Royalty Free Sad / Nostalgic Music

Heart-touching piano melody that tells a story in musical pictures.

Powerful piano chords evolves into a energetic and groovy drop in a epic way.

A mix of ethnic and western instruments bring forth a beautiful atmosphere for documentary and nature content

Smooth South American styled track. Laid back Latin flavours come from the clean electric guitar melody, the off beat Spanish guitar and percussive rhythm section to build a tuneful and relaxing vibe of sunshine and mojitos with a hint of nostalgia. Simple and effective, with an elegant, dancing flow.

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.

'Epic' isn't always reserved for heroic battle music. To prove the point, here is an atmospheric piano based track that manages to build it's 'epicness' through inspirational chord progressions and dramatic instrumentation. And plenty of reverb. With an airy background shimmer, bright piano leads us to clean electric guitar to transport us to a bold, dreamlike state of uplifting calm, blooming into a full, rich wave of invigorating sensation with prominent lush strings. No booming percussion, no fast ostinato, just a beautifully cinematic flight into the clouds.

Classic Orchestral music describing a positive and family-friendly atmosphere

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.

Mystical, orchestral epic, with an ethereal quality. Soothing choir and lush strings and pads start us off, with rich brass swelling to a gently pulsing section of strings and woodwinds as it builds to a more epic finale of fanfare brass and timpani rolls. No stand out melodies, but an overall feel of wonder and enlightenment in a gentle and majestic setting.

A slow building inspirational epic. With each loop of the chord progression, starting from simple, individual piano notes, the intensity rises as more instruments join in. Acoustic guitar, strings, percussion, electric guitar, synth pads .... until we finally reach the climax like a ray of inspiration bursting out from behind the clouds. Reflective at first becoming anthemic and triumphant by the end, it's a motivational journey of honest purity and possibility that's heart warming, emotional, uplifting and encouraging.  

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.

Listening to this song, you can hear the struggle and the breakthrough to never give up no matter what.

Triumphant orchestral finale passage. With hints of sorrow and regret, it still rises heroically to its climax, using epic percussion and legato strings to generate suspense and resolution. Sprinkled with added texture from a subtle choral pad and cymbals, it's short and effective.

Epic ambient piece with huge pads and piano melody.

An alt-rock love ballad featuring heartfelt male vocals, powerful drums and electric guitar layers

A beautiful, melancholic acoustic folk-rock ballad with reversed steel string chord motifs

Cinematic piece, featuring piano and orchestra. A simple and traditional melancholic piano theme opens, juxtaposed by modern shrill electronic pulses to immediately give a sense of the unusual. It breaks into a lush orchestral theme with legato strings, rich brass and fast moving marimba, building in intensity to a majestic climax with fanfare brass and timpani hits. Not to last, it drops back to the orignial theme and calmer style to finish a piece that has a diverse landscape of emotions, evoking sadness, reflection, wonder and longing.

If you like your lo-fi chill hop tracks sat right back in the box, this one is for you. Pure simplicity with an arpeggiated keyboard motif, minimalist deep bass line and rock steady beat. Absolute moods without the fancy intricacies.

80s inspired synth pop track. High energy from the drums and bass, with heavily reverbed keyboard and guitar lead being the melodic focus. Fast arpeggiated synth patterns, sweeps and risers add to the retro vibe. Key modulations between sections give a sense of movement and progression throughout the piece. The main repeated theme gives off a sense of mystery and intrigue.

Ambient meditation music with, of course, an overwhelmingly relaxing and serene feel. Soft, drawn out strings and a background shimmer form the cloudlike bed of the track, and even without any rhythmic movement, the tones evolve to generate a subtle fluidity and progression, leaving you floating on air in a comforting blanket of aural delight.