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)"
Slightly dark & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Epic, building,positive, energetic rock track with lead guitar playing melodies in the verses and huge riffs piling in for the intense choruses. Has a great sense of glory and uplifting victory. Would suit sports/action/thriller type projects. Hints of Foo Fighters and Satriani. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Beaty, driven electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively and driven. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Slow, trippy, ethereal, emotional space-rock track. Guitar textures combine with slow, hypnotic beats & lush strings to make atmospheric music that would suit cinematic / dramatic / mystery / thriller projects. Hints of Hendrix / Satriani / Lukather / Beck. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
Fast, high energy, adrenaline-fueled rock music with great driven, motivating, forward momentum. Big guitars mix with pounding drums, synths , strings & soaring lead guitar lines to make music for action / extreme sports or thriller type projects. White knuckle ride. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Edgy, dark & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and intense guitar. Would suit action/thriller or sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Slow, peaceful, spacious, ethereal, textured track with dreamy, exotic, chanty vocal samples. Jump on your magic carpet & be whisked away on the calm breeze to foreign lands. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 71 BPM]
Slow, mellow & peaceful piano-lead, modern orchestral track. Sombre, sedate, serene and with an air of melancholy to it. Contains piano, strings & synth fx. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
A classy, delicate and tasteful piano track. Somewhat wistful and reflective, but not really sad - this elegant piece projects reflection and contemplation. Available with or without ambient pads added to the piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Vocal pop/ballad, love lyrics. Sparse R&B drums, male vocal. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 44 BPM]
Mid-tempo vocal pop / R&B track. Some ballad like elements, but not really a slow ballad. Electronic drums and synthesizers, male vocal with occasional additional female vocals. [Tempo: Slow / 113 BPM]
Vocal Pop / R&B crossover track, male vocals. RnB / Hip-Hop style drums, catchy chorus, male vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
Heartfelt vocal Pop / R&B style track with male vocals. Love lyrics. Drum machine, multiple keyboards, RnB type vocals. It's a ballad, but a reasonably uptempo one. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A majestic and glorious, cinematic and dramatic track featuring orchestra and choir in a fantasy setting. Amazement, victory, pirates or warrior hordes etc. Also available with added rock guitar. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A grand and glorious track featuring orchestral arrangement with choir. Melodic and fanciful. Will go well with a grand opening ceremony, homecoming, victory parade, or an amazing adventure. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
A staccato, ominous, aggressive march, perhaps portaying battle ready hordes going off to war. Fantasy and adventure, medieval or historical, conquering forces. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
A touching and fragile, melodic, cinematic type score. Amazement, wonderment, perhaps discovery and amazing travels. Very memorable theme, suitable for title, theme, fantasy and adventure. Harp, orchestra, subtle solo voice and violin lead. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Slow, deeply thoughtful, melancholic and hypnotic piano-lead orchestral piece that tugs at the heartstrings and ticks at the speed of time itself. Simple piano combines with soft staccato woodwind and atmospheric, lush sustained strings. Would suit any dramatic/romantic/documentary/history projects. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
Epic, powerful and grand orchestral rock track with many sonic colours that starts quietly and beautifully but gradually builds into a monster as guitars crash in like a tidal wave. Would suit high drama/cinematic projects. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Slow, beautiful and emotional guitar-lead rock track roughly in the vein of Pink Floyd. Intense lead guitars, emotive strings and drums build to a soaring climax. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
Filmic, peaceful harp lead track. Harp arpeggios combine with soothing melancholy orchestral strings. Has a slight oriental flavour to it. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 101 BPM]
Slow spacey rocker. starts slow and sleazy and gains in intensity And emotion as it progresses. Lots of cool guitar licks and lush sounds. Think Jeff Beck meets satriani at Steve Lukather's barbecue. Contains guitars, bass , drums and keyboards. [Tempo: Slow / 117 BPM]
A beautiful and emotive piece. Has a quite solemn and melancholy vibe to it. Makes you delve into your memory banks. Slightly reminiscent of coldplay style tracks. Contains piano arpeggios, piano melodies and orchestral swells. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A no-nonsense, determined and forceful power rock track. Varied throughout, riff driven and with a good, aggressive, energy level. This hard hitting rocker is suitable for high intensity footage and features, sports, extreme sports and motor sports, fighting and destruction, stunts and danger, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Very peaceful, lilting, ambient track. Lush synth chimes and soft pads mix to make one big fluffy textural piece. Contains synths and drum units. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 126 BPM]
Slow, soft, peaceful, yearning and meloncholy. Cascading synth pads keep the pulse going as chinese violins and conventional string sections play restless melodies over the top. Would suit romantic film project. Contains synths, Chinese ehru violin, double bass, drums and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
Epically powerful, dark, spacious, hypnotic hybrid electro-rock track fusing electronic beats, ethereal synths and piano with monster guitars and chanted vocal samples. Builds with intensity as it goes until searing lead guitar takes over.Would suit mystery/thriller/dramatic projects. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
