Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
Piano, Classical, Neo-Classical, Drama. Soft and introspective solo piano music. Deep relaxed atmosphere, with an European vibe. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Cinematic, dreamy and slightly melancholic musical piano theme, with a subtle synth rhythm. Thoughtful and with a hint of mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Urban, inner city, hip-hop with a wistful undertone. Perhaps dark days, sorrow or misery. A dark, urban edge, like a rainy day in the city. A slight feeling of something old, mixed with the new. Urban drama scene. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Film soundtrack style piece featuring strings and piano with lush pads, with a rhythmic feel creating a sense of movement or activity. Atmospheric, emotional, a little dreamy. Suitable for many types of film or media productions including drama, fantasy, commercials, audio books and much more. A downtempo drum groove joins in after about 2 minutes. [Tempo: Slow / 118 BPM]
Starting with soft acoustic guitar, gentle organ and female vocal, this song builds up into chorus with male vocal and harmonies followed by slide electric solo at 1:33. This slide electric continues through the next verse building again into big double chorus with uplifting backing vocals. Long electric guitar solo begins at 3:28. The lyrics are about the two different sides of a relationship, told with both male and female main vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
Friendly and warm, strongly thematic with enough movement to propel a scene forward. Great music for Act II of a romance as the lovers get to know each other. Ideal support for a scene with no dialogue. This solo piano track appeals to the heart in a gentle, positive, understated way. Good music for drama, romance, TV, romantic comedy, family. [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
Funky, hectic, spy thriller or crime caper bed track. Urban funk, secret agent feel. Good as chase or battle sequence in film etc. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
A sincere, emotional and warm Latin Flamenco track. Acoustic guitars, sultry string pads, syncopated drums. Great for holidays, excotic latin travel, Spanish atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium / 148 BPM]
Pattern based 20th Century minimalist music. Surreal, Rhythmic, Underscore, Tension. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
This track is an all acoustic sad/reflecting track with main emphasis on the vocals. It has a smooth, calm feel throughout the whole track. The lyrics are about not letting people get you down. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Memories of warmth with a touch of sadness are reflected in this beautiful melody.It has a transparent, thoughtful, compelling to stop in time track. Suitable for sentimental, dramatic, love, lonely, sad scenes in movies and videos. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Acoustic guitar mood music. Warm, impressionistic, relaxing with a slightly folky feel and a sense of the natural and true. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A very tender filmscore style lyllaby track featuring a child's voice singing "la la" in an imperfect, frail, vulnerable voice, with acoustic guitar and lush string section. Emotional, soft and caring, perhaps wondering what the future may bring. Hopeful, tender, warm and caring. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
This piece with echo like piano and atmosphere fits perfectly inside a cavernous wonder or a dream. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A hopeful and caring track featuring beautiful piano with strings, drums and synths. A magical and romantic mood that creates a feeling of warmth and love [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Vocal ballad with piano and female vocal, christian / religious lyrics. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
A spine-tingling, dramatic action cue with orchestral and techno elements in equal portions. Big strings and horns (live orchestra) are broken up by a synth riff and powerful rock drums. As if that wasn't enough, a choir enters towards the end with staccato chants. Hard hitting mayhem, great for film trailer, powerful action or battle scenes, combative sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Soft, slow, dreamy, ethereal, spacious, atmospheric, thoughtful, contemplative, nostalgic, magical, enchanted, sublime, somber, hypnotic pop piece with great sense of time, space & memory-inducing surreality to it. Float away as your thoughts engulf you. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A beautiful and emotional R&B, Soul ballad available with or without vocals. Beautiful RnB vocals and bluesy guitar lines with a soft pop production. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Rock anthem about coming back home and reflecting on life [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Edgy, dark & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and intense guitar. Would suit action/thriller or sports projects. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A sweetly melodic & gentle piano piece. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 108 BPM]
A caring and touching orchestral/melodic filmscore type track. Slow, gentle melodic movements. Emotional and loving. Great for film/drama, but also a wonderful track for a softly delivered commercial message. Hopeful, inspiring, personal. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Smooth and relaxed, solo piano jazz. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
