Royalty free ambient music with focus on the light, blissful, airy, relaxing and soothing stock music tracks that you can use as background music for relaxation videos, music for guided meditations, or for poignant, beautiful scenes such as nature photography, nature footage etc. Often with a sense of ease, beauty and reflection, these ambient background music tracks were composed by professional composers and producers, then hand picked and curated for the Shockwave-Sound stock music catalogue.
Soft, ambient guitar music. Understated and reflective, with a warm sound. An open aural landscape. Slightly mysterious. Room for thought and reflection. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A gentle and soothing ambient guitar soundscape. Wide open aural landscapes leaves room to breathe. Reflective, melancholic, soft touch. Dreamy and thoughtful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
Emotional, inspiring and reflective music track with a dreamy and cinematic feel. Imaginative and creative composition that brings a feeling of wonder and excitement. Peaceful, soft and calm music featuring beautiful piano, atmospheric pads and string pizzicatos in the beginning and evolving to a more dynamic second part featuring different kinds of percussion and full orchestral strings. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Inspiring piano and orchestra mixed with modern percussion elements and soft electronica. Longing for something with a hopeful drive, emotional and determined. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 96 BPM]
A dramatic and mysterious downtempo / ambient track. Featuring lush chords and haunting echoing top lines that are backed by steady beats and basslines. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Hopeful and positive music, with a strong achievement vibe. Track develops from a simple piano ostinato into a light-hearted confident vibe. Repetitive pulsing structure evokes a sense of purpose and progress. Great for corporate, advertising and storytelling. Very inspiring. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Gentle, celestial and deliberate, this vibraphone-based composition lingers in the air and soothes. Accompaniment includes synthesizer pads, sound effects, and grooving drums. Great for sensitive relationship dramas, even lifestyle, commercials and travel documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A soft, soothing and comforting track. Incorporating elements of Ambient music, New Age and Mood Music. Light and beauty. Available with or without the nature sounds / birds sounds, and also with or without the choir. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
Calm, still and reflective. A repeating, comforting pattern and subtle nature sounds, underneath piano and pads. A very relaxing and soothing track, making us feel as if time stands still, this track can take us to a deep level of relaxation. Also available without the nature sounds. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Soft, magical, beautiful, atmospheric, mellow, spacious, soothing, peaceful & emotive piano piece using soft synth pads as background. Calm, pretty, delicate, thoughtful, reflective, tranquil & sublime. Would romantic / cinematic / documentary / mystery type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 53 BPM]
Ambient guitar washes. Calm, celestial, melodic and relaxing. Dreamy / Soothing / Deep / Rich. Introspective / Reflective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
A calm and soothing soft / ambient track. Reflective, open / transparent and still. Celestial / Relaxing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 77 BPM]
An emotive and soft instrumental track. Inspirational and positive piano composition with cello and contrabass background. Ambient effects and reverb give this composition a light and open feeling. This track will work great in inspirational and motivational works, well being and more.
[Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]Delicate, tiny, magical, dreamy & atmospheric ambient track using kalimba and xylophone. Moody, delightful, wondrous, fragile, quiet, fun, light, intriguing and full of mystery, anticipation & character. Would suit science / nature / dramatic / romantic / children's / cinematic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 71 BPM]
Soft, gentle, beautiful, magical, peaceful, moody, relaxing & thoughtful track blending simple spacious piano lines, strings & guitar harmonics. Pretty, hopeful, heartwarming, dreamy & reflective. Would suit romantic / cinematic / dramatic / documentary / discovery type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
A light rock / melodic pop-rock music track without drums, this is a sincere and heartening, melodic, guitar ballad. Reflective, hopeful and warm music. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
A downtempo / Ambient chill track with a sense of mystery and vast open landscapes. We would label this as "Nordic Ambient" with influence from Sigur Ros and from Scandinavian / Nordic dramas and landscapes. The bitty drum sounds give it a little bit of a retro / 1980's feel too. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dreamy and hazy Americana / Acoustic / Folk track with a cinematic, mellow feel. Nostalgic, a little bit 'down' and very reflective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 82 BPM]
This track is a gently building ambient/atmospheric piece which works equally well as a background sound but also as a feature. Very emotive and reflective with guitar melodies, organ, pianos and various percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 87 BPM]
A very deep relaxation track with a mysterious / world feel. Tibetan bells, ethereal pads, distant strings. Suitable for hypnosis, yoga, deep stillness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A textured ambient piece with intertwining melodies, kind of like an audio version of a kaleidoscope. Calming, colorful, inspiring, slightly melancholic. Great for imagery, film, visual arts, web site or other inspiring media. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Solnatt is a Norwegian word that means 'Night Sun' (roughly). Inspired by the northern midnight sun, this is a fragile and reflective piano piece, with hope and light mixed with melancholy. Highly suitable for use in film or other media or art, this track is somewhat inspired by the tender film music style of Thomas Newman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A beautiful and melancholic ambient piano track. A simple, nostalgic piano melody played with grace, finely balanced on top of a strange ambient background texture. The piano track and ambience tracks are also available separately (as 'Piano Only version' and 'Ambience Only version' below), to give you more options in editing. Excellent for drama, film soundtrack work, or any sincere, thought provoking web site or film footage. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
