Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words, Book 3, Op. 38 No. 2 in C minor. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This sparse, folksy music track conveys feelings of authenticity, good intensions, family, and outdoors. Marxophone, claps and harmonium augment the lively performance of a single acoustic guitar. Excellent music for rural themes, drama, travel and documentaries. Authentic / Folksy / Sparse Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Ever thought you had the world in your hands and lost it? This is a dramatic, lush, dreamy, magical, emotional, passionate and moving orchestral piece with hypnotic piano running through. Glorious, meaningful and with air of melancholy and sadness. Would suit romantic / science / historical / drama type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
A melody of spacious strings & soprano voice quickly descend into darkness & mystery. Fantasy, sci-fi, adventure. Perhaps magic or mysterious intrigues. Amazement, wonderment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An orchestral cinematic mystery background track. Classic movie soundtrack / film score sound, with piano and orchestral elements create an eerie, suspicious, investigative feel. This rather dark and foreboding background music will go well with drama, mystery, crime, detective investigation, solving riddles, finding clues, or just following a developing story of intrigue and enigma. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A grand musical theme with an inspirational, cinematic, spirited and hopeful feel. Inspiring / Beautiful / Cinematic / Rising music. [Tempo: Slow / 135 BPM]
A supremely tasty, classy, lush and delicate classic jazz track. Smooth as velvet, featuring all live instruments and orchestra, and a female vocal towards the end of the track. Classic big band jazz ensemble with orchestra. Stick around to hear the short vocal part around the 3 minute mark - it'll be worth it. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Soft, ambient, beautiful relaxation music. Warm and soothing. Comforting and peaceful. Yoga / Mind Focus / Work Focus / Study Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
An uplifting, epic and inspirational music track made with warm cinematic piano, cinematic orchestra, breathy vocals and epic drums. The track's structure is based on a gradual rise (starts small and then evolves towards the main climax). Uplifting / Cinematic / Epic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Reflective Piano & Pads. Ambient, thoughtful, graceful. Pretty and sincere. Wonderment. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Western / Mexican style ballad. Shoot out at the OK Corrall! Twangy electric, Spanish guitars, church bell. Builds in stages over 3 choruses. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
A slow- to mid-tempo, steady alternative rock music with a thoughtful, emotive and poignant feel. Soaring, Driving, Reflective, Ethereal. Great music for road trip, hiking, outdoor adventures and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
An intriguing and dreamy royalty free piano track, somewhat mysterious and haunting. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A mysterious and deep cinematic track featuring piano, synthesizers, atmospheric pads, guitars, bass guitar and percussion. Great for trailers, drama, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Romantic, sad and dramatic with a touch of hope. All the key ingredients needed to push for the best of story-telling and media which really impacts your audience. This tracks has a balance of these key elements and keeps in mind to not go beyond what is truly needed for effective and necessary melodic beauty. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A beautiful solo piano version of this classic composition. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A light, mysterious and easy track made with percussion, in a style and sound similar to Thomas Newman. Will work well for scenes of the passing of time, or a story developing, progressing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Simple and pure, this piano and small orchestra music track works well for advertising, commercials, films and websites needing the theme of love, family, or togetherness. This track uses differences in tempo to enhance romantic moments. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A time for reflection and truth - gentle, romantic and slightly wistful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A cinematic track of beauty, amazement and wonder. Sweeping and romantic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71, No. 2: Sommeraften (Summer's Eve). Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An ethereal, contemplative piano based theme that slowly introduces subtle synth pads and strings - Reflective / Ambient / Peaceful [Tempo: Very slow / 75 BPM]
