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Use sad music with piano, strings, and ambient textures to express loss or reflection. Perfect for documentaries, films, or social stories needing emotion.

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Perception

Delicate cinematic piece featuring strings and piano. Slowly and gently moving inspiring, hopeful melodies.

Unfinished Story

‘Unfinished Story’ is a serene piano compositional that will transport its listeners to a place of peace and contemplation. Close your eyes and you might imagine yourself alone in a beautiful mountain range, totally relaxed and open hearted. These warm and evocative melodies will appeal to any...

Bach, Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh 115

Bach's masterpiece Minuet in G Minor recorded by pianist Yann Keerim. One of the most recognizable melodies of all time, suitable for commercial use in adverts, films, podcast intros and more.

Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1- Performed by Yann Keerim

Eric Satie's Gnossienne No.1 is one of tyhe most recognizable classical tracks for the piano (romatic era). This version was recorded in 2022 by pianist Yann Keerim. The track can be licensed for use in films and multimedia productions. Cinematic / melancholic / sad mood.

Inspiring and Delicate Orchestra

A heroic, inspiring royalty-free cinematic theme, with a soft piano, bold strings, flutes, harps, and percussions, great for adventure films, war games, romances, or historical montages.

After The Truth

Calm, reflective piano music with string ensemble for themes like love, romance, heartbreak and decision making.

Autumn Tears

Instrumental and emotional classical music composed for piano, strings, cello and harp, ideal for autumn scenes in nature documentaries, slideshows and presentations. Also great background for funerals and sad scenes in films, tv series and any productions with same feeling.

Melancholy Unfolding

Short mellow background track featuring piano, strings draped in lush echoes and reverberation.

In Suspense

Suspenseful background track featuring violins, cellos and other tense elements.

She's My Senorita (light perc mix)

Modern Latin Pop track with acoustic guitar, cool percussion and spacey synth pads. Seductive, uplifting, laid back and dreamy, this track is great for a variety of projects.

She's My Senorita (no lead guitar)

Modern Latin Pop track with acoustic guitar, cool percussion and spacey synth pads. Seductive, uplifting, laid back and dreamy, this track is great for a variety of projects.

She's My Senorita

Modern Latin Pop track with acoustic guitar, cool percussion and spacey synth pads. Seductive, uplifting, laid back and dreamy, this track is great for a variety of projects.

Restricted Access

Suspenseful background track featuring piano, strings and ominous synthesizer sounds.

Unstable world

A dramatic composition of piano and strings that creates an atmosphere of experience and hope. Combined with dramatic, sad, hopeful videos and documentaries.

Soul Remorse

A sentimental ambient composition with piano and pads that creates a deep dramatic atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with sentimental, dramatic videos, nostalgic, sad themes, slideshows, social videos, commercial projects, etc.

Eternal Truths

A sentimental ambient composition with piano and pads that creates a deep dramatic atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with sentimental, dramatic videos, nostalgic, sad themes, slideshows, social videos, commercial projects, etc.

Wounded Heart

Instrumental classical cinematic music made for piano, cello, violin, contrabass and strings section, ideal for nostalgia and sad melancholic calm scenes in films, tv series and documentaries.

Dreamy Neon 80s Synthwave

An retro, dreamy 80s retro synthwave royalty free song, with retro synth leads, synth pads, polysix bass, DX7 and efficient beats, best for ads, retro visuals, 80s aesthetics and artistic related content !

Into The Fire

Emotional, dramatic, sad pop music with original vocals for themes like relationship, love and romance.

Garbis

World music track featuring the kanun as the lead instrument. It can be used for dramatic scenes, sentimental videos, parting scenes, documentaries, television, movies, YouTube, relaxing videos, vacations, and meditation.

Sleepless City

Deep emotional underground hip hop music with original rap vocals for social themes like living in streets, gangs and struggling with police.

Tick Tack Doom

An ominous brooding track consisting of ticking elements, dark analog synthesizer sounds evoking a sense of pending doom. There is also a version without the ticking included to cater to your wishes and specific needs.

Sad Music and Its Emotional Depth

Sad music is usually built around piano, strings, or soft acoustic instruments. The tone is slow, reflective, and restrained, creating space for emotion without overwhelming the visuals.

Where to Use Sad Music

When you need to underscore loss, reflection, or quieter storytelling, sad music is a strong choice. If your project relies heavily on intimacy and melodic expression, you might also explore piano tracks. Solo piano cues carry the same emotional weight but with more simplicity, making them perfect for documentaries, heartfelt ads, or character-driven films. Another alternative is nostalgic music, which shares the reflective mood but adds a sense of memory and time passing. This works especially well in personal stories, retrospectives, or brand films that look back on milestones.

Royalty-Free Sad Tracks at Themusicase.com

All sad tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and include a sync license. The catalog includes minimal piano pieces, string ensembles, and soft ambient cues ready for film, broadcast, and online use.
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