This is a pretty far reaching concept, because documentaries, culture and art can be of pretty much anything at all, but we've tried to put music in this area that you would expect to hear in documentaries about real world issues, as well as art and culture. The music in this area will be -background- music; music that is meant to just stay in the background, almost unnoticed, to provide a subtle atmosphere while the viewer concentrates on the matter discussed. Often used behind voiceover / narration and interviews, this music will not have any outstanding, loud, or attention grabbing melodies or effects. The music you find here should also go well with historical and cultural subjects.
Driving through a mysterious dark jungle and past remote villages, native kids running with your mud splattered Land Rover as you wave back. You're a long way from modern civilization, and you feel strangely at home. Suitable for travel documentaries, or promos and scenes involving the edge of civilization. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 119 BPM]
Propulsive rhythm pulses from orchestra, synth and percussion ramp up the tension. A tragic melody comes in and out, performed by female vocals. Ethnic instruments like duduk give a mysterious, ancient, middle eastern feel. For modern thrillers, perhaps for the opening credits. Also great for promos and trailers. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Cool piano, marimba, bass, and drums in the style of American Beauty give a feeling of sophistication, drama, movement and determination. Energy builds to a tight ending and a reflective coda. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Epic orchestral music, with a soaring melody and energizing percussion section. Suitable for nature documentaries, as it captures the grandeur and excitement of a helicopter ride around an untamed wilderness. It could also work well in promos - introducing an exciting new product or company. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A slightly quirky and tense piece with ethnic percussion and piano. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
This rousing and triumphant orchestra piece featuring children's choir conveys a spirit of celebration. For scenes showcasing olympic victories and other momentus occasions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 181 BPM]
Sexy, Romatic, Edgy, Ambient Electronica. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Film Music / Ambient. Curious opening, grand second part. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
This is a haunting piece featuring 2 electric guitars. It is deliberately sparse to evoke feeling of isolation and despair. Hard to place this track in a specific "music genre". Folk? Ambient? Film score? Rock? Either way, it's an atmospheric piece, suitable for film and other media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Violin, Mandolin, Trombone all feature in this macabre song that has an edgy folk twist. The rhythm is driving and the melody is sung with a frustrating powerful male vocal part. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A very ambient and moody downtempo track with droning synths, strings, optional spoken vocals and chilled drum groove. Ethereal and somewhat mysterious. Suitable for TV and film dramas, science, technology, documentaries, dark tales and hypnotic states of mind. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A new concept in production music. Four trumpet vignettes performed on orchestral C trumpet and baroque piccolo trumpet. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dramatic and dark solo piano composition. Tragic but beautiful music full of nostalgia and dramatism about the memories of the past, reminscence of lost loved ones. This emotional composition can greatly enhance dramatic trailers, films, documentaries and videos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
This is a dark, quick moving piece of solo piano music. While an eerie sound of both classical and contemporary, this piece will fit well in mystery and horror films as well as dark dramas. This could also work well in any scene of sorrow. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
This track features traditional African instruments along with bass guitar. It has a positive and uplifting vibe and can work in both traditional African and modern African settings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
This track features a traditional ethnic African ensemble. It has a dancelike tribal quality and is festive in nature. Great for documentaries, nature and cultural themes. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
A sparse and hypnotic stock music with a trance like quaility. Features a female voice chanting in Gaelic or other World/Mystery style. Dark, somber and intense. Can be Eastern European / Balkan, Gaelic, or Eastern / Persian / Orient. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Fast / 200 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 200 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A dark Irish lament on solo fiddle. Authentic Ireland. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs arranged for fiddle and guitar, with contemporary and fusion influences. Lively, full of energy, and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
An epic and rousing track for fantasy, adventure, cinematic projects. Grand, epic, valiant, almost heavenly, with an angelic, fragile and soaring solo vocal. Grows to a grand crescendo with an emotional, heartfelt melody. Features actual live performed orchestral instruments in combination with samples. Big orchestral sound with choir and a live performed solo soprano voice. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
An epic and rousing track for fantasy, adventure, sci-fi and amazing feats. Features actual live performed orchestral instruments in combination with samples. Valiant, grand, awe inspiring. Big orchestral sound with choir. The "Percussion only" mix is a great battle percussion soundtrack in its own right. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Music tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
Ambient and reflective, this track creates a mood, mysterious, with ambient guitars and pulsating synth soundscapes. Clicking electric guitars play a rhythmic groove underneath a bed of sound. Mysterious and insightful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
India / Bollywood / Indian and Eastern / Oriental pop culture. Tabla, Sitars, Eastern flutes and India style string sections combined with Western / modern drums and synths. Confident / Funky / Exotic. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A chilled-out and smooth track with the flavor of India. Deep and soulful groove, with exotic flute and indian Tabla. A fusion of Western and Oriental styles. Dreamy / Silky / Flowing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
A relaxing, ambient and reflective track with celesta and synth, with percussion and strings entering at 0:45. Gentle and soothing in the "New Age" style, this track is perfect for meditation, relaxation or reflection or space themes. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Indian / Oriental sounds and melodies in fusion with a Western / contemporary chill-out beat. World fusion / Bollywood / India pop. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Traditional sounding Eastern rhythms & instruments with a playful festive feel. A useful accompaniment to a hot, exciting atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 96 BPM]
Steamy Bhangra rhythms accompany this hypnotic theme of intrigue & wonder. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 109 BPM]
Brooding atmospherics as a distant vocal drifts across a deep menacing soundscape. At 1:38 soaring chords take the forefront offering hope & dignity. The track resolves with a feeling of pride and optimism. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Provocative Eastern tinged cello lines add mystery and intrigue to this brooding underscore. A mournful female vocal sings over sweeping chords at 1:21. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
A pretty irish air on solo fiddle. Very authentic Celtic/Irish sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Fast / 180 BPM]
Futuristic sounds combine with atmospheric orchestral instruments in a dark but humerous mix. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
An evolving soundscape that resolve in a single chord. A useful atmospheric bed for visuals such as art installations, landscapes, environmental issues, ecology or the Natural World. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Sweeping chords that glide among a landscape of natural sounds. A useful atmospheric bed for visuals such as environmental issues, ecology or the Natural World. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A very funky and mystical music track, combining the sounds of India and the Middle Eastern music with contemporary / eastern flavors, to create a World Fusion / cultural melting pot. Hot and exotic music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Emotional and evolving cinematic action track with mood changes. Starting out with a quirky piano and pizzicato strings, escalating to an intense part with rock drums and full orchestral strings and ending with the same quirky theme as the beginning. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Dark and mysterious piano composition, which gives a feeling of loneliness, melancholy and reminiscence. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Reflective, introspective and emotional solo piano composition that evokes the feelings of sadness, reminiscence, love and regret. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Solo piano. Light, reflective, mellow, pretty. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
An emotional soundtrack with an Eastern / Middle Eastern or Slavic feel. Available with or without fragile female vocalizations. Melodic, passionate, combining elements of sorrow and melancholy with those of light and hope. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A deep, emotive, World / Ethnic / Ancient earth type track with sorrowful strings, mystical ethnic elements, and available with or without a sorrowful female vocal. A place of beauty and sorrow. Can be on earth or perhaps a strange, alien planet. Carries a sense of deep history, ancient ruins, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
