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.
This track starts with a dreamy flute and saz instrument. The scales & harmonies, which are used widely in all of the middle eastern region from Iran to Lebanon, are called "hijaz tune" and is very familiar to all that region. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Use of Indian folk instruments to express joy, happiness and life. Positive, uplifting, success, victory, enjoyment, enriching. Exotic / world / ethnic. Also good as an Indian / Middle Eastern background / underscore. Features flute, pads, duff, ghatam, santoor, manjeera, dimbdi, sarangi, dhol. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
The French national anthem, La Marseillaise. Available in two different versions: One with just piano, and one with an accordeon for that French sound. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
A vibrant, passionate, jazzy Mambo track with hot percussion, sizzling horns, piano montuno, vibraphone, bass and drums. Sets the scene for Latin culture, TV, film or commercials. [Tempo: Medium / 135 BPM]
A real feelgood, nicely flowing pop groove track, with a Hawaiian slant. Fresh guitar strumming, groovy bass line and Hawaii slide guitars. Excellent for positive, uplifting, refreshing and joyful media; travel, beach, holiday, and fun in the sun. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Romantic ballad of Spanish and Afro Cuban influence. Acoustic guitars, percussion, violin and bass create an exotic, heartfelt and alluring soundtrack for travel, cultural, romantic dramas and relaxing background music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
India pop / Bollywood Party. Fresh, funky, lively and sexy. Available with or without vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Dance bouzouki peace. A combination of melodic dance from the Middle East and from Greece. Can be persian / arabian / oriental or a Greek traditional music or folk dance, or even other Eastern European music e.g. Romania, etc. Fresh, happy feel. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Middle East traditional, haunting with flute, conga & percussion. Hypnotic, scary, eerie. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
African rhythms dance around an undulating string-filled chorus of pure sunshine. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
Summer holidays and vacations in the tropics are evoked by this smooth and relaxed ukulele led tune. Simple and happy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
This track features traditional African instruments along with bass guitar. It has a positive and uplifting vibe and can work in both traditional African and modern African settings. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
Indian Ragga / Rap straight from Bollywood. An uptempo, up-beat, Indian fiesta like party mood. Various ragga-like Indian vocal samples throughout and a moderately fast, funky Indian beat. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Calm and relaxing, this track features traditional Chinese instruments in a light and airy setting. Perfect for travel, culture or history. Meditative and noble. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Authentic Jamaican reggae laid-back music track, with horns, drums, percussion, bass, electric guitar and organ. Heavily influenced by reggae's golden age artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff. Reggae, Island, Roots Reggae, Retro, Jamaica. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Guitar driven smooth Latin rock. Sexy, relaxing, dinner, love. [Tempo: Slow / 132 BPM]
Ambient, atmospheric track with a World / Middle East / Egyptian atmosphere. Mystical and mysterious, great for exploration, perhaps ancient Egypt, discovery, adventure, mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium]
A funky groovy song about the irony of wrongdoers using the victim card. The lyrics are sung in the Tagalog language, giving the track a cool, fun, exotic feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast]
Fresh and upbeat latin flamenco style. Happy, feelgood, positive - great for summer fun, Spanish or Mexican holiday etc. Acoustic guitars, congas, electric bass, syncopated drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 112 BPM]
A fresh and feelgood instrumental music track with a taste of the excotic, Eastern. Could be India, Middle East, Arabia, Egypt, Dubai etc. A very positive and inviting feel. Great music for commercials, travel, adventure, holiday and discovery. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Ambient and exciting, this piece takes you on a modern day tour of Africa. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
An acoustic duet. From the start of harmonic guitars and bells, to its smooth counterpart of strums, the track feels smooth and easy going Americana. The track moves to a dreamy, thought provoking, positive change in the B-section before returning to its laid-back southern comfort theme. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
A joyful 'farmers wife' type song composed with the meaning of women doing laundry at the river. The track has a world/ethnic feel with perhaps a sense of Eastern Europe or Israel. Female vocal vocalizing (no actual words) sets in at about 50 seconds. Also available as an instrumental version without the vocals; the Instrumental works well as a Childrens track. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
A nicely flowing Reggae track. Gentle, easy-going and feelgood. Also available in an Underscore version, without the lead guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Indian / Oriental sounds and melodies in fusion with a Western / contemporary chill-out beat. World fusion / Bollywood / India pop. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Super hot latin track! Congas, marimbas, percussion and fiesta. [Tempo: Medium / 150 BPM]
