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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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Romantic Bossa Nova

An elegant uptempo Bossa Nova with acoustic guitar, piano and light percussion. Perfect as romantic, dreamy Latin background music for your project.

Sad Orchestral

This sad and emotional royalty free music track is perfect for drama movies, cinematic films, trailers, documentaries, inspiring commercials, hollywood movie themes and short film cinematic projects. Thanks for listening and purchasing :)

Supreme Waltz (Piano and Orchestra)

Very emotional and romantic piece with beautifully performed piano and light orchestral backing. This track has a true sense of longing and passion, combined with feelings of hope and optimism. Great for scenes requiring classy, sentimental and elegant music.

Smooth Atmospheric Guitar

Dreamy, atmospheric guitar track with chilled electronic beat and ambient synth pads. Great for subtle, mellow background piece for a various of uses.

Smooth Atmospheric Guitar (Solo Guitar)

Relaxed solo guitar track with melancholic, dreamy feel. This atmospheric, tranquil piece is great as dreamy background track to add extra substance and ambience to your project.

A New World Awaits

Atmospheric, dreamy track with cool guitar riffs, spacey synths and a solid, driving drum groove. Gradually builds into epic, triumphant section with piano and sweeping strings. This track has a slight futuristic feel and will add extra substance and emotion to your project.

A New World Awaits (Short Version)

Atmospheric, dreamy track with cool guitar riffs, spacey synths and a solid, driving drum groove. Gradually builds into epic, triumphant section with piano and sweeping strings. This track has a slight futuristic feel and will add extra substance and emotion to your project.

Forgiveness

Instrumental composition made for piano solo. The music is emotional and poignant and the style is very near to improvisational classical with a clear structure. The mood is romantic with a touch of melancholy. The rhythm has plenty of dynamism and it's very sentimental and expressive.

spacious reflective Piano

spacious reflective Piano piece, similar in style to 'American beauty' movie, piano music

Somber and Ominous Waltz Piano Solo

Dark nstrumental music made for piano solo. The music has a slow rhythm and the mood is somber and foreboding. The genre is classical and the composition is inspired by the style of Erik Satie. This track fits very well in dramatic scenes with a point of somber and strange feelings.

Orchestra Sad (Leaving Your Love)

Stating with sparse heart-felt piano chords, strings and harp enter and there's not a dry eye in the house... Telling a child "daddies not coming home this time", or "I've always loved you but I have to leave now".. The human spirit will overcome all in the end...

Classical Melancholic and Romantic Piano

Instrumental music composed for piano solo. The music is emotional and sentimental, and it is leaded by a piano solo with an expressive and poignant mood and played with dynamic and expressive touch. The style is very near to classical and soundtrack music. This composition fits very well in dramati...

Sad Dramatic March

Instrumental music made for orchestra and piano. The music is sad, dramatic and solemn with a steady rhythm, and the style is very near to classical soundtrack. The composition is leaded by a piano, playing the main notes and rhythm. Later, other instruments like violas, violins and general strings ...

Waking up from Melancholy

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The music is leaded by a piano, with a dramatic and melancholic mood. Later, progressively grows and takes some energy with the support of additional instruments like horns, bass trombones and strings. The style is very near to soundtrack and minimal ...

Melancholic Hopeful

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is very near to soundtrack music and the mood is poignant and sad, and later, with the incorporation of orchestral instruments, choirs and percussion, turns out more energetic and hopeful.

Melancholic Piano Inspired from Greensleeves

IInstrumental music made for piano solo. This composition is a short piece inspired from the popular greensleeves. The mood is poignant and sentimental, also sad and calm. The rhytm is slow and dynamic, and fits very well on emotional scenes, as a background.

dramatic cinematic trailer

Instrumental music made for orchestra. The style is very near to Soundtrack and Film music, and the mood is sad, mournful and down. The rhythm is steady and it is marked by the bass and the strings staccato. This music fits very well for projects in scenes with dramatic and depressive topics, as a b...

In The Ashes

Tempo: 112-- Signature: 4/4-- Keywords: Cinematic / Epic / Sadness / Sublime / Tragedy / Loss ------Fifty percent of a composer's job is knowing what not to do. With good reason, there are no drums and no brass in this tune, just rich layers of strings. I use a Lydian Mode here in an attempt to...

Sentimental Melancholic Piano

Instrumental music for piano solo. The music is melancholic and sentimental, and it has a very calm and relaxed rhythm. The music is plenty of dynamics, that helps to amplify the emotional expression. This music fits very well in sentimental, romantic and love scenes with melancholic and nostalgic t...

Melancholic Piano And Strings

‘’Melancholic Piano and Strings” is a great track for sad, emotional and sweet videos. It’s perfect for your melancholic and emotional Youtube and Vimeo video, student project, crowdfunding campaign, nature indie film, marketing, product launching, vlogs, podcasts, youtube intros, broadcast...

Time Is A Path

This adventurous music score is driven by the path of time and describes a torn personality with an epic climax. Featuring Piano, Strings, Brass, Percussion and Choir.

Rain Drops

Very intimate this solo piano pulls the listener into his world, a world of moments where sadness dominates but also hope.

Homesick

Very intimate this solo piano describes the torn feelings of homesickness, the sadness but also the precious memories.

