This is where you'll find music that would be suitable on the Travel Channel and, to some extent, on Discovery Channel and National Geographic. This music will have a sense of discovery and exploration and often with World / Ethnic influences. That's not to say that all the music here will be tribal or have a strong ethnic feel. There's also some music here that just has a slight Latin or Mediterranean feel, making it suitable for enjoying while chilling out on the beach or just enjoying a relaxing holiday at a fine hotel. Mostly, though, this music will convey the moods of Africa, Eastern / Middle East, Far East, South American or other exotic destinations.
Up-tempo latin Flamenco. Spanish guitars and percussion - bass joins the second time through. Hot blooded, exotic and sensual, acoustic latino track. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Ice cold Drum'n Bass production with swirley pads, minimalistic drums, sub-bass and wistful synth lead. A sense of cold, vast open spaces or possibly underwater scenes, strange new worlds, space & space travel. Deliberately glitchy production, cutting-edge / edgy, both futuristic and retro influence. Science, technology, micro organisms, discovery of new places, creatures or concepts. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
Cool and bouncy ska / reggae. Electric guitar, electric bass, hammond organ. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Quirky and cute, this music track blends a whistle, slide guitar and synth melody with dancehall bass and drums. This is bubble-gum pop with a Caribbean flavor to it. Upbeat and good-natured, and comedic, commercials, travel and family adventure programming are perfect landing pads for this music track. [Tempo: Fast / 122 BPM]
A perky and sun-drenched groove, easy going summer days vibe with shades of Afro-Cuban Fusion and a sprinkle of Funk music. ‘Without Horns’ version is ideal for any kind of sunshine filled scenes in need of a groovy background music. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Hopeful and positive world fusion music. This track features Indian slide guitar along with groovy drums and a modern feel. Great for culture and world peace. [Tempo: Medium / 114 BPM]
A soft contemporary country song about escaping to California. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 116 BPM]
A musical journey to the current tensions of the Middle East. Arabesque melodies, espionage and suspense music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Bright and melodic motivational soft pop-rock or light rock. Acoustic and electric guitars with an ebow melody. Emotional, comforting, hopeful. Great for communicating confidence and young innocence and freedom in corporate presentations, commercials and more. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A full one hour of uninterrupted, continuous music. Soft, warm, ambient and slightly exotic, featuring floating pads, mallets & marimba, ambient wood flute etc. Very varied throughout, with very little repetition. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Modern and epic feel-good pop music. Features a driving electric guitar melody accompanied by a full band to give an energetic feeling. The track has a 'lift-off' at about 39 seconds in. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Ska is a type of music that originates from Reggae and Jamaican music. The British punk movement also borrowed from Ska, and a good example of a band that made Ska popular in the mainstream was the UK pop/party band, 'Madness'. (Remember the song "Our House"?). This track is an uptempo ska with a horns top line. It's also available as an underscore version, without the horns. [Tempo: Medium / 141 BPM]
Fluid and authentic, this Indie pop track is perfect to convey good times, great feelings that friends bring and positive outcomes. Driven with acoustic guitars, piano, bass and drums, the catchy melody is played on electric guitar and synth. It would fit nicely in many modern relationship dramas, youth, travel or lifestyle themes. Also great for commercials. [Tempo: Fast / 119 BPM]
Ever wondered how it would 'sound' to wave to the love of your life off on a boat journey to the other side of the world, never to return? No, of course not but if you did it could sound like this. Contains violins, violas, cascading piano lines and melodies, hypnotic drums and a trancey synth bassline. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A kalimba pattern with a single note piano motif begin this piece. An ethereal bell and flute theme then replace the piano giving it a floating and magical quality. The chorus section moves the passion up a notch, giving an upbeat, uplifting and motivational lift. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
An ambient and mysterious piece featuring a solo boys voice, backed by a choir, synths and percussion to create a sense of grand scope pureness. Good for underscoring big landscape shots. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Mid tempo Hot Club / Gypsy Jazz with an Eastern Europe feel. Could be traditional east europe, Balkan, Greek, Hungarian, French, etc. Or just a nice 'old time jazz' track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A dark, intense percussion groove with mysterious background vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A relaxing track with a chilled out vibe featuring guitars, piano, strings bass and drums, great for corporate presentations, luxury commercials and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Positive and inspiring pop-rock music track featuring guitars, bass, vocals and drums with hand claps. Exciting composition with a feel good vibe, great for good times. Available with or without the 'whoah' type vocals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A very atmospheric Fantasy track. Reminiscent of ancient times, mysterious worlds, perhaps fairies, elves, or a grand adventure in a fantasy world. Also some medieval influences. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
An exotic and atmospheric Indian track featuring authentic Sarod (similar to Sitar) and Indian flute over the soft, floating chords. Dreamy and slowly swaying rhythms with table, acoustic bass. Indian wood flute joins in the later parts of the track. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Buonasera. Italian mafia, sicilian gangsters and prohibition are all images evoked by this pastiche piece. [Tempo: Slow / 107 BPM]
