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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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Sad piano piece

Sad piano piece, tragic, suitable for most dramatic scenes, good for slow motion segment.

The Light Poem (Quiet Lofi Hiphop Background Music)

Sweet and happy lofi track with quiet piano melody, wide pads and slow hip hop drums, perfect as background for youtube videos, vlogs, corporate videos, business projects, advertising and more

Smooth Bossa Nova

Relaxing and dreamy Latin Bossa Nova with romantic, dreamy, cocktail lounge feel. Elegant, jazzy, nostalgic and warm, this is a perfect Latin track for your project!

Developing Emotional Story

Calm emotional background track featuring piano, celeste, marimba and strings. The gradual musical development throughout the piece enables it to support a variety of media productions.

misteri 9

Mysteries in the strict sense are those truths of which not only the existence but also the intimate nature absolutely transcends the forces of created intelligence. The atmosphere in this album,takes the'sculptor into colorful ambient: ghostly,dark,dramatic,tense and suspended. Sound effects,pads,...

Touch of Time

A soft piano and pads intro leading to a calm but flowing piano melody, with a touch of mystery in the finale. Great for background music in presentations, videos, films and various sentimental content.

Through the Glass

A very sentimental piano and cello melody with orchestral background, leading to an emotional and passionate climax. Great for background music in films, videos, emotional scenes and various sentimental content.

Goodbye Dear Friend

A melodramatic, emotional royalty free music theme with dark strings and deep piano chords, great for romantic, love, farewell or intimate film contents.

Mysterious Lullaby

A dreamy and mysterious soundscape with magical bells and windy flutes.

Lonely Rider

A sad, ambient royalty free music theme with dark strings, airy guitars, piano bits and modern drums, perfect for cinematic, timelapse, romantic or emotional contents.

Insidious Interest

A very emotional, sad royalty free orchestral music piece with a dark piano and small string ensemble, perfect for love, romantic, intimate, goodbye or heartbreak movie scenes.

If I Would Be Good

A very emotional, orchestral royalty free music theme with vibrating dark strings and a sad piano, perfect for cinematic intros, trailers, love/farewell scenes, games or promos.

Goodbye Brother

An emotional, dramatic royalty free orchestral piece with a light piano, sad strings and choir bits, perfect for love, melancholic, war related or farewell film scenes.

First Light Of Day

An emotional, deep royalty free cinematic music theme with dark orchestral strings, pads and percussion bits, ideal for intros, movies, love, heartbreaking or war related visuals.

The Macabre Dance

A sad, mysterious royalty free music track with dark drums, piano notes, small strings and percussion, ideal for thinking, leaving, war or decision making film sequences.

Reflection

A moment of reflection in the madness of life. The feeling of solitude, of calm and mindfulness. Think of gentle rain dropping off the leaves, staring out of the window on long, wet journeys. Think of the past, and smile because you still have the joy of the future. Single plucked nylon-esque gui...

Follow The White Bunny (Smooth Hip Hop Beat)

Groovy hip-hop beat with electronic and jazzy influences. A classic old school drum groove and electric piano with pads and synth fills, this smooth track is perfect for rappers who need a backing track for a rap ballad or for projects like vlogs, podcasts or videos that need a hiphop themed backgro...

Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words - Lieder Ohne Worte Op.19 No1 - Andante con monto

Felix Mendelssohn Royalty Free Music - The masterpiece of the work Songs Without Words (Lieder Ohne Worte) is recorded by pianist Yann Keerim. License and use it commercial in ads, films and podcasts.

Goodbye

Sad emotional piano theme, draped in a soundscape consisting of various lush and airy elements. The track slowly progress towards a climactic resolution.

Broken Ballerina

The toy ballerina played her wonky music box as all the other toys danced in joy to pretty, lush, nostalgic little beats, only to be interrupted. "Shush! It's a human! Act toy-ish!" As he passed by, the mean bully kid roared and menaced the others: "leave it alone! it's just a broken ballerina...

Endorphine

Melancholic lo-fi hip-hop track that has some undertones of nostalgia and childish play, but is also somewhat sad and melancholic.

All Else Failing

Cinematic electronica with interesting sound-design and nostalgic feel. A soundtrack for videos that require a bit of elegance and finesse in electronica without sounding too alternative but not quite club-oriented.

Beauty in the Beast

Continuation to the track "Android's Cry", this shows the android in case discovering more "garbage" left by the former inhabitants. Cut to scenes of the android watching a Super 8 montage. Road trips of a young family. Beautiful, nostalgic, but the video keeps showing their faces concerned every ti...

Android's Cry (West End Nights)

Retro-futuristic take on a dystopian scene: androids by now have taken over a planet ravaged by their former inhabitants. Cut to scene 2: one of the androids who works for the garbage collection, one day finds a deserted place with something that reads "jukebox". Out of curiosity, they get it to pla...

Phantoms

Paranoia induced by social media – such as being “ghosted” for example (‘ghosting’ someone is not responding to their texts. Most times not in malice nor aware – life happens, people forget replies – but it can add another layer of loneliness to an already fragile state).

Daydream

The continuation of "Dellusion" (the track before in the album), it gives a dreamy feel to what is to chase your dreams without the negativity of "caring" about social validation and others judgement. A moment of "freedom" and yes: daydreaming.

Dellusion

Trying to escape the imposter syndrome feel, but conditioned to think that chasing your dreams is also delusional, the track is meant to be a bit convoluted and different in rhythm and syncopation while giving out some feeling of "dreamy" that is about to begin (the next track after means the opposi...

Foetal Position

The feeling of wanting to just “curl up” and hide, with hints of hope throughout and might fool into thinking things are calming down and soothing, but dissonant subliminal “suggestions” in form of ethereal melodies keep dragging it to the feel on inevitable need to just confront life as it ...

Crime Novel // Film Noir Polar

Crime Novel is a dark and mysterious tune. It's a classic film noir score. Featuring piano, strings, horns, brass, percussion hits.

Hope

A beautiful piano composition full of hope and nostalgia, both uplifting and sad

Sky Divine

Storytelling, cinematic piano composition guided by heartwarming and hopeful melodies.

Gone

Cinematic and profound piano and strings composition evoking tender, hopeful, sad and uplifting emotions.

Nostalgia

Tender and light as a feather. Sentimental piano composition that will warm your audience.

Until Next Time

Sentimental cinematic orchestral piece guided by a heartwarming piano melody and uplifting, bright strings.

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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