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)"
Clean guitars with lots of reverb and delay create an open and airy feel to this progressive rock music track. Later on, the piece builds with drums, more guitars and bass to a powerful and emotive climax. Aspirational, inspirational, hope/hopeful, emotional. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
A tender and emotional piano led ambient track. Reflective and poignant, this track has a soft string section which adds a real depth to the sound. It is available with or without drums. [Tempo: Medium / 65 BPM]
A light and joyful pop / rock / contemporary royalty free music track with a wholesome, easy going mood. Slightly funky, laidback acoustic drums, light pop-rock band sound, with a care free style and melody. Optimistic and relaxed, but also energetic and happy. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
A very slow downtempo lounge track. Muted, low-fi drums with wistful bass, pads and piano melodies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 79 BPM]
Positive and inspirational solo piano. Aspirations, glorifying. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Minimalist solo piano. Mysterious and reflective. Great for historical, factual, documentary, the arts, drama, fantasy, psychological thriller/horror and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Soft and sweet solo piano. Innocent and emotional. Great for children and new borns, nature, family, togetherness, love, kindness. Works well for wanting to bring happy tears to the eyes. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Beautiful and innocent solo piano. Great for kids, family, animals, love, kindness, tenderness, happiness and anything that is intended to speak to the heart. [Tempo: Medium / 63 BPM]
Romantic and "tear jerker" solo piano. Minimal and emotional. Perfect for scenes that intend to speak to the heart and evoke deep feelings. Romance, love, loss, achievement, kindness, wonder, memories and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 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]
This is a solo piano composition with a slightly dark and moody feel. Classical music vibe of a performance on a Grand Piano. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A mystical,magical uptempo ballad with a soul/black gospel feel. Features inspiring, soulful vocals and piano tracks. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
A rather nice and chilled-out, medium tempo background track. Suitable for TV and many types of media, this subtle and contemporary instrumental track has a slight Hip Hop feel. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
A soulful 6/8 ballad that has positive lyrics. It has a nice build to it with a key change going into the last chorus. Very feel-good lyric about letting down facades and being real. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A beautiful song with several roots/americana instruments and a nice reflective message on the topic of regret. Spiritual / inspirational. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
Light synth work with a lofi feel on the drums gives this track a subtle, laid back mood, with a modern, low key indie feel. Pleasant and easy going. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
Dramatic Pop/Rock song with male lead vocal. Anguished theme reflects the ups and downs of life and romance with a 'Take Me Back' message. Beautiful acoustic guitars with a reality check type of vocal and lyric stating eloquently how life is so fragile and precious. "But for the grace of God go I." Sounds Like: Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Richard Marx. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
A comical duet for a male and a female. A bit like the duets of Robbie Williams + Kylie, Katie Melua + Jamie Cullum, Nelly Furtado + James Morrison. The song sounds sweet, but ironically contains tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic and sexual lyrics as the couple argue. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
An epic, soaring, inspirational love song. In style of Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Take That, Leona Lewis, One Republic. Very current sound - huge and atmospheric. Starts off intimately and builds up to huge drums. Would be great in a TV drama, advert or sports to convey deep emotion. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
Rootsy and emotional solo acoustic steel string guitar. Great for love, romance, memories, longing, passion, reflection, rural, mother earth, travel, nature and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Minimalist and mysterious steel string acoustic guitar layers. Dark and light contrast. Great for drama, dreams, memories, reflection, contemplation, fear, uncertainty, denial, the arts, culture, history, landscapes, animals and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
Strings open up this track together with some choirs and then piano enters playing melody. The feeling of this track is somewhat sad or melancholic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 118 BPM]
An atmospheric track with piano playing melody together with some percussion that adds to the eerie feeling. Later strings enter and the piano plays a nice melody. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
Calm and melodic piece with accompanying classical guitar and oboe playing melody. The arrangement is sparse but later also strings enter. Finally the classical guitars finish the piece with gentle melodies. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Laidback reggae track with a summery vibe. Guitar and keyboards play main melodies and later an organ solo enters. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A calm and tranquil, dreamy, softly floating track with warm pads and calm acoustic guitar arpeggios. Cinematic. Sounds like "Latika's Theme" from A.R.Rahmans's score on "Slum Dog Millionaire". Subdued and tranquil. So majestic and proud. Runnig though amber waves of grain. Childhood memories. Midwest or country setting. Watching the sunset with the one you love. Beautiful string intro and synths. Sounds like: James Newton Howard, James Horner, Alexander Desplat. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 108 BPM]
