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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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Dark Cinematic Ambient Tension

Dark and mellow ambient cinematic texture/background for film, documentaries and slideshows. Subtle drone synths and a repetitive melody pattern creates a disturbing and tense atmosphere!

A New Dawn - (Atmospheric Cinematic Texture)

Dark and gloomy electronic ambient background, with rhythmic synth patters, and a subtle and optimistic piano melody. My intention was to make something suitable for use as background/underscore in various film/drama projects that have a melancholy and hopeful mood!

Endless

Beautiful simple ( Sad/Happy ) cinematic theme featuring piano.

Sad Reflective Electric Guitar

Peaceful, soft and ambient electric guitar, with a dreamy and melancholic mood. This track will be good as background music for documentaries, film and videos with a sad atmosphere! 2 variations available: - Main version: 2:06 - Alternative version: 1:32

Dreamscape

Dreamy and reflective melancholic background/texture. Deep and dark sounding repetetive sub bass, with subtle ambient electric guitars and synths on top. This track will work nice as background/underscore in projects that are dark and melancholic!

Melancholic Electric Guitar Background

Dark and melancholic background music featuring electric guitar, with a subtle touch of piano/keys! Ambient and sad kind of atmosphere. Perfect for documentaries, film, movies and other projects that need a little subtle background music to help tell the story!

Far Away From Home (Dreamy Piano Background Music)

Quiet, emotional and dreamy background music with piano, synths and cello/violins. This music will work well as underscore for film, movie, television, drama with a sad and reflective mood!

Reflections

Dark and melancholic synths with a dreamy and mellow piano on top. Slow and smooth build up. No drums or beat! This music is perfect as an underscore and background for film, documentaries, tv drama and other projects that have a melancholy mood!

Lonesome Night

A quiet, gentle and repetitive piece of music, with a sad and melancholy mood. Instruments in use: piano, synths, strings and some background layers of drones and disturbing elements. Will work fine as background music in television, movie, documentary, podcast, video and anything that needs a li...

Emotional Motivational Trailer

This beautiful and dramatic piece of music will be perfect for action, adventure videos or movies. Epic moments, landscapes, nature, drone video, panorama, motivational products or game reviews. Instruments used are piano, string ostinatos, big brass, percussion and trailer sound effects.

Break Through Your Fears

Inspirational and dramatic orchestral music track for your action, adventure, fantasy, advertising and game project. Instruments used are synth pulses and drones, string ostinatos, brass ensemble, vocal harmonic melody and groove percussion.

Finding Hope (Emotional Cinematic Inspiring Piano)

Gentle corporate tune with piano, strings and inspiring heart-felt emotion that grows and blossoms till the end.

Now I Leave

A slow, ambient royalty free cinematic theme, with lush strings and an airy piano melody, ideal for documentaries, landscapes, or sad/romantic film scenes.

Thinking Back

Calm background music in slow tempo with sad reflective emotional atmosphere. Perfect as underscore for documentaries, film, radio, montages and many more. Instruments: Piano, Violins, Cello, Double Bass, Woodwinds, Synths

Meditative Sad Piano

Instrumental music made for piano. The style is a mix between background soundtrack and minimal new age music. The mood is sad and mournful, with a little bit of mysterious feelings. The rhythm is slow and expressive. This music fits perfect for dramatic calm scenes, sadness and dark calm situations...

Dramatic Cinematic Sadness

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Soundtrack classical music and the mood is sad and mournful. The music starts with the piano palying the main notes of the composition. Later, the music incresases the dramatic intensity with the incorporation of the additional orchestral...

Sadness Cinematic Ambient

Instrumental music made for electric pianos, guitars and synth pads. The style is Soundtrack background music, and the mood is sad and melancholic, with some mysterious feelings. This music fits perfect for sad scenes with a dark and mournful background. Perfect for films, TV series and other produc...

Chopin Nocturne Inspiration

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is classical, directly inspired from Chopin’s romantic piano. The mood is romantic and sentimental, and the play is calm relaxed and plenty of dynamics and expressiveness. This music is a perfect background for productions with romantic, sentimenta...

Mysterious Cinematic Foreboding Background

instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, the music increases the intensity with the incorporation of the additional orchestral instruments, like cello, strings and percussion. The mood is scary and mysterious an...

Quiet Mournful Suspenseful Cinematic

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Later, the intensity increases with the incorporation of strings and cello. The mood is sad and mournful, with some suspenseful feeling. The rhythm is slow but steady, and it’s...

Magical Quiet Classical Waltz

Instrumental music made for piano, cello and strings. The style is a mix between classical waltz and soundtrack music, and the mood is sentimental with some melancholic and magical feelings. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, the cello and strings are in...

Suspenseful Calm Piano and Cello

Instrumental music made for piano and cello. The style is soundtrack minmal music and the mood is suspenseful mysterious with depressive and sadness feelings. This music fits perfect as a background for suspenseful calm scenes in films and series. Also for deep sadness situations with slow motion.

Calm Cinematic Sadness

Instrumental music made for piano, cello and strings. The style is soundtrack orchestral music, and the mood is sad and mournful. The rhythm is calm and relaxed. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then the music incresases the expressiveness with the incorpora...

Sad Piano Background

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is very close to cinematic and soundtrack music, with some minimal classical influences. the rhythm is slow, with dynamics and expressiveness in the play, and the mood is sad, sentimental and down. This music is a perfect backround for sentimental an...

Background Sentimental Piano and Cello

Instrumental music made for piano and cello. The style is very close to Soundtrack and New age music. The mood is sad and quiet, and the rhythm is relaxing and calm. the music starts with the piano playing the main notes. Later, the composition increases the emotional feeling with the incorporation ...

Motivational Post Rock

Motivational Post Rock is a motivational rock track with an inspiring and uplifting feel. Featured instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion. Perfect for motivational videos, commercials, advertising, presentations, slideshow, corporate, movies, films, trailers, teasers...

We Will Survive

House/Edm track with an inspirational and motivational feel. Great for a multitude of different scenes.

No Paradise

Starzi & saiid zeidan this track is a depressive pop song (a bit indie), it uses piano, drum kit, base guitar, female vocals. has a Lana del ray vibe. could be used in radio, sad movies. sad clips, something that relates to hard times

Windowpane (Soft Sad Piano)

A soft and emotional piano track that will melt your heart with its dark yet peaceful sound, perfect for documentary, commercials, movies, and much more.

A Magical Journey (extended version)

Beautiful, elegant orchestral piece with a magical, uplifting feel. Lush strings, woodwinds and bells. Great for projects needing emotional, dreamy, sophisticated music.

A Magical Journey

Beautiful, elegant orchestral piece with a magical, uplifting feel. Lush strings, woodwinds and bells. Great for projects needing emotional, dreamy, sophisticated music.

Mysterious Movements - Dramatic Underscore

Ethereal ambient soundscapes with a little bit of mystery and gloom. Features slowly moving synth textures, delicate electric guitar and echoing percussion.

Searching Inward - Reflective Ambient Underscore

Reflective and cinematic. Other-worldly yet melancholic ambient piece with lonely minor-key electric guitar melody.

Deep Reflections - Uplifting Cinematic

Thanks to dreamy, soft electric guitar strums, echoing percussion and ethereal ambient textures, this tune can infuse your video with a unique, inspiring energy.

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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