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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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Emotional Feelings Intro

A Romantic Intro melody, evoking an emotion of feelings. love and romantic dreamy adventures Orchestral Intro ideal for cinematic purposes, perfect for romantic, sad or nostalgic scenes.

Sad Epic To a Heroe

Inspirational, dramatic, epic trailer full of drama, sad & heroic cinematic action. Perfect for movie trailer, game trailer, motivational video, success video, YouTube trailer, advertising, business specifics, tv documentary and any other project that needs heroic and epic music. Slowly building.

Dreamer

Sentimental and romantic track! Beautiful cinematic music with a piano and strings quartet with full soft orhestra. Creates a romantic mood. Music is perfect for wedding, dramatic, and emotional film, nostalgic trailer, dreamy intro, love movie and many other projects!

Untold Story

Untold Story is a soulful track featuring orchestral instruments like strings and woodwinds and a soft drum pattern at the end. Mood: sentimental, romantic, epic.

Memories of a Pharaoh

A calm cinematic release with small orchestra ensemble and piano sounds bringing a nostalgic, sentimental mood with both dark and mysterious passages.

Kick Me

by Depard
This is very energetic, edgy and powerful grunge track. Guitar sound is distorted and gives to this track really high level of energy.

Mafia Hip Hop [Dark Smoky Boom Bap]

Muted trumped, obsessive pulsating double bass, electric piano and strong boom bap drums are the main ingredients of this hip hop based track which sets a dark, smoky and jazzy atmosphere.

True Hero

Truly inspiring and highly emotional music with dramatic mood and airy sound. Perfect background for films, trailers, tragic moments, motivational speeches, anxious events, futuristic videos, heroical moments, adventure videos, or more.

A Heartfelt Loss

Instrumental sentimental and sad music made for cello and orchestral instruments, perfect for sadness and poignant situations in films, tv series and documentaries.

Sadness Background Piano and Cello

Instrumental music made for piano, cello and strings. The style is a mix between classical and soundtrack music. the rhythm is slow and the mood is sad and mournful. This music fits perfect in scenes with sad and calm situations, in films, series and other projects with similar moods.

Sad Piano Waltz Background

instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is close to classical and soundtrack music, and the mood is mournful and sad. The rhythm is plenty of dynamics and expressiveness. This music fits perfect in projects with sadness and sentimental situations and scenes.

Sad Cinematic Background

Instrumental music made for piano, cello and strings. The style is close to soundtrack cinematic music and the mood is sad and sentimental. The rhythm is calm and peaceful and it has expressiveness with a dynamic play from piano. This music fits perfect for scenes with sentimental and sadness situat...

Inner Reflection

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is classical cinematic and the mood is calm, but melancholic. The composition is leaded by a piano, playing the main notes of the composition. The incorporation of the strings and the bass pizzicato enhances the dramatic situation, although ke...

Piano Waltz of the Desolation

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is a classical waltz and the mood is sad and poignant. The music, although has a very relaxed touch, is plenty of expressiveness and depicts a very sentimental situation. This music fits perfect in films, tv series, podcasts etc. with mourning, refle...

The Grief Piano and Cello

Instrumental music made for piano and cello. The style is cinematic classical and the mood is sad and mournful, with a very slow tempo. The piece is very expressive and fits perfect in films and tv series, in sad, sentimental and reflective scenes, Specially in scenes with very slow motion. Also goo...

One Way

by Depard
This is atmospheric and epic rock/cinematic track which can be perfectly used as game soundtrack.

A Nostalgic Invasion

An instrumental orchestral track with a predominant piano and very nostalgic and romantic mood.

My Heart Belongs to You

Soft, Romantic, Sad, and Sentimental Piano arrangement. Perfect for Romantic and Love Scenes. Great to ambient Kisses, and Drama sad moments.

Documentary Sentimental Guitar

"Documentary Sentimental Guitar"- light background track. Inspirational mood. High quality acoustic sound for your best projects.

Infinity Of Space

Spacious atmospheric piece with soft hypnotic synth pads, acoustic guitar and piano. Perfect for a variety of uses including: new age, meditation, science fiction, technology, mystery - or any project needing light, ambient, emotional music.

In A Dream State

Delicate, dreamy piece with soft guitar, piano and spacey pads. Great for atmospheric, relaxing new age background music - or any project needing light, ambient, emotional music.

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven (experimental)

An experimental twist on Beethoven's classic, Moonlight Sonata. This piece captures the main unforgettable theme, with an interesting, fresh approach.

Christmas Again

A wonderfully evocative, heartwarming Christmas theme with an uplifting "feel good" mood. Dripping with Harp Glissandos, Jingle Bells and all the traditional Seasonal Effects, this is a delightfully nostalgic Piano original composition with full Orchestral backing. An attractive Film / TV / Advertis...

Christmas Again (no sleigh bells)

A wonderfully evocative, heartwarming Christmas theme with an uplifting "feel good" mood. Dripping with Harp Glissandos, Jingle Bells and all the traditional Seasonal Effects, this is a delightfully nostalgic Piano original composition with full Orchestral backing. An attractive Film / TV / Advertis...

Christmas Again (no piano)

A wonderfully evocative, heartwarming Christmas theme with an uplifting "feel good" mood. Dripping with Harp Glissandos, Jingle Bells and all the traditional Seasonal Effects, this is a delightfully nostalgic Piano original composition with full Orchestral backing. An attractive Film / TV / Advertis...

Yearned Memories

Soft and relaxed piano playing in a melancholic mood surrounded by chamber strings.

Melancholic Intro & Orchestral Rise

An uplifting journey that starts from melancholy and sadness and builds up into upbeat hope.

Paradise Discovered

A beautiful, dreamy track with a relaxing tropical paradise feel. Delicate Kalimba and Marimba melody over light percussion and synth pads. Perfect for projects needing gentle world, spiritual or new age music.

Paradise Discovered (percussion only)

A beautiful, dreamy track with a relaxing tropical paradise feel. Delicate Kalimba and Marimba melody over light percussion and synth pads. Perfect for projects needing gentle world, spiritual or new age music.

Paradise Discovered (pads only)

A beautiful, dreamy track with a relaxing atmospheric feel. Delicate, ambient synth pads. Perfect for projects needing gentle, spiritual, meditation, world or new age music.

Paradise Discovered (no percussion)

A beautiful, dreamy track with a relaxing tropical paradise feel. Delicate Kalimba and Marimba melody over light percussion and synth pads. Perfect for projects needing gentle world, spiritual or new age music.

Paradise Discovered (no lead)

A beautiful, dreamy track with a relaxing tropical paradise feel. Delicate Kalimba and Marimba melody over light percussion and synth pads. Perfect for projects needing gentle world, spiritual or new age music.

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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