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.
This piece of soothing relaxation music plays for 60 minutes uninterrupted. The music is floating, tingling, soothing and softly melodic relaxation music. It keeps an even flow, but is not repetitive -- there is very little repetition, despite it's full one hour playing time. Piano, bells, windchimes, soft pads, occasional flute. Spiritual, gently caressing New Age / Relaxation music. Great for spa, healing, relaxation & pampering, reflection and just for enjoying. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A soft and emotive ambient royalty free music track with quite a warm feel and somewhat dreamy. Tender and thoughtful, this track would work well as a subtle background for many projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 73 BPM]
A soft and reflective ambient track made with various pianos, synths and effects to create A warm bed of sound complimented by simple and emotive melodies. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 44 BPM]
A gentle and uplifting light, ambient track with a simple piano phrase and melody. This track has a nice blend of emotions - somewhat melancholy, but still with a sense of light and hope. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
A slightly melancholic track, made with piano, strings and various effects to create an ambient and thoughtful sound. [Tempo: Slow / 62 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]
A synth dominated track that tugs at the heart strings. Its floating pads and soft choir like tones give it a sense of grandness. The slow, unobtrusive pace makes it work well underneath dialogue. [Tempo: Very slow, 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]
Gentle relaxed strings and keyboards bring a time of reflection and soothing massage. Overlaid with the softest beats and synced to 60 BPM in time with heartbeat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
Pulsating digital tones, whimsical rhythmic patterns. Ambient, Pleasant, Light. Great background music for technology, research, science, digital themes. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Solnatt is a Norwegian word that means 'Night Sun' (roughly). Inspired by the northern midnight sun, this is a fragile and reflective piano piece, with hope and light mixed with melancholy. Highly suitable for use in film or other media or art, this track is somewhat inspired by the tender film music style of Thomas Newman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful and melancholic ambient piano track. A simple, nostalgic piano melody played with grace, finely balanced on top of a strange ambient background texture. The piano track and ambience tracks are also available separately (as 'Piano Only version' and 'Ambience Only version' below), to give you more options in editing. Excellent for drama, film soundtrack work, or any sincere, thought provoking web site or film footage. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
This piece of soothing relaxation music plays for 60 minutes uninterrupted. The music is floating, tingling, soothing and soft relaxation music, with only a few sparse melodic elements. It keeps an even flow, but there is very little repetition, despite it's full one hour playing time. Bells, windchimes, soft pads, piano, acoustic guitar and other sounds intertwine to create a calm, slightly melancholic atmosphere. This track was made to be played at low volume as background ambience. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This track plays for a full 60 minutes continuously. Relaxing, refreshing, cleansing, and touching ambient music, inspired by the tranquility of life under water. Great for relaxation or nature, diving etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This track is a bit hard to categorize. It's a very emotional and melodic piece based on a string section, bells and electronic percussion. The purposefully staccato electronic sounding drums interact with the tender and expressive string section to create a unique and captivating sonic imagery. The composition itself is a bittersweet, loving but also sorrowful aria. [Tempo: Medium / 85 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]
This is an ambient, reflective Grand Piano piece that plays for a full one hour. The music is similar to some of the works by Brian Eno, in as much as it is transparent, calmly reflective. Neither happy nor sad, not particularly emotional, but gentle, comforting, impressionistic. This track is excellent for use in media, art gallery, exhibition, still imagery, film projects and more. There is very little repetition despite the full one-hour playing time. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A smooth ambient chill-out track. Floating pads, warm vibrophones and downtempo urban drums combine to create a dreamy and soft soundscape. Great for relaxation, mellow travel footage, thoughtful reflection as well as for use in media such as commercials and websites etc. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Dreamy, floaty and mellow soundscapes provide the backdrop for this softly ambient pop track. Piano arpeggios and subtle drums join in to create a peaceful, inviting and shining musical backdrop. Great for any media of light and promise, hope and calm optimism, new technology, green alternatives, sunlight, family values etc. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A very dreamy and lovely romantic piece with piano and ambient instruments underscoring anything from love making to a bittersweet homecoming. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A moody and atmospheric ambient piece with ethereal pads and ambient slide guitar. Soft, yet deep and evocative music, like an unfolding story or a magnificent sunrise. The track has a slight sense of ethnic mystery or the ancient world music, maybe India. Very dreamy, reflective and rich on atmosphere, perhaps something spiritual. [Tempo: Very slow / 125 BPM]
