This royalty free music track listing features tracks from the Novelty, Specialty and Sound-Alike genres. Stock music tracks to mimick specific niche music styles and cultural/musical eras. There are some comedy music tracks here, some cheesy music, as well as some "hidden treasures" with beautiful performances of quirky, unique musical styles. Most of these royalty-free music downloads feature specialty instruments and come in full track, 60-secs cuts, 30-secs cuts, seamless stock music loops. This music can be licensed, downloaded and used in your own media productions.
A quirky and nostalgic, orchestral 1940's / 1950's pastiche with more than a hint of cheese. Perfect for ironic and comical underscores or vintage purposes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Laidback 60's Pop track influenced by the Beatles later period. Electric guitar, mellotron flutes, bass and drums get you in the mood to turn on, tune in and drop out. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A funky groovy song about the irony of wrongdoers using the victim card. The lyrics are sung in the Tagalog language, giving the track a cool, fun, exotic feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
This upbeat, happy-go-lucky rockabilly track features some very greasy guitars, a quirky organ, swingin' drums, handclaps and a cowbell. It's a fast-paced toe-tapper that has hints of The Stray Cats and The Violent Femmes. It's simple, it's fun, and it's perfect for high-energy happy scenes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 180 BPM]
A fun and simple jazz track, acoustic bass and acoustic guitar Django style. Cheeky, charming and light hearted. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Mellow, soulful, 70s vibe brought up to date with big horns, strings and a funky groove to back it up. Good for late night scenes, cruising down Casino Avenue, cool characters or any project in need of a chilled, retro soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Groovy, latin vibe with a cheesy 60’s style organ and jazzy george benson/grant green style guitar. A fun little upbeat track for hip, retro characters, elevator music with a modern twist or any project in need of a tongue in cheek soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 147 BPM]
Charming and quirky retro electro track. 8-bit sounds with a Nintendo-ish feel, video game subculture, the 1980's and digital life. Slightly reminiscent of the work of Kraftwerk. At about 30 seconds a Jean Michel Jarre -like melody comes in. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
Classic surf rock style of the 1960's and 70's. Twangy, doomy guitars, fast drums, guitar slides with fast picking etc. Retro feel, great for surfing, sports, 1960s/70s fashion, historical/cultural, or any media with a cool, chic, retro style. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
1930's style acoustic jazz. This is an irresistable piece of pretty accurate periodic jazz, popular in the 1930's. Very useful for historical, documentary, or just any cooky, original, feelgood material, fashion etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
1930's era newsreel introduction. Pompous and patriotic. Historical. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
Slow, doom-ish, retro pulp / surf rock. Dark and moody, with a 1960's / 1970's Tex-Mex sound. Good for retro and pulp type productions. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 81 BPM]
A quirky urban track with slide guitar, piano and harmonica. Great for commercials, documentaries or any project in need of a blend of southern bluesy rock and hip hop. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Old time Ska, with organ top line. Genuine retro 1960's / 1970's sound. Fun and cheeky. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Kitch and stylish Secret Agent theme, like a 1960's or 1970's spy flick or cop show. Historical, retro. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 121 BPM]
Retro rock theme for spies, espionage and international men of mystery. Works equally well for spoofs and humourous secret agent antics as it does for serious action/crime thrillers. Features live horns, guitars, bass and drums. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A bouncy whacked out tune with a retro gaming feel and all the charm of a 1980’s synthesizer demo! Complete with cheerful drums & cheapo plastic instruments, this bubbly melody would suit cartoon graphics, micro games, commercials or quirky off beat comedy videos. Similar in style to the Elliot Simons tracks Wacko Town, Big Cheese & Sambatastico. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A 1980's influenced rock song about a woman who has regrets but finds solace in casual relationships that incorporates numerous synths, piano, drums, and other percussion. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Driving funk tune with a jazzy flute melody. Gritty and vintage sound, with a strong Tarantino vibe. Late sixties and early seventies instrumental soul, similar to The Meters and Budos Band. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Retro Jazz with live instruments and vintage style production. Light, soft and romantic with hammond organ, guitar, flute and drums. Perfect for happy-go-lucky times in the swinging sixties, innocence, romance, comedies and kitsch elevator music. [Tempo: Slow / 139 BPM]
Positive, uplifting, vintage 1970's pop-disco sound. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
1980's or early 1990's style House Pop beat. Uplifting, happy, groovy. Slight disco feel. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Vintage style swing influenced by the Pink Panther theme. Shady and sneaky yet quirky and fun with baritone sax, piano, guitar, double bass and drums. Great for comedies, retro 60s theme music, detectives, sleazy lounge music, cartoons and video games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
