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)"
Very slow, spacious, atmospheric & beautiful piano-lead ambient track with a deep sense of loss, longing & melancholy. contains piano, strings, acoustic & electric guitar, drums. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A romantic piece that suggests a feeling of determination. Features piano, strings and choir creating a lush texture. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
A soft, contemplative, dreamy piano track. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
This musical composition starts off with fragile, longing, reflective and melancholic strings, and gradually builds and grows into a more heartening, hopeful piece with piano and strings. Awakening / New hope / Coming to terms music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A song with a moderate tempo and luscious acoustic guitar and violin arrangement. A love song with prominent male and female vocals including a piano solo. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Somewhere between chill out and dance, this track has a general appeal and melodic traits which creates a friendly, appealing feelgood vibe but it's catchy beat keeps a sense of movement, direction and toe tapping! [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A rich and soaring, tender and wistful orchestral / cinematic track, featuring a rich orchestra sound and an emotional, touching melody. Grand and passionate. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Calm, beautiful, atmospheric, mellow, floaty, reflective, dreamy, tranquil electronic track blending simple piano lines, soft synth pads & drum loops. Serene, sedate, soothing, relaxing & wondrous, with a hint of melancholy to it. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
Teenage style rock track, available in several different cuts/edits. Highly suitable for teen television show or other teenage or young adult programming. [Tempo: Fast / 172 BPM]
A thoughtful, touching and moving light orchestral music with a poignant, and emotive theme. Moving, inspirational, reflective. Elegant and dignified. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Atmospheric Roots / country ballad featuring a Dobro top line. Also available is an Underscore version without the lead melody, great as a nice and easy acoustic guitar background. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Calm, soothing, beautiful solo piano performance by Dmitriy Lukyanov. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Emotional and melancholic solo piano composition. Loneliness and romantic feeling, passionate piano performance great for films and videos, lyrical track with touching melodies and thoughtful themes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional and Dramatic Cinematic music piece great for films, trailers and documentaries in the drama genre. Featuring instruments like solo Cello, Orchestral Strings, Acoustic guitar and Piano. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Mystery / Intrigue / Suspicion. Subtle rhythm loop with gloomy electric piano and uneasy strings. Perhaps analysis, clues, mystery, or a story taking a dark turn… [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
A sparse, understated and gentle solo piano track. Melancholic but hopeful. Eternal love, reflection, perhaps loss or dearly held memories. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Beautiful vocal pop / ballad, male vocals. Also available as an instrumental mix. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
A hopeful, bittersweet piece. Piano, strings and synth textures evoke a feeling of reflection and hope. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 69 BPM]
Surreal lyric about childhood, growing up, music box, electric and acoustic guitars. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version which takes on a very folky / americana style. Dreamy and pleasant. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Surreal lyric about lost love, break ups. Features male vocal with acoustic guitar and violin and cello. Three part vocal harmonies. Feeling of heartache, sadness. Also available in an instrumental version, which works well as an earthy / acoustic folk tune with mellotron and acoustic guitars. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Mellow, peaceful and beautiful, slow rock track. Free yourself....daydream, gaze into the sky and float off into space on a mind trip that gathers slowly in pace and intensity. [Tempo: Slow / 112 BPM]
A dreamy, warm, heartening and delightful new-classical piece with harp and ambient pads. Beauty, grace, melancholy and tender emotions. Love / Family / Bedtime Music. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Dreamy, serene music track with subtle guitars, warm piano and light percussion. Hopeful and fragile. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
An ethereal, contemplative piano based theme that slowly introduces subtle synth pads and strings - Reflective / Ambient / Peaceful [Tempo: Very slow / 75 BPM]
A very warm and heartening, touching and tasteful composition for piano, acoustic guitar and light orchestra. Comforting, tender and heartwarming. Combining elements of classical music with easy listening and light jazz, this is a unique and tasteful piece with a lot of character and emotional depth. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
This is a male vocal driven acoustic/hip hop song about seeing someone going down the wrong path. The verses have a hip hop artist rapping and the chorus' is a male singing. The end of the song is extremely intense and doesn't stop building till it's done. Guest vocalist Felix. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Ethereal, tranquil and hopeful, this piano-based music track flows through introspective and inspiring moods. A warm synth arrangement with percussion and drums deepens the intensity. Suitable as music for relationship and spiritual themes, self-help media, as well as documentaries. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
