Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
A beautiful duet for Piano and Cello for accompanying those special moments in life. Relaxing, tender, calm and serene great for happy occasions, romance, weddings, nature, nostalgia, tv and film dramas, contemporary dance, sophisticated and elegant settings etc. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
A twisted, tragic melody played by piano is wrapped in a sinister, yet subtle blanket of strange metallic synths. The music is subtle until near the end, when big percussion intensifies the drama. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Ambient, relaxing, romantic and simple modern Jazz. Soothing piano with upright bass and drums leads to a more tense, darker B section with cello melody. Lush sensual and sophisticated. Candlelight, silk sheets, making love to the love of your life, urban settings, opening scenes and love affairs. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Dramatic Orchestral composition with a slow buildup, suitable for trailers and film soundtracks. Begins with a somber piano theme, and escalates to the dramatic intense full orchestral part with strings, brass section, timpani, and orchestral snares. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A romantic and heartfelt piece underscoring the bond between two friends or the love between two lovers. The first half has much more motion, and the second half is more sentimental. Nostalgic piano, harp, strings, and clarinet. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A cinematic and moody piano piece, in a similar style to Thomas Newman. Open and poignant, this track is packed with emotion and will add an extra dimension to projects looking for a thoughtful and reflective feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Indie ballad music track influenced by the sound and style of Bon Iver, Kodaline or Daughter. Warm, unique, inspirational, touching. Piano, acoustic guitar. Available with or without the angelic/ghostly vocals. Heavenly / Innocence / Hopeful Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 146 BPM]
Calm, soothing, beautiful solo piano performance by Dmitriy Lukyanov. [Tempo: Very fast / 106 BPM]
Soulful, melodic blues features gutsy guitar and acrobatic flugelhorn. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Clean guitars with lots of reverb and delay create an open and airy feel to this progressive rock music track. Later on, the piece builds with drums, more guitars and bass to a powerful and emotive climax. Aspirational, inspirational, hope/hopeful, emotional. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
A slow, beautiful, haunting melody featuring weaving lines of the trumpet and saxophone over a walking bass. Of note is the woodwind choir of oboes, flutes and clarinets in the later part of the song. Suitable for mellow, low-keyed atmospheres. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
This one is a groover with a riff that just won't quit. When it does give you a breather from it's grasp, it drops to a kind of electric delta blues feel only to explode again into a gargantuan riff. things get spacey in the mid breakdown section only to once again fly headlong into the monster riff. May contain guitars, bass, drums, synth and some traces of nut. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Tensions rise as stoic piano and guitar build to a dramatic exposure of driving bass, urban drums and strings. Would work excellent on a film or TV show as a revelation of betrayal or selfish intent. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
Solo piano. Minimalist repeating figures with some thematic development. Some tension in this introspective piece. Would carry a scene with no dialogue, but there are lots of spaces to let dialogue through. Editable into smaller cues and transitions. Version 2 is darker and in a lower range, with a tragic edge. Good for drama, mystery, TV, feature film. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slowly swaying waltz track with a deliberately imperfect female vocal line, vocalizing the main melody. The laidback, up-close and personal vocal style gives the track a genuine, homely and very intimate mood. It's a bit quirky, a bit retro, a bit skewed, bittersweet, left-field and very warm and charming - like the last dance, after everybody else has left. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
This is a male vocal driven piano song about dealing with a broken relationship. The song has a few different movements and a catchy guitar solo towards the end. [Tempo: Slow / 135 BPM]
Pop ballad that has a sentimental emotional vocal with uplifting string orchestration. Catchy British type pop song with a very powerful and memorable melodic hook. Works well for romantic scenes. Also works well for a Melanie Griffith "Working Girl" type film/TV project. Beautiful and lush. Sounds Like: Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Augustana, Ben Folds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
This song I wrote to cope with someone I loved very much who I knew I was going to lose but not ready to let go of. These lyrics are my lullaby to a little boy who was taken from us much too soon in life. He was a fighter and a dreamer and I hope this song does his life some justice. This is my way of never letting him go from my heart. I wish I could have held on to him forever. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark industrial, distorted beats in a sea of broken voices. Elements of rock, goth, electro and experimental. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
A lively, feel-good dance track, with a nice simple melody and structure, that makes it easy to loop over and over. Instruments include both electronic and acoustic drums, synths, violins and at the head, a solo violin singing the melody. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Sensual and emotional slow-rock, with a slight doom-ish twang and a Mexican/Spanish feel, with castanets/maracas. A bit inspired by Carlos Santana. Hot blooded rock ballads with a latino influence. Tarantino-esque. Trumpet solo towards the end. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A slightly quirky and tense piece with ethnic percussion and piano. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
A bittersweet Modern Rock song about missing a former lover. Features acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, harmonica, bass and drums. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
