Here is our selection of light and quirky 'subtle comedy' royalty-free music tracks. This selection from our production music library features music with a goofy, oddball and whimsical sound - not so much 'in your face' but rather, a more sophisticated comical approach. These stock music tracks will go great with light comedy, sneaking around, candid camera, quirky scenes, animation and more. Royalty free music tracks to license and download in WAV and MP3.
Positive and quirky music, with pizzicato strings and handclaps followed by acoustic guitars and piano. Curious yet confident, with a somewhat indie vibe to it. Great for discovery, development and unfolding subjects. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
This piano and whistle driven track is upbeat, cheerful and innocent. It’s pushed along by percussion, electric piano, marimba, drums and bass. It’s perfect for conveying a sense of light adventure, home, belonging, family, friends. Available in various versions / mixes / edits to give you options in editing to your project. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A percussive piece with the ability to highlight the intense and/or the mischievous. Also applicable to situations of swagger, high stakes, and sophistication. Drums only. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Catchy and quirky, this bluegrass-inspired music track conveys friendliness, southern charm and sparse rawness. The simple arrangement consists of a single banjo performance backed up by a kick drum. Great music for comedy and rural-themed shows. Banjo / Down Home / Upbeat Music. [Tempo: Medium / 178 BPM]
This bubbly, Japanese-pop inspired music is high tempo good times. With wah keyboards, synth bass and melodies, crisp breaks, and tight drums, this quirky track conveys likability, fun and novelty. Excellent music for comedies, youth programs, lifestyle shows, vloggers and how-to videos. Good Times / High Tempo / Japanese Pop music track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
A fun and cheeky Indie-pop, Retro, Vintage bubblegum pop track with a sense of 1960's hippie pop culture and also an influence from 60's or 70's surf rock. Great for comedy, cool and chic, retro, vintage and just fun and upbeat videos, commercials, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A fun and lighthearted instrumental tune with a European, French, Italian, Polish, Greek or Eastern European history feel and sound. Great for historical content, retro / vintage footage, European holiday, travel, culture and documentaries, cooking show, and anything that needs a light hearted sense of European culture. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
A fun and cheeky Indie-pop, Retro, Vintage bubblegum pop/jazz track with a sense of 1960's hippie pop culture and also an influence from 60's or 70's surf rock. Great for comedy, cool and chic, retro, vintage and just fun and upbeat videos, commercials, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Happy jazz theme inspired by those classic sixties sitcoms such as Bewitched, I Dream Of Jeannie and Father Knows Best. Great for spoofs and comedy. [Tempo: Medium / 170 BPM]
Doesn't get much more hazy this! A sleazy French inspired blend of accordion, tuba, drums and xylophone. The walking tuba bass line mixed with the accordion create the image of a day in Paris, a smoky French cafe, dirty French men, cartoon characters like Pepe La Pew and movies like Ratatouille. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
Balancing between drama and comedy, this track conveys anticipation as well as reflection and surprise. Pizzicato strings move the arrangement with the help of acoustic guitar, tremolo strings, piano, marimba, triangle, congas and other light percussion. Great for dramedy and romantic events with a melancholy twist. Excellent for tv/cable production, documentary, travel, personal development types of narratives. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
Fresh, spirited and upbeat instrumental Indie track. Its catchy whistled melody is accompanied by a vocal melody line, marimba, acoustic guitars, drums, claps and effects. This track can work as a signifier of youth, young adulthood, positivity, and something great unfolding. Excellent for commercials, travel and relational based themes. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A touch of comedy and a pinch of cool and depth – this TV-theme type track combines all these lacing a catchy overdriven guitar/rhodes lead over it all. With elements of pop, rock and jazz, the melody plays over bass, drums, shaker, nylon stringed guitar, and Wurlitzer electric piano. Awesome for footage needing thematic elements with a melodic development. Excellent for crime, drama, travel, comedy, and urban settings. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A vintage styled pop music track with a hooky groove and a cool bass line. A little retro and a lot of fun. Great music for TV programming and ads. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Coolness and jazzy, this track recalls music heard in retro hotel lounges and as a soundtrack of city life. The slick melody is played on marimba and electric guitar over a swinging bed of guitar, vibraphone, strings, bass and light drums. Great for 1960-1970s period pieces, crime, commercials, and travel programming. [Tempo: Medium / 168 BPM]
