In this royalty free music category here you will find a mix of Indian music, Bollywood rhythms, middle eastern and Arabic sounds. Acoustic instruments performed live - reed flute, ethnic percussion instruments, bouzouki, zither, Turkish oboe, santoor, tabla and more. Stock music fit for commercial, travel, adventure, vacation and discovery, for relaxation, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. Good background music for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Listen to these royalty free tracks, buy a license to any individual track and download the music immediately in MP3 and WAV format, along with an official License document.
Middle East, Ethnic, Choral, Intimate, Emotive, Melancholy Music. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
A nice mixture of U.S. hip-hop and Indian Banghra, with a slight Turkish flavor to it as well. Very groovy stuff! [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Use of Indian folk instruments to express joy, happiness and life. Positive, uplifting, success, victory, enjoyment, enriching. Exotic / world / ethnic. Also good as an Indian / Middle Eastern background / underscore. Features flute, pads, duff, ghatam, santoor, manjeera, dimbdi, sarangi, dhol. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Powerful, dark and mysterious cinematic piece with Middle Eastern/Arabic feel. Big drums, guitars, driving arpeggiated bass, distant shamanic chants. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
This track is highly evocative and is great as an opener or introduction. Free tempo, features Indian slide guitar freely improvising on a bed of lush pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Middle eastern ska. Arabian pipes over a ska beat. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Slowish melodic with Indian style slide guitars and tabla. Appealing, gentle melody and a very vibrant sound. Positive and emotional. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
Very hypnotic, trance-like and seductive piece full of groove and Eastern promise. A massive groove is coloured by Eastern strings, santoors and percussion slowly builds in intensity until the final climax where huge guitar riffs enter and bring the tune to it's close. Contains guitars, santoor, strings, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
Epic fantasy / marching track with an Arabian or Eastern/Orient feel. Battle drums, staccato brass stabs, Persian or Arabic sounding melodies. Impending action, dramatic, war or conflict. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
A dry and breathy rhythm soon gives way to a majestic melody which leads further into dark ambiences and a choir swelling into mystery & mythology. Dark / Mystical / Ethnic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 64 BPM]
Electronic dance track with an eastern flavour. Synth sequences and syncopated beats combine with shenai oboe and strings to make a piece that has constant impetus and also fresh new colours and textures entering as it progresses. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
A piece with both Middle-Eastern and Native American influences. Choir gives a sense of awe and mystery, broken by tribal drums and fluttering woodwinds. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
An electronic Dubstep track featuring a fat but clean bass, classical drum beat spiced up by an Indian touch to it brought by a sitar, some tablas and a bansuri. It's urban and dark sound would provide a great combination to any city footage, something like a documentary on Bombay's mafia. [Tempo: Slow / 130 BPM]
World fusion / India / Bollywood pop. Indian / Middle Eastern / Oriental music styles combined with Western / contemporary influences. Exotic and fun. Available with or without vocals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A Marrakesh / Moroccan / North African or Arabic inspired ethnic underscore featuring Ud. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Motivating , Eeastern flavoured groover. Ethereal mellotrons play arabian scales over a suspenseful rhythm backing that is constantly moving forward and never stops. Would suit thriller/action or dramatic/sports project a even belly dance troupe! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Indian style slide guitar, sitar and woodwinds over India percussion. The track builds in intensity as it goes on. Mysterious, mystical. Ethnic, ancient world mysteries. Oriental, with a dark side. Exotic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Blending Eastern/Oriental music moods and instruments with more modern, western rhythms, this exotic chillout track features tabla, flute and Sarangi. [Tempo: Medium / 85 BPM]
An exotic and adventureous track made with exotic percussion, synths and various ethnic instruments. Action / Exotic / Foreign / Mystical. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A romantic score with indian world music flair and a modern rhythm. Sitar, indian female vocals, plucked instruments and oriental sounds. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Calm and inspiring world / ethnic musical soundscapes using a combination of exotic instruments of Northern Africa and the Middle East combined with acoustic guitar. Plenty of variation throughout. Suitable for Middle East, Arabia, Persian, and Northern Africa. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Laidback track that blends traditional Indian instruments with a modern chill-out groove. Great for contemporary Indian based projects, tv dramas, movies, documentaries etc looking for a soothing, pensive mood. Features Santoor, Tabla, Piano, Violin, Vocals, Bass and Drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
A fun and groovy dancy track. Ethnic string, woodwind and keyed instruments combine with electric piano, drums and double bass to make a uniquely energetic, uplifting tune with a distinctly exotic flavour. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Bollywood / India. Young, peppy, lively Hindi dance number conveying playful interaction between a girl and a boy. A groovy music track with hindi vocals which can be used for party / college/ high school / school reunion / young backdrop / clubs / discos. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Dreamy world/ethnic soundscape with an Eastern flute and Indian Sarangi. Romantic, atmospheric. Great for travel, adventure, exotic locations, history and mythology music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A hip-hop track with a strong India / Bollywood / Eastern / Oriental music / Middle East feel. Modern-day Eastern city. World fusion / U.S. / Eastern combination. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Energetic Hip Hop track, using piano and strings over typical hip hop electronic drums. Some arabic / middle eastern melodies give it an exotic feel. Low-rider, gangsta, gang culture. Good for scenes of night clubs, inner city, action and crime, but with an exotic twist. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Melancholic female vocals directs the emotion here. Typical instruments of the Arab and Indian worlds merge with a modern string orchestra. Multifaceted, imaginative and well suited to accompany dramatic Bollywood movie scenes. Also available as an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A fresh and feelgood instrumental music track with a taste of the excotic, Eastern. Could be India, Middle East, Arabia, Egypt, Dubai etc. A very positive and inviting feel. Great music for commercials, travel, adventure, holiday and discovery. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
