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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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New Age

"New Age " - Beautiful romantic cinematic track for your movie, advertising, television broadcasting and promotional videos.

A New Chapter (short version)

A very emotional and epic cinematic-style piece with grand piano and full orchestra. Starts with beautiful solo piano melody, then gradually builds throughout with layers of dynamic strings, choir and brass instruments. Perfect as dramatic, powerful, triumphant, victorious, inspirational piece with ...

A New Chapter (solo piano)

A very emotional and delicate piano piece with simple melody. Perfect as sentimental, inspirational piece with an elegant Hollywood film score feel.

A New Chapter

A very emotional and epic cinematic-style piece with grand piano and full orchestra. Starts with beautiful solo piano melody, then gradually builds throughout with layers of dynamic strings, choir and brass instruments. Perfect as dramatic, powerful, triumphant, victorious, inspirational piece with ...

Romantic Piano

Inspirational romantic piano with professional classical harmony and sound. Great for movie, advertising, slideshow, television broadcasting, wedding projects and more...

Quite Day

A pensive ambient cinematic theme with slowed down guitar textures and acoustic piano

Emotional Piano

Inspiring emotional and beautiful piano track for your media production.

Romantic Emotional Sentimental Cello

Dreamy and sentimental track with emotional cello, orchestral pizzicato strings and piano that creates beautiful background emotions of love and inspiration. Also the track can be used for nostalgic, romantic trailers and other media projects where tender atmosphere is required. Thanks for listeni...

Tundra

A haunting a delicate track that drifts along, it is ideal for scenes of emptiness or desolation.

Deep Thought

A thoughtful, emotional and reflective cinematic track. This track may be incorporated into various types of media applications including, but not limited to, commercials, advertisements, film/television, romantic videos, documentary series, inspirational projects, photo slideshows, wedding videos a...

Dreams

Ambient track, with acoustic and electric guitars. Back to wild nature,relaxing blues-ambient music,romantic mood.Great for TV and film.

The Moment Of Mercy

This is sincere and gentle cinematic music with warm, peaceful and a bit sad atmosphere. Main instruments are piano, strings, cello, choir and timpani. This beautiful and touching track could be used in films, love story Videos, wedding videos, slide-shows or other sentimental projects.

Memory Lane

Nostalgic alternative pop theme with ambient delayed guitars and acoustic piano melody. soft synth pads in the background.

A Soft Focus

A short melancholy piece performed softly on piano. This piece is great for anything romantic or nostalgic that is tinged with sadness of regret.

Voids

A slow and melancholic piano track, softly played and ideal for anything needing tender or delicate emotions.

Drifting Through Time (60 sec)

Dreamy, melancholic track with guitar, light piano and cool groove. Reflective, simple and inspiring, this piece is great as subtle, peaceful background music.

Cinematic Indie Sentimental

Sentimental cinematic track with delicate kalimba, soft marimba, orchestral strings and flowing pads that makes inspiring and soft atmosphere. This background music is perfect for any inspirational and motivational videos, indie film, YouTube videos, TV and radio production, nature videos and photo ...

Workout at Tony

Spacious urban groove with sub pulsating bass line, ambient piano and gated synths

Don't Send Me Away

A beautiful guitar theme guides through a composition with harp, strings and a rhythm part at the end.

Never Let Go

Heartwarming, emotional piece with grand piano and lush strings. Great for romantic scene requiring an elegant, melodic piece with a feeling of longing and hope.

Holding On To Hope

Dreamy, reflective piano piece with light atmospheric strings. This delicate tune has a simple melody and conveys a feeling of hope and melancholy, yet subtly optimistic. Perfect for emotional, peaceful background music.

Feelings Of Tenderness

Dreamy, sentimental piece with tender piano melody, harp, strings and beat. Great for delicate, melancholic background music.

Bach Prelude no1 (slow version)

An atmospheric and dreamy rendition of Bach’s famous classic. Delicate harp and subtle low strings create this ambient, peaceful arrangement. Great for soft, reflective background music to add depth to a scene.

Drifting Through Time

Dreamy, melancholic track with guitar, light piano and cool groove. Reflective, simple and inspiring, this piece is great as subtle, peaceful background music.

Bright New Day (short v2)

Peaceful, delicate orchestral tune with a sense of hope and slight melancholy. Strings, harp and a beautiful woodwind melody - this piece is dreamy, tender and filled with emotion.

Ave Maria ACOUSTIC

Acoustic guitar version of Bach’s Ave Maria, with light percussion and bass. Relaxing and dreamy, this is a fresh take on a great classical piece.

Bright New Day (short v1)

Dreamy, ambient piece with piano, guitar, strings and woodwind. Perfect as atmospheric, spacious background music to add depth and emotion to a film scene or video.

Ave Maria ACOUSTIC (guitar, strings, perc)

Dreamy arrangement of Ave Maria with acoustic guitar, light strings and percussion. Great for peaceful background music for videos, presentations, films.

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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