This is where you'll find music that would be suitable on the Travel Channel and, to some extent, on Discovery Channel and National Geographic. This music will have a sense of discovery and exploration and often with World / Ethnic influences. That's not to say that all the music here will be tribal or have a strong ethnic feel. There's also some music here that just has a slight Latin or Mediterranean feel, making it suitable for enjoying while chilling out on the beach or just enjoying a relaxing holiday at a fine hotel. Mostly, though, this music will convey the moods of Africa, Eastern / Middle East, Far East, South American or other exotic destinations.
Traditional wedding music from The Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India. The instruments used are the Pipdi - a reed blowing instrument somewhat similar to the Shenai used in other regions of India (Played by Mangal Ram from Bir Village), and the Nagara Drums - similar to the nagras in the plains (these are very old pieces) they are made of metal with skin stretched on the playing surface. The skin is tightened with straps that weave into the edge of the skin and meet at the centre bottom of the drums. Two drums are placed opposite each other and the drummer plays them with a cross stick action. The drummer here is Jondu Ram (father of Mangal Ram.) Please note: This is a genuinely live, on-the-spot recording, and as such, there may be slight flaws in the performance and recording. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Action-oriented, percussive orchestral track, with a lot of African percussion and powerful blasts. Tribal and safari vibe, with an ensemble of djembes and indigenous drums combined with epic orchestral percussion. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
An upbeat, 90's style hip hop song that features bass, synths, cleared vocal samples, drums, and male rap vocals. Also available without the rap. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with a moderately serious edge. Good for culture and nature or documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 57 BPM]
A Chinese/ Japanese style piece of music, used to represent a Kung Fu Master while he is teaching one of his students how to fight. Opening with big taiko drums, followed by the Chinese stringed instrument called the Erhu, then by a male choir chanting like a monks, who build the track up to its climax. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Eastern drone with reed flute, ethnic percussion and vocal chants. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
With a Latin beat and feel and a strong wind-section theme, this up-tempo jazzy track is suitable for creating a light, uplifting, and sexy mood to your production. This is a lively backdrop, suitable for dancing sequences, Latin related projects, and other productions that require energy and vivacity. [Tempo: Fast / 252 BPM]
A melodic, feel-good, ukulele royalty free music track. Upbeat ukuele with acoustic, grooving drums. Accompanied by piano, electric guitar and bass guitar. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Acoustic Guitars strums, synthesizer pads and droning pulsating synth beats sets a landscape of moods, feelings, and emotions. Think Sunrise, sunsets, oceans and serene landscapes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Calm and positive music featuring traditional Japanese / Oriental instruments. Meditative and cultural. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 58 BPM]
Irish folk. Guitars, banjo, mandolin, accordian, bass & percussion. Lively and friendly. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Funky, downtempo grooves combine with lush pads and a clean electric guitar lead. Slightly jazzy / jazz-funk feel on the drums. Stylish, Luxurious sound. Good for a funky chilled-out afternoon, enjoying a Caffe Latte and looking out over the sunset. Also available in an Underscore version (without the lead melody). [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Driving electronic pop track with retro electronic beats, lush synths and shimmering pads. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
This is a piece of middle eastern music using super sized and deep middle eastern flutes and pipes. This is combined with percussion and hand drums to create the perfect mysterious and mystical environment for an underscored scene in a middle eastern country - or in India. [Tempo: Slow / 84 BPM]
A singer-songwriter country folk song about the "fullness" one gets from a new loving relationship. Lyrics are sung in the Tagalog language. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 126 BPM]
Traditional Indian instruments combine with an electronic flair to create this adventurous, grooving Middle Eastern piece. [Tempo: Medium / 104 BPM]
Ethnic soundtrack in an electronic ambient style and mix genres featuring synth, SFX, bayan, balalayka, authentic Russian woman vocal in a middle part. Will work well as video background for travel, expeditions to a desert places, documentary film. Spatial, flowing, pensive, ethnic. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Mysterious and provocative, this track features ethnic Middle Eastern percussion with bansuri (bamboo flute) with drums and funk bass. The result is world beat with a funky groove. Great for giving a modern edge to world music. [Tempo: Medium / 99 BPM]
Peace, love and unity with an upbeat, danceable rhythm perfect for documentaries, travel, psa's, movies, sports, dancing and celebrating. Mixes contemporary and traditional sounds featuring Kalimba, various percussion, guitar, synth and bass. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Fresh and upbeat latin flamenco style. Happy, feelgood, positive - great for summer fun, Spanish or Mexican holiday etc. Acoustic guitars, congas, electric bass, syncopated drums. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 112 BPM]
Atmospheric strings paired with underwater whale songs and spherical choirs convey a sense of naturalness, width and boundlessness. Powerful trap drums provide the necessary volume and drive. Suitable for travel impressions of all kinds, marine and underwater shots and sunrise. Sounds like a fresh start. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 113 BPM]
Relaxed and laid back traditional African music with a contemporary mood and feel. Great for festive moments, culture and travel. Lots of mbiras [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 83 BPM]
