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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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Images of Romance

A soft, very melodic, romantic piano tune, with a touch of strings, great for background music in various videos, documentaries or commercials.

Solitude (Emotional Guitar and Cello)

A very emotional track, with a melancholic cello melody and a background guitar, creating a very romantic and sentimental atmosphere.

Take my Hand (Romantic Piano Tune)

A soft, very melodic, romantic piano tune, great for background music in sentimental scenes, videos or commercials.

Decision

Decision is a track with a soft piano melody and an oboe and piano lyrical second part, leading to a full orchestra and piano uplifting finale. Perfect for background music in slide-shows and videos, romantic and sentimental productions and more.

Forever Alone Sad Background

Sad melancholic background track consisting of piano, strings and cinematic sounds. The repeating theme slowly develops as the piece moves forward to a conclusion. The tempo, instrumentation and production of the track allow other elements to come in such as narration. Therefore the track is perfect...

Matters of the heart

A calm piano composition that creates a sensual atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, social videos, animations, slideshows, YouTube content, etc.

After the Rain (Ambient Background Piano)

A soft and romantic piano melody, creating a relaxing and sentimental atmosphere, great for romantic films, slideshows, intimate or emotional content.

Nostalgia

Nostalgia is a romantic track with a first lyrical part of piano and flute and a second more emotional and uplifting part with horn and piano. Perfect for background music in slide-shows and videos, romantic and sentimental productions and more. Instruments: Piano, Harp, Flute, Strings, Oboe, Horn.

August Moon (Piano & Cello Underscore)

A very lyrical cello melody with piano and strings background, creating a soft and romantic atmosphere. Great for background music in films, videos, commercials or any other project requiring sentimental music.

Eternal Embrace

A very sentimental track with a calm piano, woodwinds and strings melody gradually rising to a very emotional full orchestra climax. Perfect for background music in romantic trailers, films, YouTube videos and wherever an emotional atmosphere is needed.

Remember Me

A very sentimental track with a piano and strings background and a lyrical cello and oboe melody, leading to a very emotional climax. Perfect for background music in romantic trailers, films, YouTube videos and wherever an emotional atmosphere is needed.

Never Ever Lose Hope (short verson)

Melancholic, dreamy piano piece with spacious atmospheric feel. Simple and non-obtrusive, yet full of emotion, this ambient track works well behind dialog.

Holding On To Hope (short version)

Dreamy, reflective piano piece with light atmospheric strings. This delicate tune has a simple melody and conveys a feeling of hope and melancholy, yet subtly optimistic. Perfect for emotional, peaceful background music.

Painful Sad Background

Truly sad emotional track consisting of piano, cello and violins painting a desperate cinematic background. Perfect to use in your film, documentary or other production seeking a profound sorrowful tone.

Unforgettable features

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

Emotional insight

A calm piano composition that creates an emotional atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, emotional, social videos, animations, slideshows, YouTube content, etc.

Remaining Feelings

A calm piano composition that creates a sensual atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, social videos, animations, slideshows, YouTube content, etc.

Sad Energy Tension Background

Energetic and suspenseful background track featuring bass synth, marimba, piano and strings. Perfect to use in games, documentaries or other productions in need of a driving tone.

Sad Duduk Dle Yaman

Emotional and Epical, Folkloric and Atmospheric piece of music, featuring 2000 years old Armenian reed instrument called Duduk and a warm synth atmo pad. In the style of Arabic, Folk, Atmo, Soundscape, Meditative. The beautiful Armenian melody will evoke feeling of tenderness. Track is just right fo...

A Place Of Melancholia

Background track featuring a sad piano theme bathing in tense melancholic strings and pads. Additionally there are a few rhythmic elements that give this cue a subtle sense of tension. Perfect to use in drama, documentaries or news items in need of a unobtrusive background music.

Unspeakable Truth

A cinematic, inspirational piece featuring piano and orchestral strings and percussion. The romantic, inspirational flowing arpeggios of the piano and the epic symphony strings with a big climax will invoke magic and captivate your audiences.

The Forgotten

Slow melancholic distant piano arpeggios with a soft melody and background strings.

Fall of an Empire

A cinematic, fantasy piece featuring grand piano and strings with orchestral percussion.

Dystopia

A Haunting Piano composition. Invoking visions of a Dystopic world somewhere in the near future, a tale of hauntings and horror, or perhaps an unsolved mystery. A string ensemble supports the haunting melody and provides an air of suspense.

Sad Piano Instumental

Sad Piano Instrumental is Extremely sad, slowly moving solo piano piece with string and other instrumental. Fantastic for Youtube, Podcasts, Films, Documentaries etc. Especially great for sad scenes.

Ballad Emotional Grand Piano and String Instrumental

Ballad Emotional Grand Piano and String Instrumental is A hopeful, inspirational and lovely soundtrack. Ideal for Film Scores, emotional romantic scenes, drones, Filled with heartfelt love and emotions and ultimately will uplift you to a feeling of joy !

Dark Sad East Instrumental

Dark Sad East Instrumental Dreamy, tension, suspense and atmospheric, this music paints the skies with a distant electric piano playing different notes upon an string long and string piccato, flute background.

Sad Instruments Middle East Ramadan

Sad Instruments Middle East Ramadan is Ancient and mysterious music from the past. Middle Eastern flute and creating a very atmospheric and ethereal environment.

You're My Reason Cheating (Sad Longue Version)

You're My Reason Cheating (Sad Longue Version) with guitar instrumental, drum, bass, bell, pads, synth and other

Chill Monday (Lofi Version)

Chill Monday (Lofi Version) with Pads, Bells, Synth, Drum, Bass, Sequence Instrumental and other

Dramatic Inspiring Orchestra

by Muza
A beautiful, slightly sad composition. Well suited for sentimental scenes, as well as the length of inspiration and inspiration. She wants to say that everything will be fine!

Long Run

An acoustic arpeggio that develops with synths, bass and delayed electric guitars

An Ongoing Investigation

Suspenseful background track consisting of cello’s, synthesizers and other tense elements. This track starts without an introduction and this makes it perfectly suited to use in a film or documentary or any other production where a quick switch to suspense is needed.

Oasis

Sad piano with warm synth pads building subtly as it progresses

Looking Out

Pensive piano intro with ambient guitar layers create a sense of mystery

Asunder

Soaring electric guitar feedback that is both relaxing and melancholy

Cinema Orch Drama

The sad beautiful theme, played by the orchestra (string group, harp, flute). Ideal for movies, performances, trailers, etc. in the style of drama.

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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