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)"
A sad and reflective traditional Irish air played on the fiddle and accompanied by nylon guitar. Contemplative, pensive and thoughtful, this air is beautiful, stirring and incredibly sad also. From around 18th century Ireland - a truely genuine Irish air. 100% live performance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A soaring, touching and emotional orchestral / film score type track. Lush strings. Dignity, class, vital moments. Touching and heartening. Spiritual. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A soaring, touching and emotional orchestral / film score type track. Full orchestra, growing to a crescendo / climax at 1 minute. Heartening, touching, emotional. Good for drama, personal stories, history and culture, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 55 BPM]
A very touching and poignant orchestral piece. Emotional, spiritual, heavenly. Grand orchestral sound, available with or without choir. The piece returns to the understated, heartening opening motif towards the end. Faith / Wonderment / Togetherness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
Solo piano piece recorded live on an old, upright piano. Warm, slow and relaxing. Good for Film / Drama and more. Soothing / Mellow / Melancholic / Nostalgic.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
A fragile, melancholic solo piano piece, recorded live on an old, upright piano with a nice, nostalgic sound. Poignant and emotive.
[Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A relaxed and happy piano piece, played live on an old upright piano with a nice, nostalgic sound. Easy and pleasant, a repeating pattern that gives a sense of day dreaming. Comforting / Untroubled / Uncomplicated.
[Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 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]A love song that starts softly with gentle acoustic guitar and male vocal. Building up into uplifting chorus with strings, piano and many vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
A gentle acoustic love song with picked acoustic guitar, male main vocal and female backing vocals. Soft piano entering at 1:21. The lyrics are about falling for the ‘wrong’ person. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
A love song about falling in love and the beginnings of a new relationship. Bright acoustic rhythm guitars, piano backing, male main vocal and female backing vocals. Building up to uplifting final chorus. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A folk/country song about the inner turmoil after moving on from a relationship, hoping you’ve made the correct decision. Starting with gentle acoustic rhythm guitar and male vocal, building into uplifting chorus with drums, strings, electric guitar and backing vocals. Electric guitar solo at 1:30, and 3:10. Fading down to quiet ending of just strings and gentle vocal. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 66 BPM]
A heart warming gentle but building folk song with picked acoustic guitar and gentle acoustic slide guitar and piano. Male main vocal and female backing vocal. Light percussion played on congas, with light drum kit entering at 2:20. The lyrics tell a story of appreciation of some of the simple things in life. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Starting with soft acoustic guitar, gentle organ and female vocal, this song builds up into chorus with male vocal and harmonies followed by slide electric solo at 1:33. This slide electric continues through the next verse building again into big double chorus with uplifting backing vocals. Long electric guitar solo begins at 3:28. The lyrics are about the two different sides of a relationship, told with both male and female main vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
This song was my reaction to a string of boys that I casually dated that all turned out to "play" me for one reason or another. This was my response that I'm not gonna put up with that kind of treatment and be one of those girls you can get away with. The lyrics state that I'm not the girl who plays back, I don't play games. Be real with me or I'm walking out the door. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
This song I wrote to cope with someone I loved very much who I knew I was going to lose but not ready to let go of. These lyrics are my lullaby to a little boy who was taken from us much too soon in life. He was a fighter and a dreamer and I hope this song does his life some justice. This is my way of never letting him go from my heart. I wish I could have held on to him forever. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This song is to represent the feeling that anything is possible, that there is new excitement in your life. Listening to this makes you want to smile and bop up and down. Addresses emotions such as hurt, past loves, ignored, and heartbroken. The lyrics are about that spark you feel with the arrival of a new potential relationship and you're so excited that you just can't contain yourself. You feel weightless and hopeful. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 69 BPM]
Simple and slow minor song about feeling empty. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
This song is my love letter to the boy I was dating who was really struggling to let his past pain and relationships go, to be able to trust me with his heart. He had some awful pain and it was my way of saying not to worry, I'll take care of you. Let me remind you of how bad she was, and how good I am-it's time to let her go. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
A relaxed acoustic guitar based song with a Classical guitar intro. Featuring a male main vocal and a female backing vocal. Other instruments include Hammond organ, drums, and fretless bass guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
A gentle picked guitar intro is joined by atmospheric piano and cellos. A main male vocal tells the story of the huge impact of a visit to Stockholm, Sweden. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 61 BPM]
