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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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MOGWAI (ZeroZeroZero Soundalike) - Bumper version

Kind of sound-alike of ZeroZeroZero TV serie titletrack. Slow post-rock with intense, dramatic, atmospheric feeling and building emphasis. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger / Loop.

MOGWAI (ZeroZeroZero Soundalike) - 30sec version

Kind of sound-alike of ZeroZeroZero TV serie titletrack. Slow post-rock with intense, dramatic, atmospheric feeling and building emphasis. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger / Loop.

MOGWAI (ZeroZeroZero Soundalike) - 60sec version

Kind of sound-alike of ZeroZeroZero TV serie titletrack. Slow post-rock with intense, dramatic, atmospheric feeling and building emphasis. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger / Loop.

MOGWAI (ZeroZeroZero Soundalike) - Background version

Kind of sound-alike of ZeroZeroZero TV serie titletrack. Slow post-rock with intense, dramatic, atmospheric feeling and building emphasis. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger / Loop.

MOGWAI (ZeroZeroZero Soundalike) - Main version

Kind of sound-alike of ZeroZeroZero TV serie titletrack. Slow post-rock with intense, dramatic, atmospheric feeling and building emphasis. Available in: Main version / Background / 60sec / 30sec / Bumper / Stinger / Loop.

Mystery Uncovered

Atmospheric, mysterious track with spacey synths, haunting piano melody and light percussion. Gradually builds throughout, creating a feeling of subtle tension and suspense.

Mystery Uncovered (no lead piano)

Atmospheric, mysterious track with spacey synths, haunting piano melody and light percussion. Gradually builds throughout, creating a feeling of subtle tension and suspense.

Let me In

Cinematic and emotional neo-classical ambient track made with pianos, glock bells and strings quartet. Perfect for emotional cinematic commercials and social videos.

A Beautiful Death

NEED EMOTION for your film... you found the right track! This track starts off with a simple piano that turns into flowing weeping strings with deep cello that will that will leave you with mixed emotions, perfect for mourning or slow death sections of your film projects that need that true sadness!

Epic Inspiration Trailer (Vocal Heroic choir)

Epic Vocal Trailer – it’s beautiful and powerfull Hollywood trailer for cinematic projects. Modern epic cinematic music with beautiful male vocal. Energetic heroic choir with orchestral ensemble make amazing atmospheres

Moments

Very catchy dance with a fresh summer melody and modern chart sound. Perfect for everything that puts you in a good mood.

Inevitable - Full Mix

Atmospheric, slightly dark and cool synth pop trailer with 1980s and 1990s retro sounds, a melancholic theme, groovy-pulsating synths and a halftime beat.

Inspiring Orchestral Theme N°2 - Spring Whispers

Spring Whispers is a fresh and inspiring music track that features soft and inspiring piano and orchestra. This song is part of my "Inspiring Orchestral Themes" collection that gives you endless possibilities on your current production. The songs in this series are perfect for every type of use suc...

Fallen Heroes

Perfect epic drama cue to welcome home our fallen heroes. Start off with low end of basses and cello building into a full string and powerful brass section that really brings out the heroic emotional feeling, ending with a fading boys choir and string section to give that feeling of closure.

MY Train

My Train is an elegant, poignant solo piano melody, pensive and heartwarming. Lyrical, poetic, tender and romantic. Perfect for seaside romance or a slightly mysterious scene. Enjoy!

Duduk

by Media_M
Duduk atmosphere features those ambient sounds (made by a unique instrument called “duduk”) which create an amazing cinematic and deep atmosphere. This is an expressive and mysterious music story specially designed for your unique projects.

Sad Cinematic Trailer

Dramatic and very sad music with a full orchestra, the choir, piano, and guitar.

Bach Piano Adagio

This is a performance of the slow movement from J.S. Bach’s transcription of Alessandro Marcello’s oboe concerto. Perfect for any project that needs to capture a melancholy, sorrowful, pensive, yearning, or wistful mood, or the elegant and emotionally rich sound of the Baroque era.

Sad Old Piano

Dramatic and sad song. Composed for piano solo, describes dramatic scenes, in where someone is quite depresive or sad. Good for dramatic film or TV series. also advertisement, to communicate emotions.

Acoustic Inspiring Sentimental

Sentimental and emotional acoustic piece played with acoustic instruments. Very close to urban folk and smooth music. Leaded by acoustic guitar, the composition fits very good in romantic scenes in movies and TV Series. Also good for corporate, reports and romantic TV Show presentations.

