Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
A peaceful, timeless and elegant, cinematic music track featuring simplicity and light colors of strings, and piano. Suitable for heartwarming, bright, uplifting productions. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
This orchestral cinematic soundtrack has a sense of greatness and grandeur, but without going all out. Poignant and graceful, the track has a darkness, but is also filled with awe, amazement and wonderment. The track builds up to a climax around the 01:20 mark. Emotional, soaring, and with dignity and a timeless cinema sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
A hopeful and heartwarming, gently uplifting and inspirational track made with piano, strings and subtle synth beds. Ambient / Reflective / Touching / Romantic / Heartening. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 160 BPM]
A touching and heartening, light cinematic pop track. Inspired by classical music and chamber music, but also with some cinematic pop and soundtrack influences, this piece uses a small chamber string section with piano. Uplifting and inspirational. Quaint and delicate. Heartwarming, generous and kind. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
This track was recorded with a real live orchestra. A strong thematic backdrop to a sweeping historical or emotional journey. Emotive themes unfold within this rich orchestration, punctuated by moments of intimacy. Suggestive of the passage of time, and the traversing of distance. Good for romance, historical drama, dramatic feature, epic scenes and large landscapes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Johann Sebastian Bach - Two and Three-Part Inventions, Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782, moderato. Solo piano. Music performed and recorded exclusively for Lynne Publishing by Abigail Mettry. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A heartening, sincere and touching piece of filmic / cinematic pop / orchestral music based on piano and strings. Uplifting / Heartwarming / Hopeful / Touching / Inspirational. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Hypnotic arpeggiated piano over a dramatic orchestral bed gives a haunting yet hopeful music feeling. Works with winter scenes, thrillers, nature, lost love, memoirs, nostalgia. Emotive, Touching, Dreamy music. [Tempo: Slow / 119 BPM]
Light orchestra, neo classical music for piano, strings and woodwinds. Melodic, gently flowing, and hopeful. Pastoral / Natural / Uplifting / Spring / Hope. Inspiring and beautiful music for cinema, film, tv or other media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
An endearing, cinematic, growing and developing piece of music that starts with some gentle notes in a chamber orchestra sound, and then grows and builds, into a more grand and lush orchestral soundtrack. Full of wonderment, care, love and emotion, this is a soaring and heartening piece that will go well with many types of film productions. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 150 BPM]
A cinematic music featuring an inspiring and epic mood. Impressive, big symphonic sound, with orchestra and large piano. Touching / Wonderment / Amazement / Heroic music track. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Thoughtful and flowing music, semi-orchestral, compositional ambient, with the addition of an electronic pattern. Warm / Blissful / Soothing / Ethereal / Delicate. Also available without the synth sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A very earthy and welcoming track, full of hope and optimism - but in a laidback, easy-going way. Acoustic guitars and piano are joined later by a subtle beat that still has a good sense of momentum and forward drive, almost reminescent of the music of U2. Available with or without the marching snares. Very inspiring, hopeful, uplifting and good as music for stories about real people, hopes and dreams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Existing in a hinterland between music & sound design, these brooding washes of distant sound slither and twist with a deep, tormented anguish. The atonal sound beds come in a variety of versions and underscores that can be mixed, matched and interlinked to form a protracted backdrop of compelling moods. Matched in style with the Dream Valley Music titles, The Deep Dark, Mass Limit and Bloom. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A soft and mellow cinematic music track featuring cello, piano and chamber strings ensemble. Suitable for optimistic, positive, achievement and inspiring scenery. Touching / Delicate / Heartening music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
An emotional and contemplative piano & strings composition, full of intrigue, passion and mystery. Serious music / New classical. Artful, Empassioned, Deep insight, Turmoil, Mixed feelings. [Tempo: Medium / 150 BPM]
Epic cinematic action music, perfect for movie trailers, book trailers, drama and cinematic action. Dramatic and evolving orchestral composition, featuring full orchestra with beautiful string melodies, epic risers, distorted guitars & rock drums. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 88 BPM]
Calm and gentle with an introspective nature but changes moods in the middle and turns slightly darker. An understated piece with depth and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
An atmospheric and somewhat ethereal underscore music for film, drama, tv, games, audiobooks, podcasts and more. Introspective and reflective, this track is neither very happy nor sad, but rather contemplative, with a sense of amazement, wonder and innocence. Great background music for storytelling, scenes playing out, thoughtful moments and springtime nature scenes. [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
Intimate and heartening, cinematic ambient pop music, semi-orchestral, neo-classical. For film, video, stories and storytelling. Close / Warm / Caring. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Solemn and reflective background music for drama, storytelling, visuals. Ambient and contemplative. Perhaps memories, or contemplating the future. Also highly suitable for slow-motion footage, scenes of amazing nature. Emotional, deep, thoughtful and introspective. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 101 BPM]
A delightful and dreamy neo-classical, cinematic, orchestral track for drama, fantasy, love stories, amazing tales. Emotive and heartening, with a wonderful 'goosebumps-inviting' conclusion at the end. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Neo-classical, light cinematic chamber music. Uplifting, beautiful, serene and pastoral. This music has a timeless sound, and a feeling of amazing stories and scenery. Heartening / Cinematic / Delicate / Graceful. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
