Music for Drama and Personal Stories is a wide ranging description, since you can arguably use anything from hard rock to solo piano or solo cello music to illustrate personal stories. But we've tried to represent tracks here that have a certain emotional, introspective, or thoughtful side to it. Be it independent rock or orchestral / classical based music, you should find music here with an introspective feel; something that you would want to use when you are telling stories about people and their lives. This music also tends to be background music / underscores, rather than up-front music, although there are exceptions as some pop/rock music go well with personal dramas (e.g. "Grey's Anatomy)"
A touching, melancholic and intimate music piece with piano and chamber strings, with ambient textures. Delicate / Sentimental music / Softly flowing. [Tempo: Slow / 140 BPM]
An ambient, atmospheric and evolving royalty free track featuring a soft ensemble made of piano and strings. Cellos dominate in the melodic part and the rest of the strings hold the chord progression. Suitable for introspection, reflection, nature, relaxation and various contemplative or heartening, emotive content. A solo piano version is also available. [Tempo: Slow / 85 BPM]
A reflective, melancholic and wistful royalty free music soundtrack featuring a pulsating kalimba, piano and a gentle string ensemble. Thoughtful, insightful and contemplative, this track will go well with many types of melancholy, reflective, introspective and serious content, as well as scenes of nature, landscapes, community and charity, people and relationships. [Tempo: Slow / 135 BPM]
A poignant, rising, positive and emotional royalty free track featuring string orchestra, cellos, piano and synth bass. With an inspirational, motivating and optimistic mood, this track is somewhat epic, but still also mellow and romantic. Suitable for emotional, passionate and uplifting footage, thoughtful and passionate content, human relations, overcoming difficulties and coming home. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Uplifting and inspirational post-rock music, with a heartwarming theme and an organic feel to it. Growing, building and developing as it goes along, this track has a strong sense of awe, beauty, wonderment and people coming together to achieve amazing things. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A delightful and feathery light, impressionistic, neo-classical piano piece, with a slight jazz influence. Pretty, pastoral, dreamy and fluttery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A slow, dreamy and touching Ambient music track with ethereal pads and piano. Reflective, melancholic. Wonderment, amazement, introspective, wistful. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 65 BPM]
Light ambient / classical / cinematic underscore. Delightful and melodic, with gentle piano and strings. Hopeful and reassuring. Works with spiritual, meditation, contemplation, reflection, nature and love scenes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A neutral track, great for a transparent background in video games or story documentaries, puzzle-solving, finding clues, detective work, investigation, crime. A sense of mystical magic and enchantment is painted subtly in the background. Useful for long plays with a looping 4 minute time. Features dark mellow piano, mystical harp, horns, exotic percussion and strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Enchanting Mystical background music, suitable for background or underscores. It is slow-moving with a transparent sense of intrigue and mystical magic. Subtle music that you don't notice too much. Features rich soft chords on the piano with long floating clarinet melodies against harp and strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An intriguing and developing, cinematic piano piece. Great as background for a developing story, drama, film, vlog, culture, art and storytelling of all kinds. The music is alluring, slightly mystical quality which makes it both appealing and inviting, but also somewhat pensive, questioning and quizzical. Timeless and interesting. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A warm, fragile and touching solo piano piece. Reflective, gentle, intimate and beautiful. An alternative, 'Nostalgic Piano Sound' version is also available. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Delicate, quaint, lightly romantic / nostalgic piano. Great as underscore for family oriented film/video. Comforting, warm, kind-hearted. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Neo classical music with a flowing, emotive, touching mood. Melancholy / Wistful / Hopeful / Longing. A sense of delicate, fragile beauty and hope. Orchestra arrangement with piano, strings, horns, woodwinds and vibraphone. Great for movie soundtrack, film & TV drama, storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 181 BPM]
Affectionate and hopeful, softly uplifting and heartwarming music. Light orchestra with piano. Innocence / Sincerity / Hope / Friendship / Love. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Neo classical music for film, videos, cinematic storytelling and other media. Pensive / Thoughtful / Questioning / Puzzling. This music will go well with the gentle start of a story, or to illustrate gentle movement, stirring, a story progressing, leads and threads developing, unveiling secrets, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
