Slow, sleazy, lazy, mellow, passionate, soulful, climactic blues track. Imagine yourself in some New Orleans blues dive-audience in darkness, air thick with smoke, sweat dripping from your brow as you watch the dimly lit band bare their souls & tell of about the heartache in their lives. Baby done left me. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A solo violin plays a pronounced minor melody with a touch of the piano's saddness. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
This is a darker acoustic song with male vocals about dealing with the consequences of being an addict/alcoholic. This is a very lyrical song with a lot of meaning. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
This piano/acoustic song is about being 21 years old and realizing that although many bad things have happened, you are young and have great people in your life. It deals with many setbacks that can be overwhelming at that age, and helps give a perspective to young people trying to find their way. The instrumental version works nicely as an acoustic / folk / light pop track for country / outdoors / home and property and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This song is about realizing what is important. It is a love song where the first person loses the one they love and realizes that they were all they needed all along and refuse to give up. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
Is this business as usual or a front for an illegal operation? Suspenseful underscore, featuring odd-meter orchestral/electronic rhythmic vamp which gives the feeling of a working process, but at the same time of mischief, something not-quite-right. Good for mystery films and documentaries on crime. Key of D, 104 bpm. [Tempo: Slow / 103 BPM]
A reflective, thoughtful, serious underscore for drama, mystery or documentary. Thinking time / Contemplation / Processing. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Mixing elements of Hip-Hop, Classical and R&B in a serious, downtempo, urban street track, similar to recent HBO urban series. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Pop, hip hop driven song with male vocals, and pianos about a breakup. Girl and guy separating walking apart. Background song for relationship fighting scene. Final breakup. Intense moments. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
An uptempo but bittersweet Country song about living after a relationship is over. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 111 BPM]
A dark and gloomy underscore for film / TV. Piano and strings. Suspicion, regret, pain. Unsettled thoughts. Unease. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Händel's Sarabande, arranged for string section and harpsichord. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A twisted, dark and discordant waltz opens this dynamic epic track of courage and determination that also shows a sad and tragic emotional side. Voices create a medieval undertone. The track finishes with dark orchestral stabs and hangs on a barely resolved violin phrase. Good for dark battle, epic defeat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
The track starts with solo female vocalizations lamenting over classical acoustic guitars and mandolins, and builds up to a pompous choir and orchestra solemn procession. Good for a huge funeral scene, with lots of people crowding up the streets to give a last goodbye to an idol, politician, etc. [Tempo: Very slow / 55 BPM]
Dark orchestral thriller / conflict music. Military mission, war preparations, conflict, tension. Also highly suitable for sci-fi or political thriller, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Piano-led instrumental ballad somewhere between rock, jazz and blues. Moody and bluesy. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Mid-tempo hip-hop, urban, with some slightly Turkish, Indian or Eastern sounding orchestra riffs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A melancholic ballad with a soft rock kind of instrumentation accompanied by a beautiful string quartet later on in the track. Hopeful, emotional, mellow. [Tempo: Slow, Very slow / 109 BPM]
Tender and delicate, fragile, with acoustic guitar and soprano sax. Regretful, sad, longing, sorrowful. Loneliness, hurt. Also available in a version with only the acoustic guitar, without the soprano sax. [Tempo: Slow / 113 BPM]
A melancholic piece with a slight Eastern European or Hebrew feel. The composition is actually rather complex and goes through various stages, some very mournful and others more hopeful. Features ethnic flutes, ethnic percussion, bells and some soprano sax. Waltz rhythm, emotional melodies and constantly evolving and developing composition, with a female vocal group joining in. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A contemporary arrangement of Bach's Minuet. Classical/Contemporary. Peaceful/Calm, Easy. Strings, Flute, Electronic percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
A light piano and strings melody, hopeful, emotive and slightly melancholy. Grace, beauty, elegance. Touching / Caring / Warmth Music. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Almost a requiem piece. Emotional, serene and peaceful. Full of sadness but with hope for the future. Would suit any film / dramatic project. Contains strings, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