A soft, ethereal and dreamy ambient track featuring swirling pad textures and Indian Sarangi guitar. Atmospheric, evocative and ethereal. Great for travel, adventure, reflection and world discovery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful, haunting, emotional and loving theme played on Indian flute with soft pads. Atmospheric, evocative and ethereal. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A subtle background track with bright, understated melodies, a gentle pulsating rythm and light textures. Highly useable with media such as data presentation, menu screens, multimedia presentations with subtle, tasteful movements, floating graphic elements, weather report, news update and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Ethereal ambient background. Haunting and dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slow, mellow Ambient-Pop crossover track. Light, gentle and warm with electric and acoustic pianos, very light drum patterns. Joyful, dreamy, spiritual. Atmospheric, gentle touch. [Tempo: Slow / 65 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]
A warm, subtle, understated Ambient/Pop crossover track. Soothing, dreamy, calm and comforting. Great for use as a background with visuals, commercials, or just for chilling out. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Soft, slow & beautiful piano-lead track with spacey synth pads & a steady beat. Very peaceful and atmospheric. would suit romantic. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on...Very soft, slow and peaceful. Slow picked classical guitar is overlaid with simple plucked string melodies ,organ and celtic harp.The chorus part brings swells of strings and soft, unexpected 'other worldly' piano lines. Would suit dramatic , romantic or natural history projects. Contains guitar, bass ,drums,organ, harp and santoor. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Soft, slow & emotional royalty free orchestral music track with piano. Beautifully lilting & hypnotic piano arpeggios combine with heart-wrenching strings to make a peaceful,cinematic and emotive tune that would suit serious dramas/documentaries & epic romantic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Very slow piano melody realy intimist and relaxed, perfect for sensitive scenes. Acoustic piano sound. Will fit very well in love, familiar, drama situations. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A soft and warm ambient track with a gentle bed of sound and a bell melody which is later complimented by a smooth and emotive string section. Unobtrusive and peaceful this track is great as background music for many projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A melancholic and somewhat enchanting piano led ambient track backed up by strings, glockenspiel and synths. A simple piano phrase is gradually added to and developed into a sensitive and rich sounding piece of music. Fantasy / Wonder / Magical / Storytelling. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Vibraphone, strings and synths create a somewhat cinematic, corporate track. A simple phrase sets the tone for this track, which is one of perhaps, class, elegance and sophistication. It has the sense of something exclusive, shiny, with elegant confidence. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Minimalist and mysterious steel string acoustic guitar layers. Dark and light contrast. Great for drama, dreams, memories, reflection, contemplation, fear, uncertainty, denial, the arts, culture, history, landscapes, animals and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
A dreamy New Age version of the well known song sung every New Years Eve. Arranged for piano and synth strings. Supremely mellow laidback and nostalgic. For tender moments following the holiday rush, kicking back, sipping champagne in front of a roaring fire. Flashbacks celebrations friends & family. [Tempo: Very slow / 39 BPM]
A wondrous vision, a sense of peace and hope, uplifting and spiritual played by harp, strings, horns, choir and percussion. A track that builds and inspires perfect for religious shows, miraculous stories, overcoming the odds, and other tales of joy and happiness. Plays for exactly 1 minute. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A beautiful, soft, airy track perfect for nature documentaries, commercials or inspirational corporate projects. Blending New Age sounds with African and Celtic undertones this track features Kalimba, Gamelan, Congas, Hi-Hat, female vocal chants, Pads and subtle sound effects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A soft and warm ambient track made with organ, synths and guitar. While the track has an emotive edge, it is also gentle, subtle and relaxing which makes a great backing for many types of project. Suitable for relaxation, spa, healing, and self indulgence, as well as for drama / film scene. Introspective, thoughtful, delicate. [Tempo: Slow / 124 BPM]
Slow and peaceful Electro-Ambient Chillout. Pretty / Easy-going / Down tempo / Dreamy. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Slow, oozing and sizzling, deep soundscapes with a very slow, down tempo beat. Ambient-Electro crossing over into Relaxation or Chill-Out. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
An ambient and chilled out electronica track made with electric piano and various synths to create a warm feel with a sense of reflection and hope. Mellow, warm, comforting. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A vibrant, wondrous and flowing piece of music. Has a natural, joyful and loving air to it. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
An epic, powerful and moving piece of music. Illustrative and imaginative. Could work well in adventurous, discovery, exploration projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
A mellow, pretty, and dreamy little tune with ethereal piano, bells and a subtle rhythmic pulse that joins in later. Uncomplicated and soothing music track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A hazey, melancholic and softly flowing Nu-Folk / Americana music / Ambient crossover track with a mellow, longing feel. Poignant, flowing, touching music. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
An emotional, cinematic music great for retrospect and a sense of becoming. Optimistic / Positive / Warm Music. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
An ambient music track made earthy by an acoustic guitar. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
A surreal setting that evokes drama & mystery music- yet, also with a strangely blissful tone. Unique / undecipherable. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
