Royalty Free Sad / Nostalgic Music

A soft, dramatic composition led by a beautiful grand piano and an ambient synthesised pad. Slightly haunting but mostly melancholic and pensive with a hint of optimism, it is, as the title suggests, a rich and enveloping piece with a gentle, ambient tempo and calm sense of grandeur. Its ambiguity of mood lends itself perfectly to many different uses, but remains a dramatic, atmospheric composition of depth.

A modern hip hop beat to be used selectively. Effectively in 4 sections, with everything showcased in the final part, it's dark, moody and atmospheric while retaining an urban vibe through the beat. Deep synth bass, and a simple keyboard melody soaked in reverb form the main bed but the added touches of guitar and synth strings with an old school wavering tape effect give it a mysterious and retro feel. Chilled, curious and almost haunting.

Sad, sombre and emotional music. Melancholy, moving dramatic orchestra with a subtle backing choir building to a resolution.

Emotional, sentimental and dramatic piano and orchestra instrumental music. Heartfelt, romantic and evocative underscore.

An atmospheric mid tempo track, with hints of traditional Asian music mixed with chilled percussion and synth textures. The main theme played on tuned wooden percussion is subtly backed with a granular pad and soft beat, built on with guitar harmonics and synth sweeps to create a mood of mystery, intrigue, suspense and wonder. Relaxing, pensive and enigmatic.

Reflective sounding hip hop instrumental, based on a repeating guitar melody and layered with synth, piano, deep bass and a clean beat in various combinations. Soft and chilled with an animated drum pattern to liven it up, it makes great background music for a modern, sensitive slice of drama.

A modern electro pop track, featuring a simple clean electic guitar theme. Slightly hypnotic in feel, with an ethnic world lounge vibe surfacing from time to time, the use of synth in rich backing, textures and prominent lead creates another dimension reminiscent of deep house. An animated percussive beat with a constant kick lends itself well to both genres, making a stylish and sopisticated track that has a strong groove and chilled vibe with a slightly mysterious, curious edge.

A romantic acoustic folk song with soft male vocals and a melancholic feel

Dreamy, ethereal soundscape with a lo-fi vintage tonal vibe mixed with filtered synth and spacey, reverbed guitar lines. Anchored by a soft beat, the rest floats above as the shimmers, echoes and delays meld together in a timeless, carefree web of delicate, enchanted daydreaming.

An acoustic ukulele and piano instrumental with a difference. Normally the reserve of upbeat and commercial happiness, this uke theme takes on a more reflective feel, with a slower pace and more serious overall tone, whilst still managing to maintain the lightness, simplicity and dynamic of more conventional pieces. A subtle shift in feeling with a familiar style.

Deeply atmospheric, ambient track. Soaked in reverb for a spacey and dreamlike feel, it features clean electric guitar melodies and broken chords over synth pads and piano. A light percussive rhythm lends a fluidity and forward movement and helps build a slight intensity, creating a change in dynamics and feeding the listener a vibe of wonder and mysticism. Cinematic and very, very pensive.

639 Hz - a frequency filled with love, radiance, and positive energy. It's the frequency of the heart, but don't expect James Blunt style whinings. This is a meditation soundscape designed to go much deeper, whistling straight into your inner core with haunting tones and evolving sound design. As useful for cinematic ambience as it is for spiritual energising, it's said to help you build harmonious relationships with others. Might work better than a mix tape of 80's love ballads.

Brahms inspired lullaby. Gentle and magical thanks to the music box, it delicately grows into an orchestral string arrangement, enhanced by woodwinds and glockenspiel before returning to the solo music box as it slows to its finish. Enchanting and innocent.

A gentle acoustic instrumental. What starts as a simple guitar pattern develops into a fuller, richer sounding piece with the introduction of more instruments. Over a continuous rhythm of kick drum and shaker, a piano theme is added, followed by warm pads, bass, and eventually an electric guitar lead that continually adds interest without digressing from its role as a light, free flowing background track with a sense of tranquility and positivity.

A beautifully flowing, finger picked acoustic guitar track. Very natural and wholesome with a soft melancholic/nostalgic vibe that leads to an overall positive feeling of inspiration and hope. The beauty is in the purity of a solo guitar, the feeling is in the richness of the melodic progressions.

A melancholic piano and strings ambient track. In a perfect example of 'less is more', what you get is a tragically fragile and delicate piece of cinematic, reverbed piano woven with muted strings and harmonics. Isolation, yearning, loss, sorrow ..... it's dark in feeling but light in texture, expressing vulnerability with perhaps the slightest hint of optimism. Moody stuff indeed.

Wistfully floating into the ether, this short cinematic track beautifully glides between soft angelic voices and shimmering strings for a soothingly uplifting and pensive feel that has a deeply tragic undertone. Melancholic yet optimistic at the same time, it makes great use of the natural qualities of the cellos and ethnic woodwinds to paint its heavenly picture of light and dark.

Beautifully inspiring and moving piano track over a rich string section.

Gentle instrumental loop. Arpeggiated acoustic guitar and vibraphone melody are joined by piano and a soft rhythm to create a track that stays light and pensive throughout. More animated in the second half due to the extra instrumentation and rhythmical elements, remaining calm, positive and warm.

This very intimate solo piano pulls the listener into his world, a world of moments where sadness dominates but also hope.