This is where we keep the music that makes us think of the 1980's. This music wasn't actually composed or recorded in the 80's, but it has an 80's feel and sound, making these tracks suitable for Retro 1980s productions. Historical, even. (Even though, for those of us who grew up in the 1980s with Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Grandmaster Flash, Human League and New Order's "Blue Monday", it feels really weird to talk about that era as "Historical"!)
Electro-Pop / Synth Pop with a hint back to the 1980's Synthwave and action film music. Upbeat, energetic, action-filled, 80s action hero. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Powerful hard rock with a heavy eighties aura. Perfect for sports or training montages. Energizing and inspiring solid rock tune. Also available without the corny guitar melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Driving upbeat electro pop track. Big synth bass and catchy synth hooks over a driving beat. Analog sounds give this track a retro electronic feel. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Funky 80s Electronic Dance track with various retro synths and drum machine. Fun, relaxed and carefree. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Smooth and sophisticated. Reminiscent of the cool jazz you might hear at an early 60s cocktail party or nightclub. Played by a small jazz combo featuring electric piano, and guitar with vocal "scat" section. Think Happy Hour, after dinner drinks in a quiet out of the way club, bar or restaurant. Also perfect for luxury cars, jewelry, upscale advertising, country club, music on hold, Muzak. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Fun lyric about rockets and space. Features electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, electric piano, drums , bass guitar, Vocoder. Upbeat, fun, adventurous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An exciting and energised rock track with catchy 8-bit elements and an epic sound. Sounds both youthful and new, very much in the fashion of the current 8-bit pop/rock fusion trend. [Tempo: Fast / 170 BPM]
Retro funk drums and funky clav are joined by futuristic electronic sounds, to create an unusual & eclectic form of urban jazz groove. [Tempo: Fast / 105 BPM]
Classic 80's style synth wave with a dark, steady beat and cinematic orchestra strings and brass. Moody and rich. Synthwave / Futuristic / Modern Retro. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Funk / Soul / R&B. Powerful brass section over an agile and dynamic groove. Vibrant and confident. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Dance groove great for Fashion programs, Modern Style Videos, Catwalk scenes in movies and everything evolving the modelling business. Relaxed and smooth music, nice as a background. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, revived today by TV series about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Tension / Suspense / Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Powerful and Strong 70's / 80's style Hard Rock Track featuring distorted guitar rhythms and solos, drums and bass. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
A happy, summery pop-rock track. Uplifting, happy piano over a summery beat, with retro synths as support. Positive and emotional melodies over sentimental organ. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Electro-pop / Synth-pop track with somewhat innocent, nave feel. Slightly melancholic, but also bright, sparkly and innocent. Good for first love, retro 1980's feel, youth TV series, romance, amazing stories, amazement / night sky, and more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Uplifting, bright, lively, joyful and energetic rock theme. Intense guitar riffs and solos. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Down tempo dub track with old skool drums and synth stabs, industrial warehouse vibe with creative fx to add intensity. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Upbeat 80s pop driven track about three different perspectives of people enduring troubling times. Life contemplating situations. College bar setting. Instrumental segments without vocals could be used during a climatic scene. Driving and traveling along scenic routes. An instrumental version is also available. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Rock tinged Reggae in the style of The Police. Classic retro late 70s/early 80s sound with guitar, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 128 BPM]
An energetic rock song. This song includes heavy electric guitar, synths, strings, hard drums, and energetic vocals. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 100 BPM]
Downtempo Electro-pop influenced by the sounds of the 1980's and 1990's. Melodic and kind of cheesy, with a cool retro twist. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Electro Pop Track with male vocals about a dreamer growing up in the 80s. Unique. Young boy movies. Scene with a kid riding his bike to school. Distinctive. Holiday films. Retro. Nostalgic tune. Recollecting. Thinking about the past Walking with a boombox and headphones. 1990s. Saved By The Bell. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A Hip-Hop song about hanging out with friends, with a sound and style from the late 80's or early 90's. Features electric guitar, synths, bass, drums, and male rap vocals. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Steady and spaced-out synthwave music. Pulsing / Uplifting / Dreamy / Smooth music. Retro 1980's feel. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Imagine a word at the edge of the galaxy, dark with mysterious creatures. This music sets a Hollywood space scene, the use of vintage synths give a strange feel to the cue. Strong use of drums towards the later end of the song increases the mysterious feel and dynamic rage for an epic climax. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
