A beautiful version of the famous Beethoven piano piece, Moonlight Sonata. An alternative version "with pedal noises" is also available, where the natural sound of the piano's food pedal has been included in the recording. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This track combines pulsating synthesizers with full orchestra and a solo soprano voice. Solemn and emotional, this track has a sense of impending drama, or setting off on a dangerous journey, not knowing what to expect. Both fragile and determined, with a sense of sorrow. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 68 BPM]
Stunningly simple and enchanting piano, choir and strings. Magical, wondrous, awe-inspiring and heavenly emotions throughout great for commercials, movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 45 BPM]
A rhythmic, soaring, orchestral / neo classical piece. After a pensive, rhythmic start, the piece grows, builds, increases into a soaring piece of amazement and wonder. It has a slight sense of mystery, and an emotive feel, as if something of grave importance is unfolding. This will work well for nature / natural world, dramas / personal stories, storytelling / film and television. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
A beautiful and haunting track featuring piano and a full symphony that will work for scenes of mystery, intrigue and story telling. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A dramatic and quietly commanding track that will work for scenes of conspiracy, suspicion and contemplation. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A brooding and dark feeling soundtrack with an emotive undertone. Features violon, cello and piano, and has a distant Asian influence. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
A dreamy, hazey and textural Ambient / Electronica crossover track. This track has a reflective melancholy about it, a sense of mystery and sorrow - influenced by some of the work by Sigur Ros. Nordic Ambient. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A downtempo / Ambient chill track with a sense of mystery and vast open landscapes. We would label this as "Nordic Ambient" with influence from Sigur Ros and from Scandinavian / Nordic dramas and landscapes. The bitty drum sounds give it a little bit of a retro / 1980's feel too. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A sweeping, soaring and emotional cinematic soundtrack. Epic, rousing and awe inspiring, with a very dramatic end part. Features actual live performed orchestral instruments in combination with samples, and a live performing soprano solo vocalist. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Post rock type track that rises and builds from a soft and ambient beginning to a powerful, strong and emotive climax made with guitars with lots of reverb and delay that combine with big sounding drums. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A heartfelt acoustic rock ballad breakup song about loneliness and regret. [Tempo: Slow / 158 BPM]
Melodic, emotional film score music, highly suitable for drama, opening sequence or underscore during emotional, thoughtful scenes of sorrow or soul searching. Semi-orchestral, semi-electronic arrangement. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 93 BPM]
Pulsating, dark underscore. Nervous strings, echoes of bass notes, menacing deep brass notes and reverberant percussion. A sense of foreboding danger. Horror, thriller, etc. In addition to the regular full-mix version, there is also an alternative 'no percussion' version where all percussion sounds have been taken out of the mix, resulting in an even more "sneaky" sound. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ominous, epic royalty free soundtrack piece with an orchestral/electronic arrangement. Dark, foreboding, like dark tales from a city or sci-fi horror. Rich on texture and melody with a sense of foreboding and tension. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A grand, epic, romantic piece of orchestral / symphonic film score music. Wide open fields, home lands, personal stories, adventure and epic tales. The piece plays for six and a half minutes and can be used for several different cues, or together as a whole. This track is recorded with a live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A sad and emotional, epic drama soundtrack piece. Softly swaying string sections backed by a full philharmonic orchestra get the goosebumps out. Melodies full of emotion, between dark and light. A sorrowful, single soprano voice occasionally sings out, giving the track an angelic, heavenly, otherworldly feel. Great for fantasy, sci-fi, drama, grand adventures, epic love stories. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
Staccato and nervous, semi-orchestral tension underscore. Undercover, dangerous mission. Few guitar notes mixed with symphonic elements and a pulsating rhytmic backdrop. Movement, getting into position, primed and ready for action. Great for spy, mystery, thriller, crime, secret mission, military or swat team etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Dark and subtly dramatic underscore for film, tv, game or any visual media. Foreboding, serious, perhaps political or law thriller, undercover or dangerous mission. Pensive, mysterious piano notes, nervous strings, brass crescendi and an understated rhythmic pulse. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Peaceful, pictoral music from a beautiful fantasy world. Harp, hand drums and strings. Suitable as music for tales of an ancient world of wonder and magic. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Beautiful, haunting melodies, with a traditional Greek or Eastern European feel. Drifting like a distant memory of life long ago, and love lost. Also highly suitable for nature and the outdoors. Played on bouzouki, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and Rhodes piano. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A teenage or young adult rock track. With a wistful, moody and mysterious verse part, and with more energy on the chorus parts. Young love, heartbreak, etc. Highly commercial and polished contemporary rock sound. [Tempo: Medium / 105 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]
Triumphant fanfare. Dramatic, success, achievement, victory. Big horns, timpani, serious and ready for battle -- be it corporate or on the battle ground! [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Intense, busy, almost frantic orchestral film soundtrack piece, suitable for in-film, in-game, or for trailers. Big, epic orchestral sweeps and stabs, busy congas giving a sense of chase and urgency. Great for millitary, action, mission thriller or sci-fi. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 166 BPM]
