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)"
Pensive and thoughtful, reflective and emotional. Underlying anxiety in the first half builds to large emotional payoff and peaceful introspection at the end. Good for drama, romance, teen romance. This track is recorded with a real live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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 flowering, developing and motion-filled ambient music track of beauty and wonder. Neo-classical, ambient / new-age influence, combining orchestral textures and contemporary sounds while weaving an interesting musical tapestry. Great music for many types of media, including nature, storytelling, presentations and commercials, and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Semi-orchestral, neo classical track with a sense of expectation, something stirring, something coming this way. A very cinematic and inspiring track that gives the listener a sense of something happening, a story unfolding, a new thing arriving. Positive and developing. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Appealing, fresh and easy-going pop-rock track. Soft-rock based on acoustic guitars, piano and drum kit. Bright, feelgood, uplifting, melodic. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A powerful male country song about learning life lessons in different ways. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Instrumental light rock. Bright, positive and moderately excited. Led by acoustic guitar, electric guitars and piano on the chorus part. Feelgood rock with a nice human touch. A sense of freedom and movements; hope and expectations. Friendly / Positive / Hopeful. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A neo-classical piece with a sense of dignity, history and timeless elegance. Equally suitable as music for current-day affairs and drama, as for historical / period dramas. Great as a main theme for a series or a one-off presentation. Classy and elegant, with a waltz rhythm. Available with or without an opera type, live soprano vocal. [Tempo: Medium / 146 BPM]
A track with an open feel and bright strings. The track builds with staccato arpegiating strings to the main part with big yet open and distant drums and piano. Piano chords hit to and build to an even larger part with more big drums and sprinkling of high piano notes throughout. The track doesn't have a strong melody or definitive voice, which gives it a more open and airy feel. Great for commercials or scenes of transformation or accomplishment, perhaps everyday heroes, new hope etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
A warm, delicate and contemplative neo-classical piano piece which blends influences from jazz and classical. Reminiscent of the sound of Erik Satie Gymnopedie or Gnossienne works. Light as a feather, soft and soothing music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 140 BPM]
A light ambient track which is hard to pin down. Somewhere between new age, ambient, classical and film-score type background music, this unique track features light piano and a pulsating rhythm. Light, positive, feelgood, and a bit strange. Playful, quaint and modest. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
This ambient music track is ethereal, flowing and contemporary sounding. It can convey a rich spectrum of cinematic emotion. Its arrangement is a slow swirl of transmuting analog pads, space echo, and FX, serves as an excellent background music bed for scenes with introspective qualities, like dramas, narration, self-help topics and as a canvas for flyover B-roll. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 112 BPM]
Soft, uplifting track full of hope and joy perfect for tv, films, photo slideshows, presentations, heartwarming moments or any project in need of beauty and ambience. Features piano, synth pads, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Acoustic guitars and light electric guitars in a sort of uptempo, but still relaxed, feel-good track that blends elements of acoustic folk / light rock / country crossover. Good for nature and the outdoors, house and property, family / light entertainment, breakfast TV. weather forecasts / weather channel, as well as personal stories and storytelling. Has a good sense of forward movement with optimism and high hopes, expectation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
Soft, ambient, beautiful relaxation music. Warm and soothing. Comforting and peaceful. Yoga / Mind Focus / Work Focus / Study Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
Romantic, slow and relaxed piano piece. Reflective, peaceful, dreamy, easy, romantic. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
A soft, mellow and soothing ambient guitar soundscape. Wide open aural landscapes leaves room to breathe. Reflective, melancholic, soft touch. Dreamy and thoughtful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Mid-tempo Tango featuring accordeon, piano, bass, pizzicato string section and subtle drums. Tango dancing, retro show, freakshow, novelty. Also circus, musical caravan, fairground and merry-go-round etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 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]
Filmic and cinematic, with dreamy piano and acoustic guitars. Warm / Soothing / Mellow Music. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A thoughtful and introspective piano track with subtle strings in the background. Somewhat melancholic and fragile. Good for drama, thoughtful and poignant presentations and media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A beautiful solo piano arrangement of Schubert's famous Ave Maria. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful and magical orchestral fantasy track, available with or without choir. Pastoral, melodic, sweeping passages of orchestral strings, harp and flutes paint a picture of magical worlds, amazing discoveries, new beginnings. Beauty and fantasy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
