Oriental / Far Eastern royalty free music that evokes the atmosphere of the ancient past. Background music suitable for far eastern projects, business, travel material, documentaries about ancient kingdoms, exotic places, spiritual landscapes, meditation and relaxation. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
This is a collection of live recordings of various Japanese performing artists. Among these recordings you'll find Japanese temple monks chanting, Japanese street musicians, live Taiko drumming, Japanese theatrical song/music performances, and more. Note: These recordings are made live, on the spot, often with an audience present -- so they are not entirely clean, and certainly not audiophile. You may hear some audience chatter and other imperfections. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Chinese / Oriental moods and melodies. Uplifting with a classic Far East sound. China, Tibet, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 62 BPM]
Short, upbeat track with a fun party feel and a Chinese/oriental sound. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
Peaceful traditional Chinese / Far Eastern / Oriental music with a lilting walt like quality. Bawu and Dizi carry the lead along with guzheng, gongs and Daiko to accompany. [Tempo: Slow / 54 BPM]
Chinese pop music with a traditional edge. Features traditional Chinese instruments bawu and pipa. Happy and uplifting music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A varied track which goes through various movements; some serene and romantic - others dark and menacing. Japanese Taiko drums, Shinmue, Koto, and Waterphone. This track goes through many different sections of Japanese inspired music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A feel-good chillout electronica track with a slight Oriental feel to it and trip-hop style drums. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A beautiful and melodic China / Tibetan / Malaysian / Far Eastern Orient instrumental track. Romantic, pretty and evocative, featuring Java gong, Chinese temple flute and various other oriental instruments. Suitable for travel programs, documentaries as well as romance and idyllic imagery etc. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
This tranquil, Orient-inspired music has touches of mystery and tenderness. Its arrangement layers a rich synth pad with woodwind and stringed instruments set against deep reverberant drums and percussion. Its soothing ambience evokes the future and ancient past, excellent for exploration, docu-biographies, and travel docs set in East Asia. Oriental / Calming / Flowing music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Sparse and beautiful, with meditation bell and resonant pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Very atmospheric and dreamy Japanese winter garden style with echoey acoustic guitars, koto and shamisen over sparse oriental percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 54 BPM]
A dark and mysterious Japanese piece, with an intense and adventurous overall vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
A calm and warm Japanese koto piece, with mild electronic synthesizer elements and a laid back, grooving drum beat. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
Oriental, far eastern. China, Thai, Malaysian, Tibetan. Pompous and mystical. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
Japan traditional. Japanese flute and oriental percussion. Eerie, mystical, historical. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
An energetic, driven pop track with an oriental flavour, ideal for business projects, corporate video, travel footage. Uplifting music to motivate and strive for success, a bright future ahead, positive progress and working together. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A short Japanese Koto piece, with a mysterious vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A dark and ominous piece with heavy use of the Taiko drum and japanese/chinese Gong. No melody, all percussion. Martial Arts, Japanese triads, dark, foreboding. Chase scene, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Ethnic instrumental music with flute and percussion. Percussive, haunting track with moments of cinematic tension, ethnic and ethereal ambiences blend with drums sounds, acoustic percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with traditional instruments create a folklike and lively picture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Calm and meditative Chinese music featuring Bawu (wind) and Pipa (strins) accompanied by Daikos and gongs. Music suitable for travel and culture. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
This piece moves through various sections of chinese inspired ambient and rhythmic music. Some melodic elements (Chinese main theme), but also some sections with just background ambience and Chinese percussion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This solo instrument piece describes a journey throughout the country of China. This would work extremely well in a travel show as well as any media requiring a piece of asian background music. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Far-Eastern feel with Chinese/Tibetan cymbals, monk choirs. Moods go from light to dark, through mysterious, majestic, then back to light. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
An authentic and varied Chinese/Oriental track featuring Chinese stringed instruments, taiko drums and soft pads. This track has a lot of variation throughout, as well as several different 'submix' versions which contain separate elements from the main composition -- which means you can get a lot of different cues from this track and it gives you a lot of options during editing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Atmospheric, soft, slightly oriental inspired harp and pan flute track. [Tempo: Slow / 52 BPM]
