This is where we keep the music that makes us think of the 1980's. This music wasn't actually composed or recorded in the 80's, but it has an 80's feel and sound, making these tracks suitable for Retro 1980s productions. Historical, even. (Even though, for those of us who grew up in the 1980s with Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Grandmaster Flash, Human League and New Order's "Blue Monday", it feels really weird to talk about that era as "Historical"!)
Bright, but chilled-out electro track with lush synths and textures. Dreamlike pads and spacy hooks give this track a laidback feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Relaxed vaporwave track with dreamy synths and expansive pads. Thick retro analogue bass and chilled beats. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Retro electro pop track with vintage synths and laid back analogue beats. Dreampop lush synths and thick bass. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Get the party started with that Bruno Mars / Mark Ronson hit sound! A classic sounding funky breakbeat track with (and without) hip hop style shouts and scratching. Works great for that 'back in the day' vibe or modern party and urban scenes. Underscore version works perfect as a fresh feel-good bed for daytime TV. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
This is an upbeat and happy classic rock instrumental. The song has a laid back but driving feel that would work great for promotional videos and background music for commericals. [Tempo: Medium / 138 BPM]
Motivating hardrock with catchy riffs, guitar solos and drums. Energetic and positive. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Groovy classic rock with e-guitar, dry bass and beat. Well-suited for road movies, motorcycles, alternative lifestyle and travel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Snowballing quickly into a catchy dance track, this piece is an adventure into good, sustained feelings . It features an ‘80s inspired synth melody with brilliant, upbeat acoustic guitars, piano, bass, synth effects, and grooving drums. This has multitudes of uses in action, drama, commercials, fashion, recreation, travel, and wellness. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 148 BPM]
Manic and fun ska/rock tune about a drug addict's upbringing, way of life and eventual run from the police. With guitars, bass, drums, cheesy horns, wood block, trombone, organs. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Quirky rock with many abrupt stylistic turns. About a mad scientist on a search for "the cure." With fuzz guitar, bass, drums, synths, science noises. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Retro eighties boogie funk, with electronic drums and synth bass. Nile Rogers influenced guitars and vintage keyboard riffs make you feel like 1982. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
This track takes you back to the early days of House music from the mid 80s to the early 90s. Featuring pounding drum machine, classic piano riff and various synthesizers this is great for old school rave nostalgia, fashion, sports, flashbacks or any project in need of that retro club sound. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dynamic 80's Disco with a driving four-to-the-floor beat, smooth piano chords, funky guitar, retro synths and soaring strings. Inspired by Daft Punk, Michael Jackson, SOS Band and Quincy Jones, perfect for any project looking for that Disco revival sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Laidback and Funky House track with various retro elements including 70s style guitar riffs, 80s synths and modern club beat. Great for fashion, lifestyle, advertising campaigns, promos or any project in need of a fun, urban and sexy soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A quirky alternative circus song about people eating people. With bouncy guitars, harmonies, organ, mandolin, bass and drums. Bizarre rock waltz with shifting time signatures and dissonant riffs. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Very hip and driving rock riff that has lots of swagger and a commanding vibe. Good for reckless, energetic sports content or "tough guy" stuff. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Bond, James Bond that is. Has that classic cinematic sound with that features that Danelectro bass guitar. Think fast cars and slick babes for this track. [Tempo: Fast / 154 BPM]
A very positive mixture of break/big-beat with funky/jazzy type of sounds. Energetic, groovy drums, jazzy cool trumpet improvisations, scratches and looped piano chord phrases. Whole track has a nice retro-funky vibe. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A groovy hard rock song in the vein of AD/CD and Black Sabbath. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
A full tilt bassline and dance riff with glitchy interludes and a ‘Drop It’ vocal snatch. Suitable for high octane visuals or modern techno music bed. Nasty & exciting but with a sense of fun. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A cool little funk tune featuring a clavinet line that is infectious and entertaining. The horn section adds spice and hipness. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
This is a modern and quirky tune that features an infectiously hip bass line, thumping drums, and a sweet melody sung by a young teen. (Also available as an instrumental version, without the vocal melody). [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Extra cheesy retro eighties boogie funk, with electronic drums and synth bass. Nile Rogers influenced guitars and vintage keyboard solos and riffs make you feel like 1982. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Eighties influenced Hard Rock tune, with a heavy metal bite to it. Similar to Scorpions and other european hair epic metal bands. Good for sports, radical, adventure, cars, top gear and macho stuff. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
