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.
Traditional instruments fused with colourful Bhangra rhythms. Alluring female vocal lines add a sense of erotic mystique. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Relaxed, exotic and mysterious African track with traditional instrumentation and cinematic strings. Suitable for movies and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 89 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]
Blending Eastern/Oriental music moods and instruments with more modern, western rhythms, this exotic chillout track features tabla, flute and Sarangi. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
The music begins with percussion and subtle strings and brasses. Then it moves into a percussion driven theme played by strings. Later also piano enters playing lead. The music builds dynamically throughout the track, and in the end the piano is supported by bouzouki. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 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]
A gong hit and a cliché shakuhachi phrase. That's it! If you don't know what a shakuhachi is, just listen to the track and you will remember the classic Japanese flute extensively used in stereotyped Kung Fu films. [Tempo: Very slow]
Didgeridoo, guitar and big atmosphere. Great for outdoors recreation, hiking, fishing, etc. Calm, mellow, happy, relaxed, sultry. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Authentic brazilian slow Baiao/Xote, with a 10-string Viola playing over a laid-back live percussion groove. [Tempo: Medium / 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]
Smooth as silk and with a fantastic Eastern atmosphere, this track features sitars, tabla and modern production techniques to create a very tasteful Indian experience. In addition to the regular version, we also have a 'Beat' remix of the track, where a modern, but elegantly understated dance beat has been added. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A very slow folk / country / Americana track. Nostalgic, wistful, a little bluesy. Starts off with a single electric slide guitar, then adds organ, bass and drums. The are various versions available. The "No intro" version skips the first part with only the slide guitar. The "No drums" version (unsurprisingly) is without the drums. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
This track is a nice blend of world music elements from Ireland to South America. It features exciting and energetic tribal percussion. It's remeniscent of popular american survival shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. It has an exciting an uplifting melody that is memorbale and would perhaps make a nice main title. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
a contemporary percussion filled composition accompanied by a japanese picked metallic string instrument called a koto. It's weird but dancy touch would certainly be a righteous pick for any ethnic moving and dynamic footage. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
India / Bollywood / Indian and Eastern / Oriental pop culture. Mystical / Exotic / Alluring. Slight Hip-Hop feel. Available with or without the Vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Tropical, fun and upbeat dance track perfect for capturing the Latin party spirit. Piano and guitar montunos, fiery percussion and horns over a funky House beat. Great for summer travel, cruise ships, street carnivals, party scenes, salsa dancing and cuban adventures. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 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 singer-songwriter country folk song about the "fullness" one gets from a new loving relationship. Lyrics are sung in the Tagalog language. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 126 BPM]
Merengue, Latin, salsa. Jumpy, Dancing, Exciting. Flute, guitar, Latin percussion, bass, piano. [Tempo: Fast / 144 BPM]
The passionate and exotic sound of Spanish guitars with some subtle viola and hand claps. Good for dancing and romance scenes, latino drama, travel, documentaries, restaurants etc. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
Beautiful, spacey & mysterious female vocal chants float on a gentle desert breeze & transport you off to foreign lands. Soft percussion, alluring, charming and peaceful music perfect for films, documentaries, travel and tourism, hotels, spas, boutiques and fashion commercials, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Traditional Indian instruments combine with an electronic flair to create this adventurous, grooving Middle Eastern piece. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A pleasant and bright acoustic track. Acoustic guitars, drums and light strings add to its optimistic and enjoyable tone which would make it work well in any scene with this type of feeling. Could also work for a Christmas production. [Tempo: Medium / 84 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 festive, happy and infectious ska track. With a mix of Tropical, Reggae and Afro styles this upbeat and lively song sets a party mood. Features a catchy melody and a smokin' live horn section. Great for game shows, tropical parties, cooking shows, travel or vacations. Anywhere you need a positive vibe! Sting ending. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
A complex and evolving film score piece. Starts off lightly and playful, then develops into a more epic, heavenly, amazed/wondrous orchestral suite. Very cinematic, emotional. Fantasy / Fantastic. Changing between a light and whimsical waltz/dance and the awe inspiring, angelic. Miracles, amazing stories, and more. Good for drama, film/story. [Tempo: Slow / 62 BPM]