Minimalist piano and synth, emotive and poignant, great for scenes of intense love and oneness. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 88 BPM]
Uplifting and emotional rhodes piano, accordian and Cocteau Twins style guitar over a spacious and atmospheric shoegazer backing. Poignant and inspiring. Tv and Film, travel and living, documentary, drama, advertising, [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 118 BPM]
Beautiful and emotive landscape, spacious ambient layers, insightful and compelling. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Cool, chilled and reflective. Spacious flutes and atmospheric pads, laid back icy beats and deep bassline. Contemplative and hopeful. Film, tv, dvd, multimedia, videogames, drama, travel, documentary, exploration. [Tempo: Slow / 107 BPM]
A mellow and evocative ambient/soundtrack style track, reminescent of Vangelis' work in Blade Runner. Analogue synthesizers with a simple, understated drum beat. Vast, open, great for imagery, science, future, art, or a movie scene. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
A peaceful, understated and gently flowing ambient track with subtle melodics. Also available in an underscore version without the top melody line. Soothing, floating, gently pulsating and light relaxation. Beauty, enjoyment, heavenly. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Slow, calm and soothing ambient track which could work as a lullaby with its gently swinging background with guitar playing the foreground motives. Slightly sentimental and melancholic vibe. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
A warm, soothing ambient track with subtle drums and soft pads. Like floating on clouds or swimming among coral reefs. Heartwarming, comforting, very slow and gentle. Good for advertising/commercials, drama/introspection, love and friendships, and especially the Underscore version is great for relaxation, spa, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Beautiful, slow choir track building feel of sorrow with an addition of mystery with gentle pipe organ and string pads in the background. A picture of misery and wreckage or something magic by its mysterious, gloomy side. Yet also with a heavenly, angelic feel. Spiritual, perhaps worship or floating on clouds. Good for commercials, drama, strong visual presentations, exhibitions, and more. [Tempo: Very slow / 71 BPM]
Minimal but dramatic space theme, epic synth strings, good for scenes of actualisation, discovery and ascension. [Tempo: Very slow / 111 BPM]
Subtle use of vibraphone, piano and atmospheres, minimalist and contemporary, philosophical overtones. [Tempo: Medium / 111 BPM]
Subtle and emotive pads and uplifting piano section, meaningful and poignant. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on...Very soft, slow and peaceful. Slow picked classical guitar is overlaid with simple plucked string melodies ,organ and celtic harp.The chorus part brings swells of strings and soft, unexpected 'other worldly' piano lines. Would suit dramatic , romantic or natural history projects. Contains guitar, bass ,drums,organ, harp and santoor. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Soft, slow & emotional royalty free orchestral music track with piano. Beautifully lilting & hypnotic piano arpeggios combine with heart-wrenching strings to make a peaceful,cinematic and emotive tune that would suit serious dramas/documentaries & epic romantic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Very slow piano melody realy intimist and relaxed, perfect for sensitive scenes. Acoustic piano sound. Will fit very well in love, familiar, drama situations. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A melancholic and somewhat enchanting piano led ambient track backed up by strings, glockenspiel and synths. A simple piano phrase is gradually added to and developed into a sensitive and rich sounding piece of music. Fantasy / Wonder / Magical / Storytelling. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Vibraphone, strings and synths create a somewhat cinematic, corporate track. A simple phrase sets the tone for this track, which is one of perhaps, class, elegance and sophistication. It has the sense of something exclusive, shiny, with elegant confidence. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
Minimalist and mysterious steel string acoustic guitar layers. Dark and light contrast. Great for drama, dreams, memories, reflection, contemplation, fear, uncertainty, denial, the arts, culture, history, landscapes, animals and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 73 BPM]
Soft, slow and emotional modern orchestral piece that grows with intensity as it goes, tugging at your heartstrings. Has a feeling of discovery to it. Contains strings, synths & trashy drum kit. [Tempo: Medium / 60 BPM]
Melodic and spacey electronica, based around arpeggios and warm synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A very dreamy and lovely romantic piece with piano and ambient instruments underscoring anything from love making to a bittersweet homecoming. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
This is essentially an ambient track with a slow, steady drum groove and bass guitar added to it. Soft, slowly strummed guitar chords also join in after a while. The track has a sense of deep movement, inner peace and calm, and at the same time something momentous, epic and timeless. Perhaps the stillness of outer space, an underwater adventure or a sleeping giant? [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 50 BPM]
A moody and atmospheric ambient piece with ethereal pads and ambient slide guitar. Soft, yet deep and evocative music, like an unfolding story or a magnificent sunrise. The track has a slight sense of ethnic mystery or the ancient world music, maybe India. Very dreamy, reflective and rich on atmosphere, perhaps something spiritual. [Tempo: Very slow / 125 BPM]
A beautiful, haunting, emotional and loving theme played on Indian flute with soft pads. Atmospheric, evocative and ethereal. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Light ambient electronica, joined by pulsating light rhythms later on. Filtered rhythm loops give a sense of underwater or space movements. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A subtle background track with bright, understated melodies, a gentle pulsating rythm and light textures. Highly useable with media such as data presentation, menu screens, multimedia presentations with subtle, tasteful movements, floating graphic elements, weather report, news update and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Very light, mellow, downtempo electronica with an ambient feel. Sparkly twinkles, soft pads and piano with an understated ambient drum groove. Pleasant and friendly, calm and relaxing - a bright outlook. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]