A neo-classical, film / drama underscore track featuring piano and strings. Quirky and slightly playful, but in a subtle way. A sense of passing time, perhaps finding clues. A developing story of intrigue and mystery? [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Tender and carefree, this Indie pop track conveys an inclusive and welcoming feeling. It delivers a catchy, whistled melody accompanied with acoustic and electric guitars, drums and bass. It can feature beautifully behind sweet dramas, travel or lifestyle themes. Great for commercials. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 139 BPM]
Accordeon jazz track in a "Hot club of France" style. Playful and cheeky, up-tempo with slight Gypsy or Django feel. Upbeat, fresh and fun, slightly rowdy, with a strong flavour of France, Europe, also possibly Eastern Europe. [Tempo: Fast / 111 BPM]
A fun and jolly 'hot club of france' style track with acoustic guitar, accordeon and violin. Playful and whimsical, suitable for comedy, novelty, parody, animation, casual games and more. The accordeon gives the track a French tint, but it's by my means limited to France or French content. It's just suitably quirky, zany and jolly. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Full of 'Joie de vivre' this accordion and mandolin led piece is a bright, filmic, retro sounding waltzer conjuring up visions of traditional European city streets, mountains, lakes, fairgrounds, carousels, flowers and festivals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 62 BPM]
Uplifting, fun and bright, this is a Hot Club of France style acoustic jazz guitar piece. Saucy and swingin'! [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
Acoustic Pop / Quirky / Motivational. An inspiring and optimistic track. With a drawn out introduction, dynamic middle section and a gradual ending to the track brings out a feel of movement. Like a happy story unfolding. A sense of light, positive energy. [Tempo: Fast / 119 BPM]
A fun, upbeat Gypsy Jazz version of Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,' with acoustic guitars, clarinet, violin, upright bass and drums. A great energetic track for comedies, chases, cartoons, commercials, parisian scenes and vintage 20s / 30s / 40s themed projects. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 125 BPM]
Lively and cheerful is quickly conveyed in this music track. Its whistled melody is backed by a tight band of acoustic guitars, electric guitars, organ, bass and drums. With lots of punctuated stops at the end of sections, this music is great for commercials, travel, summery themes, and web instruction videos. [Tempo: Fast / 163 BPM]
An upbeat and bright piece of happy indie pop rock. A cool bouncy feel with Ukulele, stabbing brass lines and groovy piano melodies. Great for product promos, advertising and business. [Tempo: Medium / 166 BPM]
Banjo and vocals are at the center of this amusing, friendly, country-folk music track. Slide acoustic guitars and harmonica also pepper its arrangement of piano, country bass, shaker, brushed snare and kick drum. Kitsch, cute and corny, this is an excellent music for comedy, rural themes, travel, web shows, and commercials. The Underscore version omits the vocal part. [Tempo: Fast / 200 BPM]
A positive and lovely music piece featuring glockenspiel, acoustic guitars, piano, bass guitar and drums. Very light and transparent production. Peaceful, innocent, warm and gentle composition - great music for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Upbeat, fun, Mexican-inspired melody, with xylophone sounds, vibrant wind-section and lively percussion, this is the perfect track for animated, exuberant, happy scenes or sequences. Great for productions that require a Latin flavor, or a uplifting soundscape, such as films, shows, and commercials. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 200 BPM]
Franz Peter Schubert, Scherzo in B-flat Major, D. 593. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Energetic, campy electro-swing track. Tuba, electronic drums, and brush snare drive the upbeat tempo. Dixieland Clarinet, trumpet, and trombone answer. Singer vows revenge on the one who did him wrong. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
Antonin Dvorak: Humoresques in G flat major, Op. 101: No. 7 Poco Lento e grazioso. Arranged and recorded exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A bright and positive country / folk / indie-pop track with an uplifting, care free feel. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A light and feel-good, fun and cheeky Folk / Country-Pop number with a toe-tapping rhythm, whistling melody and a big smiley face. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