A cinematic style suspense cue, feelings of danger and fear, great for horror and sci-fi scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A mystical cinematic cue with an ancient egyptian and far eastern tone. It features cinematic percussion, the beautiful and haunting Duduk and lush strings. The It has a spiritual, emotionally intense mood that is captivating, powerful and gripping. Excellent for cinematic work, spiritual and religious video and biographical or documentary footage requiring something that will emotionally stir the viewer. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
With strings, electronic rhythms and synthesizers, this underscore track brings a sense of tension, foreboding, fear and danger. Impending battle, undercover, espionage, dangerous situations. Good for action and adventure thrillers, science fiction, investigation, forensics. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Atmospheric, exotic, ethnic track featuring female vocal choir and the middle-eastern, north african plucked string, instrument, Oud. Great for travel, discovery, adventure as well as fantasy and dream worlds. The choir gives it an angelic feel, juxtapositioned against the serious, somewhat ominous tone of the Oud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dramatic Orchestral composition with a slow buildup, suitable for trailers and film soundtracks. Begins with a somber piano theme, and escalates to the dramatic intense full orchestral part with strings, brass section, timpani, and orchestral snares. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Ever felt the presence of someone used to be in your life but who has now become your guardian angel? This piece has that kind of vibe. Slightly melancholy and yearning but hopeful. Soft piano and mournful strings combine to make a very soothing and mellow lament. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A romantic and melancholy solo piano piece that’s a little classical and a little jazz. Perfect for break ups, unrequited love, unhappy endings, farewells, emotional dramas and lonely moments of reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A cold, creepy and uneasy track, for horror, mystery, thriller or dark drama. Isolated, tormented piano notes in a cold place. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, sinister and brooding horrow/Halloween type piece that combines church organ, tremelo-ed strings and distorted guitar riffs. Hi tension and suspense is blown apart by the chorus part exploding into shining black light. Would suit horror/mystery/suspense projects. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 120 BPM]
Slightly sad and wistful tune. A soft and hypnotic beat drives it along as piano and strings colour the track with emotion. The end section brings piano and strings to the fore as a classical guitar joins in with simple melodies. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Emotional, yearning piano starts out before being joined by electronic drums, brittle sounding strings and subtle synth bass providing a great mix of modern and classic sounds. Influenced by Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm great for projects with a deep, introspective, passionate or fragile theme. [Tempo: Slow / 60 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]
A melancholic and nostalgic, ethnic waltz featuring Middle Eastern or Northern African flutes and string instruments over soft pads and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A somber, somewhat apprehensive orchestral cinematic theme. Can also be underscore for a drama scene. Dark, slow, pulsating bass, with swirling pads, solo violin and later piano and accordion. Apprehension, pensive, gloom or discovery of a mysterious place. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Historical, Barry Lyndon type, civil war music. Would fit a 19th century war / historical feature. Classical war march genre of orchestration, using snare drum roll, piccolo flutes, clarinets, Bass drums, French and English horn. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
This unpolished, rootsy music track is a single resonator guitar performance. It’s lively and sparse, conveying the authentic tone and some of the idiosyncratic whims of pre-rock Delta Blues. A good fit for dramas, comedies, children’s shows and travel/cooking programing. Rootsy / Resonator Guitar / Sparse Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
This is a female vocal acoustic singer/songwriter song about a broken relationship. The female lead has a very strong & powerful voice with a lot of emotion and is accompanied by a male vocal harmony. Features guest vocalist Lisa Goe. [Tempo: Medium / 175 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Authentic Russian folk song / wedding song. Traditional ancient Russian folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Ethnic Russian folk song. Traditional ancient Russian song / folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Ethnic Russian folk song. Traditional ancient Russian song / folk music, arranged by Dmitriy Lukyanov, conducted and recorded by Evgeniy Kalyukin. [Tempo: Fast / 0 BPM]