Here is our selection of light and quirky 'subtle comedy' royalty-free music tracks. This selection from our production music library features music with a goofy, oddball and whimsical sound - not so much 'in your face' but rather, a more sophisticated comical approach. These stock music tracks will go great with light comedy, sneaking around, candid camera, quirky scenes, animation and more. Royalty free music tracks to license and download in WAV and MP3.
Retro Synthwave track featuring synthesizers and 8 bit sounds. Dreamy and nostalgic tune reminiscent of the 1980's era. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
This track is immediately joyful, catchy and friendly. It can quickly convey a sense of family, friends and community. With mandolin, acoustic guitar, bass, claps and percussion this track is bouncy and fun, reminiscent of 1940-60 “Sock Hop” pop. This track is perfect for comedies, show themes, vintage-youth period pieces, rural lifestyle, cooking or travel shows. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Tensions are mounting, and things are coming down to the wire. This track conveys the uncertainty of a very rural sounding chaos – brought out by a fiddle, played with fingerpicks and slide. Its supporting instruments include banjo, four-string guitar and kick drum. This is great track for dramatic or comedic tension. Tension / Plucked Fiddle / Odd. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
A comically feel-good Christmas track with a new take on a holiday classic. Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, remixed with hip-hop drums and beatbox elements. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A magical, playful & jaunty hook depicting ‘work in progress’ or concentration on a project or task. Gathers momentum for a middle section before returning to its original pace for a quirky ‘time’s up’ type ending. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
This upbeat, vintage-inspired R&B track is excellent to injecting enthusiasm into your media. The energy created around electric guitar, fingered bass, vintage organs and funky drums heightens as the arrangement keeps modulating up. The applications for this track are many: commercials, 1960’s period pieces, dramas, comedies, documentaries, how-to videos, lifestyle/cooking shows, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 0 BPM]
A fun and swingin', classic jazz combo track. Lighthearted, fun and cheeky, with a toe-tapping rhythm and a catchy melody. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A happy, motivating and sunshine Pop-Folk featuring catchy flute melodies and upbeat drums, great for commercials and sports videos, celebration videos and more. Fun, Youthful and Energetic. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
60's or 70's styled lounge music with a hint of 'elevator muzak' and a tongue in cheek attitude. Quirky and a bit cheesy, but cool. Bass guitar, organ, latin bossa nova percussion, subtle guitar licks and kitsch strings. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Cheerful, happy, light-hearted and upbeat pop song that features quirky ukulele, childlike whistled melody, bass guitar and drums. Positive / Upbeat / Jolly. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
Sounding like an Eastern European ensemble of players, this cheeky and off beat theme would not be out of place alongside the deadpan humour of a Wes Anderson movie. Intended to portray a distorted or deluded vision of the human condition in the build up to a punchline. Instruments include piano, organ, mandolin, trombone and a variety of amusing percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A fun, bright, playful piece of vintage big band jazz. Funny and busy, this track is full of twists and turns. A retro vintage jazzy romp! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
Fun, bright big band jazz with a slightly tropical or vacation feel. Great for family films, comedy and fun times! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A magical mandolin hook waltzes through the supernatural dream-like imagery conjured up by this catchy and haunting melody. Guaranteed to raise a smile, it’s as humorous as it is creepy. Similar in feel to the Dream Valley Music tracks, ‘A Midnight Symphony’, ‘The Secret Path’ and ‘Dance of the Cherubs’. [Tempo: Medium / 168 BPM]
Goofy Indie-pop / folk with piano and whistling. Happy and lighthearted, jovial and fun background music. [Tempo: Medium / 153 BPM]
A unique, kinda geeky track with a strong feel of digital culture, computers, binary processing, micro chips. Geek-tech, retro / vintage computers, info-tech, etc. A blend of Hip-Hop and classic 'computer sounds'. Fun and quirky. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Quirky / Dark / Grotesque / Sneaky. Neo-classical, light orchestral music with a subtle marching rhythm and a tango feel. Great for use with film noir, dark comedies, theater and more. Mischievous and Villainous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Upbeat happy-go-lucky jazzy tune heavily influenced by 50s and 60s era production music. Inspired by retro sitcoms, vintage TV, cartoons and tongue-in-cheek vintage cartoon parodies. [Tempo: Fast / 146 BPM]
A classic House of Mystery soundtrack with a quirky, bizarre, haunted or magical feel, in a grotesque mood and sound. Old musical box, carousel or fairground genre. Great for fairy tales, mystical tales, Halloween, magical mischief, or dark comedies. [Tempo: Medium / 156 BPM]
A fun and a bit goofy, orchestral light comedy track. Great for comical and funny situations, at the same time as also carrying an old-school film score type orchestral sound. Goofy / Funny / Wacky / Mischievous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
A quirky, uplifting & playful song about young love set in an innocent 1980’s-type era of video tape & goldfish. This catchy, eccentric aria has a memorable chorus of singalong vocables & a backing track featuring synth, drums & layered acoustic & electric guitar. Performed by the popular singer Daisy, whose other Dream Valley Music tracks include ‘Falling’ and ‘Follow Me’. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
A fun, swinging and happening, jazzy track with funny whistling, horns and piano parts. Upbeat, catchy and toe-tapping fun! (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A little bit spooky but mostly playful, this TV/film score track has a "sneaky" feel and is a bit cheeky. Like little detective, or someone planning a prank, perhaps. A little bit similar to some of the music in Desperate Housewives. Tip-toe'ing. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Light / Curious / Quirky / Sweet / Whimsical Music. Neo-classical, light orchestra arrangement, suitable as music for film, drama, TV and other media. [Tempo: Medium / 86 BPM]