This track starts off with gentle guitar harmonics, then rises into a big, epic journey, featuring big orchestra, percussions, and simple but powerful melody. Touching / Soaring / Hopeful / Wonder Music. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A very inspirational, yet understated and subtle music with an uplifting flow. Heartening and aspirational, with a positive mood and an inspiring, poignant melody. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
A very inspirational, uplifting and hopeful Cinematic Pop music track, with a sense of achievement and overcoming difficulties. Rousing / Inspiring / Motivational music / Heartening. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A positive, soaring and uplifting orchestral music track with a winter holiday feel. An uplifting emotional theme is reinforced with a beautiful glockenspiel bell and piano melody surrounded by a large string ensemble orchestration. Piano melodies and background elements bring a cinematic and film score quality to this music piece. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
An inspirational, emotional and thoughtful track with classical music elements. Cinematic and riveting, this track will stir up emotions, inspiration, hopes and dreams. Chamber music production, with big percussion joining in later, but not too overpowering. Epic / Inspiring / Regal / Elegant. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 150 BPM]
Music with a hurried, urgent, active and bustling feel. Rush, chase, stress, high activity level. Time running out, things being done in a hurry. Neo-classical music, orchestra with piano. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 136 BPM]
An expansive, cinematic electronic track with a heart-rending quality and an inspiring and emotional lead synth. Atmospheric / Inspirational / Nostalgic. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A bright and uplifting 'light orchestra' or neo-classical, chamber pop track. Highly suitable for film, TV, storytelling, commercials and more, this track has a dignified, elegant, tasteful and understated sense of family, togetherness, hope and aspirations. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
Melodic, spacious arpeggios, minimalistic and contemplative. A dreamy, atmospheric piece with a simple, reflective melody. Ideal for enhancing a positive, thoughtful mood in various projects. Ambient / Warm / Reflective / Contemplative. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Heroic, touching, inspiring piece full of hope, glory and emotion. Good for heroism, achievement, homecoming, sacrifice. Also for emotional stories of real lives / drama / melodrama, war / history and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Pensive and mysterious, rhythmic film/drama underscore. Science, technology, investigation, perhaps forensics or chemistry. Finding solutions, interpreting clues, maybe building up to something. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A slow, mournful piano music track. Fragile / Touching Music. [Tempo: Very slow / 58 BPM]
A lush and smooth Ambient Pop music track with an uplifting and blissful feel. Cinematic, epic, graceful music. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Robert Schumann, Bunte Blätter (Translation: Coloured Leaves), Op. 99, No. 1 in A Major. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A thoughtful, considering, slightly mysterious piece. An undercurrent of activity, processing, finding clues, or something brooding under the surface. Available with or without the vocal phrases. Investigative / Crime / Contemplative Music. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Evolving and organic, this cinematic track can stir sentiment, hope and dualistic feelings between dark and light. Piano and bells tickle a melodic motif over this track’s shifting reed organ-like pad, effects, kick drum and drones. It’s great for media/scenes with introspective, emotional and dramatic qualities. Evolving / Sentimental / Intricate. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 138 BPM]
This serene music track is straightaway soothing, calming and elicits receptiveness. The piano and synth melody delicately touches over a shifting bed of pads and intricate drums/percussion. The reflective moods this track inspires work perfectly in dramas and documentaries. Ethereal / Reflective / Complex. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
An ambient, electric guitar music piece. Dreamy, contemplative, reflective. Flowing / Ethereal / Warm / Relaxing music. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A very warm, delicate, graceful and soothing jazz ballad. Melancholic / Soothing / Nostalgic / Loving Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 82 BPM]
Amazement / Wonderment filled blockbuster music track, featuring dramatic string section, simple piano melody and wide brass section. Epic, in a restrained, subtle way. Suitable as music for trailers and powerful scenery. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
A tasteful, pretty and transparent track featuring piano and a small string ensemble. Neo classical. Light, hopeful, positive and heartening. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An endearing and timeless, cinematic / small orchestra track with a very inspirational, uplifting and heartening feel. The understated production combines with the graceful melodies to bring a sense of elegance, hope, warmth and love. From a gentle start, this track builds up to a more grand main theme, before settling back down with a mellow ending. Stately, poignant, heartwarming and emotional. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A soft and soothing, delicate and graceful solo piano piece. Romantic, reflective, mellow, sweet and uncomplicated. We have this as a normal clean piano version, and as a 'dusty old nostalgic piano sound' version. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
An orchestral / electronic hybrid soundtrack with emotional depth, full of amazement and wonderment. Chamber orchestra with movie / film-score textures. A subtle pulse builds gradually up towards an emotional climax. Graceful, elegant and dignified, this track has a a timeless sound and a poignant mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Touching and nostalgic, warm and tender piano piece. Fragile and delicately flowing. Neo-classical / Ambient piano work for reflection, contemplation and love / intimacy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A delicate, reflective and softly spoken, lovely piano music theme. Relaxing and uncomplicated. Touching and gently flowing. Dreamy, happy and soothing. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
A mellow, heartfelt acoustic and electric guitar ballad, somewhere between Light Rock and Country Music. Hopeful, sincere and warm music track. E-bow lead solo. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]