Cold Melancholic Autumn

Instrumental music with two versions: made for piano solo, and piano and cello. The music is descriptive and a little bit melancholic. The rhythm is slow and it’s leaded by a piano, playing the main notes and the general dynamic of the composition. The style is very near to ambient acoustic melodi...

Sad Piano March

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The music is sad and down, but it has a steady rhythm that helps to the composition to get some feeling of determination and activity. The style is very near to soundtrack and minimal music, and fits very well in dramatic and pessimistic scenes, with some poin...

Soft Sentimental Piano Dancing

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The mood is sentimental and mellow, and the style is very near to minimal and classical music. The rhythm is steady and describes a soft and nice dancing. This music fits very well on scenes with sentimental and emotional topics, like nostalgy and melancholy w...

Mystery Cinematic Fantasy

Mysterious fantasy orchestral piece. This dramatic and emotional mystery track is great for trailers, movies, films and documentaries. Featuring instruments: Orchestral strings, brass, ambient pads and synthesizers. Influences: Tim Burton, Danny elfman, Alice in Wonderland

Ethereal Piano and Orchestra

Ethereal piano and chamber strings arrangement. This soft and quiet track has a delicate and poignant intro which leads into a crescendo with orchestral strings. This emotional piece is great for soft and delicate projects. Influences: James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Thomas Newman.

Cinematic Melodrama

This is mellow cinematic music warm and beautiful emotional atmosphere. Perfect background audio for any romantic and sentimental videos, films, wedding videos, sad and sorrow stories, romantic and touching moments, sweet and lovely storytellings.

Background Sentimental Waltz

Instrumental waltz music made for piano and strings. The style is classical soundtrack and the mood is sad, melancholic and calm. The rhythm is relaxed, and the music is expressive and calm. This music fits perfect for sentimental and nostalgic scenes in films, advertising and other productions with...

Autumn

instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is classical soundtrack and the mood is sad and melancholic. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, incresases the energy with the incorporation of the orchestral instruments. This music is a perfect...

Background Nostalgic Piano

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is Soundtrack and neoclassical music, and the mood is calm, nostalgic and expressive. This music fits perfect for films and tv series with nostalgic and sentimental situations.

Background Cinematic Sad

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Soundtrack and the mood is sad and calm. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, the incorporation of the strings and cello helps to increase the feeling intensity. This music fits perfect in films...

Super Romantic

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is Soundtrack Classical and the mood is Positive and Romantic. The rhythm is calm and the music is expressive. The composition starts with the piano and strings playing the main romantic notes, then the music increases the energy with the inco...

Sad

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is classical romantic piano, very close to Chopin style, and the mood is emotional sad. The rhythm is slow and it’s plenty of expressiveness. This music is a perfect background for sad scenes in films, tv and other productions with similar moods.

Somber Background Piano

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is a mix between soundtrack and classical music. The mood is sad and sentimental. With a calm and expressive rhythm, this music is a perfect background of sentimental and melancholic scenes in films and tv series. Also for some kind of reports, docum...

Dramatic Cinematic Ambient

Instrumental music made for piano and electronic instruments. The style is a mix between dark ambient, ambient and soundtrack music. The mood is relaxed with some feelings of melancholy and darkness. This music is a perfect background for scenes with slow motion and dramatism, also for calm and sad ...

Sad Reflection Background

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style and genre is Soundtrack minimal music, and the mood is reflective and sad. The composition starts with the piano playing the main notes. Later, the music incresases the feeling intensity with the entrance of the orchestral strings. This music ...

Sweet Classical Piano Waltz

Instrumental music made for piano solo. The style is classical piano waltz, and the mood is sentimental and emotional. The play is plenty of expressiveness, and the rhythm is dynamic. This music is a perfect background for elegant and stylish scenes with deep sentimental and emotional feelings. Also...

Background Hopeful Melancholic Waltz

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is a Waltz Soundtrack music, and the mood is melancholic with some hopeful feelings. The music starts with the piano palying the main notes of the composition, the increases energy and hope feelings with the incorporation of orchestral instr...

Cinematic Background Sad

Instrumental music made for piano and orchestra. The style is Soundtrack minimal music, and the mood is sad and sentimental. The rhythm is calm and dynamic, but steady. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Then, the music increases intensity with the incorporati...

Mourning Background

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is Soundtrack classical music and the mood is mournful and reflective, with a slow tempo. The music starts with a piano playing the main notes, with a cello doing the bass notes. This music is a perfect background in dramatic calm scenes in fi...

Sadness

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style and genre is very close to minimal classical and soundtrack music, and the mood is sad and mournful. the rhythm is calm and relaxed and the music is plenty of sentimental expressiveness. This music fits perfect for projects with sad and reflec...

Sentimental Sad Cinematic Calm

Instrumental acoustic music made for piano, cello and strings. The style is close to classical cinematic music and the mood is sad and mournful. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. Later, the music grows with the incorporation of the additional instruments. Thi...

Peaceful Sadness Background

Instrumental music made for piano and cello. The style is a mix between soundtrack and new age music, and the mood is nostalgic, peaceful and calm. The rhythm is dynamic and the play it’s plenty of expressiveness. This music fits perfect as a background for calm and relaxed situations, with an imp...

Classical Sweet Relaxing Trailer

Instrumental music made for piano and strings. The style is classical music and the mood is sweet, calm and relaxing, with a positive emotional component. The music starts with the piano playing the main notes of the composition. The, gains in expressiveness thanks to the incorporation of the orches...

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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