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.
A real party track with tropical style slide guitars, wood blocks, horns, etc. Bright, upfront, party mood. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Bossa nova, Brazilian music. Cool tune recorded with Marimba, piano, bass and drums. Very groovy and jazzy this latin music is sensual, happy, easy listening and relaxed. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Gentle acoustic ballad, with dobro lead. Homely, reflective and wistful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 BPM]
A very mediterranean, Greek or slightly Spanish / Catalynyan sounding, chilled-out track with mediterranean guitar, orchestra and pan flutes. Summer holiday, fun in the sun, relaxing on the beach, island paradise etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A calm, floating and spiritual music track with Indian flute, Indian Sarod, warm pads and ethereal piano. Good for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Also for relaxation music, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An upbeat & empowering country song about escaping a small town to find adventure. Features electric guitar, drums, bass, percussion, and female vocals. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Classic hero theme; a rousing melody in a grand orchestral arrangement. Royal, regal, with a tinge of mystery and melodrama. Also good as a theme for new discoveries, grand open landscapes, exploration, adventures and exciting new possibilities. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 116 BPM]
A pretty piano arpeggio evolves into a full blown uplifting and soaring orchestral movement that inspires and uplifts an audience. Ideal for advertising and sports achievement media and visuals. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Beautiful lead trumpet melody backed by fine jazz rhythm section. Expressive, soulful playing by the trumpet emphasizes the warm, dramatic melody. Equally expressive jazz guitar comping and solo. Lightly swinging drums and acoustic bass. Drama, romance, peaceful, lush, sincere feelings are created, Instrumental, Jazz Music, Swing Ensembles. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
A great motivational piece, gaining ground at every interval. Beginning with low strings, this moderately paced work is calm but then builds in strength and excitement when drums and piano join in. Growing, nearing, developing, flowering. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A smooth and warm, mellow and softly swaying Bossa nova tune. Piano and upright bass. Lounge jazz style. Delicate and emotional music. [Tempo: Slow / 118 BPM]
Light, bright, ambient / pop / chill-out / downtempo track with a fluttery, positive and relaxing feel. Light / Natural beauty / Harmony. Slight sense of mystery, adventure or discovery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
This sweet, acoustic guitar driven pop music track generates warmth and good times. Its melody is played by electric guitar, synth and bells, and back up by strings, electric rhythm guitar, bass, percussion and drums. This is a superb music for commercials drama, family, travel, themes of home, growing up, and falling in love. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
An Acoustic based Nu-Folk theme with Pop sensibilities using Stomps and Claps to drive the rhythm as well as Acoustic Guitar. Positive and fresh. Combines Folk/Country elements with a strong, defined, urban style pop beat. A sense of community, and something positive happening. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Cello led plaintive leit motiv with a Celtic feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 50 BPM]
Greek, Hebrew or Gypsy feel. European, historical / cultural, circus or travel / holiday. Greece / folk / Europe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 148 BPM]
Cool electronic bossa nova music. Ideal for fashion spots, beauty videos, cosmetics, clothing and European fashion subjects. Reminiscent of Thievery Corporation and Bebel Gilberto. [Tempo: Fast / 117 BPM]
A strong, staccato, orchestral march with a very slight Eastern feel. Music for a grand adventure, epic journeys, perhaps marching off to new lands. Exciting, foreign, exotic and heroic. Hollywood film score music for a family movie, action movie, adventure movie. Grand / Sweeping / Adventure. (A note about the version described as 'Stage Mix': This version is recorded with the reverb/ambiance of a concert hall, making it sound somewhat more 'distant' from the listener and, some would say, more 'live') [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Dubsteps slow beats and low bass mixed with chilled out music featuring piano, strings and synth. Suitable for any project looking for a less aggressive side of the dubstep sound such as commercials, corporate, documentaries, tv and film dramas etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A mid-tempo, easy going, breezy chill-out track with a slightly spanish / latin feel. Similar to the sound of Cafe Del Mar, excellent as background music for any media. Blues inspired guitar solo at about 1:30. There is also an alternative version with more, busier guitar melodies throughout. [Tempo: Slow / 91 BPM]
Positive and inspiring. Dreams, ideas and a sense of something new and full of promise. Featuring electric and acoustic guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A corporate pop underscore with and upbeat and uplifting feel throughout. Great for 2 minute presentation videos that have a voice over. Ideal for spirited and inspirational commercials too [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Upbeat country music. A track full of positive energy. A fast-paced, strumming country tempo, however multiple layers of instruments lend a bit of urban flair, and there’s a tasteful piano break in the middle that will grab your attention and have you listening for more. Bright and fun. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 140 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]