Filmic and reflective electro underscore, with cool retro synths and warm subs. Romanic and with a hint of melancholy. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Motown type instrumental soul groove, with a flavor of the 1970's and 80's. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
A funky jazz number... or a jazzy funk number, if you prefer. Busy, syncopated funk drums with a live horns section and funky wah-wah guitar solos. Influenced by the funk sounds of the 1970's (James Brown, Blues Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, etc.) but also with an element of more recent soul / funk sound such as Jamiroquai, and even some more straight jazz like Brandon Fields, etc. etc. Fun, funky and feelgood! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Soul / R&B / Funk. A mid-tempo funky track with tenor sax, trumpet and flute. A classic style with a modern sound. Smooth and groovy. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cosmic, choral Funk where 80's influenced R&B dance music gets down with an epic choir. P-Funk style quirky groove that gives you permission to dance the robot while in church. Also features drum machine, synth bass, electric piano and wah guitar. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A cute and charming track in Retro Video Game / 8-bit sound. Brings back memories of Nintendo / Super Mario etc. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A quirky Retro Video Game type track with a cheeky melody. Funny, silly and happy. Inspired by the sounds of 1980's and 1990's video games such as Super Mario bros., Super Mario Sunshine etc. This track has "light and dark" sections with jolly and jumpy "daylight" parts changing into dark and mysterious "underground" parts. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 155 BPM]
Bold and Dynamic Electro cue. Reminiscent of Kraftwerk or Tangerine Dream but with a contemporary twist. Retro drum machine, pulsing bass and original synths . Innovative and modern production giving that robotic feel with a futuristic and catchy melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Dynamic and groovy electro-pop track. A mix of 1980's electro sounds with today's pop music sound. Arpeggiator synth, synths rythm and lead, bass, electric guitar, drums and sweeps. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. A song about the creative mind and that it never sleeps. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 131 BPM]
A somewhat 70's or 80's sounding chill-out groove with retro electronic drum box, electric rhodes keyboard with leslie effect and occasional guitar melodies. Groovy and tasty, good for chill, lounge, fashion, style, retro chic and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Looking for swag? This track got it! Pounding indie drums and a fuzzy bluesy guitar riff. Pushy yet cool. Some resemblance with the Gary Glitter classic hit "Rock and Roll, part two", which also inspired "Howlin' For You" by The Black Keys. Confident and respectful. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A cute and quirky Retro Video Game type track, with a cheeky melody. Funny, silly and happy. Reminescent of 1980's and 1990's video games such as Zelda, Super Mario, Frogger, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Upbeat, fun pop song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 153 BPM]
A short, ambient guitar intro leads to a driving, determined Rock track with a distinct 80's feel. Great for sports, movies, commercials or when you've got to have a montage. Features guitar, synths, piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Cool 1980's style electropop with a modern flavour. Tight beats, filtered loop, cool synth bassline and staccato casio tones underneath a warm piano and euro synth melody. Positive and insistant. Great for fashion, pop culture, youth, technology, night life and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
Slow funk / R&B / Soul. Slighty melancolic melody over a nice and breezy funk groove. Kind of a mid tempo, funky, instrumental soul ballad. Beautiful solo guitar performance. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Disco dancing track with a retro feel of the 1970's or early 1980's. Lush and lavish, with rich string sections, funky electric guitar and occasional brass section. Reminescent of, say, early Prince, Earth Wind & Fire, or other Pop / Soul / R&B from that era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Sexy piano leads this very chill and happy groove. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
80's drum-inspired intro brings in a high-energy, surfer-style guitar and Farfisa-organ track that never lets up for a moment. Modern synth melody and sustaine, distorted guitar chords bring us forward a few decades at the end. Retro rock with pop. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 176 BPM]
Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Retro, 1980's, Eighties, Japan. Retro eighties' hair metal, with a heavy influence from old Japanese cartoons and series. Kinda ridiculous, but perfect for that 80's revival, or a retro game app. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Funk, Retro, Sound-Alike. Typical seventies / early eighties Blaxploitation music or Cop Show music theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
A somewhat busy, yet also laidback, cool and funky jazz / fusion / funk track. Influenced by lounge, jazz, funk and fusion of the 1970's and 1980's, yet also with an element of today's modern sound. Fun and funky, without going over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dreamlike electronic pop track with a retro feel. Spacious pads and shimmering synths over a driving beat. Inspiring and uplifting. Explosions in the sky... [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
