In this royalty free music category here you will find a mix of Indian music, Bollywood rhythms, middle eastern and Arabic sounds. Acoustic instruments performed live - reed flute, ethnic percussion instruments, bouzouki, zither, Turkish oboe, santoor, tabla and more. Stock music fit for commercial, travel, adventure, vacation and discovery, for relaxation, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. Good background music for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
Very Eastern with tabla and giant djembe drums leading the way. A minute in, the arrangement picks up with sitars etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Traditional Middle Eastern music with an adventurous and triumphant quality. Great for cinematic and powerful moments. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern / Arabia feeling pop track. Tabla, percussion, oud and other Eastern / Oriental instruments mixed with a western style beat. Upbeat, joyful Bollywood style. Holidays, travel, exploration and fun adventures. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
This style, while using modern synth and guitar, has an authentic flavor of Iraqi, Moroccan or other Middle Eastern / Arabic music, which in some regions preserve the normal major keys, then goes back to quarter tones, bouzouk , and oud are dominant along with oriental percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Mysterious and haunting, an exotic middle eastern, persian, indian or arabic music track based on a rhythm drone, tabla percussion and an ethnic wood flute. World / Ethnic / Travel Music. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Middle Eastern / Oriental / Arabian, Persian or North African feel with tabla, sitar, drones and percussion. Rich and mysterious. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An alternative fusion of modern Indian/Middle Eastern music with dance and electronica. This blend of genres combine to create a fast paced, highly energetic, thrilling mix of music. Exciting, vibrant, avant-garde. Imagine a bustling Indian festival, street scene or action chase scene. Will work well with anything energetic, exciting, stylish, busy or action orientated. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Modern upbeat, groovey dancey track with an indian / arabian flavour. Contains sitar, flutes, ethnic percussion, bass and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Contemporary sitar and Indian percussion grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Uptempo Indian track with Indian slide guitars and strings. Very exotic sounding. The track features a free-tempo start, then percussion and bass enter at 0:20. Full-on drums enter the third time through, to give the track an additional lift. There's also an alternative 'no free-tempo start' version which skips the free-tempo opening part and goes directly to the main rhythmic part. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
An ambient, reflective and nostalgic piece played with the ethnic oriental oud, combined with piano, pads and eastern percussion. A sense of longing and perhaps turmoil. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cinematic action track with middle eastern harmonies, feel and instruments like Duduk, Oud and Santoor accompanied by full orchestra, different percussion, synthesizers, grand piano and bass guitar. Suitable for films shot in the modern middle eastern cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Will work in trailers, documentary footages and more. Powerful composition with a lot of escalation and growing tension up to the ending. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
India, modern meets traditional. Corporate, technology, with tabla, percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 119 BPM]
Typical Egyptian / Eastern folk music with synth and accordion, cool rhythm of folkloric "SAIDY" style from the region of "al said", in between features a synth bridge. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Ethnic soul - stirring Indian music. Depicts spirit, character, attitude, outlook, approach, essence of a situation. Tabla, dholak, duff, sitars, santoor, morchang, udo pots, flute. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A dark ambient piece with a mysterious Indian flair. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Mysterious, exotic, mellow and alluring track featuring Dholak and Khartal percussion, Tambura drones, Ethnic Flute and Upright Bass. Sets the tone for nature, travel, documentaries and movie scenes in need of a moody eastern theme. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Melodic Indian piece featuring table and sitar. Drums, bass and Indian style strings come in after about 30 seconds to lift the piece and bring it home. Appealing Indian music track. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Emotional, slightly dreamy, track featuring a small, all female vocal choir with the North African / Middle Eastern plucked instrument Oud and ethnic percussion. Builds in intensity towards the 2-minute mark and features an ethnic flute in the closing section. Can be jewish/Israeli, as well as Middle Eastern, North African, Arabic, Egypt, etc. Mournful, serious, epic with a religious or spiritual feel, also depicting beauty, frailty and vulnerability. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Bollywood music track with traditional Indian instruments. Tables, drum loops, synth bass and a mix of traditional and modern Indian music. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Laidback Eastern folk starting with traditional instruments and building to a modern, chilled beat making it perfect for projects with an eastern and current theme such as documentaries, movies, tv and video games. Features flute, dombra, percussion, 12 string guitar and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Mysterious and exotic, sparse Egyptian, Middle Eastern or North African melody with flute, harp and windchimes. