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)"
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]
An energetic, uplifting dramatic track with piano, synths, bass, and percussion, reminiscent of the American Beauty soundtrack. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
A set of 6 minimalistic cinematic strings pieces made to function as underscore, background music for drama and storytelling. Each of the 6 cues (parts) share the same sound, but with different chords and hints of melodies, each carrying different moods and emotions. Use at low volume during film scenes, to stay back and create an emotion or mood, without being noticed too much. The sound used is a combination of acoustic strings and synth strings, like much of cinematic / TV drama / film score music uses. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A very romantic, soft and caressing, gentle piano piece. Hopeful, melancholic, introspective, loving. Good for a tender film scene, commercial or as romantic mood music. [Tempo: Very slow / 63 BPM]
A gently swaying contemporary piano piece. Styled on einaudi, this has light tones along with heavier parts which offer differing dynamics. Freely played, this would be ideal for documentaries or film as a background to someone searching their feelings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Dark and sombre background music based on strings and piano. Very cinematic piece suitable for any dark, ominous drama or fiction. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Melancholic, tender piano piece. Perhaps dearly held memories, nostalgia, or quiet reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A song with a moderate tempo and luscious acoustic guitar and violin arrangement. A love song with prominent male and female vocals including a piano solo. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Tension / Excitement / Mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Pop ballad that has a sentimental emotional vocal with uplifting string orchestration. Catchy British type pop song with a very powerful and memorable melodic hook. Works well for romantic scenes. Also works well for a Melanie Griffith "Working Girl" type film/TV project. Beautiful and lush. Sounds Like: Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Augustana, Ben Folds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Emotional, melancholic and sentimental film score featuring dreamy beautiful piano melodies and hopeful strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A song with a moderate tempo and luscious acoustic guitar and instrumental arrangements. A love song with a prominent male lead vocal with ascending piano melody lines in the chorus. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional and mysterious cinematic composition with haunting piano melodies accompanied by solo cello phrases and orchestral strings. Good for trailers, drama and suspense genre movies, documentaries and more. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Piano and strings based composition for film, TV, movies, drama, media. Neo-classical, with a sense of motion, strength, forward movement. Determined / Decisive. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 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, with a riveting climax. 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: Fast / 155 BPM]
A sorrowful, but also comforting piece that starts out with piano, with orchestral strings entering later. A sense of loss, perhaps a bygone era. Very poignant, touching, intricate. Good for drama, personal stories, history and historical documentaries, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This smooth and slightly caribbean and latin inspired R&B love song ballad is as tastefully produced as it is memorable, catchy and irresistable. Romantic love lyrics. Available both in a vocal and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A soulful 6/8 ballad that has positive lyrics. It has a nice build to it with a key change going into the last chorus. Very feel-good lyric about letting down facades and being real. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
An assured and confident acoustic indie track with lively strings to stir the emotions. Great for scenes and videos of achievements, accomplishments and successes. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
Inspirational, emotional and reflective music track with a dreamy and ethereal feeling. Imaginative and creative composition with a sense of wonder. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A subtle and reflective underscore for film / TV. Piano and strings. Gentle, innocent, fragile, pretty. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Powerful & emotional atmospheric orchestral track. Slow synth pads drone out into the stratosphere as strings & a pulse bass drum join. The chorus section's lush strings and lonely piano lines tug at your heartstrings, telling a tale of lost love & smouldering desire. [Tempo: Very slow / 40 BPM]
An eclectic midtempo alternative rock song with a male vocal, distorted/clean guitar, organ, piano, bass and drums. Low grindy electric guitars, ticking clock percussion, analog synth. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Piano led pop ballad, lyrics about lost love, relationships, Features piano, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, synths. Available in a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A romantic piece that suggests a feeling of determination. Features piano, strings and choir creating a lush texture. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
