melancholic background music

melancholic royalty-free film music designed for media projects

552 Tracks Title     /ID Description Duration
Title Description Duration
Space Race
ID: KF033802
Album: Wave & Vice
The track begins with a solid four-on-the-floor kick and a flowing synth arpeggiation. Pads fill in the gaps with synth toms for a purely 80s vibe. 02:15
Convertible
ID: KF033801
Album: Wave & Vice
A jazzy key progression and funky bass open this synthwave anthem, while vocal cuts and percussion capture the groove. 02:48
Drops
ID: KF033707
Album: This World
This heavy canon opens with light strums on plucky keys and a wide, undulating pad. It builds to a melodic resolve. 02:27
Bees And Combs
ID: KF033706
Album: This World
A downtempo beat is laid out under a positive vibe of keys; heavy, buzzing synths carry the progression to the end. 03:27
Remind Me
ID: KF033606
Album: Cinematic Emotions
A soft, nostalgic melody is plucked out on nylon guitar strings while kit drums play a shuffle. 02:18
Ancient Caves
ID: KF033605
Album: Cinematic Emotions
The track opens with a subtle, melancholic violin melody and a mystical progression. A deep bass and synth pluck arpeggiation introduce a sense of dark tension. 02:32
Last Step
ID: KF033604
Album: Cinematic Emotions
A profound piano progression is accented by taikos, horns, and strings. 02:44
Entities
ID: KF033602
Album: Cinematic Emotions
A piano plays over sounds of the seashore. As the waves fade, percussion and pads build to an uplifting climax. 02:30
Long Ways
ID: KF033601
Album: Cinematic Emotions
Opening with gentle guitar plucks and soft cymbal splashes, percussion taps in to build up the rhythm of this lyrical ballad. 03:37
Mystery Box
ID: KF033510
Album: Power Source
Far out vocals over pads and electric piano build up to a smooth-laced future bass hit. 03:04
Tired People
ID: KF033310
Album: Well Told
An electric piano plays a soft melody over atmospherics, with ambient pads fading in and out. A deep bass and kit drums bring some jazz-flavored groove to the game. 02:12
Indigo Queen
ID: KF033309
Album: Well Told
The track opens with a crackling organ progression, quickly turning into a massive downtempo trip hop canticle to cool. 02:43
Cry
ID: KF033209
Album: Blockbuster
This soft ambient track fills the listener with a since of disquiet and searching. A piano plays the pensive melody and progression over a bed of synth strings. 04:09
Far Off
ID: KF033207
Album: Blockbuster
String arpeggiations and a solid tambourine-led beat define this serious and motivational track that starts with just a music box and piano. 02:31
The Great Jump
ID: KF033105
Album: Sky Is No Limit
A downtempo, progressive rock track, with a singing guitar chorus pushing into positive, but harder territory. 02:56
Time Out
ID: KF033010
Album: Time For Yourself
Tender synths play against acoustic riffs to create an ethereal atmosphere, leading the way to a steady percussive chorus that keeps the scene moving forward. 02:31
Spa Day
ID: KF033009
Album: Time For Yourself
A lush landscape driven by acoustic riffs and melodies, with a jumping bass and swelling strings that lead to a place of contentment and satisfaction. 01:58
Meditate
ID: KF033008
Album: Time For Yourself
A reassuring acoustic picking melody opens the door as the lead guitar tells the tale, accompanied by airy synths, a brooding bassline, and a thumping kick drum providing a heartbeat. 02:07
Those Were The Days
ID: KF033007
Album: Time For Yourself
Dreamy electric guitar riffs work together with an acoustic rhythm and a deep bassline, building a calm sense of anticipation. 01:57
In Your Mind
ID: KF033006
Album: Time For Yourself
Piano and strings set a harrowing tone, while layers of acoustic guitar and powerful rhythmic percussions work to lighten the mood. 02:27
Constellation
ID: KF033004
Album: Time For Yourself
An intricate acoustic fingerpicking melody accompanied by a delicate bongo percussion and steady strings to enhance the sentiment of the scene. 02:00
Writing A Book
ID: KF033003
Album: Time For Yourself
A lush acoustic guitar starts off a dynamic journey, gaining momentum with strings and intimate percussive snaps sure to elevate any emotional scene. 02:13
Seagulls
ID: KF033002
Album: Time For Yourself
A light, emotional piece with a steady acoustic melody and an empathetic lead, nestled into a bed of backing synths that draws the listener into scenes of contemplation and reflection. 02:22
Beach House
ID: KF033001
Album: Time For Yourself
A calm, acoustic soiree with a soothing guitar lead that drifts along and subtly builds an emotional tension that is then released in the chorus. 02:16
The End Of The Road
ID: KF032809
Album: Twisted Trails
