Slow, doom-ish, retro pulp / surf rock. Twangy guitars with a Mexican feel. California surf style guitar amp sound. Very slow, sensual in a 'fatal female' type mood. Good for pulp and retro styled flicks. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
Orchestral hip-hop instrumental. String sets blended with straight forward drum set. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Powerful, serious sound. Smooth beat, dark strings, spherical synthhesizer, piano. Serious issues in politics, news and human relations. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
Sometimes words are not enough to describe the depth of emotions. This solo piano piece will let you connect with those profound feelings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
This sentimental track has an exponentially-rising energy level throughout, starting with low energy (just vocals, strings and piano) and working its way into a full band piano-rock ballad. It will work well with footage of relationship troubles, reflective, sad, depressing, lonely, bittersweet, homesick or driving footage. Energetic guitars with a thumping bass line, melodic piano and soaring violin somewhere between pop and rock. The lyrics are all about coming to realization with the end. Closure on a failed relationship, learning to move on, get over it, and learn to love and trust again. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
This pop song has a hip-hop inspired beat and dark musical progression, driven by powerful strings. The lyrics have a sexy feel and speak of loveless passion. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Starting with soft acoustic guitar, gentle organ and female vocal, this song builds up into chorus with male vocal and harmonies followed by slide electric solo at 1:33. This slide electric continues through the next verse building again into big double chorus with uplifting backing vocals. Long electric guitar solo begins at 3:28. The lyrics are about the two different sides of a relationship, told with both male and female main vocals. Instrumental version also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
This song is about seasonal depression. The lyrics describe the hopelessness involved in the changing weather and are a metaphor for a relationship that is past due. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
A haunting acoustic guitar based song about “love at the first sight”, featuring male main vocal, female backing vocals, fretless bass and light percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
A dark and depressing soundtrack-style theme featuring orchestra, piano, and solo violin that creates a hopeless and saddening mood. A stirring melody evokes death, grief, misery, mourning, suffering and desolation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 115 BPM]
This track features a rock-steady drum and bass line syncing with slamming guitar lines of rock. The lyrics sing about a recent break-up and moving past the hurt and emptiness felt inside. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
This song has punchy guitar riffs and solos teamed with a locked rhythm section of drums and bass with a melancholy trumpet line. The lyrics describe how the ending of a relationship brought heartache and loneliness and empty bottles of wine. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 117 BPM]
A lonely piano melody gently plays out on top of dark strings and synths. A sense of moving on from a terrible past, but not without scars. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 62 BPM]
Guitar, piano and deep strings are melancholy yet powerful. Very evocative love theme. Full of regret, remorse and perhaps an unrequited love. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Dark and desolate film underscore. Haunting / Mournful. Quirky and unique sound design with acoustic piano and strange synthesizers. Otherwordly / Poignant / Fragile / Dark. Think Donnie Darko. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
An epic, cinematic trailer track with emotional strings. The track opens with large strings and effects that quiet down right before a massive hit. The main drop is a heavy hitting mix of strings drums and brass. Over the top heavy drums have a strong impact. The track continues with an epic brass progression to a final distorted hit in the end. This track will work well in video game or movie trailers, as well as scenes of battle or uprising. Proud, strong and sorrowful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A dark, creepy and sinister track that is eerie and twisted - suitable for a TV show opening theme like Hemlock Grove. Piano, violin, strings, music box, and mangled sound effects all mix together to create a mysterious and fearful overall sound. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Provocative Eastern tinged cello lines add mystery and intrigue to this brooding underscore. A mournful female vocal sings over sweeping chords at 1:21. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An electronic track with influences from ambient music, but with a somehow dark or sad undertone. Sparse drums, deep bass and a melancholic melody create a futuristic atmosphere. Good for sci-fi movies, crime investigation, thriller and mystery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Inspirational and emotional music track brings up the images of survival through the hard times, reminiscence and long forgotten memories, expectations of the future and the will to succeed. Features acoustic guitars, orchestral strings, piano and contemporary drum beat, along with synth pads, percussion and bass guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A very inspirational and emotional track in an alternative rock style. Similar to U2. Great for modern drama with an urban touch. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 105 BPM]
An uneasy, unsettlilng and somewhat mystical film score / soundtrack with an edgy sound combining synthesizers and piano. Mystery / Intrigue / Crime / Regret / Forensics / Analytics / Criminal Investigation. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A hazy, somewhat dreamy, Americana / Folk, textural track featuring acoustic guitar, acoustic piano and harmonica lead. Lamenting, with a dark undertone. Good for drama, crime, history and more. Also available without the harmonica, making it a more ethereal, reflective underscore track. All live performance; no computers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
