A dark and poignant underscore for film / drama. Gloomy, but with hints of hope. Touching, personal and introspective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A subtle, solemn and reflective underscore for film, drama and more. Understated but powerful, this is a poignant and deep composition that goes under your skin. Use also for scenes of amazement and natural beauty. True / Insightful / Emotive. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A very inspirational and emotional track in an alternative rock style. Similar to U2. Great for modern drama with an urban touch. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
This track combines pulsating synthesizers with full orchestra and a solo soprano voice. Solemn and emotional, this track has a sense of impending drama, or setting off on a dangerous journey, not knowing what to expect. Both fragile and determined, with a sense of sorrow. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 BPM]
Driving country song about looking after a sibling who got into a bad relationship. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
A mix of orchestral and electronic elements creates a beautiful tension. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
Uplifting and positive track with guitars, great for adding motivation and describing achievements. [Tempo: Medium / 110 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]
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]
A rhythmic, soaring, orchestral / neo classical piece. After a pensive, rhythmic start, the piece grows, builds, increases into a soaring piece of amazement and wonder. It has a slight sense of mystery, and an emotive feel, as if something of grave importance is unfolding. This will work well for nature / natural world, dramas / personal stories, storytelling / film and television. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
A beautiful version of the famous Beethoven piano piece, Moonlight Sonata. An alternative version "with pedal noises" is also available, where the natural sound of the piano's food pedal has been included in the recording. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A brooding and dark feeling soundtrack with an emotive undertone. Features violon, cello and piano, and has a distant Asian influence. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
A thoughtful and pensive music track for drama, story telling, mystery or reflection. Melodic, a bit haunting and introspective, this music track will go well with personal stories, intrigue, a developing story or deep insights. A great mood setter. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
This powerful Indie rock music track evolves from soft to explosive within seconds. Piano and overdriven electric guitar play the melody and are overlaid by urgent electric rhythm guitars, picked bass, high powered drums, and percussion. Great music for dramas and emotional programing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 131 BPM]
A short track that tells of darkness and sadness. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Mysterious and haunting, an exotic middle eastern or arabic track based on acoustic guitar, hand percussion, strings and a traditional eastern woodwind instrument duduk. After an opening section with guitar, bass and hand drums, the main beat comes in at about 55 seconds into the track, and then at 1:32 the song reaches its climax. Also available “underscore” mix without the guitar, leaving only the background instruments. Culture, education, traveling, documentary and historical programming. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Piano-led old swing. Blues / jazz / retro / vintage jazz swing. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A wistful and slightly dark hip hop beat. It's composed of slow broken beats with a sampled piano getting cut on rhythm. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Cinematic Jazz-Funk, laidback yet full of tension, passion, mystery and drama. Retro 70s style movie and TV soundtrack music with strings, brass, electric piano, harp, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Ambient, semi-orchestral track with suspended strings and deep percussion hits. This tense music cue has a sense of historic drama, lurking danger, impending tragedy, conflict and betrayal as war plots being brewed. Highly suitable as a soundtrack for historical documentary, drama, as medieval/fantasy material, be it films, fantasy games, TV specials or other installations. Easy loopable and editable. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Pop/Acoustic - Singer/Songwriter - about the death of someone close. A new arrangement with only acoustic guitar and vocal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
An emotional ballad featuring powerful female vocals. A tale of heartbreak and finding closure to come out on the other side with strength and dignity. A great contemporary track with a touch of retro soul ala early 70s Stevie Wonder. Great for tv dramas or romantic movie soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
An introspective, thoughtful and emotive piano track. Somewhat bittersweet, with a sense of longing, warmth and loving emotions. Caring, hopeful, heartening, but also with a melancholic feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A sorrowful, but also comforting piece that starts out with piano, with orchestral strings entering later. A sense of loss, perhaps a bygone era. Very poignant, touching, intricate. Good for drama, personal stories, history and historical documentaries, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
There’s a difference between terror and horror. This track is a sonic tale of the inner workings of a demonic serial killer as he/she confesses their brutal crime. It’s a slow buildup of organic string lines and atmospheric tension stretched across two minutes of anxiety and creepiness until the explosive ending. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Elegant, romantic and sexy contemporary RnB piece, with beauty piano melodies, gated synths and a slow drum beat. Some variations in the middle section make it more dynamic and vibrant. Nostalgic, smooth, dramatic, a bit melancholic. Good for drama and love film soundtrack with an urban feel. [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
Dark and ethereal cinematic composition with piano and heavenly pad sound, very emotional and thoughtful music, good for drama films, documentaries, trailers and more. [Tempo: Slow / 105 BPM]
Pop with rock undertones. Early 2000’s feel. Acoustic guitar, guitar, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
A song about finding love in todays environment of social media, information overload, and online dating. Modern rock with a country flair, rocking string section at the end. Electric violin, string section, electric guitar, bass, drums, acoustic guitar, vocal harmony. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
About a person who wants to be in a relationship but is not having any luck. An endless search for love. Ballad, acoustic, intimate, personal. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A tender and reflective piano track with an ambient background and a sweet string section. Subtle and cinematic. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Orchestral hip-hop instrumental. String sets blended with straight forward drum set. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Female power rock in the style of Evanescence. Heavy rock band instruments. Key words: Relationships, Female alternative rock. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Starting with soft acoustic guitar, gentle organ and female vocal, this song builds up into chorus with male vocal and harmonies followed by slide electric solo at 1:33. This slide electric continues through the next verse building again into big double chorus with uplifting backing vocals. Long electric guitar solo begins at 3:28. The lyrics are about the two different sides of a relationship, told with both male and female main vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
A haunting acoustic guitar based song about “love at the first sight”, featuring male main vocal, female backing vocals, fretless bass and light percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
A dark and depressing soundtrack-style theme featuring orchestra, piano, and solo violin that creates a hopeless and saddening mood. A stirring melody evokes death, grief, misery, mourning, suffering and desolation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 115 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]
Moody piano and Russian balalaika over a building, freely played drum and bass groove. Exotic, mysterious and melancholy. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Powerful, serious sound. Smooth beat, dark strings, spherical synthhesizer, piano. Serious issues in politics, news and human relations. [Tempo: Slow / 85 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]
A powerful, modern guitar driven track with melody and edge. Fuzzed out, reverberant guitars carry a piano melody that is dramatic, sincere, and uplifting. Perfect for productions looking for a dramatic, driving, and memorable soundscape. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
A lonely piano melody gently plays out on top of dark strings and synths. A sense of moving on from a terrible past, but not without scars. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Tension / Excitement / Mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A reflective, thoughtful, serious underscore for drama, mystery or documentary. Thinking time / Contemplation / Processing. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
This is a deep and dark cinematic track. Guitar part and Piano low notes accompanied by emotional Viola/Cello melodies. For drama films, videos and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
A short koto piece that captures the essence of Japanese musical improvisation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An eerie and mystical ambient world / ethnic soundtrack, featuring Middle Eastern or North African moods and sounds. Atmospheric, dream-like, a feeling of foreboding and tension, like a mystery in the desert landscape. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This track features a serene and contemplative atmosphere, characterized by slow and steady piano chords that provide a foundational sense of calm and stability. The lofi beat, with its understated rhythm and relaxed tempo, subtly supports the piano without overpowering it. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Indian sitar solo. Haunting, authentic India. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
This pop song has a hip-hop inspired beat and dark musical progression, driven by powerful strings. The lyrics have a sexy feel and speak of loveless passion. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]