A music track that celebrates the diversity, the singularity and the joy of the different peoples, countries, and customs of the world. Motivating, optimistic and hopeful. Authentic & live performed. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dance bouzouki peace. A combination of melodic dance from the Middle East and from Greece. Can be persian / arabian / oriental or a Greek traditional music or folk dance, or even other Eastern European music e.g. Romania, etc. Fresh, happy feel. [Tempo: Fast / 135 BPM]
A passionate latin track with percussion that creates an authentic feel. This track has a live band feel, it has a spanish guitar lead melody. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 160 BPM]
A soft and reflective light pop-rock ballad that starts with an ambient soundscape and develops into a tender light rock piece with strings and guitar arpeggios and heartfelt piano interludes. Loving, romantic, tender and heartwarming. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
A very positive and uplifting World / Travel / Exploration track. Upbeat, happy and fun, this track will go well with travel programs, hiking and exploration, culture and discovery. Slightly African feel, but can also go well with other world regions. [Tempo: Medium / 136 BPM]
A bright and pleasant track that's hard to pin down to a specific music genre. Uplifting and melodic, with elements of electronica. Good for presentations and projects about people and their lives; new technology, green values and family values, innovation and ecology, development, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A waltz featuring authentic style of Arabic / international feel, played in a minor key and accompanied with oriental percussion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 106 BPM]
The passionate and exotic sound of Spanish guitars with some subtle viola and hand claps. Good for dancing and romance scenes, latino drama, travel, documentaries, restaurants etc. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A nicely flowing Reggae track. Gentle, easy-going and feelgood. Also available in an Underscore version, without the lead guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
A medium tempo Latin track featuring a punchy brass section, melodic piano lines, and light Latin percussion grooves. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A beautiful and melodic country rock ballad played on dobro, pedal steel guitar, guitars and drums. A memorable and reflective melody with a nostalgic feel and a hint of the blues. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A real feelgood, nicely flowing pop groove track, with a Hawaiian slant. Fresh guitar strumming, groovy bass line and Hawaii slide guitars. Excellent for positive, uplifting, refreshing and joyful media; travel, beach, holiday, and fun in the sun. [Tempo: Medium / 89 BPM]
Lively and upbeat Irish tunes. Bodhran, banjo, guitar, fiddle and tin whistle join together in a popular Irish jig set. First tune is "Blarney Pilgrim", which then leads into Kesh. Both tunes were notated in O'Neill Music of Ireland collection in 1850 - a true "traditional" set of tunes which are popular at many Irish sessions. 100% live performance. This track has two titles because this is traditionally how many Irish pub tunes are performed, as a double set of short tunes, the first leading directly into the second. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Mid-tempo Latin / Spanish style with acoustic guitars and piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
Travel back to ancient Japan with this mesmerizing piece. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A Khaligy style track that brings a fusion mode between world music, and khaligy (emirates, saudi, kuwait, Bahrain) it has a dynamic chorus, then it goes back to to a reflective ambient dream. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Modern trance groove features authentic African percussion, kalimba and ram's horn. [Tempo: Fast / 126 BPM]
An updated version of the best selling track "Montuno". Faster, with an interlude and a different drum groove. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Fun and fresh Latin / Island pop, with spanish guitar and an uptempo, feelgood beat. Summer, sunshine, holidays and fun. Mediterranean or Island / Caribbean / Tropical. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Didgeridoo, guitar and big atmosphere. Great for outdoors recreation, hiking, fishing, etc. Calm, mellow, happy, relaxed, sultry. [Tempo: Medium / 106 BPM]
A cinematic soundtrack piece with a strong Arabic / Middle Eastern / Turkish / Egyptian feel. Persian, Arabian, Turkey, Egypt, exotic percussion, strings and woodwinds. Sweeping, epic, like an amazing journey to a far-away land, new discoveries and great adventures. Sitar, tabla, eastern strings and other middle east instrumentation. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Traditional Chinese music with traditional instruments create a folklike and lively picture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Feel the sunshine with this contemporary, uplifting Reggae track. A feel good blend of Caribbean music styles with steel drums, saxophone, organ, guitar, piano, bass and drums. Perfect for any project in need of a happy island sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 102 BPM]
A wonderfully exotic track mixing traditional sounds of Africa and its islands in the Indian Ocean with a light, contemporary beat. Features gambri, marimba, electric kalimba, upright bass, ethereal vocals and drums. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Passionate Latin music composition with authentic acoustic guitars, percussion, bass and drums. Great for films and videos, exotic dance, music for holiday and vacation, travel and fun. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Slow, spacious, ethereal, textured track with dreamy, exotic, chanted vocal samples. Be whisked away on the calm breeze to foreign lands. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 88 BPM]
Spacey, dramatic, hypnotic, cinematic track with building tension and a slight exotic flavour due to use of percussion and eastern scales and instruments. Contains synths, strings, percussion, santoor and acoustic guitar [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
A soft solo acoustic Tagalog vocal ballad about admitting one own faults in a relationship. Suitable for tv/film soundtrack and Filipino related content. Lyrics sung in the Tagalog language. [Tempo: Slow / 121 BPM]
