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)"
Evolving and organic, this cinematic track can stir sentiment, hope and dualistic feelings between dark and light. Piano and bells tickle a melodic motif over this track’s shifting reed organ-like pad, effects, kick drum and drones. It’s great for media/scenes with introspective, emotional and dramatic qualities. Evolving / Sentimental / Intricate. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 138 BPM]
A very emotional, inspirational, cinematic music, starting with kalimba and piano. Rising into a big orchestral track with wide brass melody. Amazement / Wonderment / Greatness music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A beautiful, cinematic composition with a deep emotion. Great for emotional moments in films and TV about emotional or touching content. Melancholic, wistful and reflective, but also hopeful and warm. [Tempo: Slow / 125 BPM]
Mellow, hazy, reflective piano melody with an ambient, open feel. Warm / Sincere. Romantic music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 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]
A reflective, wistful and ethereal music with piano, strings and choir. Wonder / Heavenly / Poignant / Sorrowful / Meaningful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A slow and sultry, bluesy soft rock music. Alternative rock / Indie-rock and Blues feel. Heartbroken, sincere, touching music track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
An easy, warm and heartening music track with clean electric guitar. Hopeful, comforting and mellow. [Tempo: Slow / 99 BPM]
A mellow, reflective and warm piece of electric, ambient guitar music. Hopeful, warm, heartening, searching. You get a feeling it tells a story. [Tempo: Slow / 126 BPM]
This serene music track is straightaway soothing, calming and elicits receptiveness. The piano and synth melody delicately touches over a shifting bed of pads and intricate drums/percussion. The reflective moods this track inspires work perfectly in dramas and documentaries. Ethereal / Reflective / Complex. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
This slow, deep blues music track easily transports the listener to a rural, pensive state of mind. Acoustic guitar and slide resonator guitar create the wistful, lonely spirit of this track, supported by low male humming and far away harmonica textures. Excellent music for thoughtful, sorrowful or introspective dramas, rural travel shows and documentaries. Slide / Wistful / Meaningful. [Tempo: Slow / 70 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]
Small instrumentation and textures that grows into a huge orchestral sound with movement throughout, with a massive climax at the end. Piano, choir, strings and percussion create a thoughtful, emotional and inspiring mood. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Uptempo and inspiring guitar harmonics begin with drums and more guitars following after. Creates an inspiring and upbeat mood, that you'll tap your foot to, perfect for corporate videos or anything that needs easy yet inspiring music under it. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Beginning with bouncy piano, then sparkly synths, a foot tapping beat, strings and jumpy woodwinds enter, to create a fun sound. Huge swirling vocals enter midway to create a lush and elated mood. Very organic and earthy sound overall. Available with or without the vocal parts. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Emotional and melancholy piano with slow moving, close strings, creating a sad and thoughtful mood. Very minimal sound overall that's warm and tender, yet sad, pensive and reflective. [Tempo: Very slow / 59 BPM]
Reflective piano and moving strings combine to create an emotional yet hypnotic sound, full of thought and introspection. Perfect for undercore, drama or anything requiring a human touch [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Emotional and heartfelt track full of hopelessness but also awe and distant relief, like a shimmer of hope at the horizon. Cinematic arrangement with piano, strings and choir. Starts soft, gets a more intense and a bit epic at 0:24. [Tempo: Slow / 160 BPM]
Classical 'beautiful yet haunting' film score with symphonic strings, like music from classic retro movies. Loving, mysterious and emotional. Softer part with piano, flute and strings joining later on at 0:32. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 132 BPM]
A minimalistic piece with harp, bells and bass drums. Neutral vibe with a sense of air, clarity and science. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful uplifting track with piano lines, orchestral strings, guitars in the background. Starts warm and romantic, gets more dynamic and motivating at 0:40. [Tempo: Medium / 189 BPM]