Soul touching and deeply emotional this track starts with a beautiful piano melody and builds towards the end with dynamic spicatto string arpeggios. Perfect for melancholy films and other powerful imagery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
Slightly dramatic piano track with optimistic parts and changes in tempo. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Romantic Cinematic soundtrack with a melancholic, soft and warm sound. Emotional piano music with flute and orchestral strings great for films, trailers, love and romance videos and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
Mozart Fantasy in D Minor (arr D Lukyanov). Solo piano music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A delicate and tender solo piano piece. Romantic, gentle. Great as mood music or for use with media. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A sorrowful and bittersweet music ballad available with Hebrew vocals, or as an instrumental. A summary of the lyrics; a queen is singing her lament and sorrow, what good are all my riches, when I am so sad? The track has a Middle Eastern or Hebrew, Israeli feel and background. Lament, loss, sorrow, regret. The Instrumental version is good for background music for travel, drama, ethnic mood etc. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Emotional and affecting piano melody with a calming touch. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Bluesy, slowly shimmering emotive guitar track that gradually builds and builds from cool and soothing to fever pitch intensity. At this point waves of distorted rhythm guitars come crashing in soaring lead guitar takes over. Think in the rough area of Beck, Satriani, Lukather [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Deep and emotional cinematic music track featuring Piano, Orchestral Strings and Atmospheric Pad and Glockenspiel to create a heartfelt and melancholic musical composition with a "cinema" feel. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Imagine a bank heist somewhere on the streets of Rio. Has a very brazilian flavour to it with lots of salsa rhythms. Also possesses a degree of drama and suspense. The end section has guitar riffs that build and build to the final no holds barred riff-out. Contains electric piano , organ , synths, bass, drum kit, xylophone and some electric guitar. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Emotional and touching cinematic music track featuring piano and full orchestral strings. Beautiful melodies with deep romantic feel great for films, love and romance videos, photo slideshows and documentaries. Tender, gentle, slightly melancholic and sentimental composition with a deep thoughtful harmonic background. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Eerie, disturbing and suspenseful. Very ambient. Trance-like repetition of short piano phrases punctuated by string swells. Sparse enough to work with a wide variety of visuals. Two versions are presented, one with the piano detuned and chorused, and one with a more traditional piano sound. Can be used with and without strings, and is easily edited. Think Eyes Wide Shut. Good for drama, crime show, mystery, horror, TV, film, thriller. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A downtempo hip-hop track with a chilled, easy-going, lazy feel. Sparse and transparent, good for background use. [Tempo: Slow / 96 BPM]
A slow, beautiful, haunting melody featuring weaving lines of the trumpet and saxophone over a walking bass. Of note is the woodwind choir of oboes, flutes and clarinets in the later part of the song. Suitable for mellow, low-keyed atmospheres. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
This is a dreamy and very positive solo piano improvisation with a feeling of waking up in the beautiful morning and seeing the sun shining from the window. Pleasant, sweet and warm composition. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soundtrack to a 70’s movie. Female vocals, flute melody, acoustic guitars. Looking back at one’s life and realizing there is no way to change the past, so look to the future. Keywords: Memories, Past, Looking back. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
A beautifully romantic love theme on solo piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A twisted, tragic melody played by piano is wrapped in a sinister, yet subtle blanket of strange metallic synths. The music is subtle until near the end, when big percussion intensifies the drama. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Calm, reflective and mellow, solo piano piece. Classical-romantic. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
Strumming acoustic guitars with light percussion, with a slightly mystical, earthy sound. Americana influence. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
A slightly quirky and tense piece with ethnic percussion and piano. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
A very inspirational track with a strong piano melody, inspired by Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" etc. and very suitable for inspiration, achievement, dreams and aspirations. Inspirational, motivational, patriotic. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A mysterious & atmospheric passage featuring a solo flute, strings, celeste and glockenspiel. Used to create a sense of unease underneath a monologue. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A heartfelt acoustic rock ballad about being in love, feeling unworthy, and doing anything for someone. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
