Track length: 8:33
Tempo: 69 bpm

Slow atmospheric orchestral strings gently build and drop over 8 and a half minutes, increasing in drama and feeling by adding piano, bass, French horns and muted trumpets, plucked harp, percussion, timpani and gentle but deep taiko drums.

Atmospheric, uplifting yet slightly mournful instrumental film score style music, with an air of grace, beauty and melancholy. Ideal soundtrack music for time lapse films, documentaries, montage clips and more.

Keywords: airy, ambient, astronomy, atmosphere, atmospheric, awe, background, beautiful, beauty, calm, calming, climax, credits, drama, earth, emotional, epic, fade, fading, faith, filmic, French horn, gentle, grace, harp, impending, inspirational, inspire, inspiring, instrumental, intro, looming, majestic, majesty, melancholy, mellow, memories, milky way, minor key, montage, mournful, mystery, mysterious, nature, nostalgic, olympics,  orchestra, orchestral, piano, quiet, rising, sad, score, sedate, serene, serenity, Shadowland, slideshow, slow, sorrow, soundtrack, sparse, spiritual, spirituality, stature, strings, subtle, taiko, thoughtful, time lapse, titles, touching, uplifting, vanishing, widescreen, wonder

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.

Track length: 30:40
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Atmospheric instrumental ambient music; over 30 continuous and uninterrupted minutes of deep organic & evolving instrumental cinematic soundscapes, slow moving ethereal hypnotic drones, sparkling washes of sound and sparse drifting piano notes.

Ideal atmospheric underscore or background music for documentaries, films, time lapse videos (as heard in the full length Dakotalapse time lapse film Horizons), art installations or just for fans of ambient textural music. Due to its long, peaceful and unobtrusive nature it can also be used as music for studying, writing, relaxation, meditation, yoga etc.

If you’re an insomniac and having trouble sleeping, this can also make perfect sleep music to help lull you into a nocturnal state of calm. Also great music for getting crying babies to sleep (I can verify this from personal experience with my own baby daughter while I was writing the track!)

Watch the promo video here which includes a short 6 and a half minute extract from the full length 30 minute version of the track set to serene, hypnotic and atmospheric visuals to give you an idea how it can work with your own films.

Keywords: ambience, ambient, Apollo, astronomy, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, beatless, binaural, Brian Eno, calm, calming, cinematic, clouds, cold, cosmic, cosmos, Dakotalapse, dark, deep space, documentary, dramatic, dream, dreamlike, dreamy, drift, drifting, drone, electronic, epic, ethereal, evolving, floating, galaxy, haunting, healing, Horizons, hypnotic, instrumental, interstellar, landscape, long, meditation, meditative, mellow, metallic, minimal, minimalist, mystery, mysterious, mystical, nature, new age, organic, outer space, peace, peaceful, reflective, relaxation, relaxing, sci-fi, science fiction, serene, serenity, sleep, sleep music, slow, solitude, soundscape, soundtrack, soundworld, space, space music, sparkling, sparse, stars, study, therapeutic, Thomas Koner, universe, void, yoga, Zeit

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.

Track length: 3:42
Tempo: 60 bpm

Slow and atmospheric instrumental music track with warm organic washes of ambient background sound, sparse but deep bass, gentle melodic percussive beats and lush Blade Runner style synths. A hypnotic, atmospheric and dreamlike visual soundscape that would make ideal underscore for night time city scenes, documentaries and film music, background music for relaxation, photography slideshows, study, yoga or meditation. Watch the promo video below against stunning atmospheric photography of atmospheric city skylines.

Keywords: ambient, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, Blade Runner, calm, chill, chilled, cinematic, city, cityscape, Cliff Martinez, dark, deep, documentary, dream, dreamlike, dreamy, drone, dusky, electronic, esoteric, ethereal, floating, gentle, hazy, heartbeat, hypnotic, instrumental, landscape, lush, meditate, meditation, minimal, minimalist, misty, moody, mystery, mysterious, nature, night, nighttime, nocturnal, organic, relaxation, relaxed, relaxing, shadowy, skyline, sleep, slow, solitary, solitude, soundscape, soundtrack, parse, study, synths, Tokyo, traffic, tranquil, underscore, warm, zen

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.