The track opens with a slow piano question over a droning bass and strings. A slight touch of synth arpeggios delicately plays in waves. 02:08
Here With Me
ID: KF032610
Album: Being Now
Opening with a soft strummed melody, heavily EQ'd pianos lay down the progression while toms introduce a march. The track builds to a full rock anthem. 02:34
Spring Tune
ID: KF032603
Album: Being Now
Opening with a kick and muted guitar, the track kicks in the distortion and dials in the rock with exciting kit fills and a driving rhythm. 02:17
Somber Mood
ID: KF032510
Album: Beauty In Ambience
Opening with a melancholic piano and abysmal strings, the solemn melody is played by a cello over piano rhythms and with violins playing the harmony. 03:01
There Is Hope
ID: KF032509
Album: Beauty In Ambience
Beginning at a soft and reflective pace, a contrast is marked midway by a virtuosic piano gliding over pads of strings and synths. 03:36
Cold Fire
ID: KF032508
Album: Beauty In Ambience
The soft crackling of a fire sets the backdrop to this track with pulsing piano chords and a string ensemble gently signaling mystery and loss. 03:33
Walking Barefoot
ID: KF032506
Album: Beauty In Ambience
A heartbeat leads the pace of this meandering piano track played on a bed of soft synths and gentle echoing sounds that wash in like gentle waves breaking after a storm. 02:38
Present Past
ID: KF032505
Album: Beauty In Ambience
A woman's probing voice disturbs unsettled memories while ghostly pads move across an ambient dreamscape. 03:20
Frozen Skies
ID: KF032503
Album: Beauty In Ambience
A cello and piano search for answers while drifting through a sea of soft synth arpeggiations and pads. The track builds to a climax of violin arpeggios and a probing piano melody, leaving questions unanswered. 03:11
Warm Soil
ID: KF032502
Album: Beauty In Ambience
Defined by a shared space of a minimalist guitar and arpeggiating piano, this track features soft driving kit drums and encompassing pads. 03:31
Stargazer
ID: KF032501
Album: Beauty In Ambience
This introspective work is introduced by a slowly bowed orchestral progression, building with piano and light drum elements while remaining evocative. 03:50
Bonfire Theme
ID: KF032408
Album: Colorful Emotions
Soft kit drums guide this relaxed, electronic guitar ballad with delicate synths and plucking six-strings. 02:08
Evening Rain
ID: KF032403
Album: Colorful Emotions
A guitar plucks out the rhythm over a steady rock beat with filters fading in and out the drums to introduce the guitar melody. 02:16
Into The Deep
ID: KF032402
Album: Colorful Emotions
The progression is enthroned by a repetitive marimba while chanting and vocals laden with classic EDM effects rise into a future bass drop. 02:32
Kites
ID: KF032401
Album: Colorful Emotions
A sine pluck arpeggiation opens the track and picks up with heavy drums and stutters, with a lively synth-led bridge. 02:28
Brave Decisions
ID: KF032205
Album: Acoustic Emotions
A music box pitters a gentle melody as a violin comes in to set the atmosphere. The bass, string pads, and guitar build to hold up the harder choices that must be made. 02:22
Be Right Back
ID: KF032204
Album: Acoustic Emotions
The track opens with a nostalgic guitar melody over a high melancholic organ line. It builds intensity with the bass and percussion, calling the listener back to home. 02:25
Heartbroken
ID: KF032202
Album: Acoustic Emotions
The guitar picks out a pensive arpeggiation soon reinforced by a solemn strum. Percussion and strings bring it to an emotional climax. 02:24
Beautiful Creature
ID: KF032201
Album: Acoustic Emotions
The track starts with a steady and positive picking pattern, joined with an active and uplifting melody. The percussion kicks off and builds the energy and is soon replaced by a piano. 02:19
The Golden Path
ID: KF032107
Album: Hope & Victory
Gentle pads of strings and horns move in rolling waves, building with choirs and tubular bells. 02:46
Feels Like Home
ID: KF032105
Album: Hope & Victory
A nostalgic progression of strings, accompanied by French horns and piano, lead the listener to a timpani build and melody led by a plucked harp, signaling the percussion, horns, and staccato violins to further build the rhythm. 02:28
Memories Of Home
ID: KF032005
Album: String Emotions
This track is characterized by an emotional ethnic string melody, accompanied by orchestra and mallet instruments. 01:04
Cultural Encounter
ID: KF032003
Album: String Emotions
Ethnic strings in front of warm pads and fine, percussive elements form a cinematic scene with a gradual build-up. 01:47
The Banners Of Quin
ID: KF032002
Album: String Emotions
Ethnic strings in front of crystalline, shimmering pads and fine guitar increase to a powerful track with prominent drums and electronic elements. 02:26
