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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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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.

Never Let Go (short version)

Dreamy, melancholic solo piano piece with delicate, tasteful melody, A real sense of romance, hope and passion. Great as emotional music to enhance an emotional sense.

A Glimmer Of Hope

Emotional, dreamy orchestral piece with beautiful English horn melody, harp and lush strings. Grand piano enters later adding a new layer. Perfect for scenes requiring elegant romantic, melancholic theme.

Electric Trance Club

"Electric Trance Club" is a powerful and uplifting Royalty Free Music Trance Track played with Synths, Piano and Electric Guitar. It's perfect for your presentation, ad or movie.

Spooky Atmospheric Piano

Mysterious, atmospheric piece featuring piano and light strings. Haunting, simple piano melody - great for ambient, subtle background music.

Bright New Day

A spacious and emotional piece with gentle acoustic guitar, strings and piano. The delicate, dreamy orchestration creates this peaceful track, perfect for scenes requiring music with a sense of hope, melancholy or subtle optimism.

Ave Maria ACOUSTIC (guitar and strings)

Delicate, relaxing rendition of Bach’s Ave Maria with acoustic guitar and light strings. Dreamy and peaceful.

A Glimmer Of Hope (piano version)

Sentimental, romantic piano piece with delicate, heart-warming melody. Begins with solo piano, then gentle strings come in to naturally build the emotion of the track.

A Romantic Dream

"A Romantic Dream" is a very beautiful, romantic and cinematic piano track. In the second pass a big orchestra with violins, violas and cellos play along with the soft and dynamic piano to underline the longing and mellow melody. This track works perfect in a movie or film about dreaming, a wonderfu...

I Know You

The feeling of engagement when you feel familiarity with something or someone. Perfect for an advert or poignant production piece.

Admiring The Beauty

This is peaceful and calm inspiring music with light and warm sound. Beautiful romantic atmosphere created with piano, acoustic guitar, strings and bass can perfectly fit for any inspirational and sincere Videos or Wedding Videos, Love stories, Romantic and Sentimental Videos as well as for other Me...

You Blues You Lose SHORT VERSION 2

A very romantic, emotional piece with delicate acoustic guitar melody, piano and light strings/drums/bass backing. Melancholic, bluesy waltz feel.

You Blues You Lose SHORT VERSION 1

A very romantic, emotional piece with delicate acoustic guitar melody, piano and light strings/drums/bass backing. Melancholic, bluesy waltz feel.

Tinkling The Ivories SHORT VERSION 5

A sophisticated jazzy cocktail lounge piece performed on solo grand piano. Great for emotional, classy background music.

Tinkling The Ivories SHORT VERSION 4

A sophisticated jazzy cocktail lounge piece performed on solo grand piano. Great for emotional, classy background music.

Tinkling The Ivories SHORT VERSION 3

A sophisticated jazzy cocktail lounge piece performed on solo grand piano. Great for emotional, classy background music.

Tinkling The Ivories SHORT VERSION 2

A sophisticated jazzy cocktail lounge piece performed on solo grand piano. Great for emotional, classy background music.

Tinkling The Ivories SHORT VERSION 1

A sophisticated jazzy cocktail lounge piece performed on solo grand piano. Great for emotional, classy background music.

Sexy Blues SHORT VERSION

Erotic, sexy slow Blues track with emotional electric guitar and solid drum/bass groove

Riverside Blues SHORT VERSION

Laid-back, emotional Blues track with feelings of melancholy and reminiscence. Piano, strings and modern drums.

Lunar Twilight SHORT VERSION

Beautiful, delicate piano piece with light orchestral backing. Reminds the listener of the first glimpse of morning sunrise. Elegant, dreamy and reflective atmosphere with feelings of love and hope.

Lovers Dream SHORT VERSION

Very emotional piano piece filled with passion and longing. Great for love scene.

Gnosienne Eric Satie SHORT VERSION

A beautiful, charming classical piano piece by composer Eric Satie. Delicate melody with a dreamy, nostalgic feel.

Farewell

Orchestral, epic and timeless piece with horns, piano, string ensemble and harp. Suits perfect in a farewell scene for example and much more.

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Darker SHORT VERSION

A beautiful rendition of Beethoven's famous piano sonata. Very emotional piece with feelings of sadness and loss.

Ave Maria SHORT VERSION

Beautiful arrangement of the popular classical piece by Bach/Gounod performed on harp, cors anglais and strings. Excellent for delicate, romantic, dreamy background music.

Air on the G string SHORT VERSION

Beautiful rendition of the popular piece by J.S. Bach. Arranged in a light jazz style with piano, strings and woodwind. Emotional and dreamy feel.

A Perfect Solution SHORT VERSION

Ambient electronic track with cool guitar riffs, spacey synth pads and light percussion. Relaxing, melancholic, futuristic and atmospheric feel.

Nostalgic Klezmer Moon

All acoustic track, played by real musicians, in the traditional folk tradition of eastern Europe. Lead melody played by a beautiful violin. Sparse and melodic, warm and vintage, it's ideal to convey nostalgic, melancholic, romantic moods. No lead (bed) version and seamless loop edit also available.

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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