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.
Extensive plains, horses, cows, ranches and an astonishing landscape from the Pampas. A deep expression from the heart of Argentina / South America folk music. 100% authentic & live performed. No computers, no samples. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
Energetic and forward-moving Latin pop tune featuring acoustic guitar and synth melody. Perfect for travel footage, vacation, fashion, advertising, nightlife, night club, party scene; it makes you feel good and has a passionate, energising feel to it. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
This catchy Reggaeton track begins with a solo riff, with an accordion-like sound, followed by synths, bass, and finally the very groovy drums characteristic of the style. Fun and uplifting. Sun, summer, latin feel. Sexy and sensual, tropical mood, island feel. Good for club scenes, beach party. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Suspenseful, ethnic percussion with mysterious pads. A little creepy, foreboding. Can be Africa, Northern Africa, Middle East, Arabia/Arabic or even South American, tribal. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
A collection of 3 short Oriental / Japanese style stingers/jingles. Koto, strings, ethnic percussion elements. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Hot salsa in the Son Montuno style from Cuba. Starting with a punchy intro and a fierce piano, bass, percussion and drum groove. Music continues with a fiery horn section followed by a sax solo. Breaks down to a percussion section before ramping up with a climatic horn and sax solo section. Whew, this will wear you out! Great for dance competition, Travel, Latin culture, Miami, Cuba, South America, Central America and Tropical settings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 225 BPM]
Traditional percussion instruments combine with an electronic flair and mysterious background vocal tracks to create this grooving piece. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
India pop / Bollywood Party. Fresh, funky, lively and sexy. Available with or without vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A warm, positive and melodic fantasy/Celtic inspired track. Have a little patience with this one - the atmospheric intro section lasts for about 1 minute before the tempo picks up to an upbeat Celtic jam with piccolo flute, guitars, hand drums, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
An uplifting, fresh and bright Pop/Dance track with a slight Caribbean / Tropical / Island sound. Catchy and fun. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Contemporary African music meets a chunky, funky Fatboy Slim style breakbeat groove. Uplifting, fun and danceable this is perfect for any project relating to modern African culture, travel or any project in need of an upbeat African vibe. NOTE: The drum sounds are deliberately distorted for mood/authenticity. This is not an error with the file. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Gypsy, Eastern European or Jewish style track with accordeons, violins and tamorines. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Bright, good times are felt immediately in this optimistic indie track. Synthesizer bells play over a tight arrangement of electric grand piano, pads, finger bass, tambourine, claps and drums. Excellent for lifestyle, travel, web tutorials, commercials, and dramas needing a playful, youthful boost. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 145 BPM]
This is the type of chillout music that you might relax to on sunny Summer days. It is chilled, relaxed, not rushed, taking its time, feel good and slightly nostalgic. It could be used for corporate videos, drone footage, vlogs, television and B-roll footage. It brings to mind images of travel, summer vacation, relaxing, taking it easy in the sun, as well as fashion, business, cityscapes, making progress etc. The main instrumentation is synthesiser and vocal samples. It has a moderate tempo at 123 BPM. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
This electric guitar based Indie track is happy, confident and adventurous. Its solid rhythm section and melody grabs you and runs through feelings of goodness, ease and appreciation. Instrumentation includes electric guitars, synth, bass and drums. A great sonic accompaniment for programming needing a positive infusion like commercials, family dramas, travel, cooking, and documentaries. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Traditional brazilian bossa nova style. Electric piano, mellow horns, latin percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Ethno, african voices, chinese erhu violine, progressive beat. Exotic landscape, travel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 138 BPM]
World fusion combining Indian slide guitar with Western rock and jazz and ethnic percussion. Rocking with a spiritual and peaceful edge [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Upbeat intro with electronic marimba and ethnic percussion. Foreign holidays, travel, sunshine and brightness would all describe this track. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Spanish, mid-paced guitar duet. Dramatic, hot blooded, brooding, latino. [Tempo: Medium, Slow / 71 BPM]
A cute and bouncy folk track featuring an inspirational vocal melody. Dynamic and uplifting with an energetic piano melody happening throughout. This composition makes the listener feel happy and works well for a variety of projects. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Acoustic guitar strumming background music with an Americana / country feel. Nice background music for nature, hiking, fishing, outdoors and easy adventures. [Tempo: Fast / 90 BPM]
