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Retro 80’s dance track. Female vocals in the style of Bananarama. Girl looks forward to a summer of romance that can only lead to heartbreak once again. Drum machines, bass synths, synth pads and leads. Keywords: Summer romance, Girls and boys, 1980’s. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
American style movie rock. Great for comedies about going to school. Female vocals, catchey repeated guitar riff, drum machine in verse. Lyrics describe various funny situations based around school. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Rowdy, fun country song about preferring a southern boy to a city boy-think Gretchen Wilson or Miranda Lambert. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Modern dance, electro rock song in the style of Kesha, Katy Perry and Missing Persons. Drum machines, live kit, bass synths, pads and leads, heavy guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
This track has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action, party and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars with a prominent violin and thumping bass line somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about a Midwest suburban girl moving out west to become a "movie star" in Hollywood. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 165 BPM]
A catchy male soft rock song about relaxing and loving by the river. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
A short, driving indie rock song that features drums, bass, distorted guitar and distorted male vocals. Reminescent of 60's/70's psychedelic rock. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Note: This recording has a *deliberately* distorted sound. This is not an error with the file]. [Tempo: Medium / 131 BPM]
An intense punk rock style song about a Buddhist monk that set himself on fire in protest of religious inequality in Vietnam. Lyrics relate to Buddhism. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A mid-tempo rock track where one part is a steady semi-acoustic bass + guitar rock groove, and the other part lush with with layered heavy rock guitar chords. We have both a vocal version, a full length instrumental and shorter instrumental cuts & flash loops of this track. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
This track starts off as a sultry guitar tune, and ruptures into blazing overdrive guitar textures on the choruses. There is a vocal version, as well as full-length and shorter instrumental versions. The first heavy parts start at around 1:30, so the 60-secs and 30-secs versions only have the slow part. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
A unique and catchy country rock song about life being good and the best being yet to come. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Uptempo electronic dance rock in the style of Garbage, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Heavy guitars, bass guitar, bass and lead synths, acoustic and electronic drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 165 BPM]
Modern alternative rock track, with emotional male vocals, electronic drums, strings and synth. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
This track is nonstop energy with slamming drums, catchy vocals, and edgy lyrics. A great fit for action scenes, anything involving alcohol, parties, dances. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 158 BPM]
90’s grunge style track. Female vocals. Pounding rock band, electric guitar and bass, loud live drums. High energy and assertive. Great for extreme sports, catfights, any action based themes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 135 BPM]
A progressive indie rock song that takes the listener on a sonic journey with bombastic drums and spacious vocals that coat the production. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 142 BPM]
This track features a storyline of lyrics that describe a life analogous to that of the outlaw Bonnie, from the duo robbery act of Bonnie and Clyde describing a vigilante of love . With a jazzy rhythm section and lyrical guitar riffs, this track starts of slow but punches in with a rock-steady beat. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 94 BPM]
Lyric about rejecting X-Factor / Idol type culture. Rock and roll, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, offbeat timing, drums, angry, confident. Country rock. Also available as an Instrumental version. Later parts of the track gets pretty rough with a mean groove. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Happy, uplifting, proud, curious, adventurous. This track is all about life choices, dreaming big and living your life to the fullest (i.e. "you only get one chance). Live fast, die young. Choosing your own route in life. Exploring life and believing in yourself. It's about breaking free of social expectations and doing what you want. And sticking up for what you believe in. In the music business, the 27 Club is referred to as the huge number of famous musicians and artists who died at the age of 27. All of which were great, accomplished great things, and died young. It's a piano pop/rock song with a jazzy, swing section in the bridge, and a huge piano and violin solo with counteracting parts. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 117 BPM]
A pop-rock ballad with a strong melodic hook, and a powerful chorus, about someone that envies the love their best friend seems to have. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Gritty Electronic Rock track with Male vocals that touch on todays society. Can be used in science fiction, horror, or action movies. High intensity video games. New World Order films. Cinematic socialism. Eccentric sounds. Pleasing and crisp to the ears. Bar room scene. Exotic dancing. An instrumental version is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A groovy hard rock song in the vein of AD/CD and Black Sabbath. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
A rising, passionate Rock song about feeling love. Features guitar, bass, and drums. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
An acoustic rock song about unity and togetherness. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Very cool alternative rock track, grungey with modern overtones. Female vocals describing the girl to change your life. Groovey Bass, guitar and drums. Very trippy feel with a rock edge. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
