Royalty Free Sad / Nostalgic Music

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.

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.

Brooding orchestral track. Starting with chiming piano, the intensity is increased by string sustains, shorts and tremolos. Melodic cello, legato double bass and a hint of brass swells add dramatic highlights and tension while pizzicato strings add a contrasting lightness to the piece. Full of suspense and expectation due to the clockwork-like piano and modulating chord progression, it has a dramatic, frustrated feeling.

A Latin American / Spanish based piece with a modern beat. A lively bass line and rhythm section energise the music under a Spanish guitar lead.

A nostalgic acoustic folk ballad featuring soft male vocals and bright acoustic guitars

Serene piano track with a dream-like aura enveloping its fragile, melodic soul. Whilst it's the piano that holds the tune, it's the shimmer from the strings that adds the touch of magic, transforming the yearning melody into a celestial ray of hope and optimism in an otherwise contemplative mix of sorrow and uncertainty. Cinematically dramatic and emotional, with a heartfelt sincerity.

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

A gentle and moving duet with a nostalgic feel, featuring piano and violin melodies backed by acoustic guitar

Contemplative fingerstyle acoustic guitar track with a soft, rolling lilt. Certainly creating a mood of longing, love and nostalgia, it keeps moving on, through its continuous background split chords and phrasal solo melodies. Ambient and deep, it leaves an emotional trace behind while keeping a light and airy passion.

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

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 soft, lilting orchestral track. Shades of mystery and discovery are evoked by the dark, mellow ethnic flute backed up by whistful, melancholic cello and oboe leads. A good underlying movement is created by soft percussion, string shorts and rolling arpeggiated piano as well as the phrasing of the music to create a piece of magical serenity, wonder and reassurance.    

Soft piano with ambient bed telling a possible friendly hope

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.

A beautiful alt-rock love ballad with soft male vocals, bright acoustic guitars and electric guitar riffs in the background

A touching and contemplative soundscape with an ambient and blissful atmosphere. Dreamy piano and sound design textures float on a cloud of soft pads, while calming strings enhance the reflective nature of the music.

Emotionally sombre piano track based on a simple chord progression. Hauntingly sorrowful, deeply pensive and openly honest, it's a slow moving composition that builds beautifully with elegant strings to reveal a deeper and more involved sound. Calming, but undeniably sad.

The calm atmosphere of this beautiful song brings relaxation and a smile on everyones face.

Dramatic and beautiful ambient cinematic music with a deep and inspiring melody. Creating a hybrid texture with rich strings, chiming piano and shimmering high drones, it flips seamlessly between rhythmic and non percussive sections, maintaining its atmospheric continuity throughout and adding elements such as simple reverbed guitar lines and sonic treats for effect. Gentle, surging mood music for multiple uses.

This soft but uplifting piano pattern is perfect for corporate and inspiring purposes.