A melancholic and moving drama piece for strings and piano with an American folk feeling to it. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 130 BPM]
A hazy, slow, Americana / Folk, textural track featuring acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and harmonica lead. Lamenting, with a sore/regretful feel. Also available without the harmonica, making it a more ethereal, reflective underscore track. All live performance; no computers. [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
Slow, dreamy Americana / Acoustica with a haunting, solemn, sound. Beautiful and introspective, melancholic and nostalgic. Acoustic guitar, mellotron, and an old upright piano with a very nostalgic sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
Acoustic guitar, piano and ethereal pads. Reflective, dreamy, melancholic and hazey. Available with or without 'oooh' type vocal. Good for film / drama, personal and touching stories, and poignant footage, perhaps something to do with humanity and the human condition. Imperfect, human, solemn. The piano part is performed on an old upright piano for a nice and nostalgic sound, and the vocal is deliberately unpolished. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Acoustic guitar, piano and ethereal pads. Textural, reflective, dreamy, melancholic and fragile. Available with or without 'oooh' type vocal. Good for film / drama, nature and poignant footage. Beautiful and sad. The piano part is performed on an old upright piano for a nice and nostalgic sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
Reflective and solemn underscore for film / TV. Piano and strings. Heartfelt, fragile, sore. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A subtle and reflective underscore for film / TV. Piano and strings. Gentle, innocent, fragile, pretty. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic and solemn underscore for film / drama. Introspective / questioning / searching. Piano and strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Solemn, dark, ambient guitar track. Haunting, reflective, introspective. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
A sombre and very slow moving underscore track for mystery, drama or fiction. Dark subjects, perhaps crime, criminial investigation or difficult subjects. Stories of struggle or hardship. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Revenge 1 Danger' and 'Revenge 3 The Plot'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 51 BPM]
Inspired by Ludovico Einaudi and Yann Tiersen, this emotional piano solo music track is suited for drama and deep storytelling. The arpeggiated movement throughout the piece evokes a sense of purpose and achievement. And the classical simetry of the main melody brings a sense of order to things. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Inspirational track with melodic and emotional piano and strings. Great piano melody in the opening of the track builds up to a big reveal in the middle. The main part of the track has a wide and open feel with an uplifting cinematic strings orchestration. Big drums throughout add power to the track, however a "No Drums" version is great for a soundtrack like feel. This track is great for trailers, movie trailers, uplifting scenes with emotional content, scenes of nature etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A tender and emotional music track with piano, strings and a subtle bed of sound. Reflective and romantic, this music would be well suited to projects looking for a twist of emotion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soaring pop ballad (think Paramore) about the hope to live and not hide behind walls. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
A folk ballad consisting of finger-picked electric baritone guitar, bass, horns and nostalgic vocals about lost love. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A grand and epic music track featuring electric guitar combining with orchestra, percussion and eventually, choir. The track has a strong sense of building, growing, nearing, approaching, and keeps building throughout. There is a change of direction at about 50 seconds into a more epic, heroic feel, and then a new build towards a great climax. Amazement / Epic / Awe Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A melancholic piano and cello duet evoking a reflective and sentimental feeling. Tender and loving with a feeling of loss or sorrow throughout. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A minimal emotional track with romantic piano melody and beautiful accompanying guitar chords. Very simple yet beautiful, tender and delicate. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Delicate, touching, fragile and beautiful piano composition, with subtle strings. Reflective / Emotive / Tender. Available also as a solo piano track, and with/without FX on the piano (prepared piano / straight piano). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
Slow temp, spacious guitar instrumental. Features a sparse echoing guitar melody, melodic echoing lead lines and reversed guitar swells. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A slightly melancolic track featuring slide guitar. Touching and beautiful. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Emotional, moving,touchingly intense piece with lead guitar playing the part of lead vocal. Passionate, epic, powerful, honest & sincere. A tale of beauty, heartbreak & lost love. Would suit romantic / dramatic / cinematic / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
Saturn from The Planets suite by Gustav Holst. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Soft, thoughtful, delicate, spacious, sedate, dreamy & beautifully atmospheric track blending plucked strings, piano, cellos & violas. Calm, sublime, peaceful, ethereal, mysterious, moody & reflective. Slightly melancholic and with a hint of winter. Would romantic / dramatic / spy / cinematic type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
