrics are about getting everything you can out of a person/place and needing to take a personal step forward and onto new things. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
This track is a catchy sing along song. It has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action, party and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars and synthesizers, prominent violin and piano. Loud "rock" feel, power-pop feel-good song about spotting a crush and becoming completely infatuated with her. Available in a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 185 BPM]
This track is an anthem for youth and growing up. A catchy sing along song about being young, dumb and carefree and learning to grow up . It has a very happy mood, very driving and engaging. The verses are like a brisk walk and in the chorus it transforms into a full fledged rock song. Head-banging, toe-tapping, loud and proud. It will work well with moving footage (i.e. running/ jogging/ driving), as well as scenes containing teenagers or young adults partying, being wild, or rebelling. It will also work well with extreme sports, speed, action, party and fun filled footage. Prominent piano-rock feel. Both acoustic and electric in feel. A total power-pop feel-good sing along song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
This track is very high in energy level, making you want to stand up and celebrate/ rejoice. It will work well with parties, celebrations, fireworks, party scenes, dancing, etc. It will also work well with extreme sports, speed, action, party and fun filled footage. With verses that are more insightful and choruses that kick you in the face. Energetic guitars, prominent violin and piano, rock feel. Both acoustic and electric in feel. A total power-pop feel-good party anthem song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 105 BPM]
This track is a catchy sing along song. It has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action, dancing, party and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars and synthesizers, prominent violin and piano. Loud "rock" feel, power-pop feel-good song about spotting a crush and becoming completely infatuated with her. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
This track has an exponentially-rising energy level throughout, starting with low energy (just vocals, strings and piano) and working its way into a full band rock ballad. It will work well with reflective, sad, depressing, lonely, bittersweet, homesick or driving footage. Energetic guitars with a thumping bass line somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about losing control of yourself, feeling like you've turned into a monster, hating yourself and the choices you've made. A negative, evil or peer influence taking over the person you used to be. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
This sentimental track has an exponentially-rising energy level throughout, starting with low energy (just vocals, strings and piano) and working its way into a full band piano-rock ballad. It will work well with footage of relationship troubles, reflective, sad, depressing, lonely, bittersweet, homesick or driving footage. Energetic guitars with a thumping bass line, melodic piano and soaring violin somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about coming to realization with the end. Closure on a failed relationship, learning to move on, get over it, and learn to love and trust again. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
This track has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars, loud "rock" feel, power-pop ballad about defending your point of view in a relationship. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 167 BPM]
This track has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars with a thumping bass line somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about losing control of yourself, feeling like you've turned into a monster, hating yourself and the choices you've made. A negative, evil or peer influence taking over the person you used to be. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
This track has a very sleek and "swanky" feel, ragtime piano, it has a high energy level throughout and will work well with scenes about relationship problems, as well as extreme sports, speed, action and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars with a driving piano and violin. The lyrics are about the frustration and anger that the singer is feeling towards a failing relationship. It's about a negative influence "dragging" the singer down whenever she is around him. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 163 BPM]
This track has a very high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, power, action and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars, melodic minor piano, prominent violin lead. Hooky sing-along chorus. Loud, driving "rock" feel, power-pop ballad about smothering someone in a relationship, and feeling smothered. Drowning/ suffocating puns, ocean references. Sentimental lyrics. This song would work excellent with any footage pertaining to relationship problems. Available in a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
This track has a strong feel-good vibe to it. A chilled back and grooving verse, and a catchy pop chorus. Big piano solo. It has a medium- high energy level throughout and will work well with scenes about road trips, relationships, money, life, as well as sports, speed, action, and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars with a driving piano lead and violin. The song tells a story of a young couple leaving the city and driving out into the country with no particular direction in mind. They end up finding an old farmhouse and breaking into it and spending the night to survive the thunderstorm. A revisit of an old memory of the best times in life. The lyrics are also about not giving in to "the man", claiming that money is not an object in the pursuit of happiness. Only love will bring happiness. Available in a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
