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]
A gentle and reflective piano piece with emotional strings. Perfect soundtrack for film and TV, drama, romance and personal stories. Nostalgic, hopeful and heartfelt. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Vocal pop-rock / singer-songwriter ballad from Jamestown Story. Unplugged acoustic style, with guitar and male vocal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
Twisted synth sequences get this pitbull of a track moving, then massive guitar riffs crash in with drums and bass to form an irrrestistable groove. Imagine a cross between White Zombie and Kraftwerk. Contains drums, synth ,bass and lots of guitars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Country ballad about a high school sweetheart who died too young. A sweet, reminiscent tune that carries both feelings of heartache and hope. It features acoustic and electric guitar, drums, and beautiful string accents. Also available in an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A grand, sweeping theme that invokes the ageless and timeless, and is presented in settings that are both intimate and imbued with grandeur. Climax is followed by soft resolution. Good for leisure, stories of the nature, sweeping landscapes, tales of uncommon love, and the passages of time. Piano and Orchestra featured. Goes well as underscore for documentary film & TV drama, and more. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow tempo, ambient indie rock track with an uplifting and ethereal feel. Features an epic echoing guitar riff, backwards guitar lines and driving bass guitar and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
This song is about the struggles of pursuing your dreams. Its about putting everything you have on the line and putting life on hold while you take a big risk. Its acoustic and soft for the most part, but the vocals open up to a climax near the end. Would be very great for inspiration pieces and bits about being motivated to chase your dreams. Features guest vocalist Liz Akhavan. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
A majestic, epic track with orchestra, pounding battle drums, solo male vocal with choir entering later. This track starts off ominously with an emotive, expectant theme and then grows from there to an epic climax towards the end. Heroic, grand, regal. Honor and glory. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 74 BPM]
Alternative rock song in the style of Arcade Fire. Female vocals, clean guitars, bass and drums. Odd feel to the verses contribute to a unique indie track. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
A live performed recording of this traditional Celtic / Irish folk tune. Tavern / Old Town/ Medieval Village Music. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
A stirring and uplifting pop/rock track with layered guitars, driving drums and piano. Strong but not overpowering, this track is well suited to motivational, uplifting and positive projects as well many more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 117 BPM]
Etude No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 72, Allegro, by Moritz Moszkowski. Performed and recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by Abigail Mettry. [Tempo: Fast / 0 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]
Heartfelt gospel instrumental features soulful sax and organ. Ref. David Sanborn, Jimmy Smith [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Tom Petty meets the Red Hot Chili Peppers in this Southern Rock track featuring 12 string electric guitars, a softer chorus and a scorching guitar solo. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
Inspired by Sci-Fi action and adventure movies, this theme evolves from pensive melancholy to an epic and heroic climax. Starts with a futuristic piano motif and builds up to a full-fledged orchestral and choir piece, with heavy percussion and a fresh sound. Epic, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Orchestral. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A backbeat-driven song about having success in everything but love. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A purposeful and driving pop/rock royalty free music track with a simple guitar melody which is backed up by layered guitars, bass, drums and synths. Emotional and inspirational. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An inspiring and energizing, melodic techno-trance track. Memorable and catchy melodies, barking analogue synth patterns and an up-tempo dance beat. Good for energetic productions, high intensity workouts and media, games, sports and much more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Warm, inviting and friendly theme, slow pulsating rhythm. Synthesized. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Determined, melodic rock track with a nice forward momentum and positive mood. Dynamic, motivated and soaring. Would suit road trip / olympic / extreme sports / combat / action thriller type projects. Hints of Joe Satriani. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
An emotional and pensive piano track accompanied by violin, strings, cello and flute. It has a heartwarming and reflective mood with a hopeful feel. Emotive, delicate, nostalgic, deep in thought. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A smooth and pleasant background groove. Mid-tempo, soft electronica drums with repeating synth patterns under silky strongs. Essentially a chilled-out but also refreshing and uplifting track, suitable for use in a wide variety of media. Comforting, spirited. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dramatic, bold, exciting, epic, pushy, fiery, driven & moody rocker with hints of prime radiohead. Powerful, tense, thrilling, motivated, edgy, rebellious & animated. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / road trip type projects. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