A gentle song about not knowing what the future holds, and not being able to control it. Featuring softly played acoustic guitar, percussion and fretless bass guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
A gentle love song with soft picked acoustic guitar and male vocal. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A softly picked acoustic guitar based love song track with gentle male vocal. Also featuring fretless bass guitar and soft percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
A building and uplifting song about expressing supressed feelings. Featuring acoustic guitar, organ, and male vocal, later joined by bass guitar and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
A gentle love song with acoustic guitar and male vocal. Building slowly with synths, and bass guitar with a piano interlude. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
A reflective acoustic guitar based song featuring organ, percussion, bass and male main vocal. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A song about compromising in love with simple production of just a male vocal, acoustic guitar and gentle shakers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
A dark and depressing soundtrack-style theme featuring orchestra, piano, and solo violin that creates a hopeless and saddening mood. A stirring melody evokes death, grief, misery, mourning, suffering and desolation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 115 BPM]
A sentimental country song about the people in our lives. It incorporates organ, bass, piano, electric guitar, and strings. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A country song about missing a woman that utilizes both acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and percussion, as well as a touch of organ. It incorporates Beatles song titles in the lyrics. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 88 BPM]
A powerful Country rock song about never giving up on someone. Features male vocals. Also available in an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
Rock anthem about coming back home and reflecting on life [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Pop/Country midtempo song about a woman with a restless heart and regrets. A song about starting over. Think Carrie Underwood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Soaring, inspirational, uptempo country song about beating the odds. Male vocal. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A purposeful and motivated pop/rock track with strong, layered guitars, driving drums and bass, glued together with some synth pads. Positive and inspiring, this track would be great for providing that extra push. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
A romantic and sentimental pop/rock ballad with a piano lead, backed up by acoustic and electric guitars, drums and bass. Strings arrive towards the end of the track to give it that extra lift. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A building and climactic pop/rock track with an ambient introduction that combines intertwined electric guitars and effects to create a warm and reflective sound, that builds stronger and stronger towards a big finish. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
An ambient track with a hint of melancholy and electronica. Piano, synths, guitars, gritty drums and strings all combine to create a somewhat cinematic and mysterious feeling. The main version contains deliberately distorted / fuzzy sounds. A "No fuzz" version is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 131 BPM]
A purposeful and positive piano based pop/rock track with strong drums, bass and guitars, which are glued together with some synth effects and strings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
An ambient and progressive rock track which builds from a quiet introduction to a big and soaring climax. Strong drums, layered electric guitars and bass combine to create a warm and full sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
A chilled out, ambient track with electric piano, pads, strings and bitty drums. Warm and reflective, this track would be great for adding depth to projects looking for a subtle backing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Slow piano instrumental with an intimate feel. Builds all the way till the end of the song. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Happy piano instrumental with a very dynamic feel. Constantly building until the end of the song. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 185 BPM]
Cinematic piano and strings take you on a beautiful journey. Thought provoking, pleasure and pain, drifting into the unknown, breathtaking scenery and mesmerizing love stories. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
Thoughtful and delicate acoustic guitar pattern builds with piano, cello and simple drums. Perfect for lonesome people or forgotten places. Slight acoustic rock and country vibe [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A strong military feel lead by snare drum mixed with electric guitar and trumpet melody, orchestral strings and other percussion. Great for contemporary dramas, documentaries and film scores looking for a blend of military, rock and orchestral music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A soulful ballad about a couple losing the fight of holding their relationship together. Heart-wrenching and emotional. Suitable for dramatic TV shows, films and commercials etc. Featuring vocals by Tricia Kelly. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
This is a very powerful acoustic/alternative song with male driven vocals about a rough breakup and the pain someone is going through. The song builds from start to finish and has a very big and dynamic bridge & ending. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This is a very dynamic male vocal/piano driven song about being there for someone when they need help. Huge band intro after the 2nd chorus with beautiful strings. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