Vibrant Latin / Cuban pop groove featuring lively percussion and acoustic piano, with a sultry and passionate feel to it. Perfect for travel footage, Latin vacation, holiday, dancing, advertising, nightlife, bar, party scene etc. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Gypsy, Eastern European or Jewish style track with accordeons, violins and tamorines. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Reggae track, slow to medium tempo with a traditional reggae rhythm. Available with, or without, a Santana inspired solo guitar. (The Underscore version is without the lead guitar). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
A light and feelgood French accordeon waltz. Swaying, care free and deliciously melodic. Goes well with anything quintessentially France, Paris etc. Joyful and elegant - genuinely captures the spirit of France. [Tempo: Medium / 213 BPM]
A grand and inspirational musical depiction of the beauty of land and nature within the world we live in. A very Disney sounding track with joyous piano over rolling snare drums and booming bass drums with orchestral backgrounds and cutting edge synth arpeggiations. Travel media, film scores or soundtrack, contemporary, world music, similar to style of new age and Yanni. I wrote this after seeing the Grand Canyon for the very first time. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Fresh and positive 30 seconds track with a nice guitar strumming riff at the beginning. Just cool. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Lively and upbeat Irish tunes. Bodhran, banjo, guitar, fiddle and tin whistle join together in a popular Irish jig set. First tune is "Blarney Pilgrim", which then leads into Kesh. Both tunes were notated in O'Neill Music of Ireland collection in 1850 - a true "traditional" set of tunes which are popular at many Irish sessions. 100% live performance. 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 / 123 BPM]
Sun and surf on the beaches of Jamaica. A very festive Caribbean music track full of fun and celebration. Features steel drums. Great for parties, holidays and parties on the beach. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Slow-building, spacious, determined & dreamily flowing rock track with emotively soaring & passionate melodic lead guitar that floats high above the stratosphere. Soft, serene and nostalgic in tone. Let the memories flood back and immerse you. Reminiscent of Dave Gilmour, Satriani and Beck. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Festive and joyful traditional Peruvian / South American music. Festures panpipes, charangos and Ocarina. Great for travel and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Middle Eastern / Arabic / Oriental track with tabla, tamborines, sitar and plucked strings. Moderately busy, groovy, with a sense of mysticism and playfulness. Good for games, films, media projects with an Arabian or Eastern feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A soft solo acoustic Tagalog vocal ballad about admitting one own faults in a relationship. Suitable for tv/film soundtrack and Filipino related content. Lyrics sung in the Tagalog language. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
Hawaiian style instrumental ballad featuring steel and "twangy" Hawaii guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A pretty scottish air on solo fiddle. Very authentic Scottish sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium]
Traditional Chinese music with a moderately serious edge. Good for culture and nature or documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
Happy, bouncy and energetic Latin dance, with piano, acoustic guitars and bass enters a little later. [Tempo: Fast / 137 BPM]
A joyful, spirited and light Asian / Far Asia / Oriental track featuring a mix of indigenous / ancient instruments with a softly flowing background atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A passionate latin track with percussion that creates an authentic feel. This track has a live band feel, it has a spanish guitar lead melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
Traditional percussion instruments combine with an electronic flair and mysterious background vocal tracks to create this grooving piece. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Chinese pop music with a traditional edge. Features traditional Chinese instruments bawu and pipa with Western pop style bass and drums. Mysterious and haunting music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Influenced by the sights and sounds of China with a driving yet curious and mysterious feel, this track features an array of melodic and non melodic percussion, hulusi, strings and guzheng. Great for films, documentaries, travel, martial arts, history, culture and cuisine. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A lively Bossa Nova groove featuring talking drum, horns, Latin percussion and techno EFX. The insistent whistle gives this music a real party atmosphere. Rio, here we come! Great for Latin club scenes, barrios, Central America, South America, dance competition, romance, travel, sunsets, beach and tropical adventures. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
A really nice, happy and playful kids track with a subtle world / jungle / exotic / discovery / travel and adventure type feel. Cool marimba groove with bongos and a cute & perky flute melody. Great for childrens TV, games and more. Lasts 30 seconds. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Brazilian, latin merengue style. Happy, dancing with brass, piano and percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 111 BPM]