This high-energy, Ukulele-based Indie music track is easy to enjoy, sweet and fun. The whistle and bell melody plays over a joyful rhythm section punctuated by a reggae synth bass. A great time with a light party atmosphere is easily conveyed sonically. Superb music for themes of comedy, youth, learning, travel and lifestyle. Discover / Celebration / Innocent. [Tempo: Fast / 204 BPM]
Dizzy and light-headed latin music track. Features rock guitars and cheesy weird Farfisa organ sound from the 60's. Dancing / Funny / Comical Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mysterious, intriguing but at the same time funny latin music track, with percussion, guitars and low-fi organ sound. Stereotypical Latin music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Leisurely moments at a place you love, is a feeling easily conveyed in this spritely, inspiring music track. Its whistles, vocals and bells carry the light, catchy melody on an easy arrangement of acoustic guitars, bass and light drums. Great for family and youth themes, travel and cooking themes, web shows and commercials. Loving / Sweet / Leisure Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Johann Sebastian Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach, Musette in D major, BWV Anh.126. Classical music performed live in studio, exclusively for Lynne Publishing, by concert pianist Želimir Panić. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Exciting and happy summer music track featuring ukulele, mandolin, glockenspiel, piano, bass guitar and drums. Joyful and energetic composition great as music for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
Upbeat and happy summer music track featuring whistling, acoustic guitars, ukulele, banjo, glockenspiel, bass guitar and drums. Exciting and fun composition great as music for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Fast / 105 BPM]
Happy, upbeat and fun tune featuring ukulele, glockenspiel, acoustic guitars, percussion, bass guitar and drums. Catchy melodies best suited as music for TV commercials, advertising videos and more.. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Cute and quirky, this 1920’s clarinet-based cue is fast-paced and comedic. A tight rhythm section of tuba, acoustic guitar and drums plays counterpoint to jazzy interlocking woodwind melodies. Superb for comedy, dramedy, children’s shows and period pieces. Cool/ Swanky/ Jazzy. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Upbeat and friendly, this bluegrass music track is easy and light with a touch of crazy. Its Americana country flavor is a balancing act between the affable and the comedic. The banjo melody is helped out rhythmically by an acoustic guitar and a simple, steady kick drum. Ideal music for Americana flavored comedies, travel and cooking shows. Affable / Banjo / Comedy Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
This catchy, uptempo ragtime piece has a sense of friendliness, sincerity and the spirit of an innocent era. A single steel-string acoustic guitar adroitly plays the “rag” with help from brushed, jazzy drums. Excellent music for rural themes, comedy and cute web vignettes. Catchy / Ragtime / Sincere Music. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A happy and beautiful music track in chamber orchestra arrangement, and featuring a simple piano pattern with melody. A subtle orchestra sound comes in the background, and rises towards the track end. A 'Christmas mix' is available, where Christmas type bells are added for a wintery, Christmas'y sound. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Positive and unique music track. A different vibe, evoking imagination, curiosity and achievement. High hopes and good karma. Suited as music for discovery, learning, experimenting, community spirit and developing. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A bouncy, light, positive and uplifting music track made with inspiring pizzicato strings. Slightly quirky in vibe. Three main parts (intro, main and outro). Unique / Charming / Dancing music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
This loose and upbeat Zydeco-inspired music track has the feel of an impromptu, improvised jam and conveys a welcoming, friendly spirit. The accordion plays rhythmically against the acoustic guitar, bass and claps – with some vocals effects in the background. Excellent music for comedy, cooking and travel shows. Rural / Loose / Zydeco Music. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Raw, rootsy, and loose, this acoustic 12-string guitar track carries the spirit of traditional delta blues. Slide is used other the guitar giving it a rough and proud sound, backed up by sparse drums and harmonic drones. This music track is great for rural, relational dramas comedies, and reality shows. Also, it is a great fit for a show’s theme. Slide / 12-string Guitar / Delta Blues Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Easy, happy, and good-natured, this early country music track is perfect for comedy and light friend dramas. Melodies made with its slide resonator guitar blend nicely with acoustic guitar, drums and double bass. Perfect music for country travel and lifestyle shows. Hopeful / Early Country / Easy on the Ears Music. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]