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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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Northern Road

Dark and instrumental yet emotional track. Very melodic and somber, accompanied by piano, chamber strings and percussion. While being classical in its core nature, the orchestration also uses subtle synths and modern sound elements.

Survival Theme

Emotional yet patriotic and heroic instrumental track, very trailer-like, hybrid and engaging through wide orchestration and choir, modern accentuated strings and big, wide trailer hits as well as energetic percussion ensemble with taikos and toms. Very engaging and progressing, the heroic feel and ...

Night Watcher

Very emotional and reflective epic track, big and humble in character. Accompanied by the piano and dressed with beautiful long and nostalgic strings, this track is ideal for cinematic momentum, documentary or wide epic cues.

Rise Again

Very heartfelt and melodic emotional epic track. Beautifully accompanied and supported by the bright grand piano, this track evolves into a wide symphonic orchestra piece full of emotions and adventure. Its somber beginning caries the track through lots of nostalgia, rather romantic and reflective, ...

Sorrows

Big dark trailer track accompanied by trailer hits, chaotic fast percussion and accentuated strings. Rather dark vibe, yet vibrant and pushing forward, mid-part bigger and wider,- accompanied by choir and low brass. Very hybrid and modern, production villain-like track, perfect for a darker vibe, lu...

Calling Out

Big emotional epic track, very engaging and heartfelt. Beautifully dressed with the piano and orchestra, wide arranged and accompanied by trailer hits. It's emotional content pushes the track further and builds up into a big harmonic, sad, long and lush piece with lots of melancholy and sadness. Ide...

Call for Armor

Modern emotional epic track full of emotions and impact, progressing in the piano and orchestra. It quickly gains momentum because of its big, lush and wide string arrangement, accompanied by the choir. Very nostalgic and warm, humble and sad. Mid part dressed with modern hybrid drums, ending is rat...

Emotional Solitude Piano Background

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is Soundtrack Background music and the mood is sentimental and calm. The music is very expressive and is a perfect background for intimacy and emotional calm scenes in advertising, films, tv series, documentaries and other media projects with similar...

Reflection Piano Background

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The music is slow, calm and emotional, and is a perfect background for reflective and melancholic scenes in tv series and films. This music expresses loneliness, with a down mood.

Sad Reflective Cinematic Background

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Classical Soundtrack music, the mood is sad and emotional, and the play is plenty of expressiveness. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, the music gains expressiveness and emotion with the inco...

My Sentimental Cinematic Background

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Classical Soundtrack music and the mood is calm and sentimental. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition, then gains emotional intensity with the entrance of orchestral instruments. This music is a perfec...

Melancholic Piano in Nature

Instrumental music made for piano solo. Beautiful and sweet, the style is soundtrack classical music and the mood is poignant, sentimental and peaceful, with a melancholic expressive touch. This music is aperfect background for quiet and melancholic situations in nature and sentimental and quiet sit...

Mournful Calm Cinematic Background

Instrumental made for piano and strings. The style is very close to soundtrack and minimal music, and the mood is sad, calm and mournful. The rhythm is steady and is played mostly with a pizzicato bass. ¨this music fits perfect for films, tv series and other productions with sadness and mournful si...

Sadness Calm Reflection Background

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The sytle is very close to soundtrack classical music background, and the rhythm is slow and calm. the mood is sad, and the music transmits calm and reflection with a strong mournful feeling. This music fits perfect in films and tv series with reflectiv...

Ambient Cinematic Piano

A depressive and melancholic orchestral track with a sad piano part, cinematic strings and touching feeling. Good for documentaries, trailers, love/war movie scenes.

Emotional Piano and Cello

A cinematic ambient royalty free track with ethereal pianos, lead cello and mellow strings. This highy emotional melancholic piece suits good for sad movie scenes, nature/drone videos, documentaries and other atmospheric content.

Dramatic Music Box and Orchestra

A dramatic orchestra royalty free track with music box leading part and a mystic/dark vibe. Good for fantasy/thriller film scenes, intros or trailers.

