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)"
Reflective piano and moving strings combine to create an emotional yet hypnotic sound, full of thought and introspection. Perfect for undercore, drama or anything requiring a human touch [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Melodic, mid-tempo, chorus based young guitar rock, with some high intensity parts. Available as a vocal or instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
A strong, yet reflective and slightly melancholic ambient track with a piano lead, soothing backings and a small yet stirring string section. The track has quite a cinematic and grand feel to it along with some interesting rhythms which should help to enhance many projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 109 BPM]
Cinematic piano and strings take you on a beautiful journey. Thought provoking, pleasure and pain, drifting into the unknown, breathtaking scenery and mesmerizing love stories. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
Calm, epic piano piece which build in emotion and tension that builds to a calm and final conclusion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
An orchestral / electronic hybrid soundtrack with emotional depth, full of amazement and wonderment. Chamber orchestra with movie / film-score textures. A subtle pulse builds gradually up towards an emotional climax. Graceful, elegant and dignified, this track has a a timeless sound and a poignant mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Short solo piano track. Lamentation and tears. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A touching and tender piano track with subtle strings and occasional subtle oboe leads. Heartfelt, comforting, pastoral, neo-classical. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
A hip psychological dramatic cue underscoring contemporary night life with sexy and dangerous undertones. Electronic and ambient instruments, urban grooves, and piano and strings. [Tempo: Medium / 79 BPM]
A vibey, indie-sounding tune with a sense of melancholy. Drums reflects the running of a clock. Great as music for montages or time elapsing. Includes vocals. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
The track starts with solo female vocalizations lamenting over classical acoustic guitars and mandolins, and builds up to a pompous choir and orchestra solemn procession. Good for a huge funeral scene, with lots of people crowding up the streets to give a last goodbye to an idol, politician, etc. [Tempo: Very slow / 55 BPM]
Solo piano. Introspective with a hint of mystery and tension. Lots of heart, and a touch of sadness. Piano part has lots of movement to propel the scene. Good for drama, romance, TV. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Piano music. A Philip Glass inspired track - dramatic and passionate, yet reflective and romantic. Perhaps depicting wwo lovers longing for each others powerful embrace, this piano duet deals with sorrow, hope, emotion, nostalgia and past events. Good film score / drama underscore for personal stories, real people and emotions. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 101 BPM]
A dreamy and ethereal cinematic soundtrack. Smooth layered guitar parts and live cello sound. Great as a film underscore and video soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Emotional, intimate and dreamy Trip-Hop track featuring atmospheric harmonies, chill soft drums and eerie female vocals. Emotional / Flowing / Swaying. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Slow, sad & serenely sombre orchestral track. Slmost a requiem piece. Lush strings intertwine with a steady bass drum pulse to produce a regal and melancholic atmosphere. [Tempo: Very slow / 102 BPM]
This is a very dynamic male vocal/piano driven song about being there for someone when they need help. Huge band intro after the 2nd chorus with beautiful strings. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A positive and uplifting pop rock track with acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synths and drums all combining to create a warm sound with a feel-good groove. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A gentle, reverberant choir chant, like singing in a church, temple or monastery. Spiritual, religious feel, like prayer hour or worshipping in a cathedral. Soft and gentle, ethereal, heavenly, angelic. Perhaps angels, spirits or simply gathering in a place of worship. Great for fantasy, adventure, spirituality. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
This track features a calm, ambient echoing electric guitar melody, reversed echoing chords and bass synth. It creates a dark, ambient, melancholic mood. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 66 BPM]
Acoustic guitar / Dreamy. This minimalist track is very moody and reflective. The acoustic guitars create a mood of introspective dissonance and space. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
An emotional, instrumental guitar rock ballad. Sincere, heartfelt melodies with medium tempo guitar riffs and solos. Good for drama, tv show, personal stories, love stories, love drama, introspection and more. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Melancholic / Nostalgic / Sad / Reflective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful, traditional Indian love song arranged with a mixture of Indian ethnic instruments and more modern/western elements. Sung by the highly renowned Indian thumri singer Vidya Rao who has been kind enough to work with us on this track. Thumri is a form of Indian singing which originated in the temples where the courtesans of the temples used to sing about lost love. The lyrics in this song can be summarized as a woman singing to a dear friend or lover in a far-away land, singing for him to return to where he belongs. Arranged with tabla, Indian strings and soft pads. There is also an alternative version without the vocals, and yet another version with only the vocals and soft pads, in a more "ambient" setting. Haunting and beautiful. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A touching, poignant, cinematic soundtrack with a heroic, uplifting, hopeful feel, but also with a wistful and melancholic undertone. Like the bittersweet conclusion to a story or the sight of a powerful, beautiful but sad, world. Nostalgia mixed with hope and aspirations. Perhaps a new beginning? Or leaving home, setting sails towards new worlds? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
