Singer-songwriter track with male and female duet vocals and emotive piano. Somber and solemn vibe about separation and sacrifice. Great for dramatic montages in Film and TV, and as soundtrack or theme song. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Vocal pop / singer-songwriter ballad. Simple piano arrangement, beautiful vocal melody. Male lead vocal and occasional female harmonic vocal. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Somber, heartfelt, mournful, yet cautiously hopeful music underscore. Explores the contrast between experiencing grave sorrow, uncertainty, or loss and being comforted. Piano-forward, strings and choir. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slowly swaying, downtempo track somewhere between pop, chill-out and ambient. Reminescent of the sound of 'Massive Attack', this moody track pulsates, pumps and lulls the listener into a slowly sizzling groove. Superb track for media use. In addition to the original version, there is also an alternative version with subtle sounds like an old vinyl record scratching and popping, for added atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
Acoustic guitar, piano and ethereal pads. Reflective, dreamy, melancholic and hazey. Available with or without 'oooh' type vocal. Good for film / drama, personal and touching stories, and poignant footage, perhaps something to do with humanity and the human condition. Imperfect, human, solemn. The piano part is performed on an old upright piano for a nice and nostalgic sound, and the vocal is deliberately unpolished. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Exotic, dark, atmospheric and adventure track made with various eastern percussion, native middle eastern instruments, strings and more. Exotic, mystical, foreboding, haunting. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
A reflective, emotive and tasteful rendition of the classic Irish folk tune, arranged for piano and violin. Danny Boy is one of the most famous and most loved piece of music in history. With its origin in Irish folk lore, this track is today used in many settings such as St. Paddy's Day, wedding ceremonies, films / movies and more. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by F Hegedus. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A romantic and melancholy solo piano piece that’s a little classical and a little jazz. Perfect for break ups, unrequited love, unhappy endings, farewells, emotional dramas and lonely moments of reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
A bombastic and majestic track cleverly created by combining samples with live orchestra and live choir recordings. Dramatic, staccato strings and brass sections lead the way into a powerful and intense trailer track with a thunderous percussion section. Growing to a crescendo and eventually into a climax. Highly suitable for fantasy, scifi, gearing up for war or battle, hard sports or high impact action footage, and more. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Tense, indecisive, foreboding, listless and restless. Swell near end delivering to lingering tension that can resolve or be left hanging. Good for drama, intrigue, moral dilemma, daytime drama, troubled romance. This track is recorded with a real live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
An emotional pop ballad. Youth, young love, romantic drama, perhaps unanswered love or other emotional content. Wistful, sorrowful, touching. Something true and everlasting. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A reflective, melancholic and contemplative, acoustic / ambient piece. Built on acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and ethereal pads, this track is understated, introspective and emotive. Perhaps haunting memories, longing, or reflection of what could have been. Wistful. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Mellow, elegant, easy-going jazz with piano and trumpet. Classy, relaxed and beautiful. 100% live performance. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A modern, classical, new age-like piano piece that evokes both thought and emotion simultaneously. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A tender and flowing solo piano track with a soft bed of sound behind the piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 137 BPM]
Almost a requiem piece. Emotional, serene and peaceful. Full of sadness but with hope for the future. Would suit any film / dramatic project. Contains strings, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
A dark and ominous track featuring choir and piano. Mysterious, chanting, perhaps occult séance or dark magic. [Tempo: Slow / 52 BPM]
A cinematic / soundtrack piece with an emotive, wistful feel. Lush, elegant, graceful. Beauty in sorrow. Dignity, sincerity. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
This is a very powerful acoustic/alternative song with male driven vocals about a rough breakup and the pain someone is going through. The song builds from start to finish and has a very big and dynamic bridge & ending. Also available in an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow, wailing guitar blues with an epic, doom-laden feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 78 BPM]
A fragile and introspective, melancholic and longing acoustic track with a sense of old Europe / Italy / France / Sicily or other traditional European culture. Sparse sound with acoustic guitar, violin, mandolin and solemn trumpet, backed by sparse jazz drums and upright bass. A feeling of loss or hopelessness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A tragic, melancholic theme with piano, harp, and strings. This piece tells a story of struggle and confusion. Dreamy / Reflective / Sad Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 53 BPM]
Dreamy, melancholic sound track featured by piano, cello and flute as well as strings and sound design. Full of sadness but with a hints of hope, sensitive, serene and quiet tune. Sutable for drama or situations where a mellow music is required. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 54 BPM]