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A raw and exotic sounding Middle Eastern / Arabic / Persian piece dominated by the Saz - a persian string instrument with a deep and moving sound, with its origin in Persia and Turkey, sometimes refered to as a Baglama. Available with or without the background pads / drone. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Lively and mystical Indian sitar ensemble with tablas. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Mid-tempo track, with a strong Middle-Eastern flavor, this is a hypnotic, meditative, relaxing soundscape for your production. Suitable for films and documentaries set in the Middle-Easter or about related subjects. Also great for pensive, quiet, exotic backdrop for other productions. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Cool and groovy Indian Banghra mixed with hip-hop styles. Catchy, unique, exotic, fresh and funky. Great production from Project 2020. This track is available both with and without Indian vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A musical landscape with a taste of the sound of the Middle East and a subtle touch of modern instruments. An aura of seduction and mystery music. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Funky asian voice and electric guitars. Upbeat, almost frantic, mix of electronica and Indian or Arabian. World fusion. [Tempo: Very fast / 133 BPM]
An out and out Indian dance and fun music. Bollywood fun, dance, light, celebration, happiness, victory, success, grand, good beats, energetic. Features dhol, dholak, tabla, dimbdi, shehnai, tumbi, mandolin, drums, chorus. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Indian flute, woodwinds, with floating pads. Ethereal, spiritual, foreign and exotic music. Mountains and deserts, Eastern/Oriental landscapes and scenery. Good for travel/exploration, culture/history, film/drama, documentary/adventure and much more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
World fusion Middle Eastern music with a very positive almost anthem like quality. Great for positive messages of peace and harmony. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Funky sitar grooves and atmospheres. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Busy ethnic sound with tablas, clay drums and sitars. Disturbing drone. Vocal chant. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Slow and pulsating Indian or Middle Eastern moods with sitar, deep bass, tabla drums and raq. Sparse, mystical, tribal. Great for travel, adventure, Asian/jungle. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Mystical and atmospheric Eastern music (India or Mid-East) track featuring tabla/perc, Sitar and Oriental flutes. A sense of urgency; something disturbing or not quite right. The music has a certain darkness and nerve. Pensive music / uncertain. Wailing/Regretful/Turmoil. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Smooth and meditative soundtrack was made with ethnic instruments in contemporary vision. Medium tempo. Relaxing and peaceful, calm and beautiful river that slowly flowing down through the valleys. Good suitable for the travel and documentary programs. Ethnic, Indian, Oriental. Sitar, tabla, Indian flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Middle Eastern / Arabic / Oriental track with tabla, tamborines, sitar and plucked strings. Moderately busy, groovy, with a sense of mysticism and playfulness. Good for games, films, media projects with an Arabian or Eastern feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Mysterious, mystical and foreboding Arabian or Persian textures. Nervous underscore with a Middle Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Indian music with flute over tablas and sitar. Loose, jam session style. Exotic / moderately excited. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 85 BPM]
Spacey, dreamy,ethereal, trancey, exotic, beaty,dancey track with and Indian / Arabian vibe to it. Ethnic percussion fuses with atmospheric vocal samples to form a groovy & hypnotic ethno-pop. [Tempo: Medium / 122 BPM]
The meeting of traditional Indian folk instruments with electronic drums, bass and ambient synths. A dark, hypnotic Trance track great for modern Bollywood type soundtracks ala Slumdog Millionaire, culture, documentaries, cuisine or any project looking for some Indian electronica. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A percussive Middle-Eastern piece, featuring sitar and pan flute. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
This exotic and pulsating music track combines ethnic / traditional Middle Eastern / Persian / Arabic music instruments with a modern, urban beat. A cool fusion of styles, perhaps conveying the vibrancy of an Eastern city, or Eastern youth movement. Sensual, hot, full-on Persian / Mid East flavors. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
Softly played, mysterious underscore with harp and ethnic flute. A feel of the Middle East or North Africa. Exotic, repetitive, pulsating underscore with a slight nerve. Perpaps, Egypt, Sahara or other desert landscape. Mythology, mystery, ancient cultures, far-away places, adventure and discovery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
A waltz featuring authentic style of Arabic / international feel, played in a minor key and accompanied with oriental percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
A musical journey to the current tensions of the Middle East. Arabesque melodies, espionage and suspense music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Indian percussion and Indian flute/woodwind with ethereal pads. Foreign, exotic, perhaps Eastern music, India, Mid-East, Arabia or Orient / Middle East. Relaxed style, spiritual and thoughtful music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A mixture of traditional Hindu instruments and psychedelic musical atmosphere of the 60's. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument some what similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument somewhat similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