Sensitively and cleanly constructed ballad with an irresistible syncopated rhythm that tugs at you until it draws you in. Thoughtful mood piece. Additional layers provide depth, texture and emotion to the medititive core. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Up-tempo Ska with a slightly Russian or Eastern European feel. Electric guitar, mandolin. Key change on verses 3 & 4. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
Acoustic track with happy folk acoustic guitars, uplifting pop drums, live groovy rock bass and bright shaker. Very positive, whimsical, melodic and optimistic. Could fit any family album, commercial or fun project. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
A slow but funky urban jazz track. Groovy, laid back and jazzy lounge. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Use of Eastern percussion to bring across the clash of the titans on the battlefield, coming face to face with your adversary. Gearing for war, high impact, action, battle, fight, conquest, confrontation, combat. Recorder, shakers, dufflis, duff, dhol. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A bright and pleasant, light contemporary groove with a very slight "highland" feel and occasional Celtic or Far Eastern type flute. Very inspiring / inspirational, great for goals and aspirations, eternal friendships, achievements, overcoming challenges, and moments of perfect clarity. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A sad and lamentive march performed by fiddle, mandolin and bodhran. Guitar enters at 01:54 as Johnny Cope begins - this is a more upbeat and faster tune in the form of a Hornpipe. Both tunes are very old and popular in Irish pubs. Live musicians on acoustic instruments. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Mid-tempo, feelgood latin track with nylon guitars over bass & percussion. Warm and positive. Great for holiday, vacation, travel, exotic places, fun and summer. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 91 BPM]
A dreamy and chilled out groove that moves along nicely. Easy-going, ambient and mellow, great for use as background music in commercials, advertising, travel, corporate video, presentations, product promos and design. A relaxed and downtempo groove. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Soaring tin whistle with shimmering bells start off this lush Orchestral piece that features irish and scottish celtic instruments (pennywhistle, bodhran, uillean pipes, highland pipes). Lyrical solo violin, piano, full strings inspirational warm heartwarming beautiful hymn-like melody motivational. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A mid-tempo, joyful and motivational pop-rock track features electric gutiar melodies, a moderate energy level, bass and real, live performed drums. Happy and feelgood, in an easy-going way. Success / Accomplishment. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A light and beautiful fantasy / adventure / travel / journey track led by an angelic choir and orchestra. Heavenly melodies build up towards a glorious final stage. A great track for fantasy, sci-fi, amazing stories, incredible achievements, the promise of new worlds or tales of amazement and wonder. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A multi-layered, very rhythmic soft rock music track with a moderate tempo. Multiple switches in instrumentation, dynamics and intensity. Uplifting / Inspiring / Positive Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Crazy and quirky. A very fast scat vocal, frantic vocalizing, super quick scatting, with tribal percussion, creating a sort of wild, wacky, odd and funny, chaotic rhythmic texture. Very unique, different, strange. The tribal percussion gives the track a "primal" feel perhaps jungle or bush land, pygmees or wild tribes. Good for animation, comedy, commercials, any quirky, outlandish content. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 158 BPM]
Chilled Indian vibes with a modern expressive beat. Good for creating a sultry, relaxing mood. Great for yoga, meditation and cinematic sountracks when something exotic is in the air. Features sarangi, sitar, strings, piano, percussion and sweeping synthesisers. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Acoustic / Quirky / Up Beat. This pleasant, happy piece is sure to make you want to sway your head and shoulders in time with the track. Simple yet catchy melodies make this piece what it is. Homely, light hearted, charming. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Sun-drenched Spanish guitar groove with modern feel and sparse twinkling arpeggiated piano line. Works great for back-packer / outdoors scenes, gives a laid-back feeling of arriving at destination after a long journey. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Uplifting, driving synth pop track. Summery pads and synths over a driving, soft, electronic beat. Catchy guitars and melodic synth lines float over warm bass. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Slow tempo, groovy indie rock track. Features a groovy drum loop with driving bass guitar, an epic sounding guitar riff and percussive keyboards. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Bollywood / India. Young, peppy, lively Hindi dance number conveying playful interaction between a girl and a boy. A groovy music track with hindi vocals which can be used for party / college/ high school / school reunion / young backdrop / clubs / discos. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Delta blues music with a mischievous vibe. Features dobro guitar and harmonica. Great as music for that Southern feeling. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A warm and uplifting ethnic track with transparent production, Chinese finger cymbals and a Tibet inspired chant. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Spacious, atmospheric, moody, graceful, ethereal & dynamic rock track using synths, melodic guitars & big drum grooves. Thoughtful, dramatic, grand, epic, surprising with an air of suspense & anticipation. Has a slightly regal & celtic flavour to it. Would suit action / science / documentary / crime / mystery type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Swirling winds, flowing slowly. Beautiful and inviting, a warm memory of happier times. Guitar, sitar, bouzouki, harmonium, jal tarang, ruan, gopichand, tenor banjo, Rhodes paino and upright bass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 BPM]
Sensual Latin Reggaeton music in the style of modern latin / pop crossover tracks. Summer / Holiday / Sexy Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Soft pads combine with Indian tabla percussion and blues/jazz style guitar melodies. A slight flavor of the exotic India, with smooth jazzy guitar and later piano. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
