A soulful ballad about a couple losing the fight of holding their relationship together. Heart-wrenching and emotional. Suitable for dramatic TV shows, films and commercials etc. Featuring vocals by Tricia Kelly. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A fragile, melancholic solo piano piece, recorded live on an old, upright piano with a nice, nostalgic sound. Poignant and emotive.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]This song is to describe that utter darkness you feel after a recent break-up and nothing in your life or routine seems normal anymore, something's missing. You desperately cling to anything that reminds you of that old life, even if it isn't real. You can't seem to fall asleep without that warm body next to you in bed. You just want to hold or talk to that person. You miss them so much. The lyrics cite- it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all-and although that might be true, it still makes getting over someone really hard. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Acoustic song about youth. Hoping for a brighter future and for loved ones to prosper. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
A relaxed acoustic guitar based song with a Classical guitar intro. Featuring a male main vocal and a female backing vocal. Other instruments include Hammond organ, drums, and fretless bass guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
A reflective acoustic guitar based song featuring organ, percussion, bass and male main vocal. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Slow paced royalty-free music track with digital drums and deep digital basslines mixed with orchestral hits and strings. Broken future, bleak and ominous. The build up is slow into a melodic yet unsettling drop with strings and crushed drums that resemble a gun shot. A good track for movie and video game trailers, scenes of struggle and repression. Also for forensic investigation, crime / crime scene, spy and undercover agent, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
This is a passionate soft rock song, with sensual guitar leads and buttery vocals. The lyrics talk about a relationship that is going through struggles and they decide to soothe the pain by touch. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 122 BPM]
A mystical cinematic cue inspired by world music from The Last Temptation of Christ. It features the beautiful and haunting Duduk and lush strings layered with synthesizer and ethnic drones. 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: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow, sentimental Country instrumental that features acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Acoustic driven alternative/pop song by Jamestown Story about having relationship troubles. Song starts off acoustic, with a full band coming in halfway through. Male vocals and group vocals. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Piano led pop ballad, lyrics about lost love, relationships, Features piano, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, synths. Available in a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
This is a very delicate piano love song about meeting someone in the summer and falling in love. Its about getting excited for the future and feeling very lucky to have stumbled into something so amazing. Its about never wanting the summer to end, and having someone who is all yours. Its about trusting your gut and putting your faith into a love that can in fact be true. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
A reflective, introspective and thoughtful underscore for drama and storytelling. Fragile, different / unique. Features fretless bass, piano and ethereal pads. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic and introspective piano + strings piece. Repeating piano pattern, wistful strings and a sense of longing. Good for drama, storytelling, etc. Heartening, poignant. [Note, this track was previously titled 'Ambient Piano' but has been retitled to 'Ripples of Reflection'.] [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A poignant and sincere piano + strings piece. Touching melody, good for storytelling, drama, love story, intimate interviews, hardship and more. [Note: This track was previously titled 'Autumn Piano', but has been retitled to 'An Autumn Melody'.] [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
This rousing, anthemic track starts small and builds to an epic, inspirational feel. Percussion gives a propulsive energy, with choir, orchestra and piano on top. Good for projects needing a good dose of inspiration and spirit. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Stately horns (and orchestra) perform a melody perfect for any project needing a feeling of courageousness, valor, hope, glory, and patriotism. Could also work well to describe great leadership - a president or general. [Tempo: Slow / 69 BPM]
Dramatic combination of cinematic orchestral sounds with metallic, destructive, methodical and violent percussion. Apocalyptic / Harsh / Doom laden. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Emotional strings set the mood for this track. Big hits sound distant yet powerful. The main drop happens at about 1 minute into the track, with bit-crushed, mechanical sounding drums. Violent, dramatic, epic, futuristic. For epic trailers, sci-fi, scenes of rising armies. Also for sports / achievement / grit. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A gloomy, doom laden, pensive underscore for action thriller, sci-fi, mystery and horror. Nervous, dark ambient, pulsating rhythms and sneaky / suspicious sounds. Serious / Exotic / Mystical. Can be an ethnic place, or general dark / ominous ambience. Also available in a "No Drums" version which has a more ambient / dark background / ethereal feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A dark, gloomy, emotional and sorrowful underscore for sci-fi, thriller, mystery, or action drama. Conflict, unease, with an ethnic / world mystery undertow. Available with or without drums, and with or without a wailing, sorrowful, ethnic solo vocal. Desolate / Tense / Uncertain. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
