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.
A quirky and lighthearted track with pizzicato strings, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, harp and other unusual instruments. Quirky sections followed by beautiful and loving sections dominated by the harp. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Two short stingers/idents in kids / childrens music style. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Effervescent, Whimsical & slightly unhinged. This black comedy chamber music is similar in feel to Tim Burton's Danny Elfman scores. Breaks and interludes can be edited against narrative to create different moods. Portrays happy, mysterious, melancholic and sinister overtones in equal measures. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A quirky, upbeat and fun cue with pizzicato strings, percussion, piano, celesta and assorted unusual instruments. A bouncy, childish and innocent style that creates mischeivious and tip-toeing mood - perfect for kids or light mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
This track is immediately joyful, catchy and friendly. It can quickly convey a sense of family, friends and community. With mandolin, acoustic guitar, bass, claps and percussion this track is bouncy and fun, reminiscent of 1940-60 “Sock Hop” pop. This track is perfect for comedies, show themes, vintage-youth period pieces, rural lifestyle, cooking or travel shows. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
A French or European style accordeon waltz with a slightly hellish feel, this track will go well with anything France, traditional Europe, Eastern Europe / European backcountry. It has a subtle undertone of humor, and will work for travel, culture, historical, as well as for dark humor. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
The spirit of this whistle track is young, adventurous, and confident. Backed up by bells, synthesizers, vocals and drums the arrangement conveys playfulness and inclusion. Excellent music for commercials, children’s and web shows, reality and travel programming. Cute / Honest / Caring Music. [Tempo: Medium / 119 BPM]
A sincere and heartwarming orchestral track that will lift your spirits and make you feel warm. Perfect for emotional and sentimental ads. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Orchestral / cinematic soundtrack piece with a "beginning" feel. Something awakening, stirring, beginning. Perhaps sunrise, curiousity, or a small town coming to life at springtime? [Tempo: Medium / 154 BPM]
An upbeat and fun hot club of France, gypsy jazz acoustic guitar jazz tune, featuring two acoustic guitars with bass and subtle drums. Uplifting, feel-good and fun; inspired by the guitar-based jazz music of the 1930's and 1940's. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
If Kraftwerk were Japanese, maybe this is how they would sound? Glitchy and lo-fi synthesizers over an electro retro beat. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 112 BPM]
A positive, quirky and fun vintage 1950's style track. Kitsch and quirky, made with percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
A happy and upbeat music track featuring acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, bells, piano, percussion, bass guitar and drums. Catchy and optimistic melodies best for TV commercials, advertising and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Upbeat and exciting Indie-Pop music track featuring piano, acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, percussion, bass and drums. The positive and catchy vibe of this track will work well for different types of light hearted media. [Tempo: Fast / 157 BPM]
This marimba and pizzicato dramedy cue works great to convey curiosity, fudged attempts, hope, and relational push and pull. The beat is stable and grooving. The melody is supported by an arrangement of bells, bass, shakers and drums. Good for commercials, dramedy, cooking and travel. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A happy, excited and uplifiting indie folk song featuring vocals, whistles and ukelele that makes a fun and fresh piece. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A happy, motivating and sunshine Pop-Folk featuring catchy flute melodies and upbeat drums, great for commercials and sports videos, celebration videos and more. Fun, Youthful and Energetic. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
This is a cute, innocent track that tells a whimsical story in 30 seconds. Use it as an underscore for light stories with a touch of comedy , fantasy, or adventure. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A very happy, tongue-in-cheek, joyful and playful track featuring ukulele and whistling, with background vocals and bass/drums joining in later. A happy-go-lucky, care free track to illustrate the simple pleasures in life. Has a certain homely, farmland type "back to nature" feel. Fun and charming. Also available without the whistling. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Positive, uplifting and fun music track with Ukulele, acoustic guitars, percussion, glockenspiel / bells, bass and drums with funny sound effects. Best for commercials and children's / family videos. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 105 BPM]
Happy go lively 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: Fast / 142 BPM]
Happy and playful track, great for advertising and joyful, care free content. Uplifting and bright. Features pano, guitars and light vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
Cute, happy and positive acoustic jazz piece, with sweet ukulele, warm bass and brushed drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Laid back cheesy muzak, with a dreamy melody over a retro groove, reminiscent from Raindrops Keep Falling On My head, by Burt Bacharach. Floating easy listening music. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Mysterious piano notes over high strings fade out to reveal an oddball, not quite right rhythm. Perhaps a detective is either stupid (think Pink Panther) or is taunting his suspect. The comedy and action ratchets up, with the pace quickening and intensity building. Something big happens at the end, with a punchline! Nice for a dark comedy involving a detective or someone out to solve a case. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
