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)"
Intimate and heartening, cinematic ambient pop music, semi-orchestral, neo-classical. For film, video, stories and storytelling. Close / Warm / Caring. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Reflective and intimate, cinematic ambient pop music, semi-orchestral, neo-classical. For film, video, stories and storytelling. Sad / Contemplative / Thoughtful / Memories. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Touching and nostalgic, warm and tender piano piece. Fragile and delicately flowing. Neo-classical / Ambient piano work for reflection, contemplation and love / intimacy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Neo classical music with a flowing, emotive, touching mood. Melancholy / Wistful / Hopeful / Longing. A sense of delicate, fragile beauty and hope. Orchestra arrangement with piano, strings, horns, woodwinds and vibraphone. Great for movie soundtrack, film & TV drama, storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 181 BPM]
Music with a hurried, urgent, active and bustling feel. Rush, chase, stress, high activity level. Time running out, things being done in a hurry. Neo-classical music, orchestra with piano. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 136 BPM]
Affectionate and hopeful, softly uplifting and heartwarming music. Light orchestra with piano. Innocence / Sincerity / Hope / Friendship / Love. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Neo classical music for film, videos, cinematic storytelling and other media. Pensive / Thoughtful / Questioning / Puzzling. This music will go well with the gentle start of a story, or to illustrate gentle movement, stirring, a story progressing, leads and threads developing, unveiling secrets, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Light orchestra, neo classical music for piano, strings and woodwinds. Melodic, gently flowing, and hopeful. Pastoral / Natural / Uplifting / Spring / Hope. Inspiring and beautiful music for cinema, film, tv or other media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
A determined, rhythmic, neo classical / film soundtrack for drama and storytelling. Dark and pensive, with a sense of building tension, perhaps building up to conflict or trouble. The rhythm is a slow march, and the music builds up slowly, with a sense of mystery, the pressure building. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
New classical music for film, drama, TV, and storytelling. Piano with light orchestra. Thoughtful / Questioning / Story developing. Great background music for scenes of work, progress, movement, information flow. Detective work, information coming to light, a mystery being unfolded. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
A very soft, tender, delicate and flowing piece of neo-classical, light orchestra music. Smooth / Comforting / Caring / Warm / Lovely / Soft / Blissful. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Cinematic atmospheric washes of light & shade blossom into free form piano lines evoking wide vistas or a homely, folksy environment. Thought provoking, captivating & pure with a sense of the innate complexities of life. The track ends on a positive note and this uplifting passage is available separately as Sting 2. ‘Dawn Of A New Life’ is similar in style to Dream Valley Music’s ‘Secrets & Memories’, ‘True Life Stories’ and ‘How It Ends’. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
An atmospheric drone sets the scene for a yearning piano line full of a mysterious depth and a mournful intent. The mood of latent, underlying darkness changes to an offer of hope & redemption before ending with a vanquished finality. Similar in style to Dream Valley Music’s ‘Dawn Of A New Life’, ‘True Life Stories’ and ‘How It Ends’. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A playful & captivating scene-setting theme with echoes of hidden depths & secret passions. Builds from a simple piano & harp into a dramatic flurry of orchestral strings, which then melt into a deep yearning for half-forgotten dreams. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A cinematic landscape theme. Captivating & beautiful, yet with an air of menace, mystery & intrigue. Switching between major & minor chords to represent many styles of mood and atmosphere. Features real drums, sweeping piano chords & a yearning violin drone. Similar in style to Dream Valley Music’s ‘Dawn Of A New Life’, ‘Secrets & Memories’. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A slowly developing, cinematic ambient track that grows and rises up into a big, epic crescendo. Emotional / Grandeur / Amazement / Wonderment / Awe, tinged by a hint of sadness. Great for slowly developing trailers, scenes of incredible nature, space travel, grand journeys, overcoming adversity, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 114 BPM]
Dreamy, neo-classical, simple piano, slow waltz. Nostalgic / Longing / Reflective / Delicate / Fragile / Innocent. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A touching and heartening, light cinematic pop track. Inspired by classical music and chamber music, but also with some cinematic pop and soundtrack influences, this piece uses a small chamber string section with piano. Uplifting and inspirational. Quaint and delicate. Heartwarming, generous and kind. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
An expansive, cinematic electronic track with a heart-rending quality and an inspiring and emotional lead synth. Atmospheric / Inspirational / Nostalgic. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A touching and tender, mellow, warm and innocent piece with piano and subtle strings. Reflection, heartening and caring. [Tempo: Slow / 127 BPM]
A touching and tender, mellow, warm and soothing piece with piano and subtle strings. Relaxed, pretty, like a summer's day. [Tempo: Slow / 97 BPM]
Touching and nostalgic, warm and tender piano piece. Fragile and delicately flowing. Neo-classical / Ambient piano work for reflection, contemplation and love / intimacy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Calm and gentle with an introspective nature but changes moods in the middle and turns slightly darker. An understated piece with depth and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
An uplifting and delightful, semi-orchestral, Cinematic pop track in Chamber Pop style. A combination of classical music and bright instrumental pop, with an inspirational melody and heartening, touching, positive mood. Building up gradually towards a crescendo and then revisiting the main theme in a subtle feel towards the end. [Tempo: Medium / 90 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 contemplative and tender drama / film underscore. This piece carries a sense of sorrow, loss and perhaps a feeling of 'what could have been', but toward the end there is a sense of hope or perhaps resolve, determination. An emotive and reflective piece that will bring emotional depth and a sense of humanity to your project. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
