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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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Legacy of Sadness

Highly emotional and sad violin melody set against a dynamic background of strings.

Ambient Lofi

A dreamy, ambient lo-fi chillhop music track. It features piano, synths, vocal effects, drums and bells. Perfect for urban video production, timelapse, advertising, podcasts, study videos, relaxing compilations and montages. Also great as background music for cafes, restaurants, boutiques, or shoppi...

Strange World

Dark and Introspective, this dystopian theme is ideal for dramatic scenes.

Touch my heart

An emotional composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, emotions and nostalgic mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Make me feel

A heartfelt composition of eletropiano, guitars and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, memories, loneliness and spiritual mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sentimental, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Believe in feelings

An emotional composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, emotions and nostalgic mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Unfolding Secrets Suspenseful Background

An eerie piano theme is being carried forward by ominous sounds creating a mysterious and suspenseful atmosphere. The emotional quality of the piano melody communicates a sense of sadness and melancholy.

Sounds of War

This is an Epic orchestral track with a sad and nostalgic flavour. Starts with a soft introduction and goes building up to a glorious and epic part and finishing with a light and melancholic strings.

Sad Music

Sad, passionate, emotional and romantic piano instrumental with orchestral strings.

Assurance - Piano Orchestral Cinematic

An epic, vast and expansive orchestral track that builds from intimate piano to a thunderous climax. Instruments include: intimate piano, huge strings, percussion. Expresses the spirit of the unknown and feelings of awe and wonder. Perfect for games, documentaries, space, timelapse and nature proj...

A Prayer for my Soul

Inspirational classical music composed for guitar, violin, cello, glockenspiel and strings, ideal for mystical and spiritual situations in films, tv series and ads. Also great for spa and relaxation.

Sweet Hip Hop Loop

A soulful loop made of deep drums and bass, stylish piano, groovy percussions and cool electro sounds.

Run Away

A fast and dramatic short classical piece. Its tension and intense character is made of strings ostinato phrases, timpani and other orchestral instruments.

Drama Tv Show Opening

Obscure and intriguing little tune, with a dynamic arrangemet works perfectly as main title or scene background, featuring cello melody, strings pizzicatos and lots of builds up and tension with a solemn character.

Sentimental dreams

An emotional composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, emotions and nostalgic mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Disturbing events

Disturbing dark electronic music with an atmosphere of suspense and a frightening mood. Combined with horror, suspense, thriller, tense videos, commercial projects, etc

Light insight

Sentimental acoustic composition with piano, creating a sensual atmosphere and emotional mood. Combined with sentimental, dramatic videos, nostalgic, love themes, slide shows, social videos, etc.

Scheming in the Dark

Ominous ticking, brooding strings and a melancholic piano theme towards the end make up this suspenseful background track. It will work very well in documentaries, serious news items, games or films seeking an investigative and mysterious tone.

Still Alive

This is an emotional feel minimal track. It invokes feelings of thoughts after something horrible occurred or a situation where a decision must be made that will change life forever. it uses electric keys, guitar and has a human heartbeat to emphasize the human side of the emotions.

Trouble

Sad, victory, rise from glory, champion, remenise, thoughtful, alone, journey, fight

Semantic illusions

An emotional composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, emotions and nostalgic mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Awakened feelings

Sentimental acoustic composition with piano, creating a touching atmosphere and emotional mood. Combined with sentimental, dramatic videos, nostalgic, love themes, slide shows, social videos, etc.

Tears of loneliness

A sad composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of lost feelings, memories, loneliness and sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

I will always be near

Lyrical atmosphere of this track, is created by means of the piano, a violin, and guitars (acoustic and an electroguitar) and other musical instruments. The melody will approach both for a home video, and for romantic films, trailers, social advertizing or Valentine’s Day projects.

Just stay

Quiet melancholic track played on the piano. Perfect for your video memories, social advertising, for Valentine’s Day projects or just to listen.

Return to Life

Track contains several parts. Mysterious and melancholic beginning of the song is replaced epic and heroic continued. This track will perfectly complement any of your project: trailers, video games, film, teaser, a short video.

In The End

"In The End" - a track that incorporates the traits such as drama, epic, anxiety and action. It is perfect for your movie, trailer or games

Emptiness

A folk guitar riff, played with an old dobro and acoustic guitars

A Dark Suspenseful Revelation Background

Brooding strings, big suspenseful rhythmic elements and an ominous piano theme paint a dark atmosphere that will work very in the background of your film, documentary or other production.

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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