A soft, eastern melody played on ethnic woodwind. Slowly increasing orchestral backdrop. Mysterious and strangely inviting. Feels like '1001 Nights' or other Arabian adventures. Crescendo towards the end. [Tempo: Slow / 58 BPM]
Dreamy, ethereal, exotic, atmospheric, cinematic, spacious, intriguing, mysterious music with a distinct Middle Eastern flavour. A blend of ethnic strings, woodwinds and percussion combine to make exciting, tension-soaked music that would suit thriller / dramatic / travel / mystery type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 113 BPM]
Mediterranean medium dance beat, accordion and bouzouki playing. Beach, romance, joyful. Can be Eastern / Mid East / Persian music or India, or Greek / Cyprus etc. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
India / Bollywood / Indian and Eastern / Oriental pop culture. Mystical / Exotic / Alluring. Slight Hip-Hop feel. Available with or without the Vocals. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Middle Eastern melody played by an exotic-sounding string instrument and backed by hypnotic bells, sequences, and tribal drums. Bridge breaks down into funky double time for a surprising mood twist, and then returns to the Middle Eastern theme. Includes elements of Bollywood, funk, electronica, and world music. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Hip Hop track with Arab / Middle Easterm / Oriental influences and elements. Ethnic instruments, exotic melodies, traditional middle east percussion, over a typical hip hop beat. Very good for depicting urban conflicts in Arabic world. Also good for tension & suspense scenes, dangerous situations. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Unmistakably Indian in mood and style but enveloped in contemporary production. There's a undercurrent of magic and mystery throughout the whole track which features a variety of lead instruments. World / Travel / Ethnic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A calm, floating and spiritual music track with Indian flute, Indian Sarod, warm pads and ethereal piano. Good for travel/holiday, exploration and discovery of exotic and mystical places. Also for relaxation music, reflection, art and culture, history, film/drama and more. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Middle Eastern percussion lays the foundation for slow sensual strings to establish the mood. The entire orchestra crescendos to a grand finale with choir. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Traditional instruments fused with colourful Bhangra rhythms. Alluring female vocal lines add a sense of erotic mystique. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 97 BPM]
Warm pads, bells and a mysterious Eastern wind instrument, the Sarangi flute. Great background music for travel and mystery, adventure and excotic places. Foreboding, underlying mystery music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A beautiful and tasteful Eastern track featuring tambur, dumbek and eastern oud and ney flutes. [Tempo: Slow / 100 BPM]
Very cool & crisp hip-hop track with a slight Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, exotic & groovy track with simple eastern vocal chants that catch the ear and whisk you off to foreign lands. Beautiful, inspiring & cinematic. Great filmic atmosphere & middle eastern vibe. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
An epic, grand sounding track with a slight Greek, Oriental, Eastern or "Ancient World" feel. Ethnic, exotic, and dangerous. The first 45 seconds or so are rather pensive, before it builds up into a grand, sweeping, majestic and exciting piece. Good for dramatic trailers, dramatic scenes, grand, wide open spaces of Arabia, Egypt or ancient Greek etc. Picture ancient warriors on the warpath, or a dangerous situation building... [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 90 BPM]
A mixture of the East (India) and the West (USA) from Indian composer-guitarist Arjun Sen. Smooth and jazzy drums combine with acoustic bass to provide a traditional U.S. jazz backing but this is mixed withsitars and exotic Indian flavours to create a wonderfully inspiring and groovy feelgood smooth jazz track with an Indian feel. Melodic, refreshing, soothing and invigorating all at the same time. [Tempo: Medium / 74 BPM]
A middle eastern / Arabian sounding, epic, highly dramatic piece, featuring eastern chant vocals, large drums and percussion section, strings, choir and other ethnic instruments. After a foreboding, tense opening section, the main percussion and chant part comes in at about 52 seconds into the track. Drama, conflict. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
An emotional soundtrack with an Eastern / Middle Eastern or Slavic feel. Available with or without fragile female vocalizations. Melodic, passionate, combining elements of sorrow and melancholy with those of light and hope. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
This Hip Hop track with middle eastern influences is a good match for depicting the recent demonstrations and protests of the "Arab Spring". A strong hip hop, urban pulse with eastern melodies and percussion. A great sense of danger, foreboding, conflict. Also great for action scenes, travel, desert. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Bollywood / India: A haunting sufi Hindi male song. The rhythm is upbeat. The lover is pining for his lady love. He is saying that love has destroyed him, has given him the pain of waiting for his love, not able to forget the love of his life. He is madly in love and cant think of anything but love. Love has rendered him good for nothing. He has given up everything for his love and love is still eluding him. Tender, emotional, very passionate, deeply moving. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A relaxing, ecclectic rhythm groove, warm and laidback guitar melodies with a slight jazzy feel. Also features Indian sitar and tabla percussion for a nice and breezy, ethnic/world feel. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