A peaceful, timeless and elegant, cinematic music track featuring simplicity and light colors of strings, and piano. Suitable for heartwarming, bright, uplifting productions. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Downtempo beats building into Soundtrack Piano melodies and lush Filmscore strings. Suitable for drama and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Uplifting Alt-Rock / Indie Rock instrumental song with bass guitar as main feature in the style of contemporary bands. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A somewhat melancholic and reflective ambient electronica track with a hint of a cinematic feel to it. Sparse piano melodies, bitty drums, swirling synths and a little electric guitar, together create an interesting sound. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A slow and simmering blues-rock music track with emotive guitar leads. Impassioned, strong, proud and heartening music. Hints of Pink Floyd / David Gilmour. [Tempo: Slow / 125 BPM]
Dark and dramatic, monolithic and massive, orchestral soundtrack piece. Thumping percussion, choir, brass and string stabs. Also mixed in is an electronic techno beat for added impact. Very climactic, choral chants growing, increasing and reaching the climax at the end. Highly suitable for film trailer, movie trailer, action scene, intro sequence, dramatic footage, war or battle scenes, or even extreme sports. [Tempo: Slow / 87 BPM]
Feelgood song about how to live your life. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
This is a male vocal driven dynamic piano song about watching a relationship fall apart and not being able to fix it. This is a slower song with a beautiful cello part accompanying the piano & vocals. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 77 BPM]
A bright, fresh and upbeat electronica track. Melodic, high energy, feelgood, danceable and with a forward surging, positive, energizing feel. Constant movement, development, fluctuations. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Slow, sad and very beautiful piano-lead track with a tragic air. Would suit romantic/dramatic/documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Guitar based teen/youth rock; very strong chorus and guitar hooks, and with a great bass guitar break. Available both as a vocal and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Winged guitar driven pop rock featuring careless beautiful melodies and refreshing harmonies. Friendly 12-string guitars and groovy drums deliver the rhythmic foundation. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
A calm, dreamy and almost sleepy piece featuring chorused guitar, sparse percussion and few piano notes. A repeated chord patterns draws the listener in an almost hypnotizing way. Very mellow, relaxed, comforting. Somewhat ethereal, wistful, almost dream like. Note;there are slight imperfections in the performance and recording; this is done on purpose for a "dusty", slightly retro, cosy / imperfect sound. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
This is a Pop track with bluesy guitar parts. Mellow and chilled out composition that's great for tv themes, commercials and other projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 BPM]
An intense epic action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A track someway between R&B and Hip-Hop, with a dramatic and romantic undertone. Perhaps a bit sad and melancholic, but hopeful at the same time. Sexy and sensual. Gated synths, beautiful melodies, soft drum beats. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Huge choir vocal intro with tympani like drums and acoustic guitars. Light airy female vocals with light marching drums leads to a soaring chorus about loves confusing signals. In style of The Cranberries, Kelly Clarkson. Keywords: Heartbreak, lost love, loneliness, betrayal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Written as background for reality TV in a thoughtful moment. [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
Royalty free music with piano, acoustic guitar, and orchestra over urban / pop drums and bass, elude to a troubled past, a longing for recovery and a feeling of determination. Could work perfectly for a documentary about urban renewal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A journey of discovery via reflective piano chords and haunting strings/synth pads. Builds in strength and purpose to a majestic ending. Captivating / Mysterious / Forward Looking. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Nostalgic and tender music track with acoustic piano, mellotron flutes and subtle strings. Melancholic and with a fragile beauty. Personal, intimate, perhaps daydreaming. Love / Dreamy / Summer Music. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Thunderous drums and pipe organs play a menacing, ominous, dark Gothic music piece. Great for fantasy, goth, horror music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A contemporary arrangement of Schubert's classic, with a beautiful male vocal. Schubert / Arr: J. Lamasset. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A fragile, pretty and melancholic piano & strings piece. Touching / Emotive / Passionate. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A powerful and uplifting rock track with layered guitars and a sound that builds and builds towards an emotive and passionate climax [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
Octave laden piano and plucked strings highlight a dark romantic mafia sound within this piece of music. This would work perfectly with an Italian, Sicilian or Spanish mob or Mafioso character within film or television. There is some similarity to the style of the theme from “The Godfather.” This could also be used to illustrate an unusual romance. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
