An ambient dramatic track of strings, piano, and pads, reminiscent of the American Beauty and Road to Perdition soundtracks. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Dark and desolate film underscore. Haunting / Mournful. Quirky and unique sound design with acoustic piano and strange synthesizers. Otherwordly / Poignant / Fragile / Dark. Think Donnie Darko. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
This is a male vocal, acoustic singer/songwriter song about going on drive with someone you love and getting lost behind the wheel. It has a very upbeat, country style acoustic guitar lead part with emotional lyrics. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. The instrumental is a nice, acoustic guitar, folky background track in its own right. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 158 BPM]
An electronic track with influences from ambient music, but with a somehow dark or sad undertone. Sparse drums, deep bass and a melancholic melody create a futuristic atmosphere. Good for sci-fi movies, crime investigation, thriller and mystery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Inspirational and emotional music track brings up the images of survival through the hard times, reminiscence and long forgotten memories, expectations of the future and the will to succeed. Features acoustic guitars, orchestral strings, piano and contemporary drum beat, along with synth pads, percussion and bass guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Dark, Mysterious and ambient cinematic track with a dreamy motif featuring guitars, orchestral percussion, choir, synth pads and middle eastern instruments like Duduk and Zurna. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
A pop / rock / electro crossover track that changes from a pensive / tense and dreamy verse part, to a big, bold, passionate, larger-than-life chorus part. Emotive, serious and soaring, this track can be edited to fit your presentation in such a way that it "takes off" in just the right place for your on-screen action. Suitable for many things including commercials, documentaries, drama, reality TV, life changing events and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
An ethereal and atmospheric track with emotional piano and strings. The track opens with wide xylophone like instrument mixed with piano and atmospheric effects, then progresses with addition of quick drums and piano melodies layered in. This track is great for scenes of change or transformation, and dramatic trailers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A mysterious and dark sounding solo piano piece. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dreamy, mellow, and hazy Folk / Acoustica track with acoustic guitar, piano and ethereal humming voices. Homey / Melancholic / Reflective / Nostalgic. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
Grand, sweeping, Cinematic piece performed by a live philharmonic orchestra. Romantic, dreamy, melancholic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Gentle ambient piano piece. Mix of classical harmony with modern and electronic soundscapes. Inspired by the classical piano works of Erik Satie, and also by some of the works by Brian Eno. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
An emotional and passionate orchestral / choir track with a very soaring, yet also fragile and emotive theme. This track starts very softly, with a sad / reflective theme - and then grows gradually in intensity, until it takes off in full effect at about 01:40. Suitable for dramatic scenes that develop over time, epic / dramatic trailers, fantasy and drama, history and adventure. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Peaceful and emotional drama music with strings and steel guitar, building up with a climax at 1'03“. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
An uneasy, unsettlilng and somewhat mystical film score / soundtrack with an edgy sound combining synthesizers and piano. Mystery / Intrigue / Crime / Regret / Forensics / Analytics / Criminal Investigation. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A grand, heavenly, orchestral music track available with or without female solo vocals in the second half of the track. Sweeping, Emotional, Angelic, Heartfelt Music. Real live orchestra recording with live vocals. Available with or without lyrics in the second half of the track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A hazy, somewhat dreamy, Americana / Folk, textural track featuring acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and harmonica lead. Lamenting, with a dark undertone. Good for drama, crime, history and more. Also available without the harmonica, making it a more ethereal, reflective underscore track. All live performance; no computers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 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, Medium / 75 BPM]
A melancholic and emotive film / drama underscore track with piano and strings. Hopeful / fragile / reflective / true. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
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 fragile, pretty and melancholic piano & strings piece. Touching / Emotive / Passionate. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A delicate, fragile and touching, understated composition. Piano and strings. Light and beautiful, with innocence and melancholy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A deep, ambient, slowly moving, textural track. Nostalgic, flowing, hazey. Reflective / Thoughtful. Somewhat similar to the sound of Sigur Ros. Perhaps a slight Scandinavian / Nordic feel. Melancholic and haunting. [Tempo: Slow / 80 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]
An epic, heartfelt string and choir atmosphere that is suitable for evoking a tender, dramatic ambience. Live and sensitive performance with a sweet expressive melody and a melancholic, passionate arrangement that pulls at the heartstrings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Emotive and beautiful. Piano, strings, cello. Touching, fragile and heartwarming. Loving / Heartfelt / Melancholic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 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]
Slow, ethereal, spacious, beautiful, thoughtful, tranquil, reflective piano track with a sense of discovery & wonder. Introspective, dreamy, evaluating, tense. Sublime, somber, cautious, serene, serious & atmospheric. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / mystery / romantic / documentary / advert type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 44 BPM]
Movie soundtrack featuring acoustic piano with delay fx, electric guitars, strings, electronic elements. Melancholic and thoughtful, sad. Will work with love, romantic, dramatic movie and as a video background too. Solo piano version is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
A hybrid trailer track with a moody opening and epic main drop. The track opens with a distant piano and distant sound effects. The piano builds with effects and chopped up sounds to the big hits in the middle. After four huge hits and synthesizer growls the track drops into the main part. Staccato string stabs, huge percussion and low bass are present throughout the second part. The track keeps building with a large horn section to the final distorted hits at the end. Resembles Battlefield soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 165 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]
Stunningly simple and enchanting piano, choir and strings. Magical, wondrous, awe-inspiring and heavenly emotions throughout great for commercials, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 45 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 melancholy downtempo folky indie pop song with male vocals, backups, acoustic guitar, piano and eventually bass, organ and drums. Lyrics "I'm gonna change this life somehow". Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A dreamy, hazey and textural Ambient / Electronica crossover track. This track has a reflective melancholy about it, a sense of mystery and sorrow - influenced by some of the work by Sigur Ros. Nordic Ambient. [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]
A sweeping, soaring and emotional cinematic soundtrack. Epic, rousing and awe inspiring, with a very dramatic end part. Features actual live performed orchestral instruments in combination with samples, and a live performing soprano solo vocalist. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Poignant / Introspective / Touching / Graceful Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Post rock type track that rises and builds from a soft and ambient beginning to a powerful, strong and emotive climax made with guitars with lots of reverb and delay that combine with big sounding drums. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A heartfelt acoustic rock ballad breakup song about loneliness and regret. [Tempo: Slow / 158 BPM]
A commercial advertising track, divided into two parts: sad and optimistic. This structure is typical for some tv and radio commercials where the first part shows a problem and the second brings the 'solution' and music changes together with this scheme. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A mellow, nostalgic and ethereal / dreamy, downtempo pop chill track featuring ghostly, ethereal, angelic voices. Also available without the vocals, and as a track with only the vocals themselves, which has a haunting, otherwordly, eerie sound. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A romantic composition in a waltz rhythm featuring piano, orchestral strings, upright bass and brush drums. Classic, historical feel, perhaps French cinema or period drama. Elegant and graceful, with a wistful element. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
A melancholic ambience suited to drama or thoughtful, reflective content. The track reflects seriousness, potential loss, and some grittiness. A bit dreamy, hazey. Comforting and cocooning. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]
Soft, tender, solo piano. Reflective, melancholic, longing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 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]
(Please note that Gershwin's compositions are public domain in the EU, but not in the USA. To use this music from within the USA, you need additional licensing from the rights holders. For more information search Wikipedia or Harry Fox Agency). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Contemporary Jazz Trio, relaxed pace with a funky beat, romantic and melancholy melody on piano and acoustic bass. Perfect for any project looking for a modern, sophisticated jazz vibe. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]