To us, musically, this period represents a lot of really great Jazz music, traditional jazz and swing-jazz. Also, piano jazz and blues, including the great works of George Gershwin. The prohibition era, the Charleston and Rag / Ragtime is also something we'd put into this category, as would "Stride" jazz and piano music for Silent Movies.
Mid-tempo Tango featuring accordeon, piano, bass, pizzicato string section and subtle drums. Tango dancing, retro show, freakshow, novelty. Also circus, musical caravan, fairground and merry-go-round etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
A very sad and yet relaxing tune. Strings wash over you in a mood full of loss and lament. Above the strings a piano tells it's story in a simple and meloncholy melody. In the chorus the string section swells up and overflows like an inevitable tide of sorrow. The ending brings in the elements of the orchestra almost one by one until the final call. Would suit a tragic drama or romantic film project. Contains strings and piano. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
Uplifting, fun and bright, this is a Hot Club of France style acoustic jazz guitar piece. Saucy and swingin'! [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
Inner city, stylish, mournful retro crime thriller music. Atmospheric, a bit mystery, influenced by Film Noir.... Fretless bass, electric piano, pads, effects and sparse conga. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Warm and woozy, smooth jazz piano track with upright bass and brush drums, performed live. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
American / patriotic style track with strings and trumpet. Dignity, honor, freedom, values, and a slightly military style arrangement. There is also an alternative version with added timpani & snare drums (previews below). [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Romantic France. Easy and nice playing musette. Paris cafe. European. Love, Romantic, Delight/Bliss, Soulful. Piano, Accordion. Romantic/Melodrama, French. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Classical/Contemporary. Exciting, Romantic, Pensive, Soulful. Strings, Symphony Orchestra, Violin. Epic/Historical. New classical. Feel of Europe. [Tempo: Slow / 69 BPM]
Gentle but joyful americana, bluegrass crossover. This track starts with only a banjo and then adds mandolin, pedal steel guitar and bass. Wholesome and genuine, great for outdoors, hiking, fishing, hobby, nature etc with elements of Western, folk and Americana. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A witty, bouncy uptempo orchestral overture with twittering flutes, brassy horns and pizzicato cellos. A variety of happy and sad cues make it highly suitable for use with a humorous commercial/infomercial narrative. Reminiscent of post war comedies and Aardman Animation. Or the post irony of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Danny Elfman style film scores. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 119 BPM]
This track is recorded with a real live orchestra. Rich cellos and aching violins featured in this dramatic backdrop perfect for any large scene of human striving or romantic heroicism. Minor opening delivers with strong restatement in the major, providing a powerful emotional lift. Determination and heart are rewarded withachievement and fulfillment.Good for drama, documentary, adventure/fantasy and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A subtle, understated, yet glorious / glorifying and heroic track. Symphony orchestra, dark percussion and choir. A sense of sacrifice, sadness, sorrow, combined with eternal glory, undying love and praise. Somewhat ritual or religious feeling, like a hymn. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
A supremely tasty, classy, lush and delicate classic jazz track. Smooth as velvet, featuring all live instruments and orchestra, and a female vocal towards the end of the track. Classic big band jazz ensemble with orchestra. Stick around to hear the short vocal part around the 3 minute mark - it'll be worth it. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]
Gentle rag featuring acoustic guitar and dobro. A version without the dobro is also available. Nice country / bluegrass / folk / americana track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
Reflective Piano piece. Touching, Wistful, Graceful, Nostalgic. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Fun and feelgood, upbeat Gypsy Jazz / Hot Club of France style. Toe-tapping and light hearted. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 100 BPM]
A graceful, elegant neo-classical piece for storytelling and emotive content. A sense of movement, progress, motion. Timeless / Classic. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
Piano solo, an elegant waltz with an air of mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A mysterious and pensive track with an uneasy, slightly psychedelic feel. Like classic murder mysteries or a sneaky scene in a classic horror type production. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Keyboard Sonata in B minor, H.245, III. Rondo espressivo. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Frederic Chopin, Mazurka B minor, Op. 33 No. 4. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Felix Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words, Book 3, Op. 38 No. 2 in C minor. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Giovanni Sgambati, Melody in D minor after 'Orfeo ed Euridice' by Ch. W. von Gluck. Performed live in studio by renowned concert pianist Vadim Chaimovich, exclusively for Shockwave-Sound.com. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sentimental, easy-swinging, small combo jazz. Guitar, piano, brush drums, and male vocalist. Nostalgic melody and lyric about remembering a long lost love from youth. Medium slow tempo. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 102 BPM]
Loose and quirky hip, this bluesy electric guitar based track easily conveys flow, drive and keeping it all together. Its funky guitar melody has a touch of jazz and overdrive, set between light drums and walking bass. Great for comedy music, oddball dramas, acts of randomness and urban themes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 167 BPM]
An emotive, touching and inspiring music track, made with epic orchestra, choir and more. Slowly rising toward a climax. Rousing / Passionate / Uplifting / Inspirational Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