A strutting, funky crossover between pop, RnB, hip-hop and funk. Prince style guitar riff and wah-way guitars on the chorus. Suitable for any fresh & cool media. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
This song is about the beauty of the world and how things keep moving regardless of what is happening in the social sea of the human race. Everything is beautiful and everlasting. This song starts slowly but then builds to a U2-like climax and ends with a long drawn out instrumental jam. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
Sax lead mid-tempo track, with a warm, inviting, tender quality to it. It brings to mind the music to the opening credits of Saturday Night Live. Suitable for any production that require a loving, heartwarming introduction or sequence. Great for movies, TV shows, and presentations alike. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
Beautiful vocal ballad / singer-songwriter material, with male vocals. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 71 BPM]
A powerful song that deals with a significant story about a sister. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A Country song about remembering being with a girl in New York. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Modern pop rock. Female vocals sing about the boy who doesn’t know she’s there. Pop instrumentation, drum loops, guitars, bass and keyboards. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
Acoustic based American singer/songwriter style track. Whimsical vocals about independence. Acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums Keywords: Live, Love, Happiness, Independence. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Edgy, groovy, dramatic track with great urgency that would suit high tension medical drama. Full of nervous energy & suspense. Contains synths, strings, drums & erhu violin. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
This song is a story about 18 year old love, lasting for a few years and seemingly perfect at first. It’s about it falling apart and how those years seem to go to waste. It’s about young love and finding a way to get over it. Its about the first big break up we all have, and dealing with the betrayal and harsh feelings that follow. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A traditional version of the Christmas Carol with full orchestra and male vocalist. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Euphoric dance, high energy trance music. Fast techno beat, emotional synthetic melody lines. High flying, like reaching higher. Achievement / aspiration. Euphoria / Happiness / Success. Also good for training, workouts, exercise / spinning / high intensity aerobics. Energetic media projects, sports footage, timelapse, cityscapes and more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A strong and powerful alternative rock track with an almost dark edge. Heavily distorted guitars and synths are backed up by a hard, driving drum beat which creates a determined feel and a sense of power. Infectious guitar riff. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
A Pop/EDM track with a dubstep twist, about a woman's desire for love. Starts off slow, but builds up to a big orchestral climax. Great for commercial use, tv-series or big reveal. In the style of Taylor Swift or Rihanna. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
A motivational, energetic, driving and positive corporate track with an up to date and fresh indie sound. It starts with delayed guitar tune and continues with active, dynamic indie rock drums,bass and piano sounds. Great for corporate videos and commercials with a positive mood. [Tempo: Medium / 139 BPM]
Hard rock in the style of Nickelback, Soundgarden etc. Male rock vocals. Great for sports and high impact footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
Guitar strumming, hand drums and percussion open this musical fantasy fairytale about a far-away place in a distant time. E-bow guitar and flute feature. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Dreamy, contemplative piano melody. Starts tenderly, becomes energetic and fades away at the end. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
An upbeat folk pop song that draws upon vivid imagery. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Hip-Hop / R&B track with an almost classical music feel. Real strings playing a tender melody, combined with urban / hip hop drums, scratching, synths and effects. Good for urban programming, tv / film / presentation with a city life feel, or just as a really nice background groove. Positive / Tender / Loving / Classical meets modern. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Retro 8-bit computer gaming nostalgia. Bjorn actually composed and produced this track entirely using the built in 8-bit sampling sound chip in the Amiga 500 computer, back in about 1991, back when he was going under the tongue-in-cheek nickname "Dr.Awesome of Crusaders". [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
General guitar rock / lite rock. Multple guitar layers, mid-tempo rock drums, subtle keyboards. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Emotive vocal ballad. Slow waltz rhythm, male vocal. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
The title says a lot, really. A great track for comedy and cartoons, mystery, detective on the case, or any wacky and fun theme. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 94 BPM]
Contemporary track with a fresh feeling of striving forward, determined, towards a goal. Positive and inspiring. Rock, but 'rough' rather than hard. Sports, corporate achievement, mid-tempo background -- a great track for media use. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