Acoustic Good Bye

Folk and calm song composed for acoustic instruments. Some sad and nostalgic, but also calm and relaxed. Composed for piano, harp and accordion. There’s also a string section accompaining. This track fits very well on productions with quiet scenes with melancholic and nostalgic feelings.

Calm Jazz

Calm and slow jazz piece. Composed for saxophone, trumpet and pianos. It has a lot of calm, improvisational and creative moments. Describes nice and relaxed ambiences in films, advertising and also documentaries, mainly in the dark of a big city in a lonely and comfortable place.

Cinematic Mysterious Orchestra

Orchestral music, leaded by a piano. Very dramatic and nostalgic, but with a point of suspense and hesitating. Instrumental and big in the final, but keep hesitating. Very descriptive. Very good for TV series, films in suspense situations. Also for advertising in some topics.

Quiet and Nostalgic Piano

Piano solo composition. Very sad and quiet, it fits very good in drama films and tv series. Very nice and sentimental.

Sad Piano

Classical piano style. The mood is emotional and sad and the rhythm is slow.

Epic Sadness

Orchestral dramatic music, leaded by violins and strings. The melody is featured by a cello and the mood is very sad at first but then goes up, getting a lot of energy without changing the tempo. Very good for films and advertising. Also for any media that requires a mix of sadness and energy.

The Peace of the Soul

Melancholic and ambiental song. Composed for piano and synth pads and bells. The style is very near to new age ambient.

Epic Drama

A dark road to a battle. Instrumental music composed for orchestra and leaded by a strings section. Other featured instruments are harp, flute and classical percussion. This music is very near to Epic soundtrack style and the mood is very dramatic but determined, so it can fits perfectly in epic and...

Melancholy

Instrumental music composed for orchestra. Cinematic and very near to soundtrack style, this composition has a very melancholic and mournful mood, with some point of energy and feel of hope.

Nostalgic calm with piano

Romantic and nostalgic composition for piano, mainly as a soundtrack. Slow, mellow and descriptive. Also has bass pizzicato and cello section. The melody is leaded by a flute.

Mysterious Melancholic Piano

Piano solo composition. The mood is melancholic and the rhythm is free and slow. This piece is based in an improvisation and pictures sad and melancholic scenes with very poor action but some feelings of loneliness and some depressive discomfort. It has some mysterious and suspense feelings.

Acoustic Romantic Nostalgic

Instrumental music made for piano, acoustic guitar, electric piano and Strings section. This music is romantic and it has a nostalgic and melancholic mood. The rhythm is quite slow and the composition works as a background in a romantic and nostalgic scenes in films and other audiovisual productions...

Inspiring Orchestral Melancholy

Instrumental composition made for piano and strings. The mood is very calm and tender, with some melancholic feeling. The music is accompained by harp and bass pizzicato and describes calm and loneliness moments in a beautiful autumn landscape. This track can works very well as a background in tv se...

Feeling your Absence

Instrumental music made for orchestra and Strings. The composition is leaded by a piano and harp, Other featured instruments are cello and strings. The rhythm is slow and calm and the mood is melancholic and sweet with a glimmer of hope. The style is very near to soundtrack and fits well in romantic...

After War

Instrumental music made for orchestra. The music is leaded by a piano and it’s acompained by a strings section. The rhythm is very slow and the mood dramatic and sad, This music fits very well in dramatic scenes, specially in films and movies. Also for documentaries and reports about after war and...

Mellow and Emotional Piano

Piano solo works, based on improvisations. Expressive and dynamic, the piece is slow and calm, with a point of nostalgy. Good for dramatic and emotional scenes in films, series and also advertising productions. Also corporate in some kind of situations.

Inspirational Easy Piano Blues

Music composition made for piano. The rhythm is very calm and has some melancholic and nostalgic mood. The style is very near to blues music and the main idea is taken from an improvisation. Good in films on dramatic situations. Also for advertising with a dark and romantic background.

The Concern Piano Waltz

Music composition made for piano. The style is very near to classical and the work is based from a spontaneous improvisation. The rhythm is between slow and medium with some dynamics and the mood is serious and melancholic, with a point of hesitate and some kind of foreboding.

Sad Reflection and Grief Piano

Piano solo composition. Slow and quiet, the composition transmits sad and unhappy emotions with some melancholy. Very sentimental and down with grief emotions. Also reflective and relaxed.

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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