An energetic, feel-good pop, royalty-free stock music with an upbeat and positive vibe. A funky modern groove that would work well with fashion, advertising, lifestyle, youth, vacations or any media project that needs cool, lively and stylish background music. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Melodic Electro-Ambient / Electro groove track with variation and a sense of wide open vistas. A moderately slow beat pulses underneath synth arpeggios and sweeping string chords to create a sense of discovery and journeys. This track can work for many types of productions. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Latin Dance Music / Reggaeton. Funky Latino Strut. Positive and a little bit playful, with a hot blooded core. Spanish / Puerto Rican / South America / Latino culture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
A very bright and happy Hawaiian track with twangy, swaying slide guitar. The first verse is laidback and lazy; the later verses more bouncy and uptemo. Joyful, happy, feelgood Hawaii mood. [Tempo: Medium / 65 BPM]
Arabian, Middle-Eastern or Persian background track with exotic percussion, drones and flutes, with occasional choirs and solo voice. Haunting, mysterious / mystical. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A musical journey to the current tensions of the Middle East. Arabesque melodies, espionage and suspense music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Hot and sizzling Latino Reggaeton dance track. Pumping latin hip hop beats combined with an energetic electro dance sound. Today's Latin dance club music, hot and sassy. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Exotically traditional oriental composition with percussions and a turkish saz (lute). suitable for ceremonial scenes from the middle east and orient. Hectic, ardent and feisty. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An alternative fusion of modern Indian/Middle Eastern music with dance and electronica. This blend of genres combine to create a fast paced, highly energetic, thrilling mix of music. Exciting, vibrant, avant-garde. Imagine a bustling Indian festival, street scene or action chase scene. Will work well with anything energetic, exciting, stylish, busy or action orientated. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Middle Eastern percussion lays the foundation for slow sensual strings to establish the mood. The entire orchestra crescendos to a grand finale with choir. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Egyptian / Arabic epic moods featuring dramatic strings and horns, ethnic percussion. After about a minute and a half, a slick, modern drum groove is added. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Haunting and mysterious Middle Eastern instrumental for exotic movie scenes, documentaries, trailers or any project in need of a dark, ambient eastern soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A quirky and chilled pop flow, with subtle hip hop / trap drums and with deliberately detuned guitar chords for a somewhat hazy, lazy sway. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
A smoothly flowing, relaxed background track with almost no percussive element. This track is subtly flowing along at a mid-tempo pace with light melodic elements. Good for underscore use, with illustrations or film footage etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Rhythm guitar lick leads out this dance party tune with a strong kick drum setting up a beat that can’t be ignored. Synth and lead guitar join in to kick everything up several notches along with steel drum highlights to bring everybody to the party. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
Slightly ethnic/tribal sounding cinematic piece. Contains several build-ups and climaxes, as well as a nostalgic section at around 4:00. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
A delightful folky intro morphs into orchestral joy as layers of instruments build this track into a feeling of inspirational bliss. The unique rhythm of triplets over a 4/4 feel give the track a special bounce and uplifting joyous feeling. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
Retro sounding Bollywood style music with a crazy sitar line over a driving sixties workout. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Cool Rhodes, solid bassline and warm lead sounds create the atmosphere of sun setting clubland. Evolving over time with the introduction of soft pads and subtle sound effects. [Tempo: Medium / 124 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]
An evil, Far East / Oriental style 'bad guy' theme that moves slowly, but threateningly to create a sense of anxiety. The Erhu is backed by a deep chanting male choir, drums and tense strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Groovy, retro Jazz waltz with an exotic, eastern style melody. Fun and swinging with energy and dynamics featuring clarinet, trumpet, flute, piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 200 BPM]
Celtic, Irish or medieval styled track with guitars, percussion, Irish flute and bag pipes. This one keeps building as it progresses and the mood keeps picking up. Soothing, uplifting and homely. [Tempo: Medium / 63 BPM]
A popular set of Irish hornpipes played in Irish pubs. Fiddle begins, with bodhran joining in to provide rhythm and guitar providing accompaniment from 0:45 onwards. Leads into O'Callaghan's at 1:30. 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 / 86 BPM]
A soaring, spiritual and uplifting piece of music. Inspiring and empowering, yet sensitive and fragile. All about emotion, aspirations, dreams, love and family values -- or perhaps the journey of your dreams. [Tempo: Medium / 80 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]
