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.
This track is highly evocative and is great as an opener or introduction. Free tempo, features Indian slide guitar freely improvising on a bed of lush pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with traditional instruments create a folklike and lively picture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with a moderately serious edge. Good for culture and nature or documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Middle Eastern music with a touch of mystery. Features traditional instruments and rhythms. Suitable for travel, nature and culture. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
An emotional, orchestral track that combines a feeling of honor, glory and amazing achievements, with that of reflection. Honorable, valiant, rousing - but also fragile, even delicate. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Spacious, beautiful, ethereal, dreamy, atmospheric & meditative ambient track using hammered percussion & synths. magical, enchanted, mellow, calm, serene, floaty, simple & contemplative. Would suit dramatic/cinematic/nature/science/space type projects. Drift off into another world....... [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, tranquil, beautiful, dreamy, introspective, reflective track using strings, choir & synths. Simple, mellow, atmospheric, contemplative, serious & mysteriously unique. Would suit dramatic / detective / mystery / documentary / travel type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 66 BPM]
Suspenseful, dramatic, ethereal, epic, spacious, moody, atmospheric cinematic rock track that gradually builds in intensity. Starts with dhol drums & various synths join in as it goes. Exciting, tense, thrilling, rhythmically hypnotic & climactic. Would suit action / thriller / sports / combat / crime type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
Calm, spacious, tranquil, peacefully cinematic piano & strings piece with a sense of wonder & tension. Sedate, serene, contemplative, hypnotic, thoughtful & dreamy. Would suit dramatic / romantic / historic / documentary type projects where space is needed for evaluation. [Tempo: Slow / 89 BPM]
Spacious, melodic, positive, dynamic, suspenseful, intriguing, lively, dramatic, busy, groovy, powerful, beaty electronic track with great tension & grandeur. Fascinating, hypnotic synth sequences blend with glitchy drum loops to make music suitable for business / science / documentary / discovery projects. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Edgy, driven, busy, frenetic, hectic, mad, fevered, excited, crazy and tension filled track using piano, synths & mental drums. Frantic, rhythmic, thrilling & stimulating. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 204 BPM]
Mellow, spacious, ethereal, dreamy, hypnotic, tranquil, determined & melodic trance-inducing track using a simple, sparse beat, synths & piano. Sedate, serene, thoughtful, reflective, intelligent & subtle. Would suit crime / documentary / mystery / science / cinematic / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Calm, beautiful, atmospheric, mellow, floaty, reflective, dreamy, tranquil electronic track blending simple piano lines, soft synth pads & drum loops. Serene, sedate, soothing, relaxing & wondrous, with a hint of melancholy to it. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, soft, peaceful, thoughtful, mellow, dreamy, ethereal & magical piano piece. Sedate, spacious, soothing & relaxing.Would suit romantic / documentary / science / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Dreamy, spacious, ethereal, serene, magical, mellow, cinematic, mysterious, reflective, calm & tranquil pop track with a slight 50's vibe to it. Inspired by the vibe and mood of the film 'the virgin suicides'. Enchanted, floaty & meditative. Would suit dramatic / romantic / filmic / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Atmospheric, moody, cinematic, ethereal, magical, enchanted music with an exotic world flavour to it. Rhythmic, sublime, sedate, hypnotic, wondrous, dreamy, spacious & beautiful. Would suit nature / documentary / discovery / travel / filmic type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Slow, beautiful, calm, atmospheric, dreamy & sedate track with gentle piano arpeggios backed by cool guitar harmonics & sparse, soothing strings. Thoughtful, reflective, tranquil, relaxing & slightly melancholic in mood. Would suit spacious / fantasy / cinematic / dramatic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 52 BPM]
Ethereal, beautiful, dreamy, magical, hypnotic, meditative & thoughtful. Spacious synths mix with plucked strings & vocal effects to make reflective, enchanted & sublime music suitable for cinematic / dramatic / science / travel / discovery / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Dreamy, introspective, serene, reflective, moody, solemn, somber, sedate piano & strings soundscape. Conjures up images of a russian winter, ice & snow all around. Ethereal & thought provoking. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / filmic / romantic type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 79 BPM]
Heroic and propulsive orchestra with drums. Great for pushing a scene along, whether it be a motivational video, montage in a film, or documentary about beating the odds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 149 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]
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]
A tribal and primal sounding peace built on percussion grooves and mysterious, drone like synth pulses. Influences from ancient world cultures come together with futuristic, sci-fi type sounds, to create a fusion of past, present and future. Ominous, mysterious, tense. Think tribes, jungle, rainforest, world beat / mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
This track features Piano melody with orchestral symphonic elements in the style of Chopin/Beethoven and the turn of the century mood in the eastern Europe but done in a Tim Burton orchestral fashion ala Danny Elfman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, scary and mysterious Cinematic music track with deep and gloomy vibe. Great for trailers, films and documentaries in Drama and Sci-Fi genres. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Exotically traditional oriental composition with percussions and a turkish saz (lute). suitable for ceremonial scenes from the middle east and orient. Hectic, ardent and feisty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A wide open musical soundscape featuring ambient guitars and textures. Pensive and thoughtful. Introspective. Intimate, but also with a distant feel. Good as an underscore for drama and film. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 86 BPM]
A slow, sad, longing track with a poignant, touching theme, featuring strings and horns. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Evocative Middle Eastern music with a strong and dramatic flavor. Intense and exotic with melancholic undertones. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Featuring traditional African instruments, such as Cora and Kalimba this track is in a world fusion style and is very evocative and charged with an African spirit. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Chopin's famous and wonderful Minute Waltz in Db major for piano. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Saturn from The Planets suite by Gustav Holst. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Mozart Symphony No. 40, Movement 1, Molto Allegro. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
John P. Sousa's famous Liberty Bell march, classical marching band music. Also known as the theme music for the Monty Python Flying Circus. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
The very famous and universally loved The Blue Danube waltz, also known as An der schnen blauen Donau, by Johann Strauss II. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An Americana / Acoustica track of two halves. The first half is very understated and thoughtful, whilst the second half is a little more lively and has a richer arrangement. Homey, reflective and warm. [Note: We have deliberately let some imperfections, such as sounds of fingers on strings and slight movements on the guitar case, in this recording. This is done for effect, and is not an error or weakness with the file or recording process]. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Time for Tango with this dramatic accordion-based piece. Violin and piano add harmonic texture punctuated by Latin percussion and contra bass. Suitable for comedy, dramedy and all manner of sticky situations. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
A beautiful orchestral arrangement of Morning Mood from the Peer Gynt suite, by Edward Grieg. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
William Tell Overture (also known as Wilhelm Tell Overture) by Rossini. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
Beautiful and wondrous arrangement of Saint-Saens famous work Aquarium, from the Carnival of the Animals suite. Music recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
The famous Pizzicato from Sylvia, by Leo Delibes. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from the Peer Gynt suite by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
Dance of the Mirlitons from the Nutcracker Suite by Piotr Tchaikovsky. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Allegro, from Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
The famous grand piano piece, "Fur Elise" (for Elise) by Beethoven. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
March from the Nutcracker suite, by Tchaikovsky. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Spatial ethnic soundtrack with ambient textures, electronic elements and ethnic instruments. Will work well as video background about travel, expeditions to a desert places, documentary. Air piano, solo ac. guitar in a middle part, tuvan male vox. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Spring Movement 1 "Allegro" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring). Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Spring Movement 3 "Allegro pastorale" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring). Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Winter Movement 1 "Allegro non molto" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concerto Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter). Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
