A background beat of electronic drum machine and methodical synth patterns combine with an ethereal and almost dreamy piano melody. This is a relatively subtle and restrained track, that has a sense of reliability, innovation, reflection. Slightly futuristic and mystical. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Beautiful and wondrous arrangement of Saint-Saens famous work Aquarium, from the Carnival of the Animals suite. Music recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dramatic and mysterious downtempo / ambient track. Featuring lush chords and haunting echoing top lines that are backed by steady beats and basslines. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
An epic track with an ancient sound, exposing a solo violin as main line, works well with trailers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A somewhat dark and mystical, edgy, cinematic trailer type track. Fluttering and deliberately "broken", this track has the sense of something uneasy, unstable, simmering just beneath the surface. Think demon worship, the occult. The track changes from mystical / foreboding passages to more aggressive, staccato, percussive parts, with sudden stops and starts that can be used as edit points. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Soundtrack / Sci-fi / Space / Fantasy. An atmospheric track that conveys a sense of grandeur. Could work for scenes in which a character encounters a beautiful or awe-inspiring environment, or any scene involving mysterious or fantastical events. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Soundtrack / Sci-fi / Space / Fantasy. An adagio-like track that mixes orchestral and synthesized sounds to create a dystopian, ominous atmosphere. The sadness expressed by the track might lend it to scenes involving great loss or hopelessness. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A grand, pastoral, orchestral track of amazement and wonder. Big orchestra sound, with or without choir. This track has a strong Fantasy / Enchanted feel. Angelic, fluttering, sweeping. Cinematic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
The tension builds relentlessly in this original work. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Beautiful, melancholic chill-out sound collage featuring dreamy guitars and a laid back beat. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, airy, cinematic, thoughtful & dreamy “ambient rock” style. Plucked strings combine with a steady, hypnotic beat to make mesmerising music that would suit dramatic / mystery / detective / documentary type projects. Emotive, introspective, reflective, serious & repetitive. Float off into the sky. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 113 BPM]
A smooth jazz song that features female vocals, piano, horns, drums, and additional percussion. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A stately, pleasant track prominently featuring wordless solo female vocals. The track evokes a feeling of anticipation that could be compatible with montages and scenes depicting the passage of time, or scenes in which characters engage in a discovery. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
A brisk, epic-styled track for orchestra and choir evoking the feelings of wonder and amazement. Could be useful in a variety of dramatic but positive settings, such as the discovery of a great city or a joyful ride through a fantastic landscape. [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
A rapid action theme suggesting a chase or pursuit. Scored for orchestra and choir, this track suggests a flight from danger in unsettling surroundings. It could also serve well in scenes where characters are facing a countdown or deadline. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
Beautiful and emotional cinematic track with intriguing, exciting and dynamic vibe featuring piano, pizzicato strings, harp, glockenspiel, xylophone, full orchestral strings and percussion. Great for films, TV series, commercials, documentaries, trailers and more. Contemporary music track with a unique and captivating vibe that will inspire listeners. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
Chinese pop music with a traditional edge. Features traditional Chinese instruments bawu and pipa with Western pop style bass and drums. Mysterious and haunting music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Easy, groovy big beat, all in a flow, we are unstoppable! Drifty beats and catchy base theme combined with surf electric guitar and fancy sounds. Unique! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 144 BPM]
Exotically traditional oriental composition with percussions and a turkish saz (lute). suitable for ceremonial scenes from the middle east and orient. Hectic, ardent and feisty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An open, transparent underscore music with a somewhat mysterious, pensive tone. Echoey guitars over a slightly dark drone. Thoughtful and reflective, perhaps regret or waiting for something. The end part takes on a more assertive, gloomy, doom laden feel. Also available as an Underscore version, and as a version without the drums. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
An experimental post-rock, cinematic underscore cue. Based around a delayed guitar arpeggio, synth pad melodies, some modern dance risers and pulsing kick drum pushes the end of this cue into a modern vibe. The Vibe is a dark, mysterious, and flowing at the beginning, with a big pushing pulse towards the end. Also available without the kick drum. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, dreamy, atmospheric & thought-provoking track with a sense of intrigue & mystery. Reflective, moody, ethereal, hypnotic & sublime. spacious, plucked string synths combine with soft, swirling pads & purposeful drums to create music suitable for dramatic/spy/psych thriller type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 71 BPM]
