This is where we keep the music that makes us think of the 1980's. This music wasn't actually composed or recorded in the 80's, but it has an 80's feel and sound, making these tracks suitable for Retro 1980s productions. Historical, even. (Even though, for those of us who grew up in the 1980s with Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Grandmaster Flash, Human League and New Order's "Blue Monday", it feels really weird to talk about that era as "Historical"!)
A relaxed disco/soul song about a man trying to declare his love. Features male vocal, funky guitars. Sounds like Daft Punk and Smokey Robinson had a baby. 1980, vintage, could be playing at the prom when a shy guy sees the girl of his dreams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Retro funk drums and funky clav are joined by futuristic electronic sounds, to create an unusual & eclectic form of urban jazz groove. [Tempo: Fast / 105 BPM]
A Hip-Hop song about hanging out with friends, with a sound and style from the late 80's or early 90's. Features electric guitar, synths, bass, drums, and male rap vocals. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Gap Band and Cameo style eighties funk. Straight drum machine beat with funky guitar and synth elements. Hint of Prince, Chaka Khan, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Electro Pop Track with male vocals about a dreamer growing up in the 80s. Unique. Young boy movies. Scene with a kid riding his bike to school. Distinctive. Holiday films. Retro. Nostalgic tune. Recollecting. Thinking about the past Walking with a boombox and headphones. 1990s. Saved By The Bell. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A contemporary French inspired dance track blending traditional Gypsy Jazz style rhythm guitar and accordion with a modern House beat and synths. A fun, upbeat track great for commercials, comedies, corporate or any project looking for a european party vibe. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A happy and bright electro-pop track with a nod back to the 1980's and 1990's video games culture. Cheeky, fun and funky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Cool Pop R&B instrumental. Sexy beat, retro 80s keyboards and some synth hooks. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and early 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. About a spiritual place beyong the physical realm where anything and everything is possible. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
Slow funk / R&B / Soul. Slighty melancolic melody over a nice and breezy funk groove. Kind of a mid tempo, funky, instrumental soul ballad. Beautiful solo guitar performance. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Chilled, but refreshing and energizing electronic track. Optimistic dreamy pads and thick analogue synths give this track a rich, lush texture. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
A bright and shiny track with a combination of new and retro synth sounds. Uncomplicated and happy, with slightly quirky, feelgood vibes. Simple pleasures, happy days. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Lively, intense, retro style Progressive Rock track in the style of Yes, UK, King Crimson and many other bands of the 1970's and 80's. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Cool, classy and chilled Modern Jazz with a Bossa Nova rhythm, sultry horns and elegant piano. Good for creating a sophisticated and relaxing mood. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Motown type instrumental soul groove, with a flavor of the 1970's and 80's. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. A tribute to the classic rock and Woodstock generation. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 64 BPM]
Sexy, seductive, funky and laidback R&B track for projects in need of a classy and urban soundtrack. Retail, fashion, in-store use, 80s flashbacks and commercials. Features Piano, Guitar, Synth Bass, Pads and Drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Funky retro chip tune with catchy melodies - 8-bit/arcade games style sound. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Let's travel back in time to the roaring eighties with this happy, positive rocking track and its lush, sleek arrangement of multi-layered electric guitars, driving bass and simple, powerful drums. Compulsory guitar solo inside. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Strong and Powerful Classic Rock Track with distorted rhythm guitars, upbeat drums, solid bass lines and screaming electric guitar solos. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Powerful hard rock with a heavy eighties aura. Perfect for sports or training montages. Energizing and inspiring solid rock tune. Also available without the corny guitar melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A somewhat 70's or 80's sounding chill-out groove with retro electronic drum box, electric rhodes keyboard with leslie effect and occasional guitar melodies. Groovy and tasty, good for chill, lounge, fashion, style, retro chic and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A happy, summery pop-rock track. Uplifting, happy piano over a summery beat, with retro synths as support. Positive and emotional melodies over sentimental organ. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Cute and fun retro video game style track. 8-bit computer / videogame sound combined with some more modern elements. Innocent and bright, with a sense of a circus, amusement park, fairground park or a magical, colorful wonderland. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A quirky Retro Video Game type track with a cheeky melody. Funny, silly and happy. Inspired by the sounds of 1980's and 1990's video games such as Super Mario bros., Super Mario Sunshine etc. This track has "light and dark" sections with jolly and jumpy "daylight" parts changing into dark and mysterious "underground" parts. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Uplifting, bright, lively, joyful and energetic rock theme. Intense guitar riffs and solos. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Upbeat, fun pop song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 153 BPM]