An upbeat and happy background track. Ideal to send a cheerful and positive message. Playful and sparkling. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A quirky suspense track with pizzicato strings, harp, celeste, pads, and piano, nice for children's mystery or detective shows. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Tensions are mounting, and things are coming down to the wire. This track conveys the uncertainty of a very rural sounding chaos – brought out by a fiddle, played with fingerpicks and slide. Its supporting instruments include banjo, four-string guitar and kick drum. This is great track for dramatic or comedic tension. Tension / Plucked Fiddle / Odd. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A bright, light and joyful indie-pop music with a summer family party feel and a slight folk feel. Jovial, casual, easy-going and a bit quirky. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Like the awakening of an idea or the start of a great adventure, this bold orchestral piece grows from small beginnings to a huge striving precession that reaches a frantic conclusion at 1:00 returning to its original idea and finally to rest. Suitable for rites of passage sequences or the birth of ideas and on-going initiative. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
This light, melody driven, synth pop track is warm, cute, optimistic and retro. Besides the fun, arcade game synth sounding melody this track contains backward strings, pizzicato strings, reverb-laden electric guitars, picked electric bass, light drums and percussion. These combined create an atmosphere high suitable for emotional drama, web videos and incidental TV/film music. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A catchy and happy folk / country music featuring acoustic guitar rhythm and melodies, ukulele, percussion, bass and drums. Positive and optimistic composition great for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
Light, fun, and easy, this 'happy' blues music track is bouncy and exudes an authentic rural feel. Its brushed drums and acoustic guitar create a great shuffle that the resonator guitar plays on. Slide is used on the resonator guitar for that swampy tone. Great music for comedies, rural dramas, 'country' travel and cooking shows. Happy / Hopeful / Rural / Blues Music. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
A procession of fire eaters, freaks and magicians mixed with the monochrome charm of a 1950's science fiction B movie. Mysterious, beautiful & grotesque in equal measures with just a pinch of ironic humour. A great Halloween track. There are two different mixes available: Version A has a "bubbly magic" sound which is not included in Version B. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An upbeat, playful and lighthearted track with pizzicato strings and a range of fun and quirky instruments. Slightly mysterious with a very small sinister undertone. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted, with acoustic guitar, muted trumpet and clarinet taking turns leading. [Tempo: Medium / 195 BPM]
Exciting, Happy and uplifting music track featuring Ukulele, acoustic guitars, percussion, bass guitar and drums. Joyful melodies and positive vibe best suited for TV commercials, vacation / travel videos and more. Playful / Bright / Excited Music. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
Engaging and playfully sinister, this Latin-infused music track is melodramatic and fun. Horn stabs create tension over a grooving bed of Latin percussion, synth strings, acoustic bass and a Hip Hop beat. This track would fit well within comedies, dramas, commercials, and travel programming. [Tempo: Medium / 155 BPM]
A comedic song that outlines the trauma of suffering from an ankle sprain. Mandolin, vocal harmonies and catchy guitar licks set this song apart. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Happy ukulele, quirky whistles and bright glockenspiel come together in a happy, cheeky and uncluttered piece. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
A light and gentle orchestra/pop crossover track. Pizzicato, harp, acoustic guitar, gently flowing string chords later joined by drum patterns and deep, soft bass tones. Delicate and appealing. Beauty, enjoyment, heavenly, children. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
A quirky, uplifting & playful song about young love set in an innocent 1980’s-type era of video tape & goldfish. This catchy, eccentric aria has a memorable chorus of singalong vocables & a backing track featuring synth, drums & layered acoustic & electric guitar. Performed by the popular singer Daisy, whose other Dream Valley Music tracks include ‘Falling’ and ‘Follow Me’. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Positive, fun and friendly composition featuring acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, piano, bass guitar and drums with hand claps. Inspiring and catchy composition great for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
Happy and upbeat music piece featuring ukulele, hand Claps, acoustic guitars, piano, glockenspiel, bass guitar and drums. Uplifting and Motivating composition great for commercials and adverts. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 119 BPM]
This unpolished, rootsy music track is a single resonator guitar performance. It’s lively and sparse, conveying the authentic tone and some of the idiosyncratic whims of pre-rock Delta Blues. A good fit for dramas, comedies, children’s shows and travel/cooking programing. Rootsy / Resonator Guitar / Sparse Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Upbeat and happy, summerly music track featuring ukulele, acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, bass guitar and drums. Exciting and fun composition great for commercials, presentations, fun videos and much more. [Tempo: Fast / 104 BPM]
Sounding like an Eastern European ensemble of players, this cheeky and off beat theme would not be out of place alongside the deadpan humour of a Wes Anderson movie. Intended to portray a distorted or deluded vision of the human condition in the build up to a punchline. Instruments include piano, organ, mandolin, trombone and a variety of amusing percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Happy and carefree, bright and bouncy track touching on Nu-folk and Pop. Features ukulele, acoustic guitar, piano and bells, with a simple hand clap for rhythm section. Folksy, uncomplicated and joyful. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Fun, cheeky track containing rock’n’roll guitars, crazy horns, organs and drums. Busy, but simple, retro and not too serious. A bit quirky. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
A happy, cheery track with ukelele, piano, glockenspiel, acoustic guitars, claps, drums and bass. Perfect for silly upbeat commercials, cute videos, pet videos, baby play dates, corporate videos, or your personal videos with your children, pets, or family. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