A downtempo / Ambient chill track with a sense of mystery and vast open landscapes. We would label this as "Nordic Ambient" with influence from Sigur Ros and from Scandinavian / Nordic dramas and landscapes. The bitty drum sounds give it a little bit of a retro / 1980's feel too. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Chilled, atmospherical, slightly edgy electronic background track with spacious synths and subtle arpeggios. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Influenced by the sights and sounds of China with a driving yet curious and mysterious feel, this track features an array of melodic and non melodic percussion, hulusi, strings and guzheng. Great for films, documentaries, travel, martial arts, history, culture and cuisine. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
An ambient, reflective and nostalgic piece played with the ethnic oriental oud, combined with piano, pads and eastern percussion. A sense of longing and perhaps turmoil. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A gloomy, mystical, cinematic score for dark drama, crime, mystery and chills. Intriguing, Unique, Detailed, Involved. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 1st movement. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Jupiter, from the Planets suite by Gustav Holst. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A slow, world / harmony / mystery track with a warm, fantasy feel. Soothing, mysterious, dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 52 BPM]
Battle/tribal/dark. Shamanic, ethnic track dominated by massive pounding drums and atmospheric textures. Tense, urgent, restless and earthy. [Tempo: Medium / 200 BPM]
Peaceful and meditative Japanese music featuring kok, shamisen and shakuhachi flute. Gongs create a very courtly and ceremonial atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, edgy, ethereal, spacey, menacing, cinematic suspense music with an air of foreboding & fear of the unknown. Magical, sinister & full of tension. Are you being followed? Or is your mind just playing tricks on you? Would suit horror / mystery / halloween / murder / serial killer / crime type projects. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
Inspirational neo-classical piano music influenced by Ludovico Einaudi and Vanessa James. Staccato piano motif topped by a motivational and lyrical melody. Brings a developing aura and a sense of motion and purpose. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Deep, chilled, pulsating electronic music track builds in intensity and tension. Pizzicato viola, electro synths, reverse pianos and cinematic fx combine to give a feeling of journeying through space and time, breaking new ground, moving forward. Works great with modern and future technology and space scenes, animation, 3D graphics, news and gaming promos - underscore version ideal for speech. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Ultra-modern keys with trap beats with dance pianos. Fresh and new sounding, slick and sparse, slightly dreamy. Ideal for advertising new products and designs, cutting-edge technology and also great for youth programs, fashion and travel. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dark, Emotional and Exotic music track made with synths, effects, percussion, orchestra and emotional piano. A sense of mystery, perhaps an ancient secret or civilization, with a hint of world / exotic / ethnic atmosphere. Epic / Trailer / Discovery Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
World inspired new age music, with some galactic outer space aura. Suitable as music for space oriented documentaries, as well as for ambient / atmosphere / hypnosis etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A unique and imaginative composition consisting entirely of human voices / choir with strings joining in later. With a reference to religion, worship, heaven or ethereal beings, this is a 'new classical', experimental piece, highly useful as music for fantasy / adventure, faith and spirituality, art or even mystery type productions. Heavenly, eerie and strangely spellbinding music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 58 BPM]
Glitchy quirky modern Trap music with EDM beats, topped with melodic tones and touches. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
The relaxing sounds of a Japanese zen garden with traditional instruments and some modern electronic elements for a fresh feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An airy, breeze-like sequence of echoey bell-tones. Various bell patterns cascade, creating a heightened atmosphere of excitement and mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Eerie, ghostly voices start off this track, and are soon joined by a slow, dark, primal drum beat. Unearthly presence. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
Space or technology inspired, light rhythmic ambient piece built on a repetitive synth arpeggio and swirling pads, reminescent of Tangerine Dream. [Tempo: Medium / 78 BPM]
Soft bass and electric piano pulses with swirling and softly sweeping pads. Chord changes ensure a sense of activity, motion and constant development, metamorphosis. Excellent for science, technology, biology, documentary background use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 67 BPM]
Depicting a magic fantasy world of fairies and deep forests full of magical creatures and ancient adventures. Otherworldly, pastoral. Piano, vocal pads, tremolo guitars, mysterious sounds and hand drums. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark, foggy pads, slow bassoon and cello. Creeping, slowly moving musical soundscapes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A grand, epic, and staccato orchestral and choral piece. Disturbing, dramatic. Great for trailer and epic battle footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Dark and subtly dramatic underscore for film, tv, game or any visual media. Foreboding, serious, perhaps political or law thriller, undercover or dangerous mission. Pensive, mysterious piano notes, nervous strings, brass crescendi and an understated rhythmic pulse. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Ominous, foreboding, middle-eastern textures. Occasional chanting voice, eastern string instruments, dark drones and slow rhythms. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]