Nature Recovers
ID: KF032001
Album: String Emotions
Wide, ethnic strings with soft pads come to a climax and connect with the whole orchestra in an emotional melody. A cinematic, carrying and melancholic track with strings in focus. 01:59
Cookietown
ID: KF031702
Album: Quirky & Fun
A spirited flute plays the main melody in this charming, upbeat song. As it progresses, the arrangement nearly grows into a big band line-up with drum solos and vocal interjections. 02:06
Rift
ID: KF031609
Album: Electro Collective
Mellow piano chords, soulful vocal effects and a smooth, low-tempo trap beat capture instill deep focus and capture the mind. 02:07
Ups And Downs
ID: KF031404
Album: Focused
EDM-esque synths and beat introduce this confidently modern track. The pulsating rhythm invites to sway to the beat and the hook will stay in your head, while most other instruments keep a smooth, shining appearance. 02:23
Departure
ID: KF031207
Album: Ukulele Emotions
Even the good times must end sometime. This mellow seaside waltz is shaped by its deep and emotional color. A vibraphone arpeggio leads to guitar plucking, echoed by a dulcet music box like a soft parting of ways. 02:26
Windmills
ID: KF031206
Album: Ukulele Emotions
This pattern lets you dive into an optimistic world with smooth guitar slides and vibraphone arpeggios. The strum starts with the vibraphone and shaker and builds with the guitar's picked melody. Soon the cajon and tambourine join in. 02:26
Sandcastle
ID: KF031205
Album: Ukulele Emotions
A music box starts with a steady arpeggio, building up to a full beach side band of guitar, ukuleles, cajon, and clapping. There's no negativity in sight as this piece shoots the breeze with its constant uplifting progression. 01:52
Clap Clap
ID: KF031203
Album: Ukulele Emotions
An upbeat rhythm with ukulele and cajon immediately takes the listener to some relaxed places. A guitar comes in picking out the tune, positively layered with vibes, and carried along by cajon, tambourine, and hand claps. 02:14
Welfare
ID: KF031108
Album: Timelapse
A piano plays a piece akin to a children’s lullaby as a splashing cymbal signals the listener that something more complex belies the simplicity. Cue the percussion and the listener is left bobbing their head to the newly introduced rhythm. The percussion leaves and comes in waves, keeping a truly varied sense of movement. 02:49
One Step At A Time
ID: KF031107
Album: Timelapse
A dreamy start with a tinkling piano accompanied by shakers builds with a base of strings to raise the hopes of the listener. The track climaxes when the kit drums kick in and the melody is repeated by a more emphatic set of strings. An electric guitar adds with an atmospheric harmony. 02:29
Aspire
ID: KF031105
Album: Timelapse
The track opens as a piano ballad accompanied by soft percussion elements. Staccato strings and a high, profound piano melody break into a moving symphony. The conclusion winds down in a piano-led retrospective. 02:42
Air Wave
ID: KF031010
Album: #Weekendvibes
A timorous bass lays down the track built up by a smooth electric piano bringing it to life along with a boom-bap beat. The track drops and the bass shakes the air waves while the piano slides into a mysterious melody. 02:33
Simple Choice
ID: KF031008
Album: #Weekendvibes
The track opens directly into a boom-bap chill-out beat and a bass line that keeps people looking up to simply higher spiritual places. An electric piano busts out a funk-induced rhythm while a guitar wails out its responses. 02:30
Adrift
ID: KF031006
Album: #Weekendvibes
This jazzy electric piano picks up the groove as a blended flute/trumpet sound pipes in the missing parts of a melody. After the drop, it picks up with a straight bass and a super chilled EP vibe. 02:29
In The Fields
ID: KF031005
Album: #Weekendvibes
Spaced-out reversed pads along with a mysterious arpeggiation carry you out across the fields of a deep bass groove and four-on-the-floor beat. An almost military-like snare reminds the listener of a deep loss. 03:10
Cherry Box
ID: KF031002
Album: #Weekendvibes
A pulsating pad introduces heavily filtered drums with an electric piano. It picks up with a light synth lead, rising to a drop that rebuilds from the arpeggiation of a light music box. 02:18
Moonlight
ID: KF031001
Album: #Weekendvibes
The track opens with a gentle breeze of drums. A drifting keyboard brings images of a grand piano being played over the seaside under a full moon, with successive waves of chilling out. 02:34
Sunday Chill
ID: KF030809
Album: Endless Summer
Guitar picks and melodies interlaced with an upbeat rhythm and sweeps are the theme of this track. Prepare to chill out to maximum positive vibes and energy. 02:07