A playful & captivating scene-setting theme with echoes of hidden depths & secret passions. Builds from a simple piano & harp into a dramatic flurry of orchestral strings, which then melt into a deep yearning for half-forgotten dreams. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Touching and nostalgic, warm and tender piano piece. Fragile and delicately flowing. Neo-classical / Ambient piano work for reflection, contemplation and love / intimacy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A delicate and deliciously noir piano piece with subtle orchestral strings. Melancholic and introspective, with a slight sense of mystery and sensuality, this is an elegantly flowing neo-classical composition. Great for drama, film, storytelling, and setting a contemplative mood. We have this track in a "clean piano version" as well as an "old nostalgic piano version". [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A warm, reflective track featuring hypnotic arpeggios and lulling, dreamy piano. Sparse, gentle, minimalistic, Lo-Fi. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Gentle and slow, this piece is perfect for a romantic setting. It also works well in a melancholy setting. It consists of a soothing synth pad underneath a gentle electric piano melody. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A minimalistic background track for contemplation, mystery and investigation. Slightly otherworldly and eerie, suspended animation. Hypnotic and contemplative. Suitable music for dramas, mysteries, forensic investigation, suspenseful background music. Spatial kalimba melody with low piano and bass. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
A heartening and poignant, uplifting and joyful, touching and sentimental piece of Cinematic Pop / Orchestral Pop with a Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Pop sound. The music starts from a gentle play of piano and strings, and blossoms into a sweeping and soaring, inspirational and joyful dance, before returning to its source towards the end. Graceful, flowing and full of wonderment. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Meandering and reflective, gentle and still, calm and relaxing piano music with soft pads. Soothing, tender, touching and contemplative. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Neo-classical, raw and naked, cello and violins in a film noir or classic drama mood. A sonically hopeful and emotional vibe convey itself with a really sweet and tender sound and feel backed by high controlled violins and cellos to bring a balance to this very delicate sounding track. Poignant and intimate. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A bright and uplifting 'light orchestra' or neo-classical, chamber pop track. Highly suitable for film, TV, storytelling, commercials and more, this track has a dignified, elegant, tasteful and understated sense of family, togetherness, hope and aspirations. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
A very earthy and welcoming track, full of hope and optimism - but in a laidback, easy-going way. Acoustic guitars and piano are joined later by a subtle beat that still has a good sense of momentum and forward drive, almost reminescent of the music of U2. Available with or without the marching snares. Very inspiring, hopeful, uplifting and good as music for stories about real people, hopes and dreams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A very inspirational and heartening / motivating royalty free background music track that builds up from a very subtle beginning, gradually grows into a crescendo of achievement, wonderment and amazement. This track is Epic in a subtle kind of way, and will go well with subjects relating to achievement, coming together to overcome challenges, buidling a better future, striving to better ourselves, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 101 BPM]
Classic Hollywood movie style, romantic drama underscore. Recorded with a real live orchestra, this is a long track that goes through various stages and can be used for many cues in a retro style romantic movie, historical, classic / film noir etc. of the 1930's-1970's. Many of the different parts and sections are also available as a separate file (See Edit 1, Edit 2, etc.) to make it easier for you to fit this music into your production. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A cinematic music track with an inspiring, achievement mood. Featuring big orchestra, with strings and piano playing the main role. Evolves into big, epic track. Inspirational / Amazement Music. [Tempo: Medium / 97 BPM]
An understated, subtle and somewhat quirky, feel-good electro pop groove. Positive and bright, but in a restrained way. Easy going, care free and relaxed. More 'content' than overly happy. The light and transparent production makes this track suitable for background use and media production. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 61 BPM]
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Acoustic guitar composition, available with or without subtle percussion. Easy-going, relaxing and pastoral. Good for many types of media or background use. Has a sense of the natural world, nature and earth. Nice and easy, moderately positive in a relaxed way. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 59 BPM]
A beautiful and magical orchestral fantasy track, available with or without choir. Pastoral, melodic, sweeping passages of orchestral strings, harp and flutes paint a picture of magical worlds, amazing discoveries, new beginnings. Beauty and fantasy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 90 BPM]