A deep, ambient, slowly moving, textural track. Nostalgic, flowing, hazey. Reflective / Thoughtful. Somewhat similar to the sound of Sigur Ros. Perhaps a slight Scandinavian / Nordic feel. Melancholic and haunting. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A mysterious and dark sounding solo piano piece. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A dark and poignant underscore for film / drama. Gloomy, but with hints of hope. Touching, personal and introspective. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Piano and acoustic guitar gently tell a tale of heartbreak and regret. Music builds a little throughout, perhaps indicating a sense of resolve and determination. The end lifts us up with a slightly more positive and reflective tone. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 136 BPM]
A powerful, modern guitar driven track with melody and edge. Fuzzed out, reverberant guitars carry a piano melody that is dramatic, sincere, and uplifting. Perfect for productions looking for a dramatic, driving, and memorable soundscape. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
Händel's Sarabande, arranged for string section and harpsichord. Recorded exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com by D Hamilton. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Classical acoustic guitar piece. With drama, suspense and many mood changes, played very emotionally. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Melancholic, touching, fragile and beautiful piano composition, with subtle strings and bass. Reflective / Emotive / Tender. Available also as a solo piano track, and with/without FX on the piano (prepared piano / straight piano). [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 56 BPM]
Driving country song about looking after a sibling who got into a bad relationship. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 89 BPM]
A mix of orchestral and electronic elements creates a beautiful tension. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 92 BPM]
A dreamy, nostalgic and haunting track that will work for scenes of reminiscing and discovery. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A brooding and dark feeling soundtrack with an emotive undertone. Features violon, cello and piano, and has a distant Asian influence. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
A heartfelt acoustic rock ballad breakup song about loneliness and regret. [Tempo: Slow / 158 BPM]
Melodic, emotional film score music, highly suitable for drama, opening sequence or underscore during emotional, thoughtful scenes of sorrow or soul searching. Semi-orchestral, semi-electronic arrangement. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 93 BPM]
A grand, epic, romantic piece of orchestral / symphonic film score music. Wide open fields, home lands, personal stories, adventure and epic tales. The piece plays for six and a half minutes and can be used for several different cues, or together as a whole. This track is recorded with a live philharmonic orchestra. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
Beautiful, haunting melodies, with a traditional Greek or Eastern European feel. Drifting like a distant memory of life long ago, and love lost. Also highly suitable for nature and the outdoors. Played on bouzouki, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and Rhodes piano. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Grand, epic soundtrack with sweeping, awe-inspiring orchestral passages. Perhaps from an awesome discovery in a fantasy world, an evil lair, an gruesome monster or dramatic event. Suitable as fantasy movie soundtrack, game soundtrack, movie trailer and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 125 BPM]
The title says it all, really, this is a film soundtrack / film mood underscore with a very suspenseful nerve, in fully orchestral / symphonic arrangement. Good for thriller, horror, suspense, fantasy, Halloween, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Angelic, foreboding, ominous, awe-inspiring in a subtle way, this is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack piece that creeps under your skin. A sense of being in the presence of greatness or something otherworldly. Superb film soundtrack material, be it for sci-fi, drama, fantasy or history. [Tempo: Slow / 63 BPM]
Thunderous drums and pipe organs play a menacing, ominous, dark Gothic music piece. Great for fantasy, goth, horror music. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, tense and dramatic, textured film score piece. Very slight eastern European feel, but certainly not limited to that region. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
String drone and ethnic flute. Dark, ominous, sparse, like the desert, savannah, mighty mountain ridges or vast open landscapes. Highly suitable for nature or travel. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark and sombre background music based on strings and piano. Very cinematic piece suitable for any dark, ominous drama or fiction. [Tempo: Slow / 0 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]
Simple arrangement but very expressive. Melancholic, emotional. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
Slowly moving track with a mood of regret and misery, but also of hope. Monotonous harp and disonant ponderous pads in the background with accordion theme repeating its wailing melody. Although the track is hard to categorise, one can find here a slight feel of Middle Eastern, Semitic melody vibe. [Tempo: Slow / 56 BPM]
A melancholic piece with a slight Eastern European or Hebrew feel. The composition is actually rather complex and goes through various stages, some very mournful and others more hopeful. Features ethnic flutes, ethnic percussion, bells and some soprano sax. Waltz rhythm, emotional melodies and constantly evolving and developing composition, with a female vocal group joining in. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]