Soft, slow but very powerful track full of emotion and pathos. Simple piano chords are overlaid with tragic strings and a hypnotic military march style drum pattern. As the tune unfolds it grows in intensity and draws the listener in. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Medium paced lyrical rock track with melodic lead guitar in place of vocals. Beautiful and slightly nostalgic. Just lean back, relax and let it transport you off into the cosmos on a bed of soft fluffy clouds. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 78 BPM]
Slow peaceful and melancholy, simple piano lines float on clouds of fluffy white strings. Take a deep breath and let the beautiful textures lift you on up into the stratosphere. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 BPM]
This one is a groover with a riff that just won't quit. When it does give you a breather from it's grasp, it drops to a kind of electric delta blues feel only to explode again into a gargantuan riff. things get spacey in the mid breakdown section only to once again fly headlong into the monster riff. May contain guitars, bass, drums, synth and some traces of nut. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
This track is Jekyll and Hyde. The tense intro has techno beats and synth sequences which build in intensity until all hell breaks loose and the guitars enter with a hellishly ferocious and relentless riff. Contains synths, drum machines, guitars and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
Pure riff driven track. Double bass drums and pumping bass back the riffness as twin lead harmonies and strings bring more drama to embellish the tune. The mid breaks down into half-time before lead guitar raises the temperature to incendiary. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Heartwarming pop rock ballad with an emotional contemplative feel.Cool and atmospheric sounding theme. Moderate tempo with layers of warm vocals and piano counterpoint. Works well for a memorial or funeral scene, family breakups and misunderstandings, taking a loved one for granted scenes. Touching. Sounds Like: Elvis Costello and Elton John. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Like Black Sabbath jamming with the Chemical Brothers and inviting Korn to join in. Hypnotic trashy beats, spacey synth leads and weaving bendy basslines meld with huge blunt guitars. in the end section things get quite out of hand as the Tsunami of guitars swamp the Electronica and pummeling ensues until the monster takes it's last breath. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Slow, thoughtful and peaceful piano-lead track. Soft piano chord sequences blend with beautiful lush strings and brass. Has a meloncholy but hopeful atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Epic high powered, high drama explosive rock track with an Eastern flavoured intro. Arabian plucked strings build the intro tension before a monster riff explodes the track into energised life. Once it gets going, it builds in intensity until the eye of the storm, the mid section. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Soft, slow and moody with a feeling of intrigue and mystery. Orchestral strings, catchy synth leads and distant synth pulses mix with a spacey trip-hop style rhythm section groove. Contains strings, synths, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Very soft and beautiful piece. Cool, lazy and melancholy piano arpeggios are overladen with lush strings and koto melodies to provide a very emotional and evocative jewel. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Slightly sad and wistful tune. A soft and hypnotic beat drives it along as piano and strings colour the track with emotion. The end section brings piano and strings to the fore as a classical guitar joins in with simple melodies. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Very peaceful, tasteful, emotional and powerful guitar pop tune that slowly builds as it goes. Reminiscent of Snow Patrol. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Beautiful, mournful vocals lament over sad strings a hypnotic drum groove and plucked ethnic instruments. The track is emotional, sad and yet hopeful all at once. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
Dramatic, nervous piano arpeggios and melody lines give this track a slightly unsettled feeling to it's intro ...but then a wall of guitars, bass and drums bursts in and brings you to energized life. The cycle begins again only this time with searing lead guitar solos playing over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Slow and eerie, epically spacey, moving and ethereal modern orchestral tune with a powerful, melancholic feeling to it. Would suit dramatic/tragedy/documentary/history type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Highly dramatic, explosive and unique cinematic track that would suit any thriller/action or sports projects. Wah wah guitars and organ start things off and are soon followed by an intense orchestral refrain. This tune has a number of surprises up it's sleeve. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Beautiful piano-lead light rock track. Peaceful, thoughtful and slightly melancholy. Simple piano is enriched by catchy and soulful guitar melodies. [Tempo: Slow / 52 BPM]
Peaceful and spacey dreamscape. Soft strings, simple piano lines and trippy synths wrap you in cotton wool clouds and transport you off into the vast universe beyond. Contains synths, strings, piano. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Light-hearted and slightly mischievous orchestral piece with a Desperate Housewives vibe to it. Full of suspense and drama. Contains pizzicato strings, violins, cellos and flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Unusual and emotive ambient track. Soft piano trance chords and slow piano melodies introduce lilting chill-out drum loops. The chorus breaks down to a beautiful string section and more piano lines. The track builds slowly as it goes along but always maintains a feeling of perpetual motion and a thought provoking melancholy. Contains piano, strings, drum loops, marimba, synth pads and percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
A very sad and yet relaxing tune. Strings wash over you in a mood full of loss and lament. Above the strings a piano tells it's story in a simple and meloncholy melody. In the chorus the string section swells up and overflows like an inevitable tide of sorrow. The ending brings in the elements of the orchestra almost one by one until the final call. Would suit a tragic drama or romantic film project. Contains strings and piano. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