This track has a steady medium tempo throughout the song, with strong violin, piano, and harmonica parts. And a string quartet. It will work well with footage about relationships and love troubles. It will also work well with wedding/ vow/ promises. It's about the ups and downs of a relationship, the fights, insecurities and late night arguments. The good times, and making someone believe in themselves and in the relationship. The song is sung from the point of the view of the singer, who is asking his romantic interest to "make me believe" because he "can't deny the chemistry". Melodic male vocals and prominent vocal harmonies. Indie/pop/rock. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Happy, uplifting, proud, curious, adventurous. This track is all about life choices, dreaming big and living your life to the fullest (i.e. "you only get one chance). Live fast, die young. Choosing your own route in life. Exploring life and believing in yourself. It's about breaking free of social expectations and doing what you want. And sticking up for what you believe in. In the music business, the 27 Club is referred to as the huge number of famous musicians and artists who died at the age of 27. All of which were great, accomplished great things, and died young. It's a piano pop/rock song with a jazzy, swing section in the bridge, and a huge piano and violin solo with counteracting parts. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 117 BPM]
This is an upbeat song with a pop rock/country vibe. The catchy hook on guitar helps support the positive message. The lyrics are about sticking it out through the thick and thin of marriage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 182 BPM]
This song is about the partying lifestyle and how you don't know whether you will learn from your mistakes, or even if you want to. It is full band and would be great for any reality tv show, shows about teenagers, partying ect. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
This is an upbeat acoustic pop song about having a bad day. Nothing's going your way and you're heading for a breakdown. Male driven vocals, lots of harmonies, and a catchy lead acoustic melody. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
This track features a storyline of lyrics that describe a life analogous to that of the outlaw Bonnie, from the duo robbery act of Bonnie and Clyde describing a vigilante of love . With a jazzy rhythm section and lyrical guitar riffs, this track starts of slow but punches in with a rock-steady beat. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 94 BPM]
This song journeys through the life of three girls/women one from Peru, one from America, and one from Uganda to expose that beneath the pretty face is a strong, intelligent women once one uncovers the mask of insecurity wrapped inside. This track has a rock-steady train beat with a thumping bass line and Spanish guitar licks. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
This track features a throw back to the 50’s with it’s Del Shannon influence of layered vocals, light piano, 50’s guitar riffs, train-steady beat, and thumping bass line. The lyrics describe a love affair with moonshine and becoming intoxicated by its very essence. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
This track features a rockabilly train beat drums with a bass line that locks in the rhythm and guitar riffs that reflect that of surf rock with a metal/hard rock ambiance. The lyrics describe being in a relationship with someone that is adventurous and carefree. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 94 BPM]
This song has punchy guitar riffs and solos teamed with a locked rhythm section of drums and bass with a melancholy trumpet line. The lyrics describe how the ending of a relationship brought heartache and loneliness and empty bottles of wine. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 117 BPM]
This song is about feeling like you are going crazy and trying to get better at letting go. It’s about striving for your goals and dreams, and not giving up on your way to those dreams. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
This song is about being left by somebody when you need them most. So you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and make something of yourself. It is a cheeky "you should see me now” tale of triumph against someone who never believed in you. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 165 BPM]
This song is a dramatic story about star crossed lovers, doomed to fail, asking whether or not they were meant to be together. It’s about naivety, and young love questioning its merit. It’s about not knowing whether to call it quits, and all of the pain involved in rocky relationships. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 145 BPM]
This track is nonstop energy with slamming drums, catchy vocals, and edgy lyrics. A great fit for action scenes, anything involving alcohol, parties, dances. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 158 BPM]
A chilled, but steady moving song about losing someone you love. Driven by acoustic and vocals, this is a great intimate song for real world scenarios. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An energetic rock / pop-rock song about being stuck in the same place, trying to get out. Searching for the answer, only to realize everything you need you already have. Available in a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 190 BPM]
This is a hard rock song with male driven vocals, and lots of group vocals, about being the revolution. Great for sports shows or energetic placements. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