This guitar-driven track is encouraging, upbeat, steadfast and reminiscent of the power pop of the 1980s. Together with solid rocking bass and drums, this track is excellent for commercials, and youth, travel, friendship and adventure themes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 137 BPM]
Upbeat, positive and catchy Indie Pop with retro sounding synths, electric guitar and driving drum beat. Eighties nostalgia revamped for modern, forward thining commercials and corporate projects. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dynamic and groovy electro-pop track. A mix of 1980's electro sounds with today's pop music sound. Arpeggiator synth, synths rythm and lead, bass, electric guitar, drums and sweeps. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A relaxed disco/soul song about a man trying to declare his love. Features male vocal, funky guitars. Sounds like Daft Punk and Smokey Robinson had a baby. 1980, vintage, could be playing at the prom when a shy guy sees the girl of his dreams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Downtempo soulful song about letting go. Features male vocal, smooth sounds and nice drums. Wait for the mellow Moog solo! Sounds like Jill Scott, Raphael Saadiq. Could be used in a break up scene or a scene where someone is reminiscent of his lost love. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A retro flavored track about a man who's having a hard time in his life. Nevertheless, it's funky and catchy as hell! The chorus is like an earworm, you can't get it out of you head. Don't even try. Great for mildly sad scenes in movies, series. Very good as a theme song and perfect for lounging. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Fun, quirky and cute, this 8-bit music track is inspired by early 1980’s arcade games. The instrumentation is 100% synthesizers which create the enjoyment, danger and elation of passing through a game level. Great music for comedy, sports and commercials. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A classic rock track in the style of Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Van Halen. Uplifting and cool feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Classic rock track with all the flavoring for a rock hit. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A retro disco-funk track with a modern, futuristic feel. Familiar shades of Madonna, Nile Rogers and classic 80’s groove agents. Works well with catwalk fashion, urban, uptown night-life, daytime tv, cosmopolitan and fabulous darling! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
80's drum-inspired intro brings in a high-energy, surfer-style guitar and Farfisa-organ track that never lets up for a moment. Modern synth melody and sustaine, distorted guitar chords bring us forward a few decades at the end. Retro rock with pop. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 176 BPM]
This high energy and fast ska music is inspired in the UK style of the second ska wave of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This track gets you up and going! Saxes, trombone, organ, guitar, bass, percussion and drums make up the instrumentation. Highly suitable as music for oddball comedies, cool and slick commercials, reality shows and TV themes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Late 70's and early 80's funk music track, inspired by Cameo and Gap Band. Heavy drums and funky guitars, with horns and synth bass lines. In the style of Uptown Funk, song by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Sensual and cheesy sexy soul cliche, with an expressive saxophone phrase. The type of tune to set the mood for a sexual scene, or even a spoof of an eighties porn movie. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Funk, Retro, Sound-Alike. Typical seventies / early eighties Blaxploitation music or Cop Show music theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Over the top eighties action music, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury. Later on the track there is a breakdown with some oriental flute elements. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Over the top eighties action music with lyrics about a maneater woman, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury theme song True Survivor. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Over the top eighties action music, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Over the top eighties action music, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
Eighties soaked slow jam, made entirely with retro synthesizers and drum machines. Synthwave music inspired by television series, cartoon themes and Kung Fury. Think Miami Vice slow motion montages, or a lonely night ride in 1984 Miami. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Uplifting 80's style funky dance track. Catchy synths, drum machine and groovy disco guitar take you back to the good times of this classic decade [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A rocking 80's Van Halen meets Rolling Stones meet AC/DC about partying, loneliness and struggling against the odds. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Electro-funk track with stabbing synthesizers, undercover detective type horns, retro style funk drums and a funky bass riff. Has a certain debonaire, undercover spy, crime or police chase feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 127 BPM]
Soft, melodic, acoustic instrumental fantasy-rock? It's a bit hard to describe this track. It starts softly with piano, strings and acoustic guitars, and later builds to a big sound with soaring guitars and emotional melodies. Slightly retro, inspired by progressive rock groups like Genesis, Yes, Saga, Rush, Barclay James Harvest, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Groovy funk/disco track with a cool live bass line. 1970's or 1980's feel. Cool, confident and strutting. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Uptempo, cool and fresh pop-funk with funky guitar licks and a positive forward stride. Great for sports, games, fun challenges, fresh & moving web sites and other presentations. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]