Royalty Free Sad / Nostalgic Music

A downbeat suspense theme. Brushed drums and a falling piano sequence create a sense of longing, added strings and pads help to build the intensity. Solo cello subtly creates extra melancholy and nostalgia.

A sentimental rock track with spacey lead guitar. Major use of tremolo and a big drum beat create movement in an otherwise slower paced piece. An optimistic mood, with a reflective tone.

Spacey, ethereal track. Starting as a pure, synth soundscape with lush textures and pads, the dreamlike atmosphere becomes enhanced by rhythmic pulses and soft arpeggiated leads, sprinkled with chimes and warped effects. No beat, just a mobile fluidity, like a cloud set in motion by a chorus of angels.  

Gentle piece for piano and strings. A solo piano theme sets the mood, soon joined by cello, and gradually building on the meandering ideas with full string accompaniment. Mid tempo, flowing but never hurried, it's a delicate track with hints of drama, but mostly sweet, reflective and carefree in it's tone.

This is a thoughtful, gentle and breezy acoustic track - just effortlessly gliding along on a cloud of tranquility without a care in the world as it contemplates the wholesome nature of existence with a calming introspection. So not a heavyweight composition by any means, but perfect for a lilting acoustic guitar mood with a little twinkle in its eye. Positive and rewarding background music.

Super chilled ambient track, with a chill hop beat, rhythmic warps and warm, old school feels through the use of vibraphone, reverbed guitar and synth textures. Just like floating along on a cloud of unhurried passiveness, it leaves you in a state of carefree calm and deep relaxation.

Retro lo-fi hip hop with a sense of smooth lounge jazz influence. All those vintage keyboard tones hark back to old school times, evoking chilled evenings and carefree relaxation, over a thin backbeat and rich kick. Calming, confident and laid back.

A short solo piece consisting of dramatic descending piano arpeggios, starting with a delicate, fragile ambience and building to a more urgent, tense finale through fuller bass and more animated expression. Relying on it's momentum, chord progressions and constant flow to generate the emotion, it's not a complicated, stand alone track, but intended to fill a need to enhance a mood - one of slight urgency, anxiety, mystery and tension.

A slow tempo chillout track with a glacial feel in the trebles and a glowing warmth in the low end - essentially a mix of brittle sounding, reverbed keys and textures over cosy minimalist piano, drums and bass. Very calming, even with the juxtaposing temperature issues.

Slow building, cinematic orchestral piece. Immediately dramatic and intense, through single repeated piano notes and suspenseful violin harmonics, there's an ethnic edge in the instrumentation merging with strings and oboe as the piece turns darker with rich bass and dissonant textures. Ambient and brooding throughout with a tragic, heroic feel to the second half due to a sweeping string and brass melody accompanied by added timpani and rhythm, it remains a calm yet slightly unsettling piece with outstanding tension.

This relaxing song makes you believe to be floating through water or the air.

Dreamy lo-fi chillout track. Heavily effected electric guitar takes the lead role as a spacey melody maker, weaving simple, reverbed hooks into a tapestry of rich chordal textures and lo-fi beat. Very open and clean, with a trippy, ambient nature designed to provoke reflection and relaxation.

A dark, mysterious-sounding ambient track featuring a celeste lead and a beautiful string ensemble

Ambient Western track, in no hurry to get anywhere in particular. Soaking up the desert heat at walking pace, it's a beautifully constructed mix of shimmering strummed electric guitar chords, tremolo and slide leads, whistles and harmonica that oozes Americana. Percussive hand drums add some horse flavours to the theme, a theme that at times is sad and nostalgic, at others more comfortable in its solitude, but portrays a lot more than just cowboys and saddle sores.

Serene background track. After the delicate intro of plucked harp, light piano and gentle vocal aahs, accentuated with legato violins, glockenspiel and woodwinds, the piece flourishes into a night time serenade of lush strings and sparkle. Dreamy and reflective in mood, it's the strings that take the lead with a little help from a subtle percussive shaker to add movement and flow as it transitions back to the innocent, child-like theme from the intro.

A trippy, ethereal ambient background track with white noise and synth textures evoking a mysterious, uncertain mood

Warm and cosy Christmas moods guaranteed with this track, conjuring up the spirit of togetherness in a peaceful and satisfying piece that's all about the gentle side of holidays. Mellow pads and soothing oohs, sleigh bells and clean guitars, synth pulses and string legatos - with a little percussive help to generate an uplifting feel good factor - all blend into the musical equivalent of a tranquil evening in front of a comforting log fire.

Digital synth arpeggios mix with sweeping strings and guitar to set a mood of natural movement and wonder. Soft pads create a steady and constant backdrop, while some unexpected chord progressions later throw a slight uncertainty at the listener. Fascinating and relaxing, with enough curiosity to ask a few questions.

An acoustic lullaby-ish instrumental featuring an acoustic guitar melody, a glockenspiel lead and a dark bass synth buildup

A beautiful folk acoustic ballad with heartfelt male vocals, piano, guitars and brass section