Royalty Free Sad / Nostalgic Music

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.

Beautiful short piano piece evoking reflection, regret, optimism and tranquility. With rolling arpeggios and a delicate melody, it has a sense of energetic movement whilst keeping a fragility to the mood, further enhanced by a subtle background cello line. A modern, cinematic track infused with soft emotion.

Atmospheric cinematic track. With a metronomic feel thanks to the constant arpeggiated piano, it has an unhurried sense of movement and flow, calmed by long string legato lines and intensified by a subtle backdrop of violin harmonics. Very serene - gentle with a sense of enigmatic curiosity.

Deeply reflective piano piece with a calm, minimalist approach. Not a lot of notes, but a lot of rich ambience, diverse emotions and mood from shimmering overtones and swathes of reverb - simplicity and soul-searching would be the only key words for this one. And maybe remorse. And a little hope. And solitude. And peaceful mystery. And I should stop now.

Meandering, jazzy orchestral track. Lush legato strings and an ambling tempo set a warm, relaxing and carefree mood, backed by gentle brushed drums, walking double bass line and muted background brass. A more playful hammond organ lead temporarily takes over, giving an old time vibe before returning to the familiar, gentle orchestration and theme. An innocent, cosy and romantic piece from yesteryear.

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.

Smooth, unfussy track about the difficulties of relationships. Urban overtones with a simple, retro lo-fi feel, its calming mood is reassuring and slightly sinister in equal parts, the sleepy vibe juxtaposing the pent up angst of broken and rekindled love. Male vocals provide the melodic hooks, male spoken vocals provide the heartfelt sentiments, all to a backdrop of cool beats, melodic hits and atmospheric guitar swamped in reverb.

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

Windswept is the title, but it's not designed to ruffle any feathers, more the hairs on the back of your neck. A serene and soothing cinematic soundscape with a triumphantly heroic and patriotic undertone, it's a builder, taking you from gentle and simple ambient piano to an orchestral flurry of woodwinds and legato strings, all the while generating a deep atmosphere of anticipation, inspiration and optimism capturing an essence of the past to give hope to the future.  

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.

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.

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.

Soft and nostalgic piano based piece. Classically influenced, with a cinematic touch, it uses repeated broken piano chords for movement, adding strings for depth and hints of acoustic guitar for tonal variety. Heartwarming and touching, it maintains its poise and elegance throughout, creating a sense of romanticism, reflection and optimism.

Atmospheric background mood music with piano, harp and strings. Based around a rolling, arpeggiated piano and harp theme, the first half remains simple and uncomplicated. Introducing legato and staccato strings with a pizzicato bass for the second half, and soft woodwinds later, adds a broader orchestral dynamic and interest whilst maintaining the dreamlike ambience and perpetual expression of rainfall.

'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.

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

A dynamic electronic love song featuring male vocals rich synths and electronic percussion

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

Emotional cinematic track. Building from a gentle soft pad with reverbed guitar and piano motifs to a more epic, orchestral theme, this hybrid track covers many sentiments. Using reverb for a spacious and airy effect in the gentle, sentimental sections to using horns, strings and percussion for an epic, heroic feel in the main theme, there are subtle variations throughout to keep the interest and maintain a gradual build up. A smooth hybrid piece with a sense of regret and sadness mixed with a triumphant determination and optimism.

Experimental free flowing piano piece, melodically playing to rhythmically mimic the random falling of water droplets. Soulful, gentle and relaxing, the mood is enhanced by subtle pads, rain and droplet sounds, gradually building to a short, sweeping climax. A very intimate, and atmospheric soundscape.