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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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After The Storm

Sad and emotional orchestra music. This track featuring piano, strings, woodwinds, brass and choir. Good for drama movies, advertisement, montages, romantic videos, photo slideshows, love story, travel videos, sentimental videos and nature videos

Game Menu Dramatic

by Whvle
Dark and Atmospheric Game Intro Music. Ideal for dramatic / dark / suspense / shooters.

Mind Games (Cinematic & Dramatic)

by Whvle
Cinematic dramatic music. Ideal for all type of cinematic content. Provides a dramatic and uplifting mood.

Beams (Cinematic & Dramatic)

by Whvle
Cinematic dramatic music. Ideal for all type of cinematic content. Provides a dramatic and uplifting mood.

Dune Cinematic Adventure Music

by Whvle
Cinematic adventure dramatic music. Ideal for trailer, any type of cinematic content. Provides a dark and adventure mood.

Emotional Song

Emotional cinematic piano music for your film production, television, commercials, documentary and more..

Sadness

A sad story about love, or maybe just about the hard life of people on the planet …

Brave New World

Exciting, hopeful cinematic music. Suitable for nature, historical background, dramatic movies, social media, tragical moments..

Heroic Epos

Atmospheric, dramatic cinematic music tracks with strings, brass section, epic drums and emotional melodies, best for action trailers, movies or openers

Running to Freedom

Exciting, hopeful cinematic music. Suitable for nature, historical background, dramatic movies, social media, tragical moments..

Cold Cliffs

Exciting, hopeful cinematic music. Suitable for nature, historical background, dramatic movies, social media, tragical moments..

Battle For Cesar

Exciting, hopeful cinematic music. Suitable for nature, historical background, dramatic movies, social media, tragical moments..

Hold Me

"Hold Me" is a slow trap track with modern drums, vocal clips and ultra fat basses.

Returning Home

A melodic orchestral track with a calm harp and woodwinds opening, leading to a full orchestra emotional climax. Perfect for background music in romantic trailers, films, YouTube videos, presentations and wherever a sentimental atmosphere is needed.

Whispering Love

A calm and emotional piano track with soft background strings, creating a sentimental and nostalgic atmosphere. Great for background music is videos, presentations, films and wedding content.

Sad Story

Music for documentary projects, television, inspirational videos, and any project needing a gentle romantic sad background

A New Hope

Great for science video, corporate projects, commercials, presentations, advertisement, promos and more

Love Is Blind

This track is perfect for sentimental slideshow, social and documentary vodeo, advertise, youtube blog, wedding and love story, app and other projects

Sunshine

Piano Inspiring track with motivational and inspirational moods. Perfect for food videos, children, vlogs, and any commercial projects.

Nostalgic

Gentle piano theme with nostalgic feel and a bit of hope. Small but touching and warm piece of music good for romantic and sentimental moments in your life.

Lo-Fi Emotional Beat

by Janevo
Lo-fi hip-hop background track featuring ruined and tape smeared pianos riffs, vinyl crackles, chilled drums and chopped vocal samples. The mood is minimalist, melancholic and relaxed, faithful to the lo-fi aesthetic.

No More Pain

Emotional orchestral track for films, games, epic video, trailers, dramatic actions and news, film teasers, documentaries and adventures

Heartbroken Spy

Soulful, desperate orchestral theme with a cinematic spy story feeling. A majestic dramatic ballad with a 60's Big Band jazzy quality, featuring a powerful horn section, strings, piano and drums. The music has some kind of dark and final yet seductive mood.

Gladiator

Heroic dramatic adventure epic track for films and commercial projects

Romantic Glory

Perfect for the emotional, dramatic, romantic, romantic videos. Also for commercial and advertising purposes.

End Of Story

Triumphal inspiring symphonic orchestra music created for award show, ceremonial video, festival, contest, winner nomination, anniversary celebration, victory or grand presentation

Loss

Dramatic epic is suitable for video, games, trailer and films, YouTube videos, advertising, commercials, presentations, branding, business development, vlogs, web, TV and radio media production

Rise Of Empire

Suitable for: cinematic background, epic trailers, sad and motivational videos, war and battle scenes

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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