Ethereal and alluring, with dissonant injections of strings and a seductive intro that steadily grows both in intensity and instrumentation. Several counterpoints and variations caged in a medium-big orchestral arrangement ideal for sad and melancholic sequences.
Tag Archives: Melancholy
Sad Infinity
Dreamy and delicate, featuring soothing woodwinds and a melancholic celeste that create a rarefied and nocturne sense of uneasy fascination. Ideal for alluring and seductive scenes with a dark and possibly supernatural edge.
Blue Star
Intensely sad but not lost in its entirety, with soothing background strings and a yearning dark violin solo theme that unravel otherworldly laments upon the inevitable realisation of an unbearable truth. Will suit emotional and melancholic scenes.
Sunrise
Melancholic and sweet, with a sense of yearning and heavy use of exotic interpolation of chords and melodies. Powerful as a big orchestra can be, it gains momentum at 1:20, always keeping the stakes high as a complicated love story would be. Will suit exotic and big Hollywood love stories, with ultimate love as overarching theme. The English Patient, Out of Africa, and even Indiana Jones are welcome here.
Animal Ride
Mysterious and magical, a stylish musical journey that makes use of a full orchestra and percussion. Somewhat dark and whimsical, with quirky strings and woodwinds, it will bond fantastically with your Disney-like playful, quirky and amusing characters.
Wistful Piano (Suite)
Scattered piano melody with electronic effects over a subtle ambient synth drone. Background drone grows in waves of atmospheric noise. The noise grows stronger and harsher, almost swallowing the piano notes. Another string drone swells to finish. Introspective, melancholy and reflective, suiting a moment of pause, reflecting on the past and contemplating the future. Suitable for thoughtful ending in a TV/Doc.
w/ synths: Added other-wordly synth drones and wonky sustained synth lines, giving an off-kilter edge.
w/ strings: Regal orchestral string arrangement on top of piano melody from the start, string lines intersecting in a looping counterpoint.
Sad But Hopeful
Emotional piano-led track. Sparse piano intro, joined by melancholy orchestral strings. String swell, subtle drums and a rhythmic piano motif, growing in confidence and strength. Slowly building, dialogue between strings and piano. Effects-laden piano gives a cold electronic edge. Reflective, yearning and questioning, would suit a TV/Doc sequence of high emotional intensity or a pensive moment on film.
Raggy Piano
Sparse tragic solo piano, desolate, empty, sad and grief stricken, with a hint of the Middle East. If you were going to have a soundtrack to the devastation and carnage left behind by war, this would be it.
Fear
Happy intro with solo violin riffs and evolving arpeggios, quickly form a firm driving groove with a strong roving bass line. Mood is neutral but chilled, then after a few breakdowns at 3:07 it reduces to a stomping 4-to-the-floor cut down beat before the rest of the elements crash back in. I could personally listen to that reduced beat all day – awesome production throughout. Understated, refined and sophisticated. Vox version has a soulful male voice (Elliot Chapman).
Oubliette (Suite)
Gentle pensive piano track. Slow repeated piano motif, extra piano line added and subtly building orchestral strings. Thoughtful and reflective, sad yet hopeful, would suit an advert for insurance or healthcare, hope of a bright future in the face of today’s sadness and loss.
Piano Only version available.
1 min and 30 secs ad length versions available.