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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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Technology Logo

A modern, positive logo for internet, TV and media projects, featuring bright piano, synths and drum machine. Great for documentaries about history, geography, nature, food, cooking, culture, religion, science, technology, medicine, economy. And for commercials, advertising, corporate and business b...

Slow River

A slow and peaceful piano track with choir and strings. This is ideal for meditation, nature, time-lapse photography, background music and much more!

Building a Story

Epic orchestra intro for film, teaser, opener, game presentation and documentary

Moment In The Sun

Perfect for: beautiful love videos, inspirational projects, hopeful videos, wedding videos, romantic videos etc

Freedom And Peace

Epic cinematic orchestral trailer music for soundtrack with adventure mood. Perfect choice for games, cinematic background, promos, intro, presentations and many more

Spring In Middle Asia

An inspiring, happy, middle asian magic track with mood of spring festival called "Navruz".Energetic and bright hybrid ethno sound, suitable for Ramadan, Islam documentaries, hystorical or modern films about Eastern, Asia, Middle East, muslim advertising etc.

Scientific Logo

A modern, positive logo for internet, TV and media projects, featuring piano reverse sounds. Great for documentaries about history, geography, nature, food, cooking, culture, religion, science, technology, medicine, economy. And for commercials, advertising, corporate and business branding, teaser, ...

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28, Allegretto

The first movement Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) lesser known but beautifully moving 28th piano sonata. Intelligent, expressive, and classy, its makes for a good background or source track to party, concert, or romantic scenes.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8, Rondo

The exciting rondo finale from Beethoven's famous 8th piano sonata - Pathétique. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7, Menuetto

The elegantly charming & dynamic menuetto from Beethoven's seventh piano sonata. Performed on a soft piano. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6, Presto

The exciting, playful finale from Beethoven's 6th piano sonata. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5, Finale

The exciting finale from Beethoven's first piano sonata. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3, Scherzo

The elegantly charming and playful scherzo from Beethoven's 3rd piano sonata. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Sonata No. 2, Scherzo

The elegantly charming and playful scherzo from Beethoven's 2nd piano sonata. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

Beethoven: Sonata No. 1, Menuetto

The elegantly charming and serious minuet from Beethoven's first piano sonata. Excellent as source music from radio, on-hold, concerts, etc. Sets mood without taking too much focus

The Colors of Fate

An inspiring, uplifting and motivational aesthetic rock music with awesome live electric guitars, incredible guitar solo(perfomed by professional guitar player, groovy drums, rock bass, staccatto strings, solo duduk and flute. Best choice for cinematic projects, movie trailers and soundtracks, broad...

Sad Moody Background

Sad background track featuring a memorable piano melody, carried forward by a suspenseful string arrangement. Will work very well in the background of any media.

Discovery Logo

A modern, positive logo for internet, TV and media projects, featuring epic strings and ethnic flute and percussion. Great for documentaries about history, geography, nature, food, cooking, culture, religion, science, technology, medicine, economy. And for commercials, advertising, corporate and bus...

Inspiring Happy Piano Dream

Inspiring Happy Piano Dream is a motivating, romantic and cinematic royalty free piano track with grand piano, optional glockenspiel, orchestral bass and triangle. It will work perfect for ads, commercials, Youtube videos, films, wedding, corporate and explaining videos and many other application. ...

Emotional Sad Trailer

Full of sadness and lyrical composition track will perfectly fit for inspirational and tragical videos, films ,TV, trailers, life problems videos and more

Cinematic Inspiring Piano Orchestra

Exciting, inspirational and intense orchestral cinematic soundtrack. Perfect for: epic trailers and intros, promos and presentations, timelapses, nature videos and more

Bach Prelude in F Minor

From Book II of The Well Tempered Clavier, Bach's (1685-1750) expressive and moody prelude performed on the piano. Softly emotional, without being intrusive, an excellent background for late night source music of a serious, intelligent manner

Sentimental and Hopeful

An inspiring and emotional cinematic track featuring a melodic string quartet, a piano, and dynamic percussion. It can be used in films, TV shows, documentaries, video games, and more.

Planet Earth

An inspiring, rising panoramic piano track with awesome grand piano and cosmic delayed electric piano, ideal for landscapes, movie, cinema, figure scating, movie soundtrack, architecture presentations and videos.

I Miss You So

Emotional and dramatic cinematic piano theme with sad melancholic and nostalgic mood. Great for tv series, figure scating, emotional and sentimental videos, trailers, sad background, drama, sad stories, documentary, emotional cinematic, nature videos, sadness scenes, slow slideshow, slow motion vide...

Walking on Sky

An inspiring, airy, ethereal and uplifting track with sound of hybrid orchestra, grand piano and solo flute.Music of amazing beauty with high quality mastering. Best choice for cinema soundtracks, movies, documentaries, love and romantic videos, backgrounds, landscapes, nature videos, Gopro project...

Power of Nature

A beautiful, inspiring royalty free cinematic music with lovely piano bells, flutes, strings and epic drums, best for movies, teasers, nature timelapses or aerial footage.

Rain Timelapse

Ambient cinematic music for commercial projects. This track is a perfect for a trailer, video game, film, home movie or slideshow. Ideal sound for your timelapse, promotion company or advertising. You can make your presentation or infographic more inspirational and unforgettable simply using this b...

Miracles of Love

A beautiful and inspiring cinematic track with orchestra, female choir, cinematic piano, epic drums, percussion, cymbals and some fx, ideal for landscapes, love stories, inspirational videos, ceremony awards, documentary videos, discovery and geographical movies.

Inspiring Cinematic Piano Background

Inspiring Cinematic Piano Background" is an uplifting emotional inspiring music track, designed to work along with corporate or wedding videos, explainers, product presentations, movies, trailers, drone and nature videos. It features an emotional piano and orchetral strings like violin, cello and b...

Morning in Heaven

A beautiful, ethereal and hopeful background piano track with cinematic strings, female choir, percussion, electric guitar, pad, synth an fx. Music full of hope, beauty, love and peace. Ideal for love and inspiring videos, Youtube p...

Heart of Motherland

An inspiring, heroic and triumphal peace with solemn strings, brass and heroic drums, this high level of sound and quality orchestra music is ideal for movie soundtracks, teasers, trailers, adverts, ceremony awards, political videos and documentaries

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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