An emotive, soaring, cinematic music track. Suitable as music for movie trailers, dramatic and poignant film scenes, or any media project requiring a touching, soaring, passionate and graceful soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 61 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 / 80 BPM]
Soul touching and deeply emotional this track starts with a beautiful piano melody and builds towards the end with dynamic spicatto string arpeggios. Perfect for melancholy films and other powerful imagery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
An introspective, haunting, film / drama score with a sense of loss, longing and desolation. Cold and dejected. Use for Drama, History, Storytelling. Perhaps true stories, courtroom drama. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A progressive and building atmospheric rock track with intertwined guitar parts backed up by strong drums, bass and etherial pads. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A beautiful and tender solo piano piece with a real sense of emotion. Love and romance as well as perhaps sadness and reflection [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
Thoughtful and dreamy cinematic music track featuring Grand and Upright pianos played together, orchestral strings, glockenspiel and harp. Beautiful and inspiring melodies create an emotional soundtrack. Inspirational / Drama / Love Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A heartfelt acoustic singer songwriter breakup song about loneliness and regret. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Electronic low-tempo track, with a lounge vibe and a dynamic arrangement, it brings to mind the styling of Sade. At the same time relaxing and sexy, this is the perfect backdrop for presentations, commercials, and scenes that require a minimal, yet remarkable soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A touching an emotional piece. Featuring piano and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Reflective Piano piece. Touching, Wistful, Graceful, Nostalgic. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A slowly rising, emotional and cinematic music track. Starting with huge hits and synth melody. After piano plays main theme, orchestral elements emerge, and with each turn track becomes bigger and louder, ending as big cinematic piece. Rousing and emotive, with a slightly sorrowful and reflective side - but also grand, inspiring, hopeful and heroic music. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Solo piano. Mellow, reflective, slight blues or gospel feel. Heartwarming, beautiful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]
A melancholic, tender, solo piano piece. Warm, comforting, soothing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 49 BPM]
A rich and soaring, tender and wistful orchestral / cinematic track, featuring a rich orchestra sound and an emotional, touching melody. Grand and passionate. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Mid-tempo track, with a strong Middle-Eastern flavor, this is a hypnotic, meditative, relaxing soundscape for your production. Suitable for films and documentaries set in the Middle-Easter or about related subjects. Also great for pensive, quiet, exotic backdrop for other productions. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A warm and heartening soft rock / light rock music ballad. Emotional and sincere music track, with a sense of belonging. [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op. 38, No. 6 Duetto. Solo piano. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Irresistably bitter-sweet, warm, inviting and sensual with a dark undertow. French inspired. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A very slow moving ambient track, like oozing, sticky, floating, slowly sinking into the deep or softly falling snow. Sorrowful, mournful, almost standing still. A sense of time itself slowed down. Inspired by the ambient works of The Dead Texan and others. Acoustic piano, mellotron, slowly swirling synth pad, electric guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Dramatic, mystic theme in the "Silent Witness" vein. Building tension. A single, crystal clear soprano voice. Great for adventures, mystery, dark drama, etc. There is also an "acapella" version with only the voice, singing latin text. (The latin words are nonsensical and have no real meaning.) Finally the "Theme" version also includes the latin song as well as the orchestral backing, in a shorter version. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
A slowly swaying, downtempo track somewhere between pop, chill-out and ambient. Reminescent of the sound of 'Massive Attack', this moody track pulsates, pumps and lulls the listener into a slowly sizzling groove. Superb track for media use. In addition to the original version, there is also an alternative version with subtle sounds like an old vinyl record scratching and popping, for added atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
A short, romantic piece with a wistful or nostalgic tone. Highly suitable for radio commercial, TV program intro, web site and more. Soft strings and tender, melodic piano. Love, family, friendships and cherished memories. Two different 30-secs versions are available; on version 2, the piano goes to a higher octave towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Solnatt is a Norwegian word that means 'Night Sun' (roughly). Inspired by the northern midnight sun, this is a fragile and reflective piano piece, with hope and light mixed with melancholy. Highly suitable for use in film or other media or art, this track is somewhat inspired by the tender film music style of Thomas Newman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A very intense, dramatic and action filled, orchestral / symphonic film soundtrack piece. Hard stabbing horns, marching drums, tense and dramatic orchestral movements. Great for sci-fi, military, action, chase, battle, war, conflict. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Acoustic guitar mood music. Warm, impressionistic, relaxing with a slightly folky feel and a sense of the natural and true. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]