An orchestral cinematic mystery background track. Classic movie soundtrack / film score sound, with piano and orchestral elements create an eerie, suspicious, investigative feel. This rather dark and foreboding background music will go well with drama, mystery, crime, detective investigation, solving riddles, finding clues, or just following a developing story of intrigue and enigma. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Orchestral, cinematic, background music for drama and storytelling. Contemplative, questioning and mysterious. Thoughtful and introspective. Great music for a mystery drama, fantasy, crime drama, searching and contemplation. A brooding and intriguing story evolves. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
An endearing and timeless, cinematic / small orchestra track with a very inspirational, uplifting and heartening feel. The understated production combines with the graceful melodies to bring a sense of elegance, hope, warmth and love. From a gentle start, this track builds up to a more grand main theme, before settling back down with a mellow ending. Stately, poignant, heartwarming and emotional. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A melancholy, inquisitive piece featuring electric piano and slow strings. Perfect for setting a sad, dramatic, or inquisitive mood. Contemplative, introspective and reflective. Also good for mysteries, true crime, and background music for developing a thoughtful mood. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
Inquisitive and mildly psychedelic. This track features a bell synth as the main melody, before it evolves into a full rendition by the strings. Eerie music with a sense of something unknown or unfathomable. A great track for mysteries, investigations and strange occurrences. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
An atmospheric and somewhat ethereal underscore music for film, drama, tv, games, audiobooks, podcasts and more. Introspective and reflective, this track is neither very happy nor sad, but rather contemplative, with a sense of amazement, wonder and innocence. Great background music for storytelling, scenes playing out, thoughtful moments and springtime nature scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
A pleasant, warm and easy background music track. Light and comforting, with piano and subtle use of synth and pads. A soft and ethereal electric guitar enters in the second half. Heartwarming / Homey / Family / Caring. [Tempo: Slow / 105 BPM]
A light pop-rock ballad, with sweeping tremolo electric guitars, Wurlitzer, bass, drums and male vocals. This song describes a couple who are sneaking around behind the backs of their spouses, and then get caught. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A delicate and deliciously noir piano piece with subtle orchestral strings. Melancholic and introspective, with a slight sense of mystery and sensuality, this is an elegantly flowing neo-classical composition. Great for drama, film, storytelling, and setting a contemplative mood. We have this track in a "clean piano version" as well as an "old nostalgic piano version". [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A very warm and heartening, touching and tasteful composition for piano, acoustic guitar and light orchestra. Comforting, tender and heartwarming. Combining elements of classical music with easy listening and light jazz, this is a unique and tasteful piece with a lot of character and emotional depth. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
A contemplative, delicate and deliciously noir piano composition. Melancholic and introspective, with a slight sense of melancholy and mystery, this is an elegantly flowing neo-classical composition. Great for drama, film, storytelling, and setting an introspective mood. We have this track in a 'clean piano version' as well as an 'old nostalgic piano version'. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A bright and uplifting 'light orchestra' or neo-classical, chamber pop track. Highly suitable for film, TV, storytelling, commercials and more, this track has a dignified, elegant, tasteful and understated sense of family, togetherness, hope and aspirations. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
A warm, reflective track featuring hypnotic arpeggios and lulling, dreamy piano. Sparse, gentle, minimalistic, Lo-Fi. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Magical harps and strings elevate a simple woodwind melody. A gentle transition or revelation. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
Melodic, spacious arpeggios, minimalistic and contemplative. A dreamy, atmospheric piece with a simple, reflective melody. Ideal for enhancing a positive, thoughtful mood in various projects. Ambient / Warm / Reflective / Contemplative. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Spacious, minimalist, hypnotic arpeggios, emotional, bell melody. Ideal for documentaries, emotional storytelling, or introspective vlogs. Documentary Score / Minimalist Sound. Warm / Thoughtful / Heartening. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Inquisitive and brooding, this piece is suitable for mysteries, dramas and storytelling. It starts with a pulsing synth that drive the entire piece. The melody is played by a bell-like synth and accompanied by non-melodic instruments. Thoughtful, introspective and insightful, with a melancholic, mysterious edge. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Melancholy and reflective, this piece is perfect for a documentary or a quiet scene in a film or show. It’s mostly piano and strings, playing a simple sad melody. The final moments are reflective and moody. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
Gentle and slow, this piece is perfect for a romantic setting. It also works well in a melancholy setting. It consists of a soothing synth pad underneath a gentle electric piano melody. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A very touching and heartening melody, suitable for heartening, romantic and uplifting stories of any age. The piano is later joined by sweeping orchestral and cinematic strings. Emotional, sentimental, touching, melancholic and heartwarming. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A deeply touching and stirring heroic theme. A grand cinematic orchestral arrangement, with a grand and sweeping sound; this soaring composition will touch your heart and bring a moving, stirring, emotional dimension to any cinematic content. Uplifting / Heroic / Melancholic / Emotional / Heartfelt / Amazement. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A set of 6 minimalistic cinematic strings pieces made to function as underscore, background music for drama and storytelling. Each of the 6 cues (parts) share the same sound, but with different chords and hints of melodies, each carrying different moods and emotions. Use at low volume during film scenes, to stay back and create an emotion or mood, without being noticed too much. The sound used is a combination of acoustic strings and synth strings, like much of cinematic / TV drama / film score music uses. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A touching, delicate and elegant 'noir' solo piano piece. Delicately flowing, with a sense of warmth and melancholy, tenderness and reflection. We have this as a normal clean piano version, and as a 'dusty old nostalgic piano sound' version. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
A soft and soothing, delicate and graceful solo piano piece. Romantic, reflective, mellow, sweet and uncomplicated. We have this as a normal clean piano version, and as a 'dusty old nostalgic piano sound' version. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