Total running time: 44:53 (14 tracks)
Tempo: Various

The second volume of royalty-free cinematic piano music and dark atmospheric soundtracks for film and documentary makers. 14 more tracks (45 minutes in total) of dark, dramatic and atmospheric music and ambient soundtrack beds specially composed for use in film & TV media productions from film and documentary composer Simon Wilkinson. See the promo video or click the track details link below for full track previews.

Following on from the dark atmospheric sounds of Vol.1, this collection focuses more on atmospheric ambient instrumental tracks and underscores, but also features some piano and strings. The music is ideal for films, documentaries, time lapse, dramas, student films, thrillers or any visuals that require a dark, serious, suspenseful or melancholic and atmospheric soundtrack. This filmic music complements Vol.1, but also stands alone from it with styles ranging from sparse piano pieces, floating strings, atmospheric underscores, Blade Runner-style warm synths and gentle picked acoustic guitar.

This album includes a royalty-free license which allows the user to use the music in an unlimited number of film & documentary productions. Whether it’s for TV broadcast, student/feature films, trailers, personal websites, art and photography gallery slideshows, Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Myspace etc. (and up to 1,000 physical copies for retail DVD sales) -- click here for full license details. The ideal audio resource to add to all documentary and filmmakers’ libraries for when you’re looking for the right atmospheric or dramatic music cue to complete your scene. Click the promo video clip to the right to hear extracts against atmospheric visuals. The tracks Reflections, From An Ember To A Sun and Atlantis are featured in the Dakotalapse time lapse film Temporal Distortion.

The album contains the 14 full tracks (45 minutes) of piano music and atmospheric soundtrack beds which will be automatically emailed to you as a zip file after purchase. You can select from mp3 or wav from the dropdown below but please be aware the wav zip file is quite large (420Mb) so make sure your connection is fast enough to handle large downloads.  If you’re buying from a country outside of the UK, Paypal will automatically convert the amount from your currency to British Pounds so you can buy from anywhere in the world.

Keywords: abstract, ambience, ambient, analogue, art, atmosphere, atmospheric, background, BBC, Blade Runner, Brian Eno, calm, Channel 4, cinematic, copyright, dark, dissonant, documentary, drama, dramatic, edgy, electronic, electronica, emotional, esoteric, film, filmic, filmmaker, gallery, hypnotic, instrumental, introspective, library music, license, melancholy, montage, moody, mp3, mystery, mysterious, mystical, ocean, photography, piano, plucked, relaxing, resource, royalty free, science, serious, shadowy, slideshow, slow, soundscape, soundtrack, space, Steve Reich, stock music, student, tense, thriller, time lapse, timelapse, tool, TV, underscore, underwater, Vangelis, warm, warmth

Fantastic value -- most royalty-free music companies would charge you the same price for just one stock music track. Get all the 14 tracks (45 minutes) including the full license to use this music in an unlimited number of your films and projects from a dedicated film composer for just one low price.

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Track length: 2:38
Tempo: 92 bpm

Mellow and positive medium-tempo instrumental track featuring bright melodic rhythm textures and effects, piano, gentle acoustic guitar picking, strings and harp. Relaxing and gently uplifting background music ideal for travel and holiday programs, diving and underwater documentary scenes, nature films and wildlife footage.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, beach, blue, breeze, breezy, calm, Caribbean, chilled, chill out, coral reef, diving, documentary, duduk, easy, elegant, holiday, instrumental, island, laid back, lazy, mellow, melodic, morning, nature, ocean, optimistic, picking, placid, positive, relax, relaxed, relaxing, sand, scuba diving, sea, sealife, serene, summer, sun, sunrise, sunshine, tranquil, travel, tropical, undersea, underwater, upbeat, uplifting, vacation, warm, water, waves, wildlife

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.

Total running time: 44:55 (11 tracks)
Tempo: Various

A collection of my music tracks used in the Dakotalapse series of time lapse films from photographer Randy Halverson. This compilation includes 11 tracks of my atmospheric and dramatic music from the acclaimed Dakotalapse time lapse films including Sub Zero, Plains Milky Way, Tempest Milky Way & Temporal Distortion.

IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ: this collection is for personal listening only and does not include a license to use the music in any of your own films or videos. If you wish to use any of these tracks in your own films you also need to buy the relevant license for each track you wish to use by searching for the track title and then adding either a commercial or non-commercial license to your shopping cart.