Let's Dance
ID: KF030802
Album: Endless Summer
The track launches with an electric piano rhythm that's quickly augmented by a kick and a clap. Though a synth keeps the track lighthearted, it remains with high energy and full of nostalgic sounds. 02:21
Who I Am
ID: KF030609
Album: Ambient Flux
A peaceful piece of music starting with beautiful reversed piano chords. It develops into a very dynamic arrangement filled with a beat, strings and synth arpeggios. 02:56
Sea
ID: KF030608
Album: Ambient Flux
Mellow soundscapes open this floating, weightless collage of music which gains momentum as the beat drops in. The calm synths below the beat support the melancholic mood. 03:17
Living Water
ID: KF030607
Album: Ambient Flux
Starting from a small piano line, the arrangement gets bigger and more complex with a warm synth bass line and an unobtrusive beat giving this tracks its constantly floating characteristic. 02:52
Creative
ID: KF030604
Album: Ambient Flux
The track has a reflective mood which is created by the use of soft beats and wide sonic surfaces. Everything is held together by mellow piano chords. 03:19
Shining
ID: KF030602
Album: Ambient Flux
A rather transcendent piece of music which is characterised by the reverse piano pattern and synth arpeggios. Later it is accompanied by a half time beat and an electric guitar. 02:52
Blowing
ID: KF030601
Album: Ambient Flux
Starting as a soft soundtrack with piano and sound design the track evolves into to a larger arrangement with drums, strings and synths. 02:59
Lumberjack
ID: KF030510
Album: Dreams Atmosphere
Focusing on light acoustic instruments - steel guitar and piano - this track uses minimal accompaniment early on and gradually adds to it. The thoughtful melody invites deep contemplation and satisfaction. 03:37
Pink Rays
ID: KF030509
Album: Dreams Atmosphere
Slightly twisted, trippy harmonies and timbres dominate this track as well as a strong, continuous beat. Most instruments are slightly amplified or distorted; yet the track maintains a non-agressive, meditative feel. 04:06
Staring
ID: KF030503
Album: Dreams Atmosphere
Warm, atmospheric pads are infused by occasional reverberant background vocal elements. A steady pulse rhythm carries the arrangement through its meditative chord progressions. 02:49
Never Really Here
ID: KF030501
Album: Dreams Atmosphere
Soft, hollow atmospheric chords are joined by a round, static bass until a laid-back beat and accompanying elements overflow into the higher frequency ranges and envelop the piece in a tranquil reflectiveness. 02:49
Darken Demand
ID: KF030410
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
Steady piano arpeggios introduce a contemplative theme, that develops in with a powerful backing section and electronic elements, adding a touch of drama towards a grand climax. However, the track furthers its original rhythm with a bit of careful optimism sprinkled in between. 02:12
On The Road To Sanity
ID: KF030409
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
With a slightly playful 3/4 rhythm in the beginning, the track evokes childhood memories. In a truly cinematic fashion, the grand atmosphere takes the listener to a warm, predominatly orchestral middle part. In the final part, the bass note rests on one key, while light piano chords complete the journey. 03:26
Forsaken
ID: KF030408
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
This track plays with various emotions on the darker side: Gentle melancholy, uncertainty, mystery. Featuring various acoustic backdrops such as mallet rhythms, solo celli and string ensembles, the track later ends on a rather reflective, restful theme. 02:56
For Mary
ID: KF030407
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
A sweet, soulful piano theme opens the track, surrounded by wide, open, bright acoustic backing sections. It then builds rhythmically, adding shimmering piano elements as well as drums as well as orchestral instruments. After the peak, the track continues its rhythm and begins a second build-up during which it features a solo violin. The last part ends on broad, warm strings as well as shimmering piano chords as its final call. 03:55
Scenes From A Playground
ID: KF030406
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
Hopeful, innocent and altogether positive. Mixed with the overall cinematic, slightly chilly atmosphere of this album, the light piano melodies as well as flowing orchestral movements in the background give the track a dreamy, distant-world quality while remaining fully authentic and grounded. 02:37
Elevated
ID: KF030405
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
