In this royalty free music category here you will find a mix of Indian music, Bollywood rhythms, middle eastern and Arabic sounds. Acoustic instruments performed live - reed flute, ethnic percussion instruments, bouzouki, zither, Turkish oboe, santoor, tabla and more. Stock music fit for commercial, travel, adventure, vacation and discovery, for relaxation, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. Good background music for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
Mysterious, mystical and foreboding Arabian or Persian textures. Nervous underscore with a Middle Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Thumb-piano and percussion ensemble. Middle east, north Africa, Arabic. Mystical and hypnotic. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Blending elements of urban, r&b, Hip-Hop and Indian music, this is a seriously down and funky Asian Fusion track. Fresh, exotic and fun. The track really comes into its right in the 'Vocal version', where Indian singing is mixed with the raw hip-hop beats. (To hear the singing, listen for about a minute and a half into the Vocal version). [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Oriental track made in traditions of Persian gulf countries. Oriental drums , darbuka, arabian flute and strings create a sense of Middle East countries including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc. Eastern market bazaar, camels around and men in white folk clothes. Happy and light, but also slightly pensive. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
A musical journey to the current tensions of the Middle East. Arabesque melodies, espionage and suspense music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument some what similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 114 BPM]
Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern / Arabia feeling pop track. Tabla, percussion, oud and other Eastern / Oriental instruments mixed with a western style beat. Upbeat, joyful Bollywood style. Holidays, travel, exploration and fun adventures. [Tempo: Fast / 130 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]
Lively and mystical Indian sitar ensemble with tablas. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Beautiful and evocative melody played on bansuri and dilruba accompanied by Indian percussion. This track has a very rural and folklike feel to it. Travel and culture. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 86 BPM]
This is a long track featuring Tablas played in the unique middle eastern "finger" style, along with Sitars, Thai or Indian Reed flute and a suitably arab sounding 'drone' sound. The track goes through several different stages of various intensities and themes. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
A classic Bedouin mood combined with more modern variety of sounds and instruments. Sincere and loving, nostalgic mood from the ancient world of the Orient / Gulf region. The quarter tones have been replaces with normal minor/major chords, the kanun and flute define the emotional parts. Eastern beauty and grace. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
Indian / Oriental sounds and melodies in fusion with a Western / contemporary chill-out beat. World fusion / Bollywood / India pop. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Groovy bouncey track with a very strong Middle Eastern flavour. Equally spacey and danceable. Plucked Eastern strings combine with shenai oboe and orchestral strings. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Eastern and Western influences mix in this blend of downtempo chill-hop drums with Middle Eastern instruments and vocals. A version without the vocals is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
Cool and groovy Indian Banghra mixed with hip-hop styles. Catchy, unique, exotic, fresh and funky. Great production from Project 2020. This track is available both with and without Indian vocals. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
A fun blend of the East and the West, this track starts with banjo-sitar and soon turns into an Indian banghra dance party mixed with modern electronic rhythms and a funky guitar riff. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 108 BPM]
Atmospheric, exotic, ethnic track featuring female vocal choir and the middle-eastern, north african plucked string, instrument, Oud. Great for travel, discovery, adventure as well as fantasy and dream worlds. The choir gives it an angelic feel, juxtapositioned against the serious, somewhat ominous tone of the Oud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Emotional, slightly dreamy, track featuring a small, all female vocal choir with the North African / Middle Eastern plucked instrument Oud and ethnic percussion. Builds in intensity towards the 2-minute mark and features an ethnic flute in the closing section. Can be jewish/Israeli, as well as Middle Eastern, North African, Arabic, Egypt, etc. Mournful, serious, epic with a religious or spiritual feel, also depicting beauty, frailty and vulnerability. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
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 somewhat eclectic track featuring a mid-tempo electronic beat combined with chopped and processed Indian instruments such as Sitar. Unique and progressive blend of Eastern and Western music styles. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
Soulful, hypnotic Arabian world music with traditional instruments and modern rhythms. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Melodic Indian piece featuring table and sitar. Drums, bass and Indian style strings come in after about 30 seconds to lift the piece and bring it home. Appealing Indian music track. [Tempo: Fast / 128 BPM]