Sexy piano leads this very chill and happy groove. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Uptempo, positive, Funk / R&B / Fusion. Catchy, groovy and danceable. Busy bass lines with upbeat drums, occasional brass/sax section. Sax- and synth solos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Dynamic and groovy electro-pop track. A mix of 1980's electro sounds with today's pop music sound. Arpeggiator synth, synths rythm and lead, bass, electric guitar, drums and sweeps. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A fun Mozart remix that's made to sound like a retro computer game. Has a strong feeling of classic video game music from the 80's or early 90's. Fun, playful, whimsical, cheeky. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 125 BPM]
Upbeat, positive, dynamic, energised, motivating & spacious electronic dance-based pop track that would suit science / financial / investigative news type projects. Busy, hectic, enthusiastic, excited, animated & confidently forward moving. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
This 8-bit track is catchy, upbeat and quirky. Like the video arcade music of the 1980s, this fun track is full of synthesizers and sound effects. This is a great piece for fun-themed programming, comedies, gaming, children’s show, web-tutorials and reality shows. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Fun, cheeky and cute retro video game style music. A nod back to the 80's and 90's with Super Mario and his friends. About a minute into the track there's a faster, more action filled part which can be edited to a separate file and used for a different scene/stage in your production. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A huge great bouncy meatball of a tune. Pulsing synth bass and syncopated drum groove make this one swing large. Various parts come and go but the beat must and will go on. Contains synths, drums, choirs and eastern oboes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 133 BPM]
Cute and cheeky, funky synth-pop track with influences from the 1980's and 1990's. Chip-sounds with a 'Axel F' drum machine. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Cool 1980's style electropop with a modern flavour. Tight beats, filtered loop, cool synth bassline and staccato casio tones underneath a warm piano and euro synth melody. Positive and insistant. Great for fashion, pop culture, youth, technology, night life and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
Dreamlike electronic pop track with a retro feel. Spacious pads and shimmering synths over a driving beat. Inspiring and uplifting. Explosions in the sky... [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. A tribute to the late great Marc Bolan from the band T-Rex. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 101 BPM]
A funky jazz number... or a jazzy funk number, if you prefer. Busy, syncopated funk drums with a live horns section and funky wah-wah guitar solos. Influenced by the funk sounds of the 1970's (James Brown, Blues Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, etc.) but also with an element of more recent soul / funk sound such as Jamiroquai, and even some more straight jazz like Brandon Fields, etc. etc. Fun, funky and feelgood! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Retro, 1980's, Eighties, Japan. Retro eighties' hair metal, with a heavy influence from old Japanese cartoons and series. Kinda ridiculous, but perfect for that 80's revival, or a retro game app. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Spacey, ethereal, moody, groovy, dreamy, haunting & other-worldly electronic track. A determined beat combines with ghostly synths & vocal fx to make motivated music suitable for corporate / science / news / documentary / dramatic / mystery type projects. Influenced by the sound of Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Imagine a word at the edge of the galaxy, dark with mysterious creatures. This music sets a Hollywood space scene, the use of vintage synths give a strange feel to the cue. Strong use of drums towards the later end of the song increases the mysterious feel and dynamic rage for an epic climax. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
A hip, trendy House track full of discofied debauchery, funked up synthesisers, live and infectious guitar hooks and a driving drum groove. Great for any retro, urban or youth television, commercial or film, fashion shows, sports and fitness. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Cheesy retro 80s' commercial underscore. Perfect for eighties spoofs and those "call now!" adverts! [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Funk / Soul / R&B. Powerful brass section over an agile and dynamic groove. Vibrant and confident. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Laidback 70s style jazz funk. Simple and infectious horn melody with groovin rhythm section. A feel-good, driving in the summer with the soft top down, lounging retro jam. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
80's funk fusion a la Tom Scott. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
