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)"
Quiet, slow and reflective solo piano with a few simple guitar notes that enter late on. Poignant, hopeful, wistful, conforting. Personal reflection, love, eternal hope. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Inspirational, emotional and reflective music track with a dreamy and ethereal feeling. Imaginative and creative composition with a sense of wonder. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A sore, tender and emotional, understated piano piece, suitable for drama, loss, memories or bittersweet love stories. The main version has a constant ambient pad underneath the piano. There is also an alternative version without this pad, with only the piano itself. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 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]
Opening on a simple, dark and haunting piano theme that grows in complexity over time, introducing cell and guitar motifs and ending with a quiet intensity. Moody / Intense / Subtle. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
An ambient rock track that uses intertwined guitar parts to build from a quiet beginning into a strong and emotive climax. Progressive and passionate, this track would be great for projects looking for that emotional edge. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Pop/Acoustic - Singer/Songwriter - about the death of someone close. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
Dramatic Orchestral composition with a slow buildup, suitable for trailers and film soundtracks. Begins with a somber piano theme, and escalates to the dramatic intense full orchestral part with strings, brass section, timpani, and orchestral snares. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Dreamy piano and strings builds to a more energetic beat driven motivational piece. Urban beat comes in later to push things along. Atmospheric section at the end, more dreamy and contemplative. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
A romantic and heartfelt piece underscoring the bond between two friends or the love between two lovers. The first half has much more motion, and the second half is more sentimental. Nostalgic piano, harp, strings, and clarinet. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This is a mid-tempo pop/country duet about a guy who is missing his girl that left him. Catchy melodies, male & female vocals, and meaningful lyrics. For fans of Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, and The Fray. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Sad / Melancholic / Passing / Contemplation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Tender yet with growing excitement, this track exudes innocence and nurturing. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Lonely clarinet plays a longing melody over strings, followed by piano telling the story of someone who defies the odds. Could also work for a romantic scene. Bittersweet yet building to a victorious climax. [Tempo: Very slow / 61 BPM]
A beautiful pop ballad featuring piano and female vocals talking about healing through love. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Solemn underscore track for drama. Perhaps loss, death, sadness. A solo female voice over dark pads and subtle rhythms. Aftermath, or gloomy outlook. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Upbeat, uptempo guitar rock with a strong forward drive. Available both as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 186 BPM]
Story of unrequited love, questioning the reasons the relationship cannot move beyond being a best friend. Coming to terms with reality and feeling confident about moving on. Ballad led by piano and vocals featuring pedal steel guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Melancholic, tender piano piece. Perhaps dearly held memories, nostalgia, or quiet reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Introspective piano instrumental. Sparse notes over a soft strings and synth bed. Portrait of loneliness or melancholia. Empty and pensive, yet hopeful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A mysterious & atmospheric passage featuring a solo flute, strings, celeste and glockenspiel. Used to create a sense of unease underneath a monologue. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 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]
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]
Pretty and delicate solo piano. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Delicate, touching, fragile and beautiful piano composition, with subtle strings. Reflective / Emotive / Tender. Available also as a solo piano track, and with/without FX on the piano (prepared piano / straight piano). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
A gently swaying contemporary piano piece. Styled on einaudi, this has light tones along with heavier parts which offer differing dynamics. Freely played, this would be ideal for documentaries or film as a background to someone searching their feelings. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Piano music. A majestic and passionate piano duet, with a full string section entering at 1:19 creating a strong romantic and uplifting mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Acoustic guitars create dissonance, sadness, introspective and mood altering emotions turning to positive and hopeful feelings. Flute , violins , cellos, violas, and help color the musical palette and melodies soar throughout dramatic underscore for film and TV. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
A slow and melancholy track with piano, pads and subtle percussion. Introspective, thoughtful, searching. This composition has an Epic feel, but in a subtle, understated way. Very emotive, contemplative and poignant. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
This is a melancholic and ambient film soundtrack with a lonely and sad vibe. Emotional piano parts accompanied by mellow cellos. passionate cinematic music. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
An edgy, aggressive song that tackles the issue of conflicting views from father and son. The song has a quick tempo and is surrounded by lush sounding trombone, piano, violin and vocal harmonies. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A solemn and heartfelt underscore for film / TV. Piano and strings. Fragile, tender, emotional. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A mellow, acoustic underscore with acoustic guitars and a rich, lush string section. Dreamy, a little wistful and ethereal. Thoughtful, insightful and reflective. Suitable for fantasy, drama, discovery and much more. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
The beginning is happy and innocent and changes midway to more romantic and contemplative, and ends slightly down - perhaps the boy didn't get a chance to ask the girl out. Piano, strings, drums and acoustic bass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
A moving and romantic piano track which builds from a solo piano and gradually adds strings to end up with a full string section accompanying the piano. Touching and inspirational. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Folk / Americana with a nostalgic sound, featuring acoustic guitar, piano and textural pads. Waltz rhythm. Sensitive and melancholic, with a calm beauty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 159 BPM]
Acoustic soft rock track with guitar riffs and bass. Featuring male vocals about everyday issues, wheeling and dealing. Electronic segments. Intro movie scenes. Scenic scenes. Scenes involving giving up. Two men being served breakfast by a sexy waitress. Fighting scene. Quitting job. An instrumental version is also available. [Note, the lyrics to this track contains an expletive / explicit word]. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow and beautiful Folk song about a child's journey through life. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
An experimental post-rock, cinematic underscore cue. Based around a delayed guitar arpeggio, synth pad melodies, some modern dance risers and pulsing kick drum pushes the end of this cue into a modern vibe. The Vibe is a dark, mysterious, and flowing at the beginning, with a big pushing pulse towards the end. Also available without the kick drum. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
J. Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron Overture / The Gypsy Baron overture / Lo zingaro barone Ouverture. Arranged and produced by Roman Seekirchner of Seekirchner GmbH and conducted by Vladimir Kiradjiev. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Neo classical piano with subtle pads; somewhat sad / final. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
A Rock song with pop influences about proudly wearing the scars of life. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. After a pensive and mystical opening part, this track changes into a tense and active part. Excitement / Escape / Chase / Dramatic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Soft strings and acoustic guitar picking, with a solo female soprano voice. (Also available without the voice). A bit dreamy feeling. Good for background use in media and film. Also for weddings, religious / spiritual content and more. [Tempo: Slow / 125 BPM]
An intense epic action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Contemporary jazz tune recorded on trumpet, alto sax, piano, contrabass and drums. Very Powerfull with high energy improvisations. Acoustic, instrumental, groovy, modern music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A modern indie/alternative rock song with layered production that lyrically reflects on leaving home for the first time. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Suspenseful piano track. A chord is repeated many times with variations and a large room sound. This music will be good for mystery, suspense, spy, dramatic scenes. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Electro-Ambient, Downtempo, Chill-Out grooves. Warm / Quirky / Pretty / Calm. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Slow, soft, peaceful, yearning and meloncholy. Cascading synth pads keep the pulse going as chinese violins and conventional string sections play restless melodies over the top. Would suit romantic film project. Contains synths, Chinese ehru violin, double bass, drums and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