Asian ethnic soundtrack with a live Chinese instruments. Well suited for the documentary travel culinary programs and video background about Asia. Spa massage, meditation and relaxation too. Slow tempo. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Inspired by the Terracotta Warriors of China. The music conveys a sense of majesty, grandeur and power that features traditional Chinese instruments, complimented by a stirring Orchestra. Oriental / Travel / Adventure Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Travel back to ancient Japan with this mesmerizing piece. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with a moderately serious edge. Good for culture and nature or documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
This track combines pad synth and hand drums with Asian plucked strings. Perfect for any scene in an Asian country such as China, Japan or Korea. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
An intense Japanese piece. Heavy, grooving percussion combines with traditional wind and string instruments to create a dark, adventurous, and dangerous overall vibe. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
Calm and relaxing, this track features traditional Chinese instruments in a light and airy setting. Perfect for travel, culture or history. Meditative and noble. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Chinese pop music featuring a joyful traditional style melody with modern drums and synths. Bouncy and positive music. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Chinese pop music with a traditional edge. Features traditional Chinese instruments bawu and pipa with Western pop style bass and drums. Mysterious and haunting music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A varied track that goes through various stages of different moods, but with a dark thread running through it. Features taiko, chinese cymbals, finger cymbals and other oriental instrumentation. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Light and melodic, delicate, China / Chinese music. Finger bells, strings, Chinese plucked strings. Traditional China, can also be Tibet, Malaysia etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 150 BPM]
a contemporary percussion filled composition accompanied by a japanese picked metallic string instrument called a koto. It's weird but dancy touch would certainly be a righteous pick for any ethnic moving and dynamic footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
An ambient, atmospheric and mystical track featuring yangqin (a Chinese hammered dulcimer), ethnic drums and female chanting. This piece is ideal for Far East projects, documentaries, ancient kingdoms, travel, exotic locations, spiritual landscapes and meditation / relaxation. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Majestic and thematic, this gallant music track conveys the magical, elusive spender of the Orient through the richness of authentic East Asian instruments (Erhu, Kim, Tingklik, Bamboo Flutes, Tube Drums, etc.). Its moving arrangement is marched along by thundering hand drums, and attends its melody’s ebbs and flows, shifting from the delicate to the eternal – all within the aesthetic of ancient Asian Kingdoms. This piece will be perfect for a show/movie theme, also for documentaries, travel, or historical programing. Hero’s Journey / East Asia / Ancient Kingdoms music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A short koto piece that captures the essence of Japanese musical improvisation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Japanese flavoured fantasy and adventure with a Shakuachi flute that would be great to use as 'trek music', with big landscape shots, travelling shots etc. It opens with a sense of wonder and magic, then the tempo increases as the music heads into the more adventurous section. [Tempo: Medium / 131 BPM]
A Chinese/ Japanese style piece of music, used to represent a Kung Fu Master while he is teaching one of his students how to fight. Opening with big taiko drums, followed by the Chinese stringed instrument called the Erhu, then by a male choir chanting like a monks, who build the track up to its climax. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A warm and uplifting ethnic track with transparent production, Chinese finger cymbals and a Tibet inspired chant. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A mellow paced theme played on a Dawn Yueqin and ethnic Chinese flute. Evokes the soft, peaceful and beautiful landscapes of modern China. Perfect modern production which bridges the old historic China with the emergence of the new generation. Ideal for corporate, travel channel and drama. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Featuring a live cello coloured with lush reverb to create a very atmospheric opening, followed by a more energetic section with some emotive vocal melodies and rhythmical percussion. Ancient / Oriental / Travel Music. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Oriental moods and melodies, joined by a contemporary backing. Pan flutes. China, Malaysia, Thailand, Tibet, Far East. Positive, happy and uplifting. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Soft Chinese, oriental mood music. Plucked strings, soft stringpads and hand percussion. China, Tibet, Malaysia and other Oriental destinations. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
An ethereal pad over ethnic percussions and mechanical 'guitars' set the stage for a journey in an oriental city of the future. Starts with the pad and adds all the elements to slowly build the full arrangement and adds a bridge and a few variations. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
Peaceful and meditative Japanese music featuring kok, shamisen and shakuhachi flute. Gongs create a very courtly and ceremonial atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