A tragic and cinematic orchestral piece with a wide yet personal feel. Slow strings evoke emotion and drama, joined by some dreamy choir. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: Six Norwegian Mountain Melodies: No. 4: Sjugurd og trollbrura (Sjugurd and the Troll Bride). Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17, No. 2: Ungersvenden (The Young Man). Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17, No. 4: Nils Tallefjorden. Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: 25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17, No. 9: Naar mitt oje (When My Eyes). Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43, No. 2: Ensom vandrer (Solitary traveler). Classical music performed and recorded by concert pianist Zelimir Panic, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Pietro Mascagni - Intermezzo Sinfonico in F Major from Cavalleria Rusticana, IPM 4. Orchestral version. Performed and recorded exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Existing in a hinterland between music & sound design, these brooding washes of distant sound slither and twist with a deep, tormented anguish. The atonal sound beds come in a variety of versions and underscores that can be mixed, matched and interlinked to form a protracted backdrop of compelling moods. Matched in style with the Dream Valley Music titles, The Deep Dark, Mass Limit and Bloom. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Many layers of growing swells that rise and fall like waves of colourful sounds. Matched in style with the Dream Valley Music titles, The Deep Dark, Mass Limit and Black Light. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A calm and brooding track that builds into a triumphant ending. The song opens with a heartfelt solo vocal with acoustic guitar, but drums and bass soon enter, providing a burly and noticeable rhythm section. The song has a huge sonic payoff with epic vocals and a saxophone solo. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
This acoustic driven song has very a catchy, repeating hook with electronic textures behind them. The song has a traditional pop formula, is easy on the ears, and emotive. The production is hi fi and modern but with mostly real instruments and has a classic guitar solo. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
A progressive indie rock song that takes the listener on a sonic journey with bombastic drums and spacious vocals that coat the production. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
A grand musical theme with an inspirational, cinematic, spirited and hopeful feel. Inspiring / Beautiful / Cinematic / Rising music. [Tempo: Slow / 135 BPM]
A stirring emotional track with a solo piano opening that builds into an epic motivational theme with hopeful strings and dramatic percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Minimal percussion, an eerie electric piano, pads and distant voices, all help build an atmosphere of sadness, melancholy and regret. Soft and delicate with a few harsh elements that keep a subtle tension... Thinking of what could have been, a life wasted, light rain falling on the pavement. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Pulsating, fluid and evolving, this cinematic Ambient track evokes deep emotion, darkness and hope and a sense of forever. Long synth pads and random FX drape over a deep sine bass nudging us through a smooth and shifting arrangement. It’s excellent for emotional dramas, B-roll and self-help talkovers. Ethereal, eternal, vast, cosmic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 117 BPM]
This ambient music track is ethereal, flowing and contemporary sounding. It can convey a rich spectrum of cinematic emotion. Its arrangement is a slow swirl of transmuting analog pads, space echo, and FX, serves as an excellent background music bed for scenes with introspective qualities, like dramas, narration, self-help topics and as a canvas for flyover B-roll. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 112 BPM]
Written as background for reality TV in a thoughtful moment. [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
Using world music elements to create a thoughtful mood. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Pretty, yet sad piece, builds to a medium climax. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A touching, melancholic and emotive, yet caressing and softly flowing music track, featuring several piano layers and airy, flautando string ensemble with accentuated cello. This track builds from a quiet beginning and moves into a somewhat more open-hearted middle part, before returning to the reflective warmth for the final part. Graceful music / Light touch / Timeless. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A heartening, sincere and touching piece of filmic / cinematic pop / orchestral music based on piano and strings. Uplifting / Heartwarming / Hopeful / Touching / Inspirational. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A solemn piano opening develops into a pulsing, bass-driven section with motion and mystery, leading to a feel-good orchestral section full of confidence and forward motion. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A laid back and moody ambient guitar track which starts with reversed echoing guitar swells before breaking into the main repeated melodic phrase. It creates a dark, ambient and melancholic mood. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
A delightful, feathery, light orchestral cinematic music track featuring piano and flautando strings. Pretty, warm-hearted and touching. [Tempo: Slow / 140 BPM]
A peaceful, timeless and elegant, cinematic music track featuring simplicity and light colors of strings, and piano. Suitable for heartwarming, bright, uplifting productions. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A beautifully wistful female voice blends with soaring cellos and distant washes in this ethereal and atmospheric aria based on traditional folk music, yet with a dark, contemporary nursery rhyme quality. A companion to the popular Celtic Requiem track and with a similar spiritual feel. Cello & voice adapted and performed by Shena Power. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Poignant, touching and inspirational music with a modern cinematic. Emotions stir, with and epic touch, and with solo a lyrical solo cello. Heartening / Emotive / Sympathetic. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