The end of an epic film or the rise of the nation’s hero. This develops into a fully orchestrated track with rippling synth and percussion, interwoven with powerful choir. Perfect for promos, trailers or any project needing a modern Hollywood sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Sad, dreamy, soft, dramatic, meaningful, emotional, tragic, lost & lonely piano & strings piece. Serene, sedate, sublime, serious, deep, moving, rich, beautiful, atmospheric, magical & wondrous. Would suit romantic / dramatic / military / requiem / life type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
This is an acoustic song with male vocals that starts off with a cinematic intro and then goes into emotional lyrics about being in love. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Short solo piano track. Lamentation and tears. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Delicate harp and piano are matched with deep, powerful strings. Would work well as a tragic love theme. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 58 BPM]
Slow swing ballad with introspective lyrics referencing alcohol, moods, and outlook on life. Male jazz vocalist and quartet featuring guitar, bass, piano, brush drums. You can’t quite put your finger on whether the mood of the singer is accepting, melancholy, a little of both, or just too drunk to care. Piano and guitar solos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Ominous synths with pounding drums set the scene, while solo violin creates a lyrical and emotional mood. Huge brass section enters at 0:55 to create a massive sounding theme along with violins and booming crunchy drums. Epic in every sense - good for a movie trailer. [Tempo: Slow / 125 BPM]
A dreamy start gives way to a powerful melody played by strings and brass, which soars to victory. Triumph, completion, mission accomplished. Hope for the future. [Tempo: Slow / 97 BPM]
This track features Piano melody with orchestral symphonic elements in the style of Chopin/Beethoven and the turn of the century mood in the eastern Europe but done in a Tim Burton orchestral fashion ala Danny Elfman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A thoughtful piano solo, wistful and pretty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Contemplation / Nostalgia / Remembrance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Sad / grief / melancholic / nostalgia. [Tempo: Very slow / 57 BPM]
Strange, otherworldly, and at times eerie - this ambient musical soundscape has both darkness and light. Floating, Dreaming, perhaps in an alternative reality. Good for sci-fi, space travel, hypnosis and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mystical world / exotic music track made with atmoshperic synths, epic drums and eastern native instruments. Dark / Hot / Foreboding Music. Can be ancient Africa or Middle East. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
This is an intimate acoustic song with female vocals about being ashamed of who you are and what you’ve done, but continuing to push forward because of a special person in their life. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional, melancholic and sentimental film score featuring dreamy beautiful piano melodies and hopeful strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A slow and beautiful Folk song about a child's journey through life. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A tense and uneasy soundtrack cue for a dangerous situation. Dark, ominous, threatening, foreboding. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Gabriel Urbain Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50. Arranged and recorded with real live orchestra, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A romantic, touching and tender piano piece. Reflective music, with an emotional melody, a sense of longing and tenderness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Frederic Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35: III. Funeral March. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: 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 / 70 BPM]
A slow, wailing guitar blues with an epic, doom-laden feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 78 BPM]
Ave Maria in B-flat major, D.839 by Franz Peter Schubert. A beautiful and fragile rendition of this popular piece of classical music by Schubert, arranged for piano and violin. Tender and poignant. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by F Hegedus. [Tempo: Slow / 51 BPM]
This lonely, slide resonator guitar music piece is the epitome of: No prospects, down on your luck, but you still got some pride and you’re still alive. It’s a recording of a single performance with no fixed meter (free time). This is great for country dramas with protagonists battling feelings of despair, loneliness, poverty, fruitless crops, and emotional turmoil. Also, this is excellent music for drone shots or landscapes of large sweeps of country and nature. [Tempo: Slow / 64 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]
Simple, emotive and nostalgic music made with piano. The main vibe is towards emotional and sad. Emotional / Reflective / Nostalgic Music. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]