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 track with an open feel and bright strings. The track builds with staccato arpegiating strings to the main part with big yet open and distant drums and piano. Piano chords hit to and build to an even larger part with more big drums and sprinkling of high piano notes throughout. The track doesn't have a strong melody or definitive voice, which gives it a more open and airy feel. Great for commercials or scenes of transformation or accomplishment, perhaps everyday heroes, new hope etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
A pensive, ominous, slowly building orchestral opening keeps growing until it reaches a huge climax towards the end. Choir, orchestra, large percussion. Staccato, uprising, a growing force. Perhaps an almighty army, or a brutal fight between two opposing forces. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. Epic / Tailer / Rising Music. [Tempo: Fast / 0 BPM]
Emotional and melancholic solo piano composition. Loneliness and romantic feeling, passionate piano performance great for films and videos, lyrical track with touching melodies and thoughtful themes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A warm and heartening soft rock / light rock music ballad, with a slight country feel. True, sincere and emotive. Mellow and beautiful music - with acoustic guitars, acoustic piano, drums and electric guitar leads. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A slow, dreamy, and introspective track combining Folk and Ambient elements. Humming vocal, acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and organ. No computers or electronics. Reflective, Touching, Earthy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 59 BPM]
A tragic and emotional piece of music with big strings, boys choir and woodwinds. A melodic and crescendo-like middle section played by strings, then finished off with a softly sung melody by a boys choir. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Ethereal textures and sounds open this track along side a reverberant piano motif which evolves into a laidback groovy chorus. This further develops into an uplifting and energetic outro accompanied by a string section. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
A subtle, understated, tasteful and smooth pop/ambient crossover track with a slightly latin twist. A dark synth bass underpins moody, subtly sweeping synth pads and acoustic guitar leads, latino style. Great aural imagery. Suitable for visual presentations, art, web sites, film and even travel/holiday programming. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
A positive and light pop rock track with a driven feel that maintains a sense of purpose and movement but doesn't get too heavy or overpowering. With a wide and general appeal, this track would be great with many different projects. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Stunningly simple and enchanting piano, choir and strings. Magical, wondrous, awe-inspiring and heavenly emotions throughout great for commercials, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 45 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]
A very melancholy and contemplative dramatic cue with a hint of romance underscoring anything from the nostalgic memory of a lost loved one to a somber walk in the park. Piano, strings, and bass. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Reflective, introspective and emotional solo piano composition that evokes the feelings of sadness, reminiscence, love and regret. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Spacey dreamy emotional & hypnotically peaceful piano/strings track that just lets you float out into the stratosphere and melt on to a big fluffy cloud. Ethereal, serene, sombre & very beautiful. Forget your worries, forget gravity and calmly drift up into the night sky. Would suit mystery / science / space / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A delicious, smooth and easy-going chillout track with soft percussion, acoustic guitars, a fat downtempo urban drum beat and melodic vocal hooks. Also available without the vocal hooks. A very slight tropical feel. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
An uplifting track featuring piano, delicate rippling percussion, electric guitar and synth. Makes you think of the morning sun peaking through the curtains. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
This is a tender piece of solo piano music that is perfect for "pulling on the heart strings." Good for drama, romance, retrospectives and and all scenes aiming to gently touch the audience's hearts. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Emotional, contemporary mix of orchestra and piano. From pensive and thoughtful offering hope and comfort at the top to grand and glorious, life loving celebratory culmination later in the mix. Good for drama, storytelling, contemplative narrative such as documentary, biography, poetry and visuals such as time lapse. Orchestration includes piano, strings, french horns, harp, flute, oboe, and clarinet. Real orchestral recording of exeptional value. Multiple edits and versions with or without piano are available for your convenience. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Inspiring cinematic music track that brings the emotions of love and passion. Beautiful melodies performed with full strings, piano and glockenspiel. Delicate / Graceful / Heartening. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A gentle and reflective ambient track consisting of electic piano, soft synth pads, picked guitar and piano. Warm, soft and open, this track would be great background music for all sorts of applications. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Acoustic folk - pop - rock - singer/songwriter material, about being in love. Bright, joyful, bouncy. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
Calm, soothing, beautiful solo piano performance by Dmitriy Lukyanov. [Tempo: Slow / 53 BPM]