An introspective, haunting, film / drama score with a sense of loss, longing and desolation. Cold and dejected. Use for Drama, History, Storytelling. Perhaps true stories, courtroom drama. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
Hopeful and positive music, with a strong achievement vibe. Track develops from a simple piano ostinato into a light-hearted confident vibe. Repetitive pulsing structure evokes a sense of purpose and progress. Great for corporate, advertising and storytelling. Very inspiring. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
An emotional piece of music with a female singer. A soft bass guitar gives it a walking pace, while strings create a vulnerability with unstable chords. All of this is complimented by a Bulgarian singer whom at the track's climax repeats the phrase "Have You Seen Where The Sun Has Hidden?", which is often meant to be a metaphor for death. [Tempo: Medium / 72 BPM]
An inviting forest beckons, and majestic mountain views await. Using traditional acoustic instruments re-combined in a new setting, this track is a different and unique sound that could illustrate a fantasy world or a strange, exotic place. Acoustic guitar, bouzouki, Rhodes piano and bass. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Rock / alternative rock ballad track with male vocals. British sound. Emotive and rich. Guitar solo in the middle with e-bow sound. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
A peaceful and sentimental piano track tinged with sadness. A heavenly sounding intro combines Harp and piano as the tempo descends to give a feeling of falling into peace, followed by bittersweet Piano chords that ebb and flow with light strings and harp effects. Great for use in daytime TV drama and also spiritual/religious scenes, especially anything heavenly - but equally well suited to triumph, gives a feeling of having overcome or to come through something. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Earthly acoustic tones from Ellett & Montgomery, who play everything by hand, entirely on hand crafted instruments made from wood. This folky acoustica track will work great as background for film & TV from nature. It has a light, but yet not too happy or jolly, feel and a very organic sound. [Tempo: Slow / 93 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]
A slow, pulsating, rather ominous and pensive rhythm sets the scene for a track that develops into an expansive, open aural vista. It has a sense of something important happening, something amazing approaching. It keeps growing into a glorious crescendo until finally all is revealed at the climax. A great track for when you want to build expectation and excitement towards the revealing moment. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A light, transparent and neutral, cinematic/orchestral piece with a very slight Eastern or Oriental feel. A sense of time passing, a story developing. Good for underscore / drama / film. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Lush, warm washes of ambient electric guitar and a simple drum machine beat, is later joined by a heartening lead guitar melody. Warm, reflective, comforting music. A unique sound and mood. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
A beautiful version of Bach's Prelude No. 1 for grand piano. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Nice and laid back acoustic guitar led track. Simple and effective live drums with a 6-8 time signature give this track an organic, natural sound and rolling/happy feel. The countryside, sunny days and the simple life are what this track is all about. [Tempo: Medium / 55 BPM]
Solo Piano with Strings. This sad and reflective piece begins with solo piano playedwith soft classical feel. The song moves to a place where there is hope and healing. Cellos, violins and viola add to the listening experience, to provide a somber and emotional mood for video production. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A warm and reflective piece performed on clean electric jazz guitar. Elements of jazz, pop ballad and blues. A poignant, thoughtful, nostalgic, emotional and comforting track, highly suitable for film and media. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
Dignified, soft, proud and reflective cinematic piece. Emotional, soaring, and patriotic in a thoughtful, solemn way. Honor, dignity and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow / 96 BPM]
Melodic rock in the vein of Nickelback, Soundgarden, Tool, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, etc. Live three-piece rock band. Available both as a vocal version and as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Melancholic track with expressive beat, strings, violin, pads. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Cinematic, drama tv or film theme. Activity, movements, intrigue. Strings, acoustic guitar, piano. Joined after about 40 secons by a passionate, intense tenor saxophone solo. Perhaps night scenes, urban/city story. Smokey. Good for drama, thriller, intrigue, conspiracies etc. [Tempo: Medium / 76 BPM]
A soaring, melancholic/nostalgic theme. Dark, but with an inner force, perhaps a glorious past or a tremendous sacrifice. Patriotic, honorable and sombre. [Tempo: Very slow / 60 BPM]
Sad, moving but with an uneasy air of uncertainty. Emotive strings wash over you as a solo oboe enters and plays a simple line. Then come pizzicato strings and a bass drum pulse. Soft piano joins the strings as the cycle begins again. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Intense, atmospheric, melodic rock track with lead guitar acting as lead vocal. Slightly reminiscent of Satriani. Riff-laden & determined but with catchy guitar hooks in the choruses. Full of vibe & surprises. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Mid-tempo vocal pop / R&B track. Some ballad like elements, but not really a slow ballad. Electronic drums and synthesizers, male vocal with occasional additional female vocals. [Tempo: Slow / 113 BPM]