A very light and positive track, but in a mellow and thoughtful way. Acoustic guitars, piano and light strings combine Folk / Acoustica with Ambient and Light Pop to create a friendly, woozy and cosy groove, with a slightly introspective mood. Good for thoughtful films and messages with that "human" touch. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A calm and mellow ambient track with soft bell-like sounds, swirling pads and a piano melody. Towards the end of the track, strings come to add an extra dimension. Relaxing and thoughtful, this track would be well suited to leisure, holidays, reflective projects and more. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
An easy going pop/rock with a bass guitar introduction that leads into intertwined, twangy guitars and steady drums. A little bit country sounding, a little bit rock sounding, this track could provide great backing to many projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
Acoustic guitars and light electric guitars in a sort of uptempo, but still relaxed, feel-good track that blends elements of acoustic folk / light rock / country crossover. Good for nature and the outdoors, house and property, family / light entertainment, breakfast TV. weather forecasts / weather channel, as well as personal stories and storytelling. Has a good sense of forward movement with optimism and high hopes, expectation. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 92 BPM]
Excerpt from Johann Sebastian Bach's - Magnificat. This instrumental version arranged & performed by Yuri Sazonoff and his orchestra. There are full orchestra or chamber orchestra versions. 100% live recording, no synths or samples. Various cuts and versions are available for your convenience. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This is true romance, the classic way. A beautiful evening at the beach, looking up at the stars. Features a beautiful woodwind and strings melody with lush piano arpeggios. Suitable for a romantic trailer or a special moment in a production. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Instrumental light rock. Bright, positive and moderately excited. Led by acoustic guitar, electric guitars and piano on the chorus part. Feelgood rock with a nice human touch. A sense of freedom and movements; hope and expectations. Friendly / Positive / Hopeful. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
A beautiful and understated ambient/pop track. A sense of expectation and promise. Piano, subtle electric guitar, subtle synth chords. Suggestive and restrained, this track carries a real sense of 'class' and true values, amazement and wonderment. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
An upbeat indie rock track with lots of layered guitars, prominent drums and driving bass. Raw and edgy, this track has hints of the sound of 'Bloc Party' and could be suitable for projects looking for a youthful feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
Slow, soft, beautiful, dreamy, emotional, meaningful, moving orchestral piece with a sense of nostalgia, loss & sadness. Calm, thoughtful, reflective, tranquil, resigned, serene, sedate & somber. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / romantic / historical type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ever thought you had the world in your hands and lost it? This is a dramatic, lush, dreamy, magical, emotional, passionate and moving orchestral piece with hypnotic piano running through. Glorious, meaningful and with air of melancholy and sadness. Would suit romantic / science / historical / drama type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft, spacey, dreamy, ethereal, peaceful, hypnotic and emotive track using plucked string instruments, electric piano and orchestral strings. Simple, serene, thoughtful, wondrous, sublime, graceful, floaty and reflective. Would suit dramatic / cinematic / documentary / historic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 97 BPM]
Beautiful, magical, spacey, calm, dreamy, surreal, hypnotic, trippy, ethereal and peaceful. Ambient pop instrumental, using piano, synths, strings and drums. Floaty momentum which transports you high, above the clouds. This track has an airy, summery feel to it. Would suit mystery / romantic / dramatic projects. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
This slow cyclical waltz speaks of tristesse, loss, tenderness and longing. Style similar to Erik Satie. Two melodies gently intertwine and separate to create a story all their own. Ideal music for a love story. A hanging or resolved ending are both possible with some easy editing in or out of the last chord. Works with or without dialogue. Good music for drama, love story, TV, film, family. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 84 BPM]
This track features the mystical and beautiful instrument known as Hang Drum. It has an ethnic, ancient sound and feel, like somewhere between a steel drum and an african Mbira. This track is available with or without a somewhat hypnotic drone underneath the hang drum. Use for world discovery / travel / amazing journeys / ancient cultures, tribal history, etc. A version with "Tuvan drone" is also available; this version features tuvan throat singing, as practiced by the Tuva people of Siberia, which has a very profound, mystical sound. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