Atmospheric, inspiring and dramatic music from the beautiful series of Dakotalapse time lapse films (www.dakotalapse.com), the compilation of 11 tracks also includes a 10 page liner notes pdf. The tracks included are Scorpio, Shadow Watch, Exodus, Eclipse, Tempest, Shadowland, Soma, Atlantis, Reflections, From An Ember To A Sun and Chrome Skies. Listen to the preview of short clips from each track or see below for full length previews of all 11 tracks. The full album plus pdf liner notes will be downloadable after purchase as a zip file containing all tracks as highest CD-quality 320 kbps mp3s.

Keywords: ambient, astronomy, atmosphere, atmospheric, awe, background, beautiful, beauty, calm, calming, cinematic, credits, Dakotalapse, dark, drama, dramatic, earth, electronic, fade, fading, faith, film, filmic, gentle, grace, harp, impending, inspirational, inspire, inspiring, instrumental, intro, looming, majestic, majesty, melancholy, milky way, minor key, mournful, mp3, mystery, mysterious, mystical, nature, orchestra, orchestral, peaceful, piano, Plains Milky Way, quiet, Randy Halverson, relaxing, rousing, sad, score, sedate, serene, serenity, slideshow, slow, sorrow, soundtrack, sparse, spiritual, spirituality, stature, strings, subtle, Sub Zero, taiko, Tempest Milky Way, Temporal Distortion, time lapse, titles, vanishing, widescreen, wonder

Please note: This music collection is for personal listening only and does not contain any license for use in your own films or videos. If you would like to license any individual track from this collection to use in your own film, please purchase the relevant license from the individual track/royalty free collection (you can search the site for the relevant track license by typing the track name in the search box at the top). A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued.

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Track length: 23:05
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Dark and atmospheric science-fiction themed ambient space music. Nebula Drift is one long piece of music consisting of 23 minutes of organic, dark & evolving washes of epic instrumental cinematic soundscapes and unearthly drones.

Atmospheric dark underscore and background music suitable for documentary and film soundtracks or just for fans of ambient music such as Brian Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, Steve Roach, Thomas Koner, Biosphere, Stars Of The Lid, Tangerine Dream etc.

As well as being available to license for soundtrack use in your documentaries and films, this long evolving piece of music is the perfect soundtrack to imaginary dark and mysterious sci-fi landscapes and galaxies. It makes ideal music for meditation, study, relaxation or yoga (many people also find it good atmospheric background music to listen to while playing roleplaying space games or as unobtrusive background music for inspiration when painting or writing). Watch the promo video on the right set to images from the European Space Agency/Hubble Telescope.

Keywords: 2001, ambience, ambient, Apollo, atmospheres, atmospheric, background, beatless, binaural, calm, cinematic, cold, cosmic, cosmos, dark, deep space, documentary, dramatic, drift, drone, eerie, epic, ethereal, evolving, floating, galaxy, hyperspace, hypnotic, instrumental, interstellar, landscape, long, meditation, metallic, minimal, minimalist, mystery, mysterious, NASA, nebula, organic, outer space, relaxing, scary, sci-fi, science fiction, slow, solitude, soundscape, soundtrack, soundworld, space, space music, sparse, Steve Roach, Structures From Silence, study, Thomas Koner, universe, void, Zeit

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.

Track length: 4:22
Tempo: 95 bpm

Warm and hypnotic instrumental music track with acoustic guitar, bass guitar, cello, violins, piano, drums and organ. Optimistic and elegant instrumental music with a slight touch of melancholy.

Gentle and mellow acoustic guitar strumming mixed with warm splashes of acoustic drums, subtle piano and delayed keyboards towards the end. Would work well as music for emotional or inspirational sporting moments, olympic montages or reflective film scenes. See the promo video clip below.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, afternoons, autumn, autumnal, beautiful, beauty, cello, contemplative, elegant, emotional, gentle, hopeful, horses, inspirational, inspire, inspiring, instrumental, mellow, nature, olympics, organic, optimistic, organ, pastoral, peace, peaceful, piano, rainy, reflective, relaxing, strings, strum, Sundays, thoughtful, uplifting, violin, wistful

Please note: A license must be bought before the music is used in any video or production (even not for profit, Youtube etc.) Any unlicensed use is an infringement of copyright and will be legally pursued. Buy the mp3 or instantly license this music track for immediate use in your film, trailer, documentary or video production by selecting the relevant options below. Read about licensing details here.