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Track length: 3:23
Tempo: 75 bpm

Slow and pensive orchestral strings with haunting and atmospheric ethnic duduk woodwinds, slowly build in intensity and atmosphere to introduce muted but dramatic deep timpani and taiko drums, sparse piano chords, plucked harp and mournful French horns.

Mournful, mysterious and haunting atmospheric instrumental film score style music, with an air of awe, grace, beauty and melancholy. As heard in the soundtrack to the stunning Dakotalapse time lapse video “Plains Milky Way” by Randy Halverson (see the video below).

Keywords: airy, ambient, astronomy, atmosphere, atmospheric, awe, background, beautiful, beauty, brooding, BSG, calm, calming, credits, danger, dark, drama, duduk, earth, fading, faith, fear, filmic, foreboding, French horn, gentle, grace, harp, impending, inspirational, instrumental, intro, looming, majestic, majesty, melancholy, milky way, minor key, mournful, mystery, mysterious, nature, orchestra, orchestral, ominous, piano, premonition, quiet, sad, score, sedate, slow, sombre, sorrow, soundtrack, sparse, spiritual, stature, strings, subtle, taiko, time lapse, titles, vanishing, widescreen, wonder

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Track length: 1:06
Tempo: 92 bpm

Dramatic epic orchestral action music with staccato strings, horns, thunderous pounding heavy drums and percussion, punctuated by staccato choirs as the music builds to a frantic climax. With the intro hit and tail trimmed, the track can fit 1 minute scenes exactly.

Ideal dramatic music for trailers, battle scenes, action videos, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed, e.g. extreme sports, war scenes, danger, excitement, thrilling chase scenes (as heard in pre-game intro videos for the L.A. Lakers).  See an example promo video below.

Keywords: action, battle, big, brass, brave, climactic, climax, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, excitement, exciting, fight, French horn, gladiator, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, LA Lakers, loud, machinima, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, powerful, production, promo, strings, thunder, thunderous, trailer music, war, warriors, widescreen

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Track length: 3:43
Tempo: 97 bpm

Thunderous and epic dramatic orchestral action music with spiccato strings, deep pizzicato double bass, sweeping French horns and staccato choirs as the music builds through ascending chord sequences to a frantic climax.

Ideal dramatic and atmospheric symphonic action music for battle scenes, film trailers, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, war scenes, danger, excitement, thrilling chase scenes).

As heard in the stunning Dakotalapse time lapse video Tempest Milky Way by Randy Halverson (see video on the right).

The music is available to download in either of two versions: with or without background sound effects (which include atmospheric wind and thunder claps). Select your preferred mp3 version from the dropdown below when ordering.

Keywords: action, adventure, adventurous, battle, big, brass, brave, choir, choral, cinematic, climactic, climax, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, excitement, exciting, fight, fighting, film, French horn, geographic, geography, Hans Zimmer, heroic, Holst, instrumental, intense, lightning, loud, machinima, Mars, milky way, National Geographic, nature, orchestra, orchestral, Planets, pounding, powerful, production, promo, rousing, score, snare, soundtrack, storm, stormy, strings, suspenseful, symphonic, tempest, tempestuous, tense, thunder, thunderous, time lapse, tornado, trailer music, war, warriors, whirlwind, widescreen

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Track length: 2:13
Tempo: 132 bpm

Exciting and epic dramatic orchestral action music with staccato strings, bold sweeping horns, thunderous pounding heavy drums and percussion, punctuated by staccato choirs as the music builds to a frantic climax. Ideal symphonic action music for medieval battle scenes, film trailers, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, war scenes, danger, excitement, thrilling chase scenes). See a promo clip here.

Keywords: 300, action, adventure, adventurous, battle, big, brass, brave, choir, choral, cinematic, climactic, climax, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, excitement, exciting, fight, fighting, film, French horn, gladiator, Greek, Hans Zimmer, heroic, instrumental, intense, LA Lakers, loud, machinima, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, powerful, production, promo, rousing, score, snare, soundtrack, sparta, spartans, strings, suspenseful, symphonic, thunder, thunderous, Titan Attack Zone, trailer music, Trojans, war, warriors, widescreen

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Track length: 3:41
Tempo: 70 bpm

Epic, dark and atmospheric instrumental track from Simon Wilkinson featuring cinematic strings, subtle piano, low horns and heavy medium-tempo Zeppelin-style drums and percussion. Inspired by the classic John Carpenter movie The Thing, the music has an epic, atmospheric, icy winter feel with a sense of impending danger or survival that would work well for geographic, nature or history TV trailers.