Epic blockbuster type music track, with a powerful bottom end and valiant strings. This track starts slowly and then builds and increases gradually, until returning to the beginning with a sense of reflection. Emotive / Touching / Honorable Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A very slow solo piano track, played live on an old upright piano with a nostalgic, aged sound. Melancholic but comforting, easy and relaxed. Introspective / Reflective / Dreamy.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]Harp, piano and cello work together to make this mysterious track come to life. Moments of wonder and magic simulate occasional discoveries. A mix of light and darkness, somewhat neutral; general background. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Woodsy, swampy, emotive and funky, this slow-burn rock music track sounds loose and spontaneous, featuring a great example of in-the-pocket guitar playing. Joining this 4-string acoustic guitar, is electric slide guitar, drums and claps. This is a great bed for rural/country life programs: dramas, lifestyle, docs, cooking music, vlogs, voiceover, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional and inspirational music track with mellow electric melody, and soft pulsating groove, with a passionate culmination in the middle section. Heartening / Strong. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dramatic and emotive cinematic music track featuring piano, atmospheric pads, strings, electronic drum loops and ethnic percussion. Timeless, elegant, reflective. Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Pensive and thoughtful, reflective and emotional. Underlying anxiety in the first half builds to large emotional payoff and peaceful introspection at the end. Good for drama, romance, teen romance. This track is recorded with a real live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional and cathartic film score music track with passionate piano overture evolve to an intense and moving theme. Synth and piano main theme with spatial beds on the background without rhythmic instruments. [Note: This music track contains some deliberate distortion. This is done for effect and is not an error or weakness with the file.] [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
An inspiring and heartfelt cinematic music track, featuring piano and several cellos combined, with a chamber orchestra in the background. Elegant, swaying, passionate and slowly building. Inspiring / Motivation / Epic Love Music. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
60's / 70's style jazz ballad. Flugelhorn / trumpet over electric piano / rhodes, bass and drums. Dark, moody and smoky. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Mozart String Quartet No. 3 in G Major K156/134b Movement 2. Adagio. Classical music arranged and recorded by the Allegro String Ensemble exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. Live performance. No computers, no samples. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A pretty and quaint piano piece, performed live on an old upright piano, with a nostalgic sound. Delicate and happy, in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 59 BPM]
Peaceful, pensive and boundless, this solo acoustic guitar music track expresses a depth of mind and soul searching. Different reverb mixes are available to better suit the prospective material: from dry and mid, to more wet mixes. Great music for drama and travel programming. Folk / Americana / Boundless Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 64 BPM]
Orchestral, cinematic, background music for drama and storytelling. Contemplative, questioning and mysterious. Thoughtful and introspective. Great music for a mystery drama, fantasy, crime drama, searching and contemplation. A brooding and intriguing story evolves. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Ambient and atmospheric cinematic music composition with an inspiring but slightly melancholic vibe, perfect for Sci-Fi, drama, movies and videos, motivational clips and more. Understated / Ethereal music / Subtle / Wonderment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Mellow, Dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Uplifting and inspirational epic pop/rock track, with a powerful anthemic theme and a current rhythmic arrangement. Think those end of the year videos, awesome people doing awesome stuff and general inspiring stuff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Epic and energetic music. Features a huge string orchestra with live drums to give an orchestral pop feel. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Rich cellos and aching violins featured in this dramatic backdrop perfect for any large scene of human striving or romantic heroicism. Minor opening delivers with strong restatement in the major, providing a powerful emotional lift. Determination and heart are rewarded withachievement and fulfillment.Good for drama, documentary, adventure/fantasy and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A soft, mellow and soothing ambient guitar soundscape. Wide open aural landscapes leaves room to breathe. Reflective, melancholic, soft touch. Dreamy and thoughtful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A powerful song that deals with a significant story about a sister. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A warm, touching, comforting and mellow solo piano piece. Delicate and tender, with a touch of melancholy, a quiet and understated, unconditional love. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
Minimalist piano and synth, emotive and poignant, great for scenes of intense love and oneness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 88 BPM]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H.245, III. Rondo espressivo. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Appealing, fresh and easy-going pop-rock track. Soft-rock based on acoustic guitars, piano and drum kit. Bright, feelgood, uplifting, melodic. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Gentle piano theme. Easy, dreamy, meditative, a hint of nostalgia. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