Sun-drenched party vibes! Very Summery and upbeat feeling track in a tropical, disco house style. Ideal for travel, beauty, youth-programming and any scene that could use a happy groove. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Funky, groovy Bollywood-style track with sitar, tabla and fun female chants. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Reggae track with a nice groove. Medium- to up tempo, with electric guitar, subtle organ, drums and understated melody lines. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
This track is hard to categorize. It has a melancholic but comforting feel, with fretless bass, acoustic guitar picking and pads. Melodic and somewhat dreamy. Good for drama, personal stories and more. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A celebratory orchestral piece that suggests a festival or other significant event, perhaps in a great city. The piece is dramatic and noble, and could work in a variety of historical or present-day scenes of jubilation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
A very festive Caribbean music track full of fun and celebration. Features steel drums. Light and Feelgood music. Great for parties, holidays and the beach. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Mysterious and haunting, an exotic middle eastern or arabic track based on acoustic guitar, hand percussion, strings and a traditional eastern woodwind instrument duduk. After an opening section with guitar, bass and hand drums, the main beat comes in at about 55 seconds into the track, and then at 1:32 the song reaches its climax. Also available “underscore” mix without the guitar, leaving only the background instruments. Culture, education, traveling, documentary and historical programming. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
An ambient, atmospheric track with a reflective, slightly mysterious, yet hopeful mood. Great for exploration, discovery, amazement, wonderment, beauty, underwater, adventure and new horizons. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Passionate Latin music composition with authentic acoustic guitars, percussion, bass and drums. Great for films and videos, exotic dance, music for holiday and vacation, travel and fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Ambient Indian music with an air of mystery and tension featuring sitar, percussion, flute and strings. Great for travel, movies, documentaries or any project in need of an exotic, asian underscore. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Nice acoustic country track. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
A blend of Latin Afro, tropical and modern Reggae pop. Uptempo, fun and happy. Features ethnic flute playing the melody. Party atmosphere. Great for tropical settings, travel, Miami, beach, parties, Carnival, South America, Jamaica. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
Fun, quirky, and up-tempo, this track has an old-time quality to it, with a remarkable flute melody and a bouncing, animated percussion. It brings to mind classic cartoons. Great for productions that require a jazzy, upbeat, and lively backdrop, such as movies, commercials, TV shows and other projects. [Tempo: Medium / 184 BPM]
A cheap cantina with drunk Italian musicians playing an authentic tarantela. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A laid back Afro-Cuban style Latin track, featuring a authentic trumpet section and piano playing a Cuban 'montuno'. Perfect for travel shows, commercials for vacations and cruises. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A collection of 3 short Oriental / Japanese style stingers/jingles. Koto, strings, ethnic percussion elements. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
This style, while using modern synth and guitar, has an authentic flavor of Iraqi, Moroccan or other Middle Eastern / Arabic music, which in some regions preserve the normal major keys, then goes back to quarter tones, bouzouk , and oud are dominant along with oriental percussions. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A soft and reflective light pop-rock ballad that starts with an ambient soundscape and develops into a tender light rock piece with strings and guitar arpeggios and heartfelt piano interludes. Loving, romantic, tender and heartwarming. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Groovy, summerly HipHop / Pop Track with a typical reggae-sytle guitar which brings positive vibes, a good mood and a nice summer-feeling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
This track was made in an ambient ethnic style. Well suited for the movie and documentary programs and slide show about wild nature life. Ethnic percussive instruments along with acoustic guitar are creating the sensation of wild animals in the lap of Nature. Medium tempo. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Energetic Mambo with blazing brass and percussion. Good for any project in need of some fiery Latin music. 135 [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
Upbeat, happy-go-lucky, carefree youthful pop track. Features energetic guitars, catchy synth lines, lively beat and positive vibes. Versatile - Kids, tweens, teens, youthful fashion, travel, adventure, corporate branding, positive and fun image. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
An exotic and passionate World fusion / Eastern / Greek / Mediterranean / Gulf / Oriental music track. Features a live performed Greek Bouzouki instrument. Great music for culture and travel, holiday and vacations, exploring and enjoying new countries and cultures. [Tempo: Medium / 96 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]