An atmospheric, moody, spacious, thoughtful, emotive verse combines with an uplifting, positive and anthemic chorus section. Wistful, reflective, hopeful, passionate, powerful and melodic. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / romantic type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
A soft and uplifting pop/rock music track led by a simple guitar phrase and backed up by an acoustic guitar, drums, bass and keys. This has a great background music sound due to its warm and appealing nature but also is strong enough to just listen to. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Sad, moving but with an uneasy air of uncertainty. Emotive strings wash over you as a solo oboe enters and plays a simple line. Then come pizzicato strings and a bass drum pulse. Soft piano joins the strings as the cycle begins again. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Melancholic soundtrack featuring piano, strings, flute and sound design. Full of sadness but with a hints of hope, sensitive, serene and quiet. Suitable for drama and more. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
A driving, beautiful track that showcases a combination of piano, strings, synths, and percussion, nice for creating a positive atmospheric vibe in an indie film or light family drama. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Positive, dramatic and grand stadium rocker à la U2. Clean guitars build with a driving backbeat to the epic chorus where waves of dirty guitars and strings wash over you like a monsoon after years of drought. Highly charged & emotional. [Tempo: Medium / 137 BPM]
A soft and warm ambient track made with organ, synths and guitar. While the track has an emotive edge, it is also gentle, subtle and relaxing which makes a great backing for many types of project. Suitable for relaxation, spa, healing, and self indulgence, as well as for drama / film scene. Introspective, thoughtful, delicate. [Tempo: Slow / 124 BPM]
This Chopin inspired classical piece with a modern twist evokes the music written for the time with some classical-modern phrased lyrical melodic overtones. Think Chopin meets Van Gogh in a creative artistic landscape of mind and spirit. Good for classically inspired Media of all types. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A sad and reflective traditional Irish air played on the fiddle and accompanied by nylon guitar. Contemplative, pensive and thoughtful, this air is beautiful, stirring and incredibly sad also. From around 18th century Ireland - a truely genuine Irish air. 100% live performance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, tranquil, cinematic, serene, calm, sedate, sublime, quiet, reflective, dreamy & introspective piano piece with spacious, ethereal effects. Small, serene, contemplative and simple. Would suit nostalgic / romantic / dramatic / historic / documentary type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 97 BPM]
Intense, atmospheric, melodic rock track with lead guitar acting as lead vocal. Slightly reminiscent of Satriani. Riff-laden & determined but with catchy guitar hooks in the choruses. Full of vibe & surprises. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A beautiful version of Bach's Prelude No. 1 for grand piano. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Experimental / Rock / Groove. After the bizarre intro, the catchy riff kicks in. Slightly punk'y. Sound and style similar to Franz Ferdinand and others. Good for sports, youth, young productions, a little bit rebellious and cool. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
A gently inspiring and uplifting dramatic cue, underscoring scenes of heart felt hope and sentiments. Light piano and rhythm with ambient textures. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Somewhere between smooth jazz, acoustic pop, downtempo chill-out, this track has both a positive and a slightly melancholic feel. Jazzy chords combine with simple acoustic guitar melodies and a syncopated drum groove. Emotive and atmospheric. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 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]
Slow, sad, mournful cinematic piece with cellos, strings and piano. Lamenting violins and touching female voice join later. Sadness, defeat, loss. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 155 BPM]
Very slow, spacious, atmospheric & beautiful piano-lead ambient track with a deep sense of loss, longing & melancholy. contains piano, strings, acoustic & electric guitar, drums. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Archetypical redneck country, with acoustic guitar and harmonica. Slide guitar also joins in. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
Acoustic Americana folk track, featuring Dobro, Acoustic guitar and a subtle harmonica. Dreamy, cosy, warm and appealing. Wholesome, friendly, gentle and calm. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 63 BPM]
Textural acoustic guitar patterns. Slightly dreamy. Good as background for drama, storytelling, visual imagery and more. Neither very light nor very dark. Earthy, relaxed and unfolding. Simple rhythm arrangement with shaker and hand clap joins later. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A tasteful, delicate and graceful track with a light orchestra arrangement combined with piano. Melodic and flowing. Inspirational, hopeful and uplifting. Classical / Melodic theme. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A thoughtful music track with moody pads and sustained strings. The cinematic piano gives this track emotion and is ideal for creating a thoughtful and reflective feel. Space / Cosmos / Underwater Music. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Music for a grand adventure. Semi-orchestral arrangement, rich on emotion and sweeping melodies. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
A pop / R&B style ballad, available with or without vocals. Soft, soothing female vocals. A warm, melancholic song about lost love and tender memories. Instrumental version works well as a general romance / romantic background track for media etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