Keywords: atmospheric, beats, big, brave, climactic, cold, courageous, crisp, danger, dangerous, dark, drama, dramatic, drums, edgy, electronic, epic, exciting, forbidding, foreboding, freezing, frozen, geographic, grand, heavy, heroic, hostile, ice, icy, impending, imposing, instrumental, intense, John Carpenter, large, loud, melodramatic, nature, pounding, powerful, strings, survival, survivor, the thing, thrilling, valiant, vast, wind, windy, winter

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Track length: 2:15
Tempo: n/a (slow)

Dark, ominous, slow and sparse orchestral strings fade in and out, slowly building in intensity and atmosphere with muted timpani and soft gong hits.  After the strings fade out, a combination of slow solo harp and dark piano echoes the main motif. Mysterious and atmospheric film score style music, an ideal track for looming film intro scenes.

Keywords: atmosphere, brooding, credits, danger, dark, disappear, drama, fading, fear, filmic, foreboding, harp, impending, intro, instrumental, looming, mystery, mysterious, ominous, piano, premonition, quiet, sinister, slow, sparse, strings, subtle, titles, vanishing, widescreen

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Track length: 0:30
Tempo: 132 bpm

30 second dramatic orchestral action film trailer music that builds to a frantic climax. Intense heavy orchestral drums and percussion with stabbing strings, brass and choir builds to a symphonic climax as the hordes begin their attack (think of the film ’300′). Ideal dramatic music for film trailers, adverts, video games or other short dramatic promo videos needing intense orchestral music.

Keywords: 30 second, action, assault, attack, battle, brief, carnage, choir, choral, climax, climactic, combat, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, fight, fighting, film trailer, filmic, Hans Zimmer, heavy, instrumental, intense, LA Lakers, machinima, movie, onslaught, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, powerful, promo, quick, short, soundtrack, stormy, symphonic, trailer, war

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Track length: 1:30
Tempo: 115 bpm

Vibrant, uplifting and inspirational instrumental music track featuring piano, orchestra, acoustic guitar, strings and brass. Short, energetic, lively and enthusiastic, this track would make ideal inspirational background music for documentary travel videos, boat races, yachting scenes or travel footage featuring the ocean/maps/journeys etc.

Keywords: acoustic guitar, adventure, animated, bells, boats, bouncy, climactic, climax, compass, documentaries, documentary, double bass, dynamic, elegant, emotional, energetic, enthusiastic, geography, harp, hopeful, inspirational, inspiring, instrumental, journey, light, lively, map, motivational, moving, ocean, optimistic, orchestral, piano, pizzicato, playful, plucked, positive, race, rousing, sailing, sea, spirited, sporting, sports, stimulating, stirring, strings, timpani, travel, triumphant, upbeat, uplifting, waves, wayfarer, xylophone, yacht, yachting, zesty

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Track length: 2:21
Tempo: 162 bpm

Pounding epic orchestral action track with contemporary thunderous heavy drums, percussion and sweeping strings building to a dramatic and frantic climax. Ideal instrumental action music for film trailers, TV spots, commercials, stings or promos where exciting and intense dramatic orchestral action music is needed (e.g. extreme sports, danger, exciting, thrilling, chase scenes).

Hear the track in action below, as used in promo trailers for Fox’s smash hit show ‘24‘ starring Kiefer Sutherland:

Keywords: 24, action, adventure, battle, big, blazing, brass, builds, chase, cinematic, climactic, climax, courage, courageous, danger, dangerous, drama, dramatic, drums, epic, exciting, excitement, extreme, fast, fearless, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, frenzy, Hans Zimmer, heavy, heroic, huge, instrumental, intense, intensity, lightning, loud, machinima, massive, orchestra, orchestral, percussion, percussive, pounding, power, powerful, production, promo, pursuit, quick, smash, strike, striking, strings, symphonic, thunder, thundering, thunderous, trailer music, TV, war, widescreen, Zahara, Zorro

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See more TV trailers for Seasons 7 and 8 of Fox’s hit show 24 using Zahara!

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Total running time: 32:16 (18 tracks)
Tempo: Various

The third volume of royalty-free music for film and documentary makers consists of 18 tracks (32:16 minutes in total) of plucked and pizzicato orchestral music from film and documentary composer Simon Wilkinson. The music is ideal for science, travel, nature and wildlife documentaries, film, TV and animated media productions – hear the medley clip above or click the track details link below for full length previews of all tracks.

This third volume of royalty-free music focuses on delicately arranged instrumental orchestral music featuring quirky and upbeat plucked violins, deep pizzicato cellos and double bass, lively marimba and harp and percussive xylophone and glockenspiel. The mood of the music ranges from quirky and upbeat fun pieces to darker and more serious fairytale-like atmospheric tracks. The music is ideal for science, travel, nature and wildlife documentaries but would also work well for films, cartoons, animations, commercials and adverts.

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, 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 music cue to complete your scene.

The album contains 18 tracks (32:16 minutes) of plucked orchestral strings 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 (300 Mb) 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.

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Fantastic value – most royalty-free music companies would charge you a similar price for just one stock music track. Get all 18 tracks (32:16 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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