Melancholic Dramatic Post Rock

An ambient dramatic post rock track featuring melodic atmospheric guitars, fat bass and raw drums with a calm melancholic intro, neutral middle part and highly emotional final part. Good for sad film scenes, nature videos, trailers, timelapses.

Cinematic Indie

A cinematic indie rock track featuring melodic male vocals, dramatic final part with a guitar solo, indie fat drums. Good for calm and dramatic video content, film scenes.

Emotional Post Rock

An emotional post rock royalty free track featuring ambient guitars, raw drums, fat bass and powerful final part. Good for dramatic movie scenes, nature/drone videos, intros or endings.

Once As I Sailed Away

This is an ambient dramatic post rock track featuring rock guitars, fat bass, raw drums and live recorded flute.

Dramatic Sad Piano & Strings

This is a sad emotional orchestral music track with a very dramatic vibe. Perfect for santimental videos, documentaries, trailers and intros.

Blues Rock Guitar Solo

A blues rock track featuring several guitar solo parts with different moods. Good for dramatic movie scenes and sad visuals.

Dramatic Sad Piano

A dramatic and melancholic track featuring sad piano and emotional strings. Perfect for cinematic trailers, intros and other videos.

Melancholic Piano

A melancholic and emotional track featuring sad and calm piano and strings. Good for cinematic movie scenes, trailers, vlogs and other videos that need sentimental and calm background music.

Dark Day

by Muza
What awaits us in the future! What will be the post apacalypse? This track is made under the impression of cyber-punk movies. Minor motif, powerful sound, modern trap beat. The chorus of this composition will not leave your indifferent.

Abstract Hip-Hop

by Muza
Music track for detective series titles. Mix of hip-hop, trap and disturbing music. lyric piano arpeggios, sharp synths and powerful beats.

Hidden Dreams Under My Hoodie [Nostalgic Trap Beat]

Nostalgic and dreamy ambient trap song with bells, modern leads, saturated DX7, piano, 808, sub bass, inspiring pads and a pulsing trap beat – best for advertising, background music, urban, nostalgic, sad and dreamy related content.

Relaxed Background Sad

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is Classical Soundtrack music, and the mood is sad and emotional. The rhythm is calm and quiet, and the play is expressive. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Later, increases emotion with the incorporat...

Winter

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is cinematic Soundtrack and the mood is sad and melancholic. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, then increases the emotion with the orchestral instruments. This music is a perfect background for sa...

Nostalgic Cold

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is soundtrack and the mood is sentimental with a little nostalgy. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, increases emotion with the incorporation of strings.and percussion. This music is a perfect back...

Poignant Meditative Piano

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The music is expressive and dynamic and the genre is a mix between soundtrack and classical music from 1800, with strong Chopin influences. This music is a perfect background for meditative and poignant scenes for films, tv series and other productions with si...

Nostalgia

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is close to classical soundtrack music and the mood is nostalgic, emotional and a little bit melancholic. The music is expressive and is a perfect background for nostalgic and emotional scenes in films, series and other productions and situati...

Mournful Orchestral Background

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Classical Soundtrack music and the mood is mournful and sad. The rhythm is steady and determined. This music is a perfect background in films, tv series and other productions with sadness and dramatic scenes.

Sentimental Expressive Piano

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is Soundtrack with strong influences from new age and minimal music. The mood is melancholic and sentimental and the play it’s plenty of expressiveness. This music is a perfect background of projects with sentimental calm scenes. Also for nature an...

Torn To Pieces (No Lead)

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Torn To Pieces (No Perc)

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Torn To Pieces

Atmospheric, light-tension track with haunting melody, spacey synth pads, pulsating bass and percussion. Builds gradually throughout. Great as theme music for mystery / sci fi / suspense / crime drama projects.

Never Should Have Happened (No Lead)

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

Never Should Have Happened (No Percussion)

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

Never Should Have Happened

Mysterious, melancholic track with spacey pads, delicate melody, bass and percussion. Gradually builds throughout into a slightly more optimistic, hopeful feel with lush sweeping strings. Perfect for a variety of uses.

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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