Royalty free ambient music with focus on the light, blissful, airy, relaxing and soothing stock music tracks that you can use as background music for relaxation videos, music for guided meditations, or for poignant, beautiful scenes such as nature photography, nature footage etc. Often with a sense of ease, beauty and reflection, these ambient background music tracks were composed by professional composers and producers, then hand picked and curated for the Shockwave-Sound stock music catalogue.
A track with an open feel and bright strings. The track builds with staccato arpegiating strings to the main part with big yet open and distant drums and piano. Piano chords hit to and build to an even larger part with more big drums and sprinkling of high piano notes throughout. The track doesn't have a strong melody or definitive voice, which gives it a more open and airy feel. Great for commercials or scenes of transformation or accomplishment, perhaps everyday heroes, new hope etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 66 BPM]
A journey through the soft notes of a piano. Space and joy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A dramatic and mysterious downtempo / ambient track. Featuring lush chords and haunting echoing top lines that are backed by steady beats and basslines. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A soft, mellow and soothing ambient guitar soundscape. Wide open aural landscapes leaves room to breathe. Reflective, melancholic, soft touch. Dreamy and thoughtful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Deep, calm, ambient music track with solo cello highlights. Chill / Dreaming / Relaxation Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Slow / Dreamy / Beauty / Grace. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A fresh and inspiring ambient track that builds to a satisfying climax. Cool, airy and spacious. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 86 BPM]
Dreamy, serene music track with subtle guitars, warm piano and light percussion. Hopeful and fragile. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
A reflective, thoughtful and emotive composition, with a sense of coming to terms. Growing, nearing, increasing in strength and presence. The later parts of the tracks takes on an Epic, emotive feel. [Tempo: Slow / 135 BPM]
A melancholy start that builds to a big, dramatic setting with strings. Drama / Contemplative / Graceful Music. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A strangely alluring musical painting, featuring a repeating ostinato with slight movements into the mysterious or the otherworldly. This piece will work great as a 'musical painting' for anything profound. Wonderment / Amazement Music. A feeling of something unfolding or flowering, developing. [Tempo: Medium / 176 BPM]
Soft harp arpeggios with a sweet melody played by a flute. A soft music ideal to relax and let go. Mindfulness / Work Focus / Study Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A delicate piano melody over soft synt pads and sparse, light percussion punctuated by a low, distant drum convey the illusion of being in a field, far from city lights on a warm, starry late spring night. A perfect track to ease the mind, for relaxing and meditation [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A sombre, ethereal, ambient piece. Sorrowful, dejected, mournful music. A feeling of finality, of surrender. But also hopeful and full of wonderment towards the end. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 112 BPM]
Slow and dreamy piano music, with shimmery sounding elements. Love / Beauty / Touching / Bliss. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
A smooth, alluring and quirky electronic chill-out / dreamy down-tempo music track with a strange attraction and appeal. A bit trippy, with an ambient & blissful feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 85 BPM]
Impressionistic piano, neo-classical, ambient music. Beautiful, dreamy, delicate, fragile and playful piano notes. Ethereal / Beauty / Light / Delicate / Classical / Ambient / Pastoral. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Melodic, spacious arpeggios, minimalistic and dreamy. Perfect for adding a contemplative atmosphere to film projects, documentaries, or vlogs. Cinematic / Contemplation / Soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Dreamy transcending sounds, strings and pads combine to create a serene and supportive sound bed in this subtly uplifting and peaceful, healing piece of music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 53 BPM]
Meandering and reflective, gentle and still, calm and relaxing piano music with soft pads. Soothing, tender, touching and contemplative. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
An underwater discovery - join us as we venture the depths of the ocean. A fusion of mellow pads and sea creature sound effects that evolve with the introduction of gentle keyboards to bring a delicate blend of sea atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A very mellow ambient soundscape with soft moody pads, dark rhodes piano, acoustic guitar and a solo violin. Occasionally joined by a subtle, downtempo, lounge style drum beat. Very atmospheric, reflective, thoughtful & dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
This is essentially an ambient track with a slow, steady drum groove and bass guitar added to it. Soft, slowly strummed guitar chords also join in after a while. The track has a sense of deep movement, inner peace and calm, and at the same time something momentous, epic and timeless. Perhaps the stillness of outer space, an underwater adventure or a sleeping giant? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 50 BPM]
An airy and gentle track that blends Ambient with Pop. Very soothing and relaxing. Excellent for beautiful scenery, calm and inspiring visuals, relaxation, spa, commercials. Very inviting and appealing. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Lush pads, distorted effects, organic and digital, contrasting elements, Film, TV, Videogames, space travel, science and technology, discovery, sci-fi. [Tempo: Slow / 119 BPM]