Pop ballad that has a sentimental emotional vocal with uplifting string orchestration. Catchy British type pop song with a very powerful and memorable melodic hook. Works well for romantic scenes. Also works well for a Melanie Griffith "Working Girl" type film/TV project. Beautiful and lush. Sounds Like: Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Augustana, Ben Folds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Beautiful Pop/Rock Americana song with male lead vocal. Disillusioned theme reflects the ups and downs of life and romance. Organic sounding with acoustic guitar and rich baritone voice. Perfect for a youth oriented love scene or a driving along the coast scene.Works well for light drama production. Sounds Like: Michael Buble. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
Very emotional acoustic tune, jazzy, laidback, mellow mood. Recorded with real acoustic instruments with a piano trio combo. Very nostalgic and beautyful piano solo. Slight gospel feel. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
Delicate solo piano music, very quiet and melancholic, good for romantic dramatic and love scenes. Slow tempo, very sensitive and innocent. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
Piano music for tv and radio spots and for any situation where a positive, deep melody es required. Also very nice music for medical, technology comercials. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
Dark, twisted and sinister electro-metal track. Eerie synths and hypnotic bass meet in a head-on collision to form a powerful formula . Imagine Nine Inch Nails jamming with Massive Attack and asking Jeff Beck to guest. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
Bluesy, slowly shimmering emotive guitar track that gradually builds and builds from cool and soothing to fever pitch intensity. At this point waves of distorted rhythm guitars come crashing in soaring lead guitar takes over. Think in the rough area of Beck, Satriani, Lukather [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Soothing, beautiful, peaceful soft rock track. Mellow piano,dulcimer & strings combine with organ & cool slow-grooving rhythm section to make a track that makes you drift off into another world. Also contains some tasteful lead guitar. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A kind of modern spiritual song. Spacey synth pads float in the atmosphere as bluesy lamenting vocal samples ascend into the ether. Calm, mellow, emotive, and relaxing. Contains synths, organ, vocal samples, violin and drums. [Tempo: Very slow / 110 BPM]
Thoughtful / Mysterious / Slow Paced. Brief Encounter is ideally suited for a "serious" but thoughtful project. It includes a sense of mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 49 BPM]
Electronica/Motivational. An interesting arrangement of instruments/textures makes this piece have that special feeling. Strange and unusual production combined with a light, pleasant melody. Good for commercials and presentations. (Note: some sound elements are deliberately distorted for mood/effect - this is not a problem with the file.) [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Experimental / Rock / Groove. After the bizarre intro, the catchy riff kicks in. Slightly punk'y. Sound and style similar to Franz Ferdinand and others. Good for sports, youth, young productions, a little bit rebellious and cool. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Electronica / Experimental / Reflectional Music. This reflectional piece is made up of acoustic and synthesized instruments giving it an unusual tone. However, it successfully creates the reflectional feeling. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
U.S. Rock / Alternative Rock / Vocal rock [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
Vocal pop/rock, Female vocal, Christian lyrics. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
Vocal blues-rock / country-rock. Female vocal. A song about a great father. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Piano arrangement of George Gershwin composition. Arr: D. Lukyanov. (Please note that Gershwin's compositions are public domain in the EU, but not in the USA. To use this music from within the USA, you need additional licensing from the rights holders. For more information search Wikipedia or Harry Fox Agency). [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Piano arrangement of George Gershwin composition. Arr: D. Lukyanov. (Please note that Gershwin's compositions are public domain in the EU, but not in the USA. To use this music from within the USA, you need additional licensing from the rights holders. For more information search Wikipedia or Harry Fox Agency). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 63 BPM]
Piano arrangement of George Gershwin composition. Arr: D. Lukyanov. (Please note that Gershwin's compositions are public domain in the EU, but not in the USA. To use this music from within the USA, you need additional licensing from the rights holders. For more information search Wikipedia or Harry Fox Agency). [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A really huge, massive impact, larger than life, dramatic trailer track. Orchestra, epic tribal percussion, choir, in a climactic, massive, majestic and uprising track with a sense of urgency, natural disaster, war or battle, struggle for life or death. Suitable for very high impact, hard hitting, dramatic footage including sports, war / fights, fantasy, sci-fi movie trailers, etc. Also available as a Rock Mix with added power guitars and rock drums, and as an alternative version without the choir. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Drone, tribal drum, wood flute and shaker in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Haunting, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, middle eastern / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and percussion; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Medium / 64 BPM]
Drone, shakers / rattles and wood flute in an earthy / earth / tribal track. Ethnic, genuine, organic. Can be Native American, middle eastern / desert, south american / central america or other indigenous, aboriginal, tribe, primal. Also available in two sub-mixes: One with only the flute by itself, and one without the flute, leaving only the drone and windchimes; great for media underscore use. Mysticism / mystical / ancient / cultural / historical / world heritage. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, spacious, ethereal, textured track with dreamy,exotic, vocal samples. Be whisked away by ethereal chants, on a calm breeze to foreign lands. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Slow, ethereal, slightly dark, space-rock. Guitar textures combine with synths & hypnotic beats to make atmospheric music that would suit cinematic / dramatic / mystery / thriller projects. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