Orchestral easy listening upbeat music, fast and jolly. In the style of fifties and sixties happy library music. [Tempo: Fast / 142 BPM]
Mysterious, yet playful, this track is relaxed, fun and intriguing. Creates a somewhat contemplative mood, but has enough energy throughout to keep it upbeat and mischievous. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
A quirky, upbeat and fun cue with pizzicato strings, percussion, piano, celesta and assorted unusual instruments. A bouncy, childish and innocent style that creates mischeivious and tip-toeing mood - perfect for kids or light mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A happy and beautiful music track in chamber orchestra arrangement, and featuring a simple piano pattern with melody. A subtle orchestra sound comes in the background, and rises towards the track end. A 'Christmas mix' is available, where Christmas type bells are added for a wintery, Christmas'y sound. [Tempo: Medium / 160 BPM]
An uplifting, inspirational, modern pop rock track. Features feelgood piano melodies and tape echo electric guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A somewhat mysterious beginning develops into a rhythmic and quirky orchestral piece.This track is hard to pin down to a single genre or type of use. It has a pensive and querying feel to it, like a classic Agatha Christie mystery puzzle. It also has a sense of accomplishment and some driving force, yet it is delicate and cool, which can make it work for delicate and emotional commercials and more. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
A bright and positive country / folk / indie-pop track with an uplifting, care free feel. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Easy, happy, and good-natured, this early country music track is perfect for comedy and light friend dramas. Melodies made with its slide resonator guitar blend nicely with acoustic guitar, drums and double bass. Perfect music for country travel and lifestyle shows. Hopeful / Early Country / Easy on the Ears Music. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Happy ukulele, quirky whistles and bright glockenspiel come together in a happy, cheeky and uncluttered piece. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Country party feelings, joy and happiness are easily conveyed in the first few seconds of this Zydeco-inspired track. From the accordions, banjo, acoustic guitar, and the bass, claps and drums, everything is infused with that unique, push-pull rhythm characteristic of Zydeco music. Ideal for feel-good moods in comedies, dramas, travel and cooking shows. Party / Zydeco / Joy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 79 BPM]
A simple and charming chamber orchestra piece featuring mainly chamber string ensemble and background marimbas. Positive and motivational music mood with simple, yet complex rhythmical structure with odd time signatures. Casual and positive music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Accordeon jazz track in a "Hot club of France" style. Playful and cheeky, up-tempo with slight Gypsy or Django feel. Upbeat, fresh and fun, slightly rowdy, with a strong flavour of France, Europe, also possibly Eastern Europe. [Tempo: Fast / 111 BPM]
An optimistic and playful feel-good track. Cheeky and fun, with a nice bounce. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
This light-hearted comedy cue is full of novelty, innuendo and quirkiness. Pizzicato strings guide this track and are accompanied by acoustic guitar, piano, marimba, and light percussion. Eminently suitable for positive comedy and light relationship themed programing and commercials. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Fun, lighthearted and chirpy track with a whistled melody and jazzy acoustic backing. Perfect for kids tv, comedies, commercials or any cheerful, carefree character or situation. Features acoustic guitars, bass, soft drums and whistling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A neo-classical, film / drama underscore track featuring piano and strings. Quirky and slightly playful, but in a subtle way. A sense of passing time, perhaps finding clues. A developing story of intrigue and mystery? [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
Celestial, pompous and chamber music track, featuring strings, woodwinds, harp and bells. Optimistic feel, non-aggressive sound and playful orchestra makes this track suitable for many types of film, media, games, presentations, advertising and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A fun and campy, disjointed, orchestral cue featuring pizzicato strings that would work well for a comedy like Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, light drama, or rom com. Features pizzacato strings, marimba and percussion. Would also work well for The Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon or kid shows. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Featuring pizzicato strings, marimba and orchestral EFX. A fun and campy orchestral cue that would work for a comedy like Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty or any rom-com. Any quirky or cartoon type scenes in a film or TV show. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A Charlie Brown inspired jazz piece with two contrasting sections, much in the style of Vince Guaraldi. Fender Rhodes with bass and drums playing a straight ahead beat soon turns into a full out playful swing beat with piano soloing. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A mash up of bluegrass and hip-hop with twangy banjo, fiddle, dobro, guitar and low down beats. Think urban twang in the style of Rench and Ganstagrass. Urban and sassy it's sure to make your neck turn red! Great for car chases, action, fights, comedy, parties, reality shows. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Light marimba and pizzicato string melody with a slow building groove. Great for any happy, positive project with an organic and relaxed feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A jazzy, playful track with ukulele and acoustic guitar strumming, marimba melody, pizzicato strings and swinging rhythm. Great for fun, cheeky, childish and silly themed projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
An upbeat, fun instrumental comedy cue with a very sneaky sound. Would work well for reality TV background music, as well as for games and apps. [Tempo: Slow / 170 BPM]
A sneaky and happy instrumental comedy cue with a very fun theme. Would work well for reality TV background music, as well as for apps and games. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
A happy and charming pop / beat track with a feelgood, care free, optimistic sound. A bit quirky. Good for feelgood, charming, happy-go-lucky, presentations. Can also be retro / 1960's / 1970's. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]