A gradually developing track - confident, positive with a touch of heavy-heartedness, sweet and elevating, travelling from deep piano chords into light, broad atmospheres and later joined by a solo violin. Gentle, shimmering and wide open with a slow pace. 02:28
Solitude Sweeps In
ID: KF030404
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
Piano chords serve as a slightly abstract opener to this thoughtful track - later joined by a solo violin and developing its theme further. Further down, the overall emotion turns toward cold melancholy, ending the piece on a bittersweet note. 03:00
Beyond The Giant Waves
ID: KF030403
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
The heartfelt beginning notes and arcs of piano and emotive backing orchestra evoke a sense of longing sadness until the piece briefly rises in its dynamic like an oncoming wave. A calm part follows, where distant horn-like sounds give way to solo violin tunes. Calming down even more, a mellow piano tune takes the spotlight and builds once more towards a big, open orchestral, rhythmically driving finale. 04:13
Paper Birds
ID: KF030402
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
Driven by subtle rhythm, a pensive piano theme carries the track, accompanied by light, subtle but powerful orchestral backing sections. The track moves forward through various arcs, at times rising optimistically and then returning back to gentle minimal instrumental accompaniment, putting the piano centre-stage. 03:49
Disruption
ID: KF030401
Album: Cinematic Piano Scoring
A searching, doubting piece of music with a steady piano arpeggio rhythm, being reinforced by orchestral strings and moving through various stages of various dynamic levels and clearness of rhythm, which on occasion fades completely into the background, yet comes in hard near the middle in a grand outburst of emotion, towards which the track once again builds near the end. 03:44
No More Fear
ID: KF030303
Album: On The Rise
A thoughtful, pulsating piano progression gets gradually supplemented and eventually fully enveloped by strings, woodwind staccatos, synthesizers and most prominently a smooth bass line. Later, drums and brass join the mix. 02:46
Make It Move
ID: KF030110
Album: Dance Rush
Starting out as a liquid dance track with smooth pads, subtle keys and bright FX, the track raises a biting synth line out of its smooth atmosphere. It peaks in two distinct choruses together with a whopping bass line. 03:05
Drop It
ID: KF030107
Album: Dance Rush
With a casual, groovy attitude, this track invites to dance all worries away. Stylish guitar-esque sounds, shining leads, rhythmic vocal elements and a bouncing beat create a carefree partying atmosphere. 03:21
Satisfaction
ID: KF029810
Album: Viral Pop
This track features pop strings, a captivating, groovy e-guitar line and semi-retro synth bass as well as melodies. The song plays with all elements, exchanging, building them up and mangling throughout its progression. 02:39
Waterfall
ID: KF029809
Album: Viral Pop
Atmospheric and "wet", this track comes with a solid dance rhythm, piano chords, vocal snippets in the background, plucked synth melodies and wide-open musical effects. 02:39
Dreams
ID: KF029807
Album: Viral Pop
Inviting to dance along, this catchy, dimensional track plays with a marimba hook, different electronic background elements, voice snippets and atmospheric effects. 02:47
Broken Words
ID: KF029805
Album: Viral Pop
A gritty trap-electro track alternating between thoughtful, atmospheric passages and a down-to-business, almost aggressive synth-dominated main part. 02:34
Breathing
ID: KF029804
Album: Viral Pop
Starting with a fresh, relaxed beat with piano chords and clean electric guitar, the piece packs a lot of heat in its chorus, where fast hi-hats and crisp synth lines drive the music. 02:52
A Medieval Morning
ID: KF029404
Album: Orchestral Colors
An orchestral track describing an early summer sunrise in a forgotten city. The sublimity of the city is expressed as well as the many battles that have left their mark. 02:08
Hide And Seek
ID: KF028711
Album: Orchestral Tales
Beautiful and playful orchestral music that scalates with epic percussions and a strong brass line 01:08
Dramatic Goodbye
ID: KF028710
Album: Orchestral Tales
An epic orchestral track full of heroic passages and nostalgic elements. 01:03
Champions Of Light
ID: KF028709
Album: Orchestral Tales
An epic orchestral tale that follows the peaks and valleys of a steady and heroic rise to a greatness, complete with subtle moments of tension that simmer and fester before bursting into a dramatic finale. 02:25
Armed Prayer
ID: KF028708
Album: Orchestral Tales
A peaceful yet ominous orchestral backdrop that culminates with a confident and decisive flourish. 02:16
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