Emotional and dignified cinematic soundtrack with strong emotive feel. Melancholic / nostalgic theme but with an inner strength, suggesting of a glorious past or a tremendous sacrifice. Patriotic, honourable with belief and sombre. Subtle orchestra and choir arrangement. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mellow, graceful and beautiful piece led by piano and subtle strings. Heartening, comforting, tender. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Soft, lush string pads with touching, nostalgic soprano saxophone. Tender, melancholic, reflective, caressing. Suitable for film, drama, tv and emotional content. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A sweet, innocent and fragile solo piano piece. Suitable for drama, story telling, ballerina, lullaby and more. Comforting, pretty, slight hint of nostalgia or melancholy, but very heartwarming. Touching / Gentle / Delicate. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Optimistic festive and hopeful track, happy acoustic guitar and strings. Perfect for happy ending, then end title. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
This track begins with melodic bells and piano, slowly building with synthetic beats and percussive vocal harmonies. Lyrics describe reminiscing and waiting for love that shows up to save you. Similar to encountering something for the first time. Suitable for the ordinary / extraordinary love story. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Introspective, reflective, touching, fragile and beautiful piano composition, with subtle strings and bass. Emotive / Tender / Sincere. Available also as a solo piano track, and with/without FX on the piano (prepared piano / straight piano). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A subtle rhythm with an earthly mechanical sound. Slow string pads. Relaxed. A sense of time passing slowly, things falling into place, bit by bit. Background, underscore use. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Slow and reflective film underscore. Piano and strings, slowly developing theme. Good for use in drama, film, tv, or storytelling. Perhaps memories, contemplation, reflection or unveiling a mystery. A sense of something underlying, more than the eye can see, a hidden truth or thoughts forming. Mystery, drama, intrigue, introspection. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Acoustic guitar music. As the beginning of a movie about human relationships ... meetings, conflicts and moments of reunion. Acoustic Guitars Nylon establish this beautiful musical story. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A strong, confident and dark heroic military theme with percussion, synth, guitar and powerful brass. Slow paced, proud, patriotic and powerful yet slightly sad and emotional giving a feeling of loss or death. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
An emotional and deep music track with an uplifting melody. The track opens with a few simple piano notes and fills in with guitars and strings. As the track builds up you hear a few distance vocals and emotional solo violin. A huge drum roll introduces the main part of the track with a pleasant piano melody and big chord changes. The track ends with a strong theme reintroduction with the underlying deep synth bass and a repetitive piano melody that keeps that longing feeling on outro. This composition will work great as music in scenes of separation, lost love. Perhaps life changing events, or an epiphany. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 130 BPM]
An epic orchestral trailer track with an uplifting string melody and a larger than life orchestra sound. Large taiko drum section adds to the epic feel with huge hits. Emotional, rousing, heroic, a triumphant theme tinged with sadness, but also of pride and glory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Reflective, melancholic solo piano. Pretty, delicate, graceful. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Inspiring heroic theme played by horns starts out over light military style drums. Reminiscent of heroic war movies and TV shows like Band of Brothers and Glory, or inspirational sports films like Rudy. The sweeping melody continues building to a nice ending, and gives a sense of majesty, patriotism and hope. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
Live performed solo piano piece - melancholic and with a subtle sense of tragedy, with a slight Eastern European or even Russian feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Elegant orchestral piece, charged with emotion as it slowly rises. Cinematic, reflective, emotive. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Solo piano - Pretty, melodic, mellow, slightly playful. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Uplifting and emotional rhodes piano, accordian and Cocteau Twins style guitar over a spacious and atmospheric shoegazer backing. Poignant and inspiring. Tv and Film, travel and living, documentary, drama, advertising, [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
A cinematic piano composition with a deep and dark anticipating feel. Atmospheric and passionate music full of emotions that is great for films and videos. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
A sore, tender and emotional, understated piano piece, suitable for drama, loss, memories or bittersweet love stories. The main version has a constant ambient pad underneath the piano. There is also an alternative version without this pad, with only the piano itself. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
A melancholy piano waltz that leads into a happier and more hopeful middle section. A romantic, bittersweet and refined sounding background track. [Tempo: Slow / 160 BPM]
A warm and charming track with acoustic guitar and female voice, vocalizing. Cosy and heartwarming. Breezy and easy-going. Mellow, relaxed. Somewhere safe and familiar. Good friendships, easy days. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A fresh and uplifting pop-electronica crossover track. Very gentle and friendly with appealing piano melodies and an upbeat but fairly soft electronic drums rhythm. An ambient mix is also available, without the drums for a more floating background feel. A wonderfully positive, feelgood track. [Tempo: Fast / 134 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]
A very laidback, relaxing and somewhat dreamy Folk / Acoustica / Easy listening track, with acoustic guitar strumming and acoustic piano. Reflective, dreamy, mellow. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A bright, hopeful and inspirational pop/rock crossover track with a rich, lush sound and a strong feeling of aspirations, hopes, achievements, dreams and glory. The intensity increases as the track goes on, ever growing, ever reaching higher. Very strong stuff; good for many types of productions, with a feeling of reaching goals, doing your best, striving for success, challenging yourself and ultimately succeeding. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