This track is very epic and driving. It starts with an ambient sound-scape and turns into a huge melodic rock anthem. It has an exponentially-rising energy level throughout, (starting with strings, drums, synthesizers and piano) and working its way into a full band rock ballad with many vocal layers. It will work well with reflective, epic and sentimental footage. It will also work well with romance and relationship footage. Energetic guitars, angelic vocals, group vocals, violin and piano. The lyrics are all about looking back on a past event, remembering a past love and wishing you could relive the moment. Reliving old memories. To "pretend" to be lovers again. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
This track has a very sleek and "swanky" feel, ragtime piano, it has a high energy level throughout and will work well with scenes about relationship problems, as well as extreme sports, speed, action and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars with a driving piano and violin. The lyrics are about the frustration and anger that the singer is feeling towards a failing relationship. It's about a negative influence "dragging" the singer down whenever she is around him. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 163 BPM]
This track is a catchy sing along song. It has a high energy level throughout and will work well with extreme sports, speed, action, dancing, party and fun filled footage. Energetic guitars and synthesizers, prominent violin and piano. Loud "rock" feel, power-pop feel-good song about spotting a crush and becoming completely infatuated with her. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Modern pop rock track with a catchy chorus, strong beat and energetic rhythm groove, male vocals. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Bass synths and pads, Lead synths, drum machine, live kit, heavy guitars and electric bass. Seductive female vocals set the scene of the ultimate club seductress. Modern electro-rock with a dance groove. Also available as an instrumentalversion. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Acoustic rock, alternative rock with vocals. About the death of someone close. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Retro flavored pop/rock with a nod back to the 1970's and early 80's David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, T-Rex etc. About a spiritual place beyong the physical realm where anything and everything is possible. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
This sentimental track has an exponentially-rising energy level throughout, starting with low energy (just vocals, strings and piano) and working its way into a full band piano-rock ballad. It will work well with footage of relationship troubles, reflective, sad, depressing, lonely, bittersweet, homesick or driving footage. Energetic guitars with a thumping bass line, melodic piano and soaring violin somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about coming to realization with the end. Closure on a failed relationship, learning to move on, get over it, and learn to love and trust again. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Cool electro rock in the style of Garbage. Heavy guitars, sexy female vocals, gritty synths, machine drums and bass. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
This song is about the partying lifestyle and how you don't know whether you will learn from your mistakes, or even if you want to. It is full band and would be great for any reality tv show, shows about teenagers, partying ect. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Heavy guitar indie-pop / rock song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 144 BPM]
Abstract lyric about alcohol, drug addiction, mental health. Features choral vocal harmonies with nylon string guitar and drums and bass, mid tempo indie music with an uplifting feel. Also available as an Instrumental version; this version gives the track a whole other use, with a laid-back country / folk groove making it suitable for nature, outdoors and leisure with a homely feel. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
Mid tempo dark electronic pop with female vocals in the style of 80's new wave. Verses are in 7/4 chorus's in 4/4. Bass synths, lead synths, drum machines and live drumkit. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
This song is about being on the road and running from your problems. We often times create a fantasy world in our head or surround ourselves with distractions in order to avoid facing our issues. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
This is an upbeat acoustic pop song about having a bad day. Nothing's going your way and you're heading for a breakdown. Male driven vocals, lots of harmonies, and a catchy lead acoustic melody. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Catchy pop-rock track about teenagers, emotional and intense. Acoustic guitars and male vocals. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A Rock song about the pain of a failing relationship. Features piano and acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
This track features a rockabilly train beat drums with a bass line that locks in the rhythm and guitar riffs that reflect that of surf rock with a metal/hard rock ambiance. The lyrics describe being in a relationship with someone that is adventurous and carefree. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 94 BPM]
Pop rock, very positive feel. Female vocals describe lifes unexpected turns. Bass, guitars, drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 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]
A driving rock song that features drums, guitar, bass, and distorted vocals. Has a slightly indie, hard rock feel. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 103 BPM]
This track is very high in energy level, making you want to stand up and celebrate/ rejoice. It will work well with parties, celebrations, fireworks, party scenes, dancing, etc. It will also work well with extreme sports, speed, action, party and fun filled footage. With verses that are more insightful and choruses that kick you in the face. Energetic guitars, prominent violin and piano, rock feel. Both acoustic and electric in feel. A total power-pop feel-good party anthem song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 105 BPM]
A powerful indie rock song about being alone and full of rage. Features drums, distorted guitar, bass, and female vocals. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 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]
This pop rock song has high energy great for sports! The blend of mandolin adds a taste of country to this feel-goog song. The lyrics speak of love and a passion worth working and waiting for. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