A pensive, pulsating, constant subtle rhythm with light, minimalist orchestral / cinematic arrangement. Questioning, discreet, insightful. Good for drama, courtroom drama, period drama, secrets and unfolding stories. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Simple and pure, this piano and small orchestra music track works well for advertising, commercials, films and websites needing the theme of love, family, or togetherness. This track uses differences in tempo to enhance romantic moments. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Frederic Chopin, Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A lush, introspective piano track. [Tempo: Medium / 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]
Emotional piano playing arpeggios throughout with subtle strings and synth pad. Great for projects of a serious and dramatic nature. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Giovanni Sgambati, Melody in D minor after 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Ch. W. von Gluck. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Positive and emotional film score track with acoustic guitar arpeggio overture evolve into an epic orchestral chorus. Natural-sounding instruments with some electronic soft percussion groove and orchestral timpani hits and rises. Fantasy / Adventure / challenge / drama music. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
Dreamy, serene music track with subtle guitars, warm piano and light percussion. Hopeful and fragile. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Vintage French pop music, reminiscent of the classic "Je t'aime... moi non plus" hit by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. French phrases over a retro rock band and organ. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Take the passion and drama of romantic classical piano and strings, add a hip hop groove and you have the perfect track to spice up your latest drama, movie, documentary, commercial or any project that needs to blend contemporary with classical. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
Frederic Chopin Mazurkas, Op. 24 No. 1: Lento in G minor. Classical music performed and recorded exclusively for Lynne Publishing by concert pianist Želimir Panić. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Peaceful, pensive and boundless, this solo acoustic guitar music track expresses a depth of mind and soul searching. Different reverb mixes are available to better suit the prospective material: from dry and mid, to more wet mixes. Great music for drama and travel programming. Folk / Americana / Boundless Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 64 BPM]
This hopeful and cute indie pop/folk music track conveys a lot of heart and wellness. It flows with an arrangement of acoustic and electric guitars, bells, whistles, electric bass, male voices, percussion, brush drum kit and keyboards. This piece also well complements themes of outdoors, travel, youth, falling in love and following one's heart. Optimistic / Upbeat / Tender Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
Soft, spacey, dreamy, ethereal, peaceful, hypnotic and emotive track using plucked string instruments, electric piano and orchestral strings. Simple, serene, thoughtful, wondrous, sublime, graceful, floaty and reflective. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / documentary / historic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 97 BPM]
This track features the mystical and beautiful instrument known as Hang Drum. It has an ethnic, ancient sound and feel, like somewhere between a steel drum and an african Mbira. This track is available with or without a somewhat hypnotic drone underneath the hang drum. Use for world discovery / travel / amazing journeys / ancient cultures, tribal history, etc. A version with "Tuvan drone" is also available; this version features tuvan throat singing, as practiced by the Tuva people of Siberia, which has a very profound, mystical sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. A fairy-tale romance from long ago and far away. Sweeping melodies carried aloft by a moving rhythmic underlay. Kings and queens and knights on horseback. Flagons raised in anticipation of great events. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
Romantic, sad and dramatic with a touch of hope. All the key ingredients needed to push for the best of story-telling and media which really impacts your audience. This tracks has a balance of these key elements and keeps in mind to not go beyond what is truly needed for effective and necessary melodic beauty. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
This electric piano based, self-reflective music track is slightly melancholy with touches of tender healing and inspiration. It has a vintage feeling conveyed with softly played electric and acoustic guitars, bells, bass, percussion, synth pad, and drums. Great music for body and mind wellness, recreation, relational drama, and intimate themes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 127 BPM]
A dreamy, warm, heartening and delightful new-classical piece with harp and ambient pads. Beauty, grace, melancholy and tender emotions. Love / Family / Bedtime Music. [Tempo: Slow / 79 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]
Atmospheric indie music track with urgent sounding guitars that build into the chorus. Acoustic and slide guitars in the verse give track a thoughtful light feel. Looking back on Holiday / family / friends and memories. Country feel music. [Tempo: Slow / 115 BPM]
A cinematic pop music track, with a heartening, spirited, uplifting feel. Full of hope and heart. Inspirational / Motivational / Romantic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
An ambient music track made earthy by an acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Noir, post-rock music track with electronic shades. Calm and passionate guitar main theme rise up to explosion on the outro. Spatial guitar glitched beds with groovy acoustic drum and bass section. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Mid-tempo, relaxing mood with a bit of sentimental melody outlined by piano and violin. Performed by retro-styled swinging jazz combo could be placed anywhere between 20's and 50's of the twentieth century. This performance is influenced by classical or european "restaurant music" mixed with mainstream american jazz music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