An upbeat Latin Tango Disco dance track. Great for exciting 1970s romantic comedy or drama. Features strings, brass, and organ. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Historical, waltz rhythm with piano and orchestra. European or Hebrew cultural history. Period 1900-1940 approx. Also nice for silent film. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Cheesy but cool 1980's style funk/disco track. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Funky music based around drums and bass, with strong horns and electric guitar on top. Inspired by funk and fusion music, Tower Of Power, James Brown and Average With Band. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Powerful and dramatic future retro Funk perfect for action scenes, spy's, superheroes, impossible missions, confrontations or any project looking for a contemporary track with a retro twist that packs a punch. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Retro rock, surf rock. Twangy guitars with tremolo, cool, genuine and accurately recreated 1960's or early 1970's sound. Style, fashion, history, culture, sports/surfing and more. [Tempo: Fast / 85 BPM]
A nice, warm, easy and breezy bossa nova groove. Subtle, elegant, soothing. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
A gong hit and a cliché shakuhachi phrase. That's it! If you don't know what a shakuhachi is, just listen to the track and you will remember the classic Japanese flute extensively used in stereotyped Kung Fu films. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Historical early film, vintage piano, 1900's, 1910's or 1920's era, easy happy background. [Tempo: Medium / 68 BPM]
Retro 1960s-1970s surf rock. Twangy guitars and a genuinely authentic sixties / seventies sound combined with an exciting, uptempo feel makes this track suitable for fun and sports, pulp / surf inspired videos, and stylish retro productions with attitude. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 176 BPM]
Classic dramatic Western style theme. Long shadows over Rio Grande. A hanging at dawn. A lone horseman riding into the sunset. A Mexican woman in distress. Shootout at the O.K. Corral. You get the idea. :) Very cinematic - Great stuff for Westerns, similar to soundtracks by Ennio Morricone. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
In the style of Junkie XL and Fatboy Slim. Uptempo funky Big Beat tune, with bluesy guitar riffs and a busy bass line. Fun breakbeat and drums loops punctuated by nasty synthesizers. Positive and vibrant, with a lot of edge. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
A pastiche track in the style of Ellio Morricone, Clint Eastwood, and spaghetti westerns. Very mid-western sound but also a modern and clean production. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
Reminiscent of Al Bowlly's version of "Guilty", featured in french film "Amelie"'s soundtrack, this vintage rendition is excellent if you need to add a retro flavor to your project, or if you are looking for a sound-alike. A 30's jazz ensemble featuring a solo clarinet and string section recorded and precessed so it sounds like an old vinyl. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
A kitsch retro-style mid-60's parody with big horns, Latino rhythms and an infectious flute & synth lead. Guaranteed to evoke the swinging sixties with its bright & bouncy easy listening style. Well matched with the Elliot Simons track 'Sambatastico' [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
A hot blooded and sexy, swaying, slow surf-rock track with 1960's guitar style. Very Tarantino'esque. Perhaps a strip bar, dirty nightclub, or just a very hot femme fatale -- Irresistable... but dangerous. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Quaint and fun piece with acoustic guitar, spoons, accordeon and soprano sax, later piano. Playful melody, happy and joyful but not too over-the-top. Whimsical and optimistic. The track grows bigger and brasher as it goes along, and develops into a circus-act or other fun event. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Surf music of the 1960s and 1970s. Classic surfing style, with twangy guitars and a slight Mexican influence. Tarantino-esque feel. Retro chic, cool for sports, commercials, extreme sports, film/tv and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 109 BPM]
A quirky bassline sprinkled with dubstep & reggae music. Mischievous, humerous, razor sharp & infectious. Great music for gaming, short films or modern comedy. Similar in feel to the Elliot Simons track Dubweed & Lucky Boy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Slow acoustic jazz with just guitar and upright bass. A bit downtrodden, slow moving, disappointed. Old-time jazz or rag sound. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Homage to the 1980's. A funky 1980's tune with an overall sound reminiscent of a motivational 80's power ballad. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Fun and intensely busy groove track featuring loads of brass lines and stabs, strings and organ. Very lively , energetic and driving with a 70's retro vibe to it. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Slow, doom-ish, retro pulp / surf rock. Twangy guitars with a Mexican feel. California surf style guitar amp sound. Very slow, sensual in a 'fatal female' type mood. Good for pulp and retro styled flicks. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
Classic horror flick type material, with mystical chords and stabbing rhythms. Hypnotic feel. The creepy crawlies are out to get you! [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
1950's or 1960's style classic rockabilly. Swinging and fun with twangy guitars. Historical, rock around the clock style. Also available as an Underscore version without the solo/lead guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Retro and fun - a great piece of instrumental royalty free sixties music which perfectly captures that early 1960's style sound. Upbeat, uptempo, with riffing guitars and fun harmonica lines. Bring the flower power back and enjoy the retro sounds of the 60's. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Historical early film, vintage piano, 1900's, 1910's or 1920's era, heroine in trouble. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
