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High-impact music adds emotion and depth to documentaries, helping stories connect with viewers. Choose from orchestral, ambient, acoustic, cinematic, and world tracks, cleared for film, TV, festivals, and streaming platforms.

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Trappin Fappin

gritty trap hip hop urban track that starts with a wah type guitar riff. Cool abnoxious attitude vibe complete with orchestral hits and synth drones. For sports/action themed content or lifestyle entertainment programming

They Call Me Hip Spanker

Guitar chugging trap beat with eclectic swaggar vibe. Cool and arrogant appeal with vocal stabs, lofi perc and synth plucks. Suitable for reality TV, Film soundtrack, and Urban entertainment/lifestyle content

Tainted Questions

Comtemplative and riveting modern neoclassical guitar ensemble track. Mysteriuos, intriguing, and poignant vibe with tense plucking, lead arpeggios, ambient fx and strong bass line. Suitable for artful tv/film programs, suspense, crime dramas, documentaries, and serious drama programming.

Sunny No More

Chill relaxed R&B flavored hiphop track with sultry guitar lead and lush old skool vibes. Suitable for sexy programming, urban tv/film content, and drama, lifestyle shows

Spanish Guitar Ditty No 1

Spanish Latin Guitar Style Track with a Flamenco Classical Flavor. Elegant and sophisticated vibes. Great for travel, documentaries, food and leisure, cocktail and lounge scenes, and artistic programming

Sincere Lie

Alternative Rock with Anthemic Feel. Starts with piano riff and builds with guitar and full band arrangement. Uplifting and cool vibe great for reflection montages and ads

Sad Depressing Guitar Weeping

Hopeless, misery, desolate, depressing, and nihilistic post rock guitar track. The vibe is very dark,defeated, and sparse. Suitable for post apocalyptic programs, death and despair themed content, and dark commercial/ads

Romanza In E Minor

Classical spanish guitar masterpiece by Fernando Sor on flamenco guitar. Elegant and emotional. Good for source music & TV/Film dramatic underscore

Romantic Spanish Guitar 3

Elegant and romantic solo classical spanish guitar with alternate tuning for a dronelike hypnotic progression that is nostalgic and endearing. great for travel, lifestyle, reality TV, documentaries, history and discovery programming

Romantic Spanish Guitar 2

Haunting and romantic solo spanish guitar duo track. Emotional and dramatic vibe. Melancholy and poignant. Great for TV/Film underscore and corporate content

Romantic Spanish Guitar 1

Emotional, sensual, & romantic flamenco spanish guitar serenade that's beautifully arranged perfect for Intimate, dramatic, and passionate scenes. great for travel, drama, and leisure content

Quality Folks

Country folk track with an uplifting reflective vibe. Acoustic and electric guitar with percussion. Motivational and inspiring suitable for travel programming, americana content, and TV/Film drama

Problem Solver

Tension cue for suspense, mystery and crime dramas. Guitar orchestrated arrangement with a ticking element that resolves in a climactic end with big orchestral drums

Ode To Zoe

Solo Classical Guitar. Bach Influenced Track. Elegant and mysterious. Great as source music, travel and history programming, and documentaries

Ode To Troy

Baroque style classical guitar piece with cello. Majestic regal vibe with a lullabye undertone great as source music, lounge scenes or background music for TV/Film

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

A poignant classic christmas song rendition with tremolo guitar, orchestra, and bells. Serene, festive & heartwarming vibe great for family, drama, and seasonal oriented programming

Nocturne In Eb Major

Classical guitar rendition of frederic chopin's poignant piano masterpiece. Elegant and dramatic, suitable for TV/Film drama or source music for documentaries and social media content

Moments Of Clarity

Solemn and inspirational organic folk track with acoustic guitar, ambient pads, light percussion, and vocal hums. Surreal peaceful vibe that progressively builds. Great for tv/film montages, slice of life programming, and travel content

Minuet In G Major

Sweet and elegant classical masterpiece by Christian Petzold on classical guitar. Suitable for travel and leisure content, history documentaries, or just chill, relaxed, cocktail lounge content

Minha Doce Bossa

Cool Refreshing Bossa Nova track with nylon guitar as lead, with full cocktail jazz ensemble. Warm ,summer, regal vibes that’s elegant and sweet. Great for cocktail scenes or travel vlogs

Last Request

A slow, poignant, emotional, heartfelt folk track with a guitalele as lead & acoustic guitar as rhythm. Sad but hopeful tone great for corporate drama, montages and underscore