A musical depiction of nature. Pastoral and peaceful, dynamic and rich in variety. Modest, optimistic and colourful. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Positive, uplifting and inspiring epic music track made with orchestra, epic drums and choir. Structured in three parts. Wonderment / Epic / Orchestral / Grandeur Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293 (aka Autumn from the Four Seasons). Movement 2: Adagio Molto. Full orchestra recording, classical music performed and recorded by Y Sazonoff exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Upbeat and friendly, this bluegrass music track is easy and light with a touch of crazy. Its Americana country flavor is a balancing act between the affable and the comedic. The banjo melody is helped out rhythmically by an acoustic guitar and a simple, steady kick drum. Ideal music for Americana flavored comedies, travel and cooking shows. Affable / Banjo / Comedy Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 0 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]
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Hob.III:2; Op. 1 No. 2: Movement 2: Minuet - Trio. Recorded live in studio by the Allegro String Ensemble, exclusively for Lynne Publishing. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A powerful song that deals with a significant story about a sister. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
A slow and beautiful song about a flourishing relationship. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
This quaint music track easily articulates the simplicity of country life, surrounded by friends and family. Banjo and acoustic guitar trade off on the upbeat melody. They are joined by a kick drum and sparse percussion. This is excellent music for adding a rural/country flavor to dramas, travel and cooking shows. Quaint / Americana / Upbeat music. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Dark muted trumpet is featured in this classy jazz piece. Warm, vibrant, and jazzy up-tempo track, with wind-section, double bass and light drumbeats. Perfect for productions that require a refined, sophisticated, and sexy backdrop, such as movies, commercials, and TV shows. Great for conveying a musical environment. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
This old-timey, guitar-based country music track is welcoming and friendly. It has a front porch feel: a definitive “Americana” feel made from the bluesy structure of the composition but also the sound of the resonator slide guitar. The resonator guitar plays a catchy melody over a steady rhythm of acoustic guitar with light, jazzy drums. This music track is perfect for dramas, comedies and American “South” period pieces between 1940s-1970s. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
A light, smooth and soulful piano jazz-blues piece. Timeless, elegant, a bit cheeky and all class music. [Tempo: Slow / 102 BPM]
A very warm, mellow and softly flowing, little jazz trio piece. Delicate, gentle and lovely music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 135 BPM]
Light, fun, and easy, this 'happy' blues music track is bouncy and exudes an authentic rural feel. Its brushed drums and acoustic guitar create a great shuffle that the resonator guitar plays on. Slide is used on the resonator guitar for that swampy tone. Great music for comedies, rural dramas, 'country' travel and cooking shows. Happy / Hopeful / Rural / Blues Music. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Swampy with that down home relaxing quality, this early blues inspired music track is easy, loose and playful. With fingerstyle acoustic guitar, slide resonator guitar and harmonica this sparse arrangement is a great underscore music to strike a burden-free rural/country flavor into comedies, dramas, lifestyle, cooking, tutorials and voiceovers. Playful / Early Blues / Swampy, royalty-free music. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
A piece of Inspirational music, a soaring soundtrack of glory and drama. Staccato strings and orchestra with a dramatic, regal, valiant music feel. The epic main part has a mixed choir. (Also available without the choir). [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Steady and dynamic, this country-blues inspired music track is persistent and grooving. It could easily seem to be pushing onward through hardship. A single, steel-string acoustic guitar performance was captured with a lively mix of percussion and simple drums. This is an excellent music fit for rural “Americana” themes and lifestyle, kids/youth programming, comedy, cooking and DIY fix-it podcasts. Acoustic Country / Perseverance / Steady. [Tempo: Fast / 199 BPM]
Jovial and friendly, this timeless country music track feels like the soundtrack to a lively barn dance. While fiddles, banjo and accordion have fun on this track’s cheery melody, it’s the home-spun rhythm section – of acoustic guitar, bass, drums and percussion – that really shines, pulling that real “country” feel together. This is a great fit for rural/country themes and settings for dramas, lifestyle shows, comedies and tutorials. Jovial / Country / Barn Dance music. [Tempo: Fast / 169 BPM]
Beautiful and relaxing and hypnotic, but something's not right... [Tempo: Slow / 75 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]
A grand and celebrative orchestral fanfare / overture style track with a full orchestra arrangement. Festive / Rousing / Patriotic / Heroic / Regal / Valiant. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cinematic atmospheric washes of light & shade blossom into free form piano lines evoking wide vistas or a homely, folksy environment. Thought provoking, captivating & pure with a sense of the innate complexities of life. The track ends on a positive note and this uplifting passage is available separately as Sting 2. ‘Dawn Of A New Life’ is similar in style to Dream Valley Music’s ‘Secrets & Memories’, ‘True Life Stories’ and ‘How It Ends’. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
A jazz crooner version of the old number, 'Mack the Knife'. Jazz combo band with male vocalist, keepin' it cool. The composition and lyrics to this song came into the public domain in USA on January 1, 2024. This version was created, performed and recorded by Lynne Music Project , with vocals by Dean Ager, in 2024. [Please note: This historical composition may, or may not, be in the public domain in the country of your residence, as every country has its own laws on when a historical music composition enters public domain. In the USA it is public domain as of January 1, 2024. Outside the USA, you must investigate your own country's copyright laws before using this music.] [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
A fun and toe-tapping performance of the classic jazz / showtime song 'It Had To Be You' by Isham Jones (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics). Feel-good jazz mood with a bright and upbeat male vocal. The song entered the public domain on January 1, 2020. This version was arranged, performed and recorded by the Lynne Music Project in 2024, featuring vocals by Chris Weeks. [Please note: This historical composition may, or may not, be in the public domain in the country of your residence, as every country has its own laws on when a historical music composition enters public domain. In the USA it is public domain as of January 1, 2020. Outside the USA, you must investigate your own country's copyright laws before using this music.] [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