This upbeat pop song wouldn’t feel out of place in any romantic comedy. It has catchy choruses that will have you humming along. A variety of instruments including drums, violin, electric and acoustic guitar all feature in this love song. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Solo Acoustic Piano, Simple pop format. Positive, feel good track. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Slow and sizzling traditional blues music with drums, bass, organ and electric guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
An ambient and progressive rock track which builds from a quiet introduction to a big and soaring climax. Strong drums, layered electric guitars and bass combine to create a warm and full sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
Calm, reflective and mellow, solo piano piece. Classical-romantic. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
An epic romantic theme with full symphony orchestra and solo violin, underscoring anything from a King's secret love affair to a bittersweet farewell in ancient Rome. The authentic ancient feel makes this cue perfect for period and Bible films. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Positive, motivating and uplifting music track with beautiful melodic lines and harmonies featuring piano, emotional orchestral strings, glockenspiel, drums and bass. Composition starts with a simple and peaceful piano melody accompanied by legato strings and builds up to an inspiring main part with staccato strings and drums to conclude with an ending similar to the intro. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
A soulful 6/8 ballad that has positive lyrics. It has a nice build to it with a key change going into the last chorus. Very feel-good lyric about letting down facades and being real. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Slow, ethereal, slightly dark, space-rock. Guitar textures combine with synths & hypnotic beats to make atmospheric music that would suit cinematic / dramatic / mystery / thriller projects. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
Starting with soft acoustic guitar, gentle organ and female vocal, this song builds up into chorus with male vocal and harmonies followed by slide electric solo at 1:33. This slide electric continues through the next verse building again into big double chorus with uplifting backing vocals. Long electric guitar solo begins at 3:28. The lyrics are about the two different sides of a relationship, told with both male and female main vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
Sad and yet beautiful. Suitable for a tender, sorrow moment. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Inspirational, emotional and reflective music track with a dreamy and ethereal feeling. Imaginative and creative composition with a sense of wonder. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A short, romantic piece with a wistful or nostalgic tone. Highly suitable for radio commercial, TV program intro, web site and more. Soft strings and tender, melodic piano. Love, family, friendships and cherished memories. Two different 30-secs versions are available; on version 2, the piano goes to a higher octave towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Piano is joined by a haunting female vocal and strings on a mission. Provokes a real sense of urgency; a decision needs to be made! Tension grows as big percussion accents take us to an ethereal ending. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Two guitars perform a duet in a dance of harmony and melody. This track has an intimate, yet alluring quality that takes you on natures journey, from a mother taking care of her child, and then growing up running in the meadow together as time passes on. Thoughtful and inspirational. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Slow, emotional piano is joined by strings and brass for crescendo impact driving home the emotion of triumph. The cue finishes with a restatement of the main piano theme accompanied by woodwinds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Soft strings and acoustic guitar picking, with a solo female soprano voice. (Also available without the voice). A bit dreamy feeling. Good for background use in media and film. Also for weddings, religious / spiritual content and more. [Tempo: Slow / 125 BPM]
A romantic and sentimental pop/rock ballad with a piano lead, backed up by acoustic and electric guitars, drums and bass. Strings arrive towards the end of the track to give it that extra lift. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A soulful ballad about a couple losing the fight of holding their relationship together. Heart-wrenching and emotional. Suitable for dramatic TV shows, films and commercials etc. Featuring vocals by Tricia Kelly. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A sombre and very slow moving underscore track for mystery, drama or fiction. Dark subjects, perhaps crime, criminial investigation or difficult subjects. Stories of struggle or hardship. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Revenge 1 Danger' and 'Revenge 2 Dark Thoughts'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, soft, peaceful, yearning and meloncholy. Cascading synth pads keep the pulse going as chinese violins and conventional string sections play restless melodies over the top. Would suit romantic film project. Contains synths, Chinese ehru violin, double bass, drums and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
Beginning with a light and pretty piano motif and gradually building while increasing in darkness and dissonance with ambient strings and choir. Great for film scores, mystery, tragedy and heartbreak. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Chopin Prelude No 4 E Minor (arr D Lukyanov), solo piano music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Atmospheric Roots / country ballad featuring a Dobro top line. Also available is an Underscore version without the lead melody, great as a nice and easy acoustic guitar background. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Melancholic / Fragile / Emotional / Sincere Music. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
An ambient rock track that uses intertwined guitar parts to build from a quiet beginning into a strong and emotive climax. Progressive and passionate, this track would be great for projects looking for that emotional edge. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
A classy, delicate and tasteful piano track. Somewhat wistful and reflective, but not really sad - this elegant piece projects reflection and contemplation. Available with or without ambient pads added to the piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