Heavenly Kiss

Folk jazz style track that is peaceful and sentimental. Acoustic guitar lead with percussion, bass, and keys. Suitable for dramatic content, travel programming, and corporate videos/vlogs

Heartbreak Lane

Dual solo guitars with a sad, depressing vibe. Slow tempo with a feeling of defeat and hopelessness. Great for TV/Film montages with this emotionally charged piece

Healin The Lovin

Smooth Jazz and R&B track with a soulful guitar lead.reminiscent of 80s R&B music with a easy listening calm vibe. Suitable for relaxing and sensual content, tv/film or ads

Gangsta Wok

Hip hop trap track with an edgy, dark, urban swaggar and attitude. World instruments, 808s, cinematic percussion & trap drums. Cool and hypnotic vibe great for ads, TV and Film

Gangsta Smoothie

Hip hop orchestral track with a world ethnic African lead melody. Bouncy and mordern, Cool vibe filled with swaggar. Great for Urban Films, Lifestyle programming, and reality TV

Galactic Showdown

Trailer-esque cinematic drums with ominous and tense vibes. Track builds to a crescendo with taikos, metals, whooshes and risers. Great for epic content, sports, action and adventure, scifi, and crime investigative programming.

Epic Drum Tension

Epic thunderous cinematic drums track with traileresque battle vibe. Big orchestral taiko percussion and french horn stabs with hybrid synth textures. Great for film/TV and epic documentaires

Dream Machine

EDM Future bass track thats chill and downtempo. Wobble synths, dreamy grooves, and lofi stabs. Relaxed vibe good for background music or source music for TV/Film or ads

Clinical Trial

Science "curiosity" corporate track with light hearted investigative vibes. Mallet and 5/4 rhythms great for mystery and technology based content

Carry Me Home

Melancholy & dramatic piano based track. Cinematic orchestral theme with an uplifting hopeful vibe. Great for montages, inspirational ads, or movie soundtrack for film/TV

Carinosa Bossa

Elegant and sensual duo classical guitar bossa nova track. Lounge, chill vibes great for cocktail jazz scenes, travel, documentaries, and ads

Bouree In E Minor

Classical baroque era masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach on classical guitar. Great for TV/Film Drama, Documentary, learning programming, and period pieces

Baroque Guitarer Brain Massager

Duo guitar classical based track with a contemplating vibe for thinking or problem solving. Suitable for mystery, problem solving, and trivia content, historical documentary, and technology programming

Back Country Memoirs

Soft acoustic folk track with organic acoustic guitars, piano, and percussion. hopeful, calm and serene vibe suited for travel, documentaries, corporate, and commercial ads

Attic Imprints

Solemn, Inspirational and Somber Acoustic Country Folk Style Track with Acoustic Guitar and Strings. Great for reflective, dramatic content and vlogs

For You

For You is a beautiful chill and downtempo, lo-fi hip hop and R&B track with an urban feel that can fit very well in documentaries, vlogs, Youtube, fashion and lifestyle videos, commercials, or corporate presentations. In this one, you can hear soulful pianos.

End Of The Road

End Of The Road is an beautiful chill and downtempo, lo-fi hip hop track with an urban feel that can fit very well in documentaries, vlogs, Youtube, fashion and lifestyle videos, commercials, or corporate presentations. In this one, you can hear soulful pianos.

On The Ocean

On The Ocean is a beautiful chill and downtempo, lo-fi hip hop track with an urban feel that can fit very well in documentaries, vlogs, Youtube, fashion and lifestyle videos, commercials, or corporate presentations. In this one, you can hear soulful pianos, funky guitars, fat bass, and old-school dr...

Music for Documentaries

Documentary music is crafted to support storytelling without distracting from the narrative. It often uses subtle rhythms, evolving textures, and melodies that adapt to different subjects and scenes.

Where to Use Documentary Music

Documentaries can range from intimate personal stories to large-scale explorations of history or nature. If your film highlights travel, culture, or traditions, world music provides authentic sounds that help transport viewers into specific places and communities. For productions that explore human achievement, conflict, or nature on a grand scale, epic tracks deliver intensity and scope, giving the narrative more weight and dramatic impact. By combining documentary scoring with these categories, editors can match music directly to the subject matter.

Royalty-Free Documentary Tracks at Themusicase.com

All documentary tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and include a sync license. The catalog includes investigative underscores, cultural soundscapes, and cinematic themes ready for film, broadcast, and online platforms.
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