An ambient, reflective and nostalgic piece played with the ethnic oriental oud, combined with piano, pads and eastern percussion. A sense of longing and perhaps turmoil. [Tempo: Medium / 100 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]
Funky asian voice and electric guitars. Upbeat, almost frantic, mix of electronica and Indian or Arabian. World fusion. [Tempo: Very fast / 133 BPM]
Funky, groovy Bollywood-style track with sitar, tabla and fun female chants. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Egyptian / Middle Eastern folk music with a modern melody. Exciting and exotic, normally used in festive events and modern songs. Accordion is a leading instrument, and a women belly dancer is often involved in such occasions. [Tempo: Fast / 132 BPM]
Slightly dark and foreboding Arabian/Egyptian track with a sense of history and mysticism. This track goes through various different sections throughout - some more and some less rhythmic - and can be used for several cues. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
Dark and disturbing middle-eastern / arabian ambient track with a moving drone, deep drums and eastern wind instrument. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Cinematic action track with middle eastern harmonies, feel and instruments like Duduk, Oud and Santoor accompanied by full orchestra, different percussion, synthesizers, grand piano and bass guitar. Suitable for films shot in the modern middle eastern cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Will work in trailers, documentary footages and more. Powerful composition with a lot of escalation and growing tension up to the ending. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
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]
A raw and exotic sounding Middle Eastern / Arabic / Persian piece dominated by the Saz - a persian string instrument with a deep and moving sound, with its origin in Persia and Turkey, sometimes refered to as a Baglama. Available with or without the background pads / drone. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An upbeat ethnic track featuring Oud, ethnic percussion and woodwinds. Middle East, North Africa. Exploration, adventure, discovery, travel to exotic places. Bright, positive, lively. Perhaps Egypt, Turkey, Marocco or other Arabic, Islamic places. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Eastern percussion and simple mellotron strings give this tune an exotic Arabian flavour. The verse and chorus have an irresistible medium paced dance groove. The chorus drops down like a cool shower of much need rain to a very beautiful soft and spacious piano part....then the groove returns and picks you up again. Contains strings, piano, bass, drums, shenai oboe and percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
India / Bollywood / Indian and Eastern / Oriental pop culture. Tabla, Sitars, Eastern flutes and India style string sections combined with Western / modern drums and synths. Confident / Funky / Exotic. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A typical Bedouin celebration style, with authentic percussions, played as the old tribes used to play. With strings, oud and kanun, this track featuress a middle dreamy section before going back to the groovy Eastern dance parts. Features live performed acoustic instruments. [Tempo: Medium / 108 BPM]
Mysterious middle eastern or Arabic music track. Darbuka drums, strings, occasional duduk flute. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
India, modern meets traditional. Corporate, technology, with tabla, percussion and orchestra. [Tempo: Fast / 119 BPM]
Ominous, foreboding, middle-eastern textures. Occasional chanting voice, eastern string instruments, dark drones and slow rhythms. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
India or Arabia meets Rnb beat music, with cool Eastern / Oriental instruments, bouzouk, accordion, kanun and oriental percussion that reflects the essence of the orients. Groovy / Exotic / Positive. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Middle East traditional, haunting with flute, conga & percussion. Hypnotic, scary, eerie. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Very Eastern with tabla and giant djembe drums leading the way. A minute in, the arrangement picks up with sitars etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 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]
Middle East traditional acoustic with percussion, congas, tabla. Regal, mystical, dancing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
Intense an up-beat trance-like track, with a middle-eastern flavor, this track is the perfect mix between modern and timeless. Suitable for productions that require a vibrant, fresh, and at the same time recognizable feel, such as movies, TV shows, and commercials. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
A real Bollywood party track! Lots of Indian percussion, tabla, sitar, Indian flutes and an incredibly funky Indian groove. Picture hordes of Indian dancers in a Bollywood presentation. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Moody, vibrant, ethereal, exotic & lively eastern dramatic track with great tension & underlying sadness & hope.spacey ethnic strings combine with frantic percussion & vocal chants to produce a powerful brew with awesome middle-eastern flavour & rhythmic grace. Would suit documentary/news/cinematic project. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Beautiful, mournful vocals lament over sad strings a hypnotic drum groove and plucked ethnic instruments. The track is emotional, sad and yet hopeful all at once. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
