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)"
Deep and meaningful Cinematic composition with emotional piano melodies and harmonies, accompanied by orchestral strings and heavenly pad sound from the middle of the track. Passionate and heartfelt music for films, trailers, TV and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 58 BPM]
A hauntingly beautiful solo piano piece for scenes of lost love, sorrow, loneliness, funerals and other tragedies. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Warm choir with piano and strings pay penance for a wrongdoing. Understated power underneath the soft pattering of piano, feels like the end credits song to an epic story - soft and soothing, as if a painful event has passed and now is the time for healing. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Sad, moving but with an uneasy air of uncertainty. Emotive strings wash over you as a solo oboe enters and plays a simple line. Then come pizzicato strings and a bass drum pulse. Soft piano joins the strings as the cycle begins again. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Melodic rock in the vein of Nickelback, Soundgarden, Tool, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, etc. Live three-piece rock band. Available both as a vocal version and as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A warm and reflective piece performed on clean electric jazz guitar. Elements of jazz, pop ballad and blues. A poignant, thoughtful, nostalgic, emotional and comforting track, highly suitable for film and media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Acoustic guitar, piano and ethereal pads. Reflective, dreamy, melancholic and hazey. Available with or without 'oooh' type vocal. 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 piano track with a dramatic and mysterious mood. With large room reverb this music is suitable for documentary, cinematic projects. Reflective, soft, sensitive music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 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]
Eemotional cinematic track with a somber and ethereal piano and cello melodies that are building up to a dramatic part with orchestral string section, accompanied by contemporary electronic percussion beats. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Solo piano. Minimalist light intrigue, with heart. Lots of space for dialogue. Repeated figures are easily edited to length. Two versions in different lengths and pacing. Good for soap opera, drama, TV, romance [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Urban hip-hop with an edgy feel. Downtempo, funky synth riff joined by hiphop style drum beats and midway through a jazzed-up funky muted trumpet solo. Infectious and groovy. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A soaring, melancholic/nostalgic theme. Dark, but with an inner force, perhaps a glorious past or a tremendous sacrifice. Patriotic, honorable and sombre. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Desire / Hope / Fulfillment. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
Downtempo, instrumental pop / R&B crossover. Subtle but emotional melodies over a strong, slow soulful / RnB beat. Great for family values, eternal love, special friendships and perhaps heartbreak, or new hopes and aspirations. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
"How did this happen? Things weren't supposed to feel this way." Piano and acoustic bass sets a sophisticated tone, while the clarinet and guitar whispers "what happens now?" Uncertainty, and an air of mystery and sadness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 125 BPM]
Acoustic royalty free piano music with a tender and determined mood. With large room sound and repetitive motif this sensitive music will fit for background music, cinematic, documentary, dramatic projects [Tempo: Medium / 65 BPM]
Chilling acoustic rock track with male vocals about a unhinged breakup. Could be used in a relationship drama series. Girl walking from deranged situation on a dirt road. Guy sitting in a log cabin with a rocks glass of whiskey. Dreary and sad intro. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
String lead piece that builds in intensity as the track progresses. Heavy beats provide the backbone as the track reaches its epic conclusion. Emotive and powerful.
[Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Slow / Sad / Melancholic. Poignant and Emotive. Touching and Personal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Tensions rise as stoic piano and guitar build to a dramatic exposure of driving bass, urban drums and strings. Would work excellent on a film or TV show as a revelation of betrayal or selfish intent. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
A lone piano begins a lament, soon joined by distant choirs and a sedentary drum beat. Then emotive strings swell and bring more colour. In the outro section a searing guitar solo says it's final piece. Contains piano, strings, choirs, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
Sad and yet beautiful. Suitable for a tender, sorrow moment. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A lively, feel-good dance track, with a nice simple melody and structure, that makes it easy to loop over and over. Instruments include both electronic and acoustic drums, synths, violins and at the head, a solo violin singing the melody. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
An intense epic action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine, with a riveting climax. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast / 155 BPM]
Dramatic and dark solo piano composition. Tragic but beautiful music full of nostalgia and dramatism about the memories of the past, reminscence of lost loved ones. This emotional composition can greatly enhance dramatic trailers, films, documentaries and videos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
Very peaceful & thoughtful piano-lead orchestral-pop tune.Tugs at your heartstrings- makes your mind drift back to what might have been or forward to what the future could hold. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A solemn female vocal with subtle drones, ethnic percussion and flute. Middle Eastern, North African, Palestinian or other world/ethnic content. Ominous, foreboding. Sorrow, loss, pain or anguish. Builds in intensity after about 01:45. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A purposeful and driving pop/rock track with layered guitars, driving bass and pounding drums. Upbeat and uplifting, this track has a strong motivational feel, which could enhance many projects. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
A short, fluttering, melodic, orchestral piece, suitable for programme opening or closing, commercial, company intro sequence etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A bright, fresh and upbeat electronica track. Melodic, high energy, feelgood, danceable and with a forward surging, positive, energizing feel. Constant movement, development, fluctuations. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture, full orchestra. This sweeping and lush excerpt begins with the very famous romantic climax used in many advertisements, presentations, comedies, and dramas. A beautiful, versatile track that has many uses. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A pretty and reflective, mellow and graceful composition for piano and strings. Poetic, lyrical, tender. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 58 BPM]
Soundtrack to a 70’s movie. Female vocals, flute melody, acoustic guitars. Looking back at one’s life and realizing there is no way to change the past, so look to the future. Keywords: Memories, Past, Looking back. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A mournful and solemn, but also hopeful and inspirational dramatic underscore track. Starts with cello and gradually builds with acoustic guitar strumming and drums. Sad, but comforting and soothing. Dreamy, inspirational, aspirational. Good for commercials, drama/film and more. ('Pleureuse' is French and translates to 'mourner'). [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
This orchestral / cinematic piece contains elements of light and dark, and ranges from the understated, touching and fragile, to the grand, dramatic and passionate. The track can easily be edited to fit the timing of your scenes, and it will go well with passion, adventure, fantasy, epic love, and more. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A very inspirational track with a strong piano melody, inspired by Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" etc. and very suitable for inspiration, achievement, dreams and aspirations. Inspirational, motivational, patriotic. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Reflective, somewhat dreamy and hazy, acoustic folk / americana. Performed live on acoustic guitar and an old upright piano, with a nostalgic, mellow sound. Good for drama, storytelling, real life stories, melancholic and/or thoughtful content. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 BPM]
A crossover RnB / pop track with elements of Roots and blues. Available both as a vocal and an instrumental version. Catchy and melodic. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
Chopin Prelude No 4 E Minor (arr D Lukyanov), solo piano music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Acoustic Jazz ensemble with Spanish influenced chords and melody. Romantic, melancholy, passionate and dreamy featuring piano, flute, upright bass and drums. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 130 BPM]
Piano music. A majestic and passionate piano duet, with a full string section entering at 1:19 creating a strong romantic and uplifting mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Emotional and mysterious cinematic composition with haunting piano melodies accompanied by solo cello phrases and orchestral strings. Good for trailers, drama and suspense genre movies, documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
This is a melancholic and ambient film soundtrack with a lonely and sad vibe. Emotional piano parts accompanied by mellow cellos. passionate cinematic music. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
An epic romantic theme with full symphony orchestra and solo violin, underscoring anything from a King's secret love affair to a bittersweet farewell in ancient Rome. The authentic ancient feel makes this cue perfect for period and Bible films. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
An inviting forest beckons, and majestic mountain views await. Using traditional acoustic instruments re-combined in a new setting, this track is a different and unique sound that could illustrate a fantasy world or a strange, exotic place. Acoustic guitar, bouzouki, Rhodes piano and bass. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Solo piano. Minimalist repeating figures with some thematic development. Some tension in this introspective piece. Would carry a scene with no dialogue, but there are lots of spaces to let dialogue through. Editable into smaller cues and transitions. Version 2 is darker and in a lower range, with a tragic edge. Good for drama, mystery, TV, feature film. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A very thematic cue underscoring contemplative sentiments and a sense of longing, motion, and time ticking by. Light orchestral with piano melody and subtle percussion rhythm. [Tempo: Very slow / 59 BPM]
An upbeat folk song that deals with the issue of ‘missing a loved one’. A very catchy chorus with multi-layered male and female vocals. A driving rhythm culminating in a dynamic build up and explosion in the last chorus. Instruments include mandolin, trombone, drums, bass, violin, piano. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Melancholic, tender piano piece. Perhaps dearly held memories, nostalgia, or quiet reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
