Look here for music that is suitable for Fantasy film or Fantasy games. Whether it's Dungeons & Dragons music, or music for a Swords & Sorcery type role playing game, where the story perhaps involves Fairies, Wizards and Goblins, rather than ordinary people, this is your area. The music listed in this Suggested Production Type often carries a sense of magic, amazement and discovery. It can be either Light/Beauty oriented or Creepy/Eerie, or even Scary/Battle music, but the music represented here always has that sense of strange worlds and amazing creatures.
Ethereal, somber, building, sorrowful, revealing music. Themes include deep emotional impact, acceptance, isolation, despair, devestation, resignation, the inner cry of the heart. Lead cello, string pad, full orchestra, full choir. Sad / Spiritual / Melancholic Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This awe-inspiring orchestral soundtrack conveys emotion, beauty and hope. A cinematic piece that would work well for film soundtracks, storytelling and time-lapse footage. Emotional, hopeful and inspiring. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A dark, suspenseful and pensive, ambient track made with various synths, male monk voices and other pad based effects. Suspense / Dark / Apocalyptic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 78 BPM]
A Percussion Only track, with marching snares, military march. Occasional big drum strikes. Useful for scenes of battle, chase, urgency, action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Very fast / 95 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90. Movement IV. Saltarello. Presto. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 0 BPM]
This unique and imaginative new-classical music track is hard to pin down to a single music genre. Using layers of orchestral strings, it plays and weaves patterns of melodies and textures. Great music for nature, documentary, drama, story-telling, fantasy and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
A soaring, touching and emotional orchestral / film score type track. Full orchestra, growing to a crescendo / climax at 1 minute. Heartening, touching, emotional. Good for drama, personal stories, history and culture, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 55 BPM]
A mysterious, brooding opening soon gives way to an epic, dark track featuring orchestra, drums and choir. Huge climactic ending - great for trailers. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A brooding and atmospheric music track, featuring a haunting mood of northern cold and tribal beat. Suitable for epic scenery, historical music, cultural themes, indigenous peoples and cultures, far-away lands and amazing stories of wonder and awe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Sweeping, exciting and uplifting with big culmination, suggestive of eternal love new beginnings, life success and achievement, or other celebratory moment of glory and accomplishment. Good for epic and love stories, sweeping landscapes or passages of time. Suitable for movie soundtrack, historic documentary, movie trailer and more. Exceptional value real orchestra and piano recording. Multiple edits of various moods and length are available for your convenience. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
All live performed, genuine musical African drum ensemble. Recorded live in one take by the Shabani Jabiri Bakari ensemble from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. In the Makonde tribe, they have a small animal, about the size of a cat, which they "Bwea". This animal feels they are stronger than the other animals, even though it is small. This rhythm is inspired by them. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A developing, unfolding track that starts quietly and builds, builds, builds. A feeling of activity, awakening, springtime. Something stirring, growing, approaching. A great sense of amazement and wonderment. Piano, harp, strings and bells. [Tempo: Medium / 168 BPM]
This is a neo classical piece very much in the style and mood of The Thieving Magpie Overture by Rossini. While not a copy, this track is a homage to the Rossini Overture. It is a delightful waltz, playful and mischievous. Highly suitable for cinematic productions / film / adventure / circus and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 81 BPM]
In the Thomas Newman style, this track contains suggestion of African elements in a light , fresh contemporary urban presentation. Percussion driven, with piano and voices, this is pure underscore, with a consistent texture that will drive picture and is highly editable. A button ending is easily edited into a fade to picture. At home in drama or comedy, it adapts itself to the picture it is placed against, and is extremely versatile. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 141 BPM]
A peaceful, melodic royalty free music track which levitates to a moving conclusion. The string melody in the track gives it the feeling of reflection and growth. As the track draws to an end the orchestra heightens to an amazing finish. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Ambient underscore with an "icy" feeling to it. It works perfectly for informational video, medical documentary or drama, or particularly well for nature shows concerning geology, global warming etc... [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
A beautiful uplifting track with piano lines, orchestral strings, guitars in the background. Starts warm and romantic, gets more dynamic and motivating at 0:40. [Tempo: Medium / 189 BPM]
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]
One with nature - this track emphasizes beauty and wonderment. Visions of flying high over a cliff, or admiring the wonders of nature. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
An urgent, dramatic and at times unsettling track for dramatic trailers, fight scenes, epic battles and grand heroes or warriors. Can also be rescue mission or pirate fight / fantasy battle. Full orchestra, battle drums and choir. Powerful / Amazing / Climax. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
An emotive, rousing and inspirational music, orchestral piece with full orchestra and percussion. The first half is low key and with an aire of melancholy, reflection and perhaps expectation. At about 1:20 the music rises up dramatically, and the same theme is played in a more rousing, triumphant and grand arrangement, with big percussion. This track is great music for trailers, wondrous stories, majestic nature, amazing achievement, tales of grand journeys and fantastic experiences. [Tempo: Medium / 145 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]