Angelic, foreboding, ominous, awe-inspiring in a subtle way, this is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack piece that creeps under your skin. A sense of being in the presence of greatness or something otherworldly. Superb film soundtrack material, be it for sci-fi, drama, fantasy or history. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A truly grand, spine-tingling, epic and sweeping orchestral film soundtrack style piece, with swelling crescendi and a romantic, emotional flare. Great for drama, fantasy, epic tales. Goosebumps material. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A dark, tense and dramatic, textured film score piece. Very slight eastern European feel, but certainly not limited to that region. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
An ominous, soaring and epic piece - of great men (or beasts) and heroic deeds. This track starts with a longing, emotional theme and later rises to a heroic, glorifying, high impact rhythm close. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 74 BPM]
A grand and monumental, fanfare-like theme for a dark warrior lord, or perhaps unveiling a huge, evil structure. Vocal choir chants, horn stabs, staccato strings and war drums. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A pensive, broody and mystical musical backdrop, perhaps of an ancient time or a mysterious, forgotten place. Very highly suitable as an atmospheric background for a dark fantasy world. [Tempo: Slow / 104 BPM]
String drone and ethnic flute. Dark, ominous, sparse, like the desert, savannah, mighty mountain ridges or vast open landscapes. Highly suitable for nature or travel. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
This thoughtful and reflective piano piece carries a lot of emotion and depth. Joined by subtle orchestra (strings, oboe) in the second half, this is a complex and graceful composition that gets under your skin. Hollywood class, emotive and melancholic, this track is great for drama, personal reflection, sadness, lost love, perhaps regret or memories of loved ones. A very poignant and touching track. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
Film soundtrack / underscore suitable for drama and adventure, city streets, urban living, mystery and personal stories. Lush strings and acoustic guitars. A jazzy saxophone joins in after about 1 minute. Reflection and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Smooth bossa nova. Delicate and tasteful, genuine bossanova feel with Brazilian percussion, acoustic guitar and softly played trumpet lead. Sensual, easy going, exotic, relaxed, feel of Brazil. Relaxing holiday, lazy days at the beach, intimate bars & restaurants, vacation mood. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A slow and reflective film underscore, with few, heartfelt notes. Acoustic guitar, piano and violin. Reflective, sorrowful, emotional. Suitable for drama, tragedy, personal loss and sorrow, background music for scenes of dark memories, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Soft and atmospheric, orchestral with acoustic guitar and an oboe melody. Warm, mellow, enchanted. Good for fantasy, romance or as an underscore for drama, visual presentations, art and exhibitions and more. Slight sense of mystery or intrigue. Comforting, caring. Friendships, family, eternal love. Beautiful places, exploration, hope and dreams. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Soft, lush string pads with touching, nostalgic soprano saxophone. Tender, melancholic, reflective, caressing. Suitable for film, drama, tv and emotional content. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A solemn female vocal with subtle drones, ethnic percussion and flute. Middle Eastern, North African, Palestinian or other world/ethnic content. Ominous, foreboding. Sorrow, loss, pain or anguish. Builds in intensity after about 01:45. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Ethnic, exotic underscore track featuring Oud, pads, Middle Eastern or North African percussion and soprano sax. Foreboding and ominous, with a nerve. Deep, emotional and serious. Good as underscore for adventure, discovery, exploration, history and mythology. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Atmospheric, exotic, ethnic track featuring female vocal choir and the middle-eastern, north african plucked string, instrument, Oud. Great for travel, discovery, adventure as well as fantasy and dream worlds. The choir gives it an angelic feel, juxtapositioned against the serious, somewhat ominous tone of the Oud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Melancholic track with expressive beat, strings, violin, pads. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Simple arrangement but very expressive. Melancholic, emotional. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Slowly moving track with a mood of regret and misery, but also of hope. Monotonous harp and disonant ponderous pads in the background with accordion theme repeating its wailing melody. Although the track is hard to categorise, one can find here a slight feel of Middle Eastern, Semitic melody vibe. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
A melancholic piece with a slight Eastern European or Hebrew feel. The composition is actually rather complex and goes through various stages, some very mournful and others more hopeful. Features ethnic flutes, ethnic percussion, bells and some soprano sax. Waltz rhythm, emotional melodies and constantly evolving and developing composition, with a female vocal group joining in. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A gentle, reverberant choir chant, like singing in a church, temple or monastery. Spiritual, religious feel, like prayer hour or worshipping in a cathedral. Soft and gentle, ethereal, heavenly, angelic. Perhaps angels, spirits or simply gathering in a place of worship. Great for fantasy, adventure, spirituality. [Tempo: Slow / 67 BPM]
Haunting, dreamy and sinister soundscape. Very ethereal , thoughtful and also peaceful. Contains synth pad, effected piano and string. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 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]
Sad, emotive strings fill this track. Soft electric piano chords play over the top as the tune builds then drops down in intensity only to rise up once more. Would suit romantic or tragic film project. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Slow, sad and very beautiful piano-lead track with a tragic air. Would suit romantic/dramatic/documentary type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]