Slow and slightly melancholic ambient track with sense of something evanescent flowing and glittering. Ocassional diverse bells strokes with gentle arpeggios of harp and pads in the background. Reminiscences of past events, anxious awaiting for something, or simply soon spring season awakening the nature from the cover of ice and snow. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Atmospheric and spacious ambient. Very meditative and soul expanding. Good for sci-fi, technology, space, mystery, fantasy, drama, romance, love, connection, universal oneness. Abstract and reflective. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Soft, slow and emotional modern orchestral piece that grows with intensity as it goes, tugging at your heartstrings. Has a feeling of discovery to it. Contains strings, synths & trashy drum kit. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
Warm and atmospheric arpeggiated synth. Melodic and hypnotic. Insightful and positive. Great for science, technology, waterworlds, travel, space, numbers, data and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Slow, delicate bell patterns with a laid-back, lazy, chilled-out electro groove. Nice and clean, pleasant. Somewhat dreamy. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A slightly downbeat and melancholy ambient track with a beautiful and elegant string section which gives the track a bit of a cinematic feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A downtempo, ambient track influenced by electronica, dub, dubstep and drum'n bass. Chilled and somewhat melancholic, this track has a deep atmosphere and a dreamy feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A dynamic and positive piece of music. Incorporating several different themes such as atmosphere, joy, nature, ambience and music. This bright and expressive piece was created using a blend of electronics and orchestral instruments and sfx. Will work well in many scenes such as landscape, exploration, nature, adventure, forests bright and dark, night time, space and astronomy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 114 BPM]
Ambient Drum & Bass. Atmospheric, deep, rich and with a nicely flowing DnB groove. Good for technology, innovation, future, discovery and much more. Also available in a version without the drums & bass (No Drums Bass version), making it a really nice ambient music track in its own right. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A pretty and quaint piano piece, performed live on an old upright piano, with a nostalgic sound. Delicate and happy, in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 59 BPM]
Ambient underscore with an "icy" feeling to it. It works perfectly for informational video, medical documentary or drama, or particularly well for nature shows concerning geology, global warming etc... [Tempo: Slow / 101 BPM]
Beautiful, soft, serene, sedate, moody, atmospheric, ethereal, magical track using harp arpeggios & simple spacious piano melodies. Dreamy, sublime, tranquil & enchanted. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / romantic / documentary / science / space / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 134 BPM]
Meaningful, atmospheric and slightly dark music. Has an explorative and unknown nature to it. Could work well in many areas such as drama, film, art, history, technology, science, future, discovery, invention, adventure and exploration. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 91 BPM]
Futuristic sounds combine with atmospheric orchestral instruments in a dark but humerous mix. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
A beautiful dreamlike music to express states of peace and quiet. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Emotional and Ambient, Chill-step Downtempo royalty free music track with lush pads, plucks and shimmering melodies. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Soft, ambient guitar music. Mellow and caring. Understated and reflective, with a warm sound. An open aural landscape. Room for thought and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A small cabin in the wilderness. Just you and miles of untouched nature. A constant, blustery wind whooshes around the corners of the cabin while you are warm and cosy inside, enjoying the warmth and safety of your private hideaway. This uninterrupted, one-hour, 100% natural sound recording of the wind across a deserted wasteland will bring that atmosphere and ambience into your home, or into your portable MP3 player. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A thoughtful music track with moody pads and sustained strings. The cinematic piano gives this track emotion and is ideal for creating a thoughtful and reflective feel. Space / Cosmos / Underwater Music. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Melancholic / Nostalgic / Sad / Reflective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Beautiful, spacious, ethereal, dreamy, ambient track using soft plucked strings, piano, synthesiser & cellos. Touching, calm, mellow, emotive, moving & heartwrending & hopeful. Sensitive, hypnotic, sensual, atmospheric & magical. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 121 BPM]
This unique and imaginative new-classical music track is hard to pin down to a single music genre. Using layers of orchestral strings, it plays and weaves patterns of melodies and textures. Great music for nature, documentary, drama, story-telling, fantasy and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 116 BPM]
Strong, ambient surges to underscore moments of power, self-assurance, inspiration or reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
A warm, electronic setting that paints the sonic picture of beauty. Where technology and nature meet. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
A warm ambience music track that sounds like sunlight. Slow, relaxation and thoughtful music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 72 BPM]