Dark and foreboding sound design elements building with percussion and threatening strings. Violent and edgy. Epic / Trailer / Tension Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Fast, Very fast / 126 BPM]
A rich, lush, melodic ambient music track with wonderment and deep calm. Reflection / Stillness / Mystery / Wonder / Fantasy music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32. VI. Uranus, the Magician. Full orchestra recording, classical music performed and recorded by Y Sazonoff exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Atmospheric and orchestral score suggests big open spaces, great adventures, new frontiers to conquer. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Epic / Heroic theme. Orchestra, battle drums and full choir. Staccato, marching feel, like an unstoppable force moving tirelessly and relentlessly towards final victory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
A dark and dramatic, tense and uneasy music track for danger and dramatic scenes. This track has an underlying nerve, a building, increasing arrangement that grows into an all-out action track from about 01:15. Intense, fiery, and good music for extreme danger, battle, critical situations and more. This track has a lot of starts, stops and sections, parts and "edit points", making it highly suitable for editing to fit the timing of your own footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
An intense and dramatic movie trailer style track, complete with full orchestra, choir and a huge percussion sections. Very dramatic, powerful, urgent, and tense. Big brass stabs combine with ethnic drums and vocal chants. The chord progression helps to increase the intensity level throughout, towards the final crescendo and climax. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
An electronic Dubstep track featuring a fat but clean bass, classical drum beat spiced up by an Indian touch to it brought by a sitar, some tablas and a bansuri. It's urban and dark sound would provide a great combination to any city footage, something like a documentary on Bombay's mafia. [Tempo: Slow / 130 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]
Orchestral hits and numerous rises and falls make this a dramatic track that tells a story. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 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]
It's a bright and sunny day with this light and happy cinematic orchestral track. Morning or mid-day in a sweet and innocent setting. Lighthearted / Whimsical / Pretty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
Percussion only, war drums / battle drums track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 75 BPM]
A cinematic / soundtrack piece with a positive, bright and quaint feel. Flutes, piano, orchestra. A sense of activity, stirring, something awakening - perhaps spring time. Wonderment / Optimism / Magic. This piece will also work well for commercials. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 162 BPM]
One in a series of 10 eerie and mystical short cues, where Sci Fi meets Horror meets Dark Fantasy. Deep, disturbing, nightmarish sounds that curl, twist and attack the unsuspecting listener with razor-like precision. These short music cues are modern and visceral, eerie and cold, in the style of modern TV series and films. To find the other 9 pieces in this series, search 'Dream Valley 10 Horror Cues'. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
A slowly building and increasing, tension building music track with orchestra, choir and percussion. This track builds slowly and steadily, always picking up the drama to a higher and higher level. Epic / Rousing Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A futuristic, layered wash opens into a wide blaze of colourful sound. Similar in feel to the Dream Valley Music tracks, Bloom, Black Light, Mass Limit and The Deep Dark. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An epic, electronic hybrid trailer track. The track starts off fairly quiet with muted distance synth hits and rhythmic synth elements. The main drop is absolutely huge with a brick wall synth bass that cuts through everything in it's path, layered in with an epic melody. This track will work well with video game trailers, sci-fi and movie trailers, as well as other cinematic / epic / sci-fi type projects. Also for extreme danger / dangerous situations, rescue missions, military operations and more. Could even be for edgy sports footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Emotional and moving epic orchestral soundtrack with a hopeful and inspiring feel. Great for fantasy-like adventure, inspiring story-telling, epic travels, romance and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Blending organic instrumentation with electronics. The track begins with tranquil ambient textues continually building to an uplifting, driving finale. Majestic, graceful, emotional. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
A dark, rhythmic, orchestral track suitable for conflict, battle, chase or impending action. A methodical rhythm creates a sense of something relentless, malevolent. Builds to a climax towards the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 163 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 68 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]
An epic blockbuster track featuring suspense orchestra combined with big risers and trailer impacts. Suitable music for epic trailers and powerful, high impact footage. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra, with added electronics/synths. The track features orchestral percussion in an expectant, pulsating rhythm, growing to a crescendo / climax towards the end. Sweeping French horns and strings themes. Big percussion and choir invokes the heroic, ageless and timeless epic or fantasy story. “Gladiator” meets “Tron Legacy”. Great for passage of time, discovery, fantasy or historic adventures, new beginnings, drama and more. Multiple variations and edits with or without choir or percussion are available for your convenience. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