Sensual and emotional slow-rock, with a slight doom-ish twang and a Mexican/Spanish feel, with castanets/maracas. A bit inspired by Carlos Santana. Hot blooded rock ballads with a latino influence. Tarantino-esque. Trumpet solo towards the end. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A subtle, solemn and reflective underscore for film, drama and more. Understated but powerful, this is a poignant and deep composition that goes under your skin. Use also for scenes of amazement and natural beauty. True / Insightful / Emotive. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A solemn and mournful melody sung by a boys choir, underscoring the death of a man's brother. An Irish flute replaces the boys choir in the alternative version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 48 BPM]
Calm, epic piano piece which build in emotion and tension that builds to a calm and final conclusion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
An orchestral piece for Piano, it's melancholic and romantic feel would give a poetic addition to a colourful video. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic and introspective piano + strings piece. Repeating piano pattern, wistful strings and a sense of longing. Good for drama, storytelling, etc. Heartening, poignant. [Note, this track was previously titled 'Ambient Piano' but has been retitled to 'Ripples of Reflection'.] [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A beautiful track full of heartache and regret played on acoustic guitar accompanied by piano and also featuring percussive sounds played on the body of the guitar. Perfect for tales of romance gone wrong, tragedy, unhappy endings or any melancholy project. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Calm, soothing, beautiful solo piano performance by Dmitriy Lukyanov. [Tempo: Slow / 53 BPM]
An earthy, dreamy and somewhat ethereal, natural / organic sounding background track. Atmospheric, slightly jazz tinged, with combinations of melodies and more abstract textures of acoustic guitars and piano with subtle, deep bass and cymbals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Downtempo Electro Chill. Dreamy / Quirky / Odd / Otherworldly. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Acoustic song about youth. Hoping for a brighter future and for loved ones to prosper. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
A sad, moving Country song about trying to find beauty in tragic stories. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Nuages Sombres is french for "Dark Clouds". This is a somber solo piano piece with a strong Romantic influence. It has a somewhat timeless aura, but relates heavily to 19th century European drama. Reflective / Melancholic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Slow washes of nervous strings with mysterious harp. Pensive, sinister, apprehensive. Sneaking, waiting. Dramatic underscore that provides nerve and tension to film, crime, investigation, stakeout, horror or dark mystery. Solo violin enters later. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautifully ironic male country song about love and heartbreak. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Synth pulses with a cinematic feel. Retro electronica with a nod back to the 1980's. Moody and contemplative. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
This lonesome resonator slide guitar music track contains the melodic sentiment of the South and the West. The recording is a single performance with flowing, human timing – without a metronome. Sounds of a bird and cricket rich, early autumn forest can also be mixed in for an added natural experience. This music is great for protagonists in sad, dire straits, or people between a rock and hard place in dramas or as a bed in documentary voice overs. Lonesome / Slide / Nature Sounds. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Slightly ethnic/tribal sounding cinematic piece. Contains several build-ups and climaxes, as well as a nostalgic section at around 4:00. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Cesar Franck: Mass, Op. 12, 5. Panis Angelicus in A Major, for String Quartet. Arranged and recorded by the Allegro String Ensemble exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. Live performance. No computers, no samples. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sensitive and very melodic electric guitar with latin percussions and firm drum beat behind it. The track has a Mediterranean or Latin American vibe to it. and is both romantic and sentimental. [Tempo: Slow / 98 BPM]
This orchestral cinematic cue contains two parts/sections. The first 30 seconds has a strong tension and a rhythmic pulse, with a foreboding, dark tone. The second part, from about 30 seconds onwards, is more melancholic, sorrowful and wistful, with a sense of loss or realization. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Ambient music; fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Slow / Introspective / Accepting / Coming to terms. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This piece of music tells the story of a soldier - specifically the emotions felt from missing their family, being proud to serve and looking ahead to their future. It is a solo piano piece with a subtle patriotic flare underneath. This would sound appropriate with any soldier's story as well as many other dramatic scenes. The music has a positive sound of nostalgia as well. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A reflective and melancholic music track of classical guitar and strings creating a serious and intriguing environment. Emotional / Dramatic / Romantic Music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A poignant and spacious piano track with a reflective and cinematic feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 66 BPM]
A very dark and dramatic orchestral adventure / fantasy cue. Sweeping strings with dark horns, chord progressions that bring us a sense of amazement and awe. Something mysterious and perhaps magical. A great soundtrack for epic adventures. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Romantic, love story epic. Orchestra, piano and flute. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]