This Hip Hop track with middle eastern influences is a good match for depicting the recent demonstrations and protests of the "Arab Spring". A strong hip hop, urban pulse with eastern melodies and percussion. A great sense of danger, foreboding, conflict. Also great for action scenes, travel, desert. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Evoking some ancient, abundant and peaceful era of Chinese History, this piece knits together sentiments and melody like paths between gardens. Its blissful arrangement strikes a sparse, evolving balance between a handful of authentic Chinese instruments and percussion. Its antique allure works splendidly supporting flyovers, period pieces, vlogs, Asian cultural/travel shows, historical documentaries, global news. Chinese / Sparse / Blissful. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Percussive, heartening, and with a touch of exoticism, this is a warm, mid-tempo jazzy track, with flutes, synths and organic percussion. Suitable for productions that require a heart-warming, yet somehow exciting backdrop. Great for commercials, features and shows with a touch of freshness and exhilaration. [Tempo: Medium / 112 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]
Easy, breezy and laidback, warm grooves. Slight "holiday paradise" feel, but without really being overly ethnic. Just an easy-going, calm and soothing pop groove, slightly sensual perhaps? Great material for commercials, travel, relaxing, properties, holiday/vacation programming, fun in the sun, romantic trips, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A track full of Gaelic spirit and joy. Suitable for Irish themed project such as St Patricks Day, tourism, culture, documentaries, video games or TV and movie soundtracks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 170 BPM]
Happy, Latin, summer vibes perfect for living the high life in tropical locations, cocktails on the beach, partying on expensive yachts and general fun in the sun. Features percussion, flute, saxophone, piano and bass. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 95 BPM]
A unique and charming arrangement of a traditional French folk song. Combining classic French sounds and instruments with more contemporary pop influences, this is a fusion of sounds and styles with a sincere / heartwarming feel. Available with or without the whistling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Slow, peaceful, spacious, ethereal, textured track with dreamy, exotic, chanty vocal samples. Jump on your magic carpet & be whisked away on the calm breeze to foreign lands. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 71 BPM]
Positive electro-pop track with energetic synths, prominent pads and a powerful beat. Music with character for party, youth, lifestyle or film. [Tempo: Fast / 132 BPM]
Slow and pensive, beautifully haunting, a rare look towards the soul. A lullaby, sleepy time for the angels. Chinese Moon-guitar (ruan), Rhodes piano. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
African drums & singing. World acoustic, mystical, lively. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A pop groove track that has a modern slick sound, a fat groove and an easily accessible piano/string melody. A perfect track if you want to reach all age groups. Sense of movement, excitement, travel and fun adventures. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
A traditional French melody, arranged in a typical sound of France, with accordeons and more. Playful and charming, with a waltz rhythm. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
A beautiful, light and up-tempo Indian pop music track. Pretty and positive, with a busy feel. Bollywood / India / Eastern journeys. Fun and discovery. Great music for travel commercials, exploration TV shows and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A five star life, an atmosphere of high-class and best luxuries. Great for use as theme music or general background music. [Tempo: Slow / 110 BPM]
Africana pop. Bouncy African style with jangly guitars, percussion and horn stabs. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
A slow sorrowful introduction intensifies into a haunting cadence, interrupted by a bold and busy string and brass orchestra playing a hypnotic and rhythmic ostinato that modulates to an exciting climax. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
A set of Irish jigs on solo fiddle. Lively and authentic. 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, Fast / 180 BPM]
A smooth and chilled, easy-going jazz track led by clean jazz guitar, electric bass and a breezy, downtempo soul groove. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
World orchestral track with a very sensual melody and a driving groove. Features ethnic percussion with string orchestra and bamboo flute and a very Middle Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A calm and contemporary atmospheric track featuring Celtic/Enya choral sounds, guitar harmonics and contemporary percussion and drum loops. Floating and dreamy, a journey through time and space. Good for meditation and relaxing, continually evolving and engaging the listener. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
An uneasy, moving pad floats underneath tribal drums, later joined by scattered piano drops. Primal, strange, uneasy and slightly dark. Good for documentary or atmospheric backdrop. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
A funky and laidback, nice and chilled, summer time groove. Good for lounge, chilling out, a cool and funky lifestyle. Slight hint of retro chic. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
An inspiring and motivational pop/rock track with an uplifting feel. Multiple guitar parts, driving drums and bass combine to create a full and enveloping sound. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
A nature adventure from the Himalayas or other exotic place. Bright, positive, elegant and beautifully understated. [Tempo: Fast / 110 BPM]
Warm pads, bells and a mysterious Eastern wind instrument, the Sarangi flute. Great background music for travel and mystery, adventure and excotic places. Foreboding, underlying mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Landscapes from the air, dreams, creativity. Images from a clear mind open as space itself. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
