Sad, Cinematic Music for Creators, Filmmaking, Games, Apps. Royalty-free & Sync licensed Royalty-free: Pay once, no ongoing royalties.
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1,670 tracks in library.

Including Cinematic, Strings, Dramatic, Emotional, Piano and Epic music themes.

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Morning's For Mourning

Gentle and delicate with sad, melancholy elements, featuring expressive strings and piano that create a mournful, somber mood.

Anticipation

Smooth and melancholy, featuring dark strings, piano and brass swells that create a solemn, haunting mood. Ideal for scenes of investigation, research and the passing of time.

Sad letter

A calm piano composition that creates an emotional atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, dramatic, sad, emotional, social videos, animations, slide shows, etc.

Threatening Instability Background

Ominous and suspenseful background track consisting of strings, synthesizers and sound design elements. Evoking a dark and threatening atmosphere to complement your production.

Take A Breath

A haunting, ambient royalty free cinematic theme, with airy strings, deep piano, and dulcimer. Best for dramatic, tragic, intimate, or climactic film scenes.

A Journey

Beautiful rhythmic soundscape, featuring piano, guitar harmonics, clarinet and choir.

Slightly Doomed

An eerie, ambient royalty free cinematic score, with dark strings overlaying a sparse rhythmic backdrop, ideal as an ominous opening theme for horror films, paranormal footage, or games.

Looking Back

Reflective and bittersweet track, with cello, harp and clarinet. Ideal for thought provoking, melancholic scenes in documentaries and films.

It's Over

Spacious and reflective ambient track, featuring bass guitar, piano, cello and clarinet. This track creates a thought provoking, meditative mood.

Closing Theme

A warm and sensual piece, with piano, strings and mandolin creating a reflective yet hopeful atmosphere.

World Of Ice

An uplifting piece of music played by orchestra and piano. Perfect for presentations, slideshows, video blogs and any project dealing with mountains, ice nature and travel.

Love disputes

An emotional composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of feelings, emotions and sentimental mood. In combination with sentimental, calm, sad, dramatic, social videos, slide shows, etc.

Frozen Love

A calm piano composition that creates a sensual atmosphere and a sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, social videos, animations, slide shows, etc.

Tragic Event

This is a tragic and sorrowful piano tune with a deep emotional atmosphere and dark dramatic sound. Good background for sad videos, grievous loss, funeral events, despair and hopelessness videos, heroic death, prayers, memorial videos, and many more.

Ominous Beauty

by Sideway
A gentle and engaging royalty free piano and strings track, bulding to an emotional climax with warm orchestral pads and soaring synth. Best for documentaries, evocative landscapes and scenes of strong emotional content.

Just Passing Time

by Sideway
A dreamy, contemplative royalty free cinematic piece, with a soft piano, bells, brass swells and cellos. Great for timelapse, emotional, intimate, or art projects.

Gliding By

by Sideway
A mellow and ethereal royalty free track, featuring piano and acoustic guitar with catchy synth motif and warm pads. Great for documentaries, evocative landscapes, floating and emotional scenes.

Building Beautiful Inspiration

by Sideway
A bright, inspiring royalty free cinematic theme, with a gentle piano, brass swells, acoustic guitars, and strings. Best for love stories, weddings or intimate content.

Touching farewell

A slow touching composition of piano and strings, creating an atmosphere of farewell and sad mood. Combined with nostalgic, calm, sad, social videos, animations, slide shows, etc.


Sad Cinematic Music: Royalty-Free Emotion for Media

Sad cinematic music conveys deep emotion, loss, and reflection with haunting piano, strings, soft pads, and atmospheric textures. It’s designed to move audiences, enhance storytelling, and bring emotional weight to dramatic moments. At Themusicase.com, you can explore a curated collection of royalty-free sad cinematic tracks. Each track includes a sync license, making them safe for use in film, advertising, games, podcasts, and online content without extra clearance.

Where Sad Cinematic Music Works Best

Choosing Themusicase gives you a royalty-free sync license—perfect for editors who need emotional cinematic scores without copyright concerns.

FAQs

Is your sad cinematic music royalty-free?
Yes. All sad cinematic tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and come with sync rights for safe use across projects.
Can I use sad cinematic tracks in a short film?
Yes. You can license sad cinematic music for short films, independent projects, and even festival screenings. Your PDF license certificate serves as proof of rights.
Do I need to buy another license if I reuse the same track in multiple projects?
No. One license covers unlimited projects using the same track. See our License Agreement page for full details.
How much does it cost to license sad cinematic music?
Themusicase offers two license options based on your project needs. Full pricing and usage conditions are explained on our License Agreement page.
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