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Sascha Ende

Every year on the same day, the news is full of it. This year, I noticed that there isn't any music here to go with it yet. Here it is.

New 9/11 - Aftermath

9/11 Ambient cold resonance deep drone disaster aftermath

/ 03:55

67 Plays 3 Downloads

Deep sub-bass drones and mournful, icy synth textures evoke a desolate atmosphere of quiet shock and lingering grief. Slow-moving resonant frequencies and subtle metallic overtones provide an unobtrusive backdrop for historical tragedy documentaries, investigative journalism podcasts, and somber true-crime reenactments.

Sascha Ende

Every year on the same day, the news is full of it. This year, I noticed that there isn't any music here to go with it yet. Here it is.

New 9/11 - Empty Skyline

9/11 Cinematic Piano Classical acoustic grand delicate decay elegiac strings

/ 03:21

57 Plays 3 Downloads

Solitary acoustic piano notes echo through wide reverb before swelling into an elegiac string ensemble filled with quiet grief and dignity. Poignant, solemn, and deeply moving, this orchestral cue provides a profound backdrop for historical retrospectives, tragic documentary scenes, memorial tributes, and heavy cinematic drama.

Sascha Ende

Every year on the same day, the news is full of it. This year, I noticed that there isn't any music here to go with it yet. Here it is.

New 9/11 - September Morning

9/11 Piano Classical acoustic cello chamber music delicate keys

/ 03:35

39 Plays 3 Downloads

Sorrowful grand piano arpeggios intertwine with a weeping cello and lush chamber strings, creating an atmosphere of deep reverence and mourning. Elegant, slow, and profoundly heartfelt, this acoustic cue provides an emotionally resonant backdrop for historical documentaries, memorial tributes, poignant dramatic scenes, and serious narrative podcasts.

Sascha Ende

A ZIP file containing 250 individual MP3 files, totaling about 25 MB. I know how annoying it is to search for sounds like these.

New 250 Free Explainer Video Sound Effects [Clicks, Pops, Whooshes & More]

Sound Effects app showcase bubble pops button tap

/ 04:46

102 Plays 4 Downloads

250 sound effects for explainer videos, in eight groups: pops and plops, clicks and taps, whooshes, swipes and zips, pen, marker, pencil and chalk strokes, paper slides, flips and crumples, card drops and rubber stamps, springs, boings and bounces, sparkles, twinkles and ta-da chimes, and mechanical gears, switches, locks and coin drops. Fifty sounds in five variants each, so you can pick a fresh take instead of reusing the same click forty times. All MP3, 320 kbit/s stereo, normalised and faded, ready to drop onto a timeline.

New Nomadic Camp

World Acoustic archaeology arid climate caravan

/ 03:41

150 Plays 11 Downloads

Music for making a short clip for a nomadic camp

Requested by fmdsi See the wishes

Wandering woodwind melodies float above acoustic lute picking, earthy frame drums, and warm atmospheric pads to create a mystic desert ambiance. Unhurried and contemplative, the arrangement evokes ancient trade routes and sweeping sand dunes. Well-suited for Middle Eastern travelogues, historical documentaries, nature cinematography, and desert exploration sequences.

New Battle Game - Menu Music Vol. 1

Battle Game - Menu Music Cinematic Electronic analog sequencer brooding texture combat preparation

/ 05:00

153 Plays 10 Downloads

One thing I am struggling to find is slower pace ambient tactical music. Call of duty MW menu music is a good reference here. I would legit pay for a nice 5 min track . Thanks again

Requested by Jasastan See the wishes

Heavy war drums and a relentless synth bass pulse drive this dark, tactical cue from brooding anticipation to a formidable climax. Layered with industrial clangs, metallic risers, and ominous low drones, it creates gripping tension for game loadout menus, military briefing sequences, and gritty sci-fi combat trailers.

New Documentary Music - Fragile Balance

Documentary Music Vol. 2 Cinematic Ambient acoustic plucks aerial footage curiosity

/ 04:04

345 Plays 30 Downloads

Delicate kalimba plucks and crystalline mallet patterns intertwine with warm orchestral strings and steady hybrid percussion, building to an inspiring, purposeful swell. Thoughtful, organic, and expansive—tailor-made for nature documentaries, science explainers, sweeping aerial drone footage, and environmental storytelling.

New Sex On The Beach [Balearic House meets Tango]

Lounge/Relax Electronic acoustic guitar cafe del mar downtempo beat

/ 04:00

472 Plays 11 Downloads

Intricate Mediterranean acoustic guitar riffs mingle with a slow downtempo beat, deep sub-bass, and intimate, sensual female vocalizations. Sultry and atmospheric, the hypnotic lounge groove provides an alluring backdrop for luxury resort promotions, haute couture fashion showcases, summer travel vlogs, and evening cocktail lounge scenes.

New Documentary Music - Beneath the Surface

Documentary Music Vol. 2 Cinematic Ambient aquatic soundscape deep sea exploration dialogue friendly

/ 04:00

746 Plays 63 Downloads

A slow-burning and atmospheric documentary cue for stories about hidden processes, unseen structures and discoveries beneath an apparently ordinary surface. Low piano notes, bowed textures, warm synth drones, distant metallic resonance and subtle rhythmic pulses gradually reveal additional layers without creating conventional thriller tension. The track is especially suited to geology, underground infrastructure, environmental processes, scientific research, forensic examination or sequences where a documentary moves from what can be seen to what is actually happening underneath. Its restrained progression creates curiosity and depth while leaving ample space for narration, interviews and detailed visual explanations.

Sascha Ende

Like so many others, I really can't wait. But this '80s version isn't just cool for GTA videos :)

New We Can Hardly Wait for GTA 6

Dance/Club Electronic action montage arcade soundtrack arpeggiated lead

/ 04:30

884 Plays 41 Downloads

I want a GTA 6 theme song. Waiting for years now - and I love 80s music :)

Requested by ende See the wishes

Fast-paced chiptune arpeggios and soaring Eurodance synths drive an energetic, uplifting club beat packed with retro arcade flair. Vibrant and adrenaline-fueled, this high-tempo electronic instrumental delivers the ideal sonic backdrop for gaming livestreams, esports tournament recaps, speedruns, and playful tech promos.

Sitcom Music - Same Time Tomorrow

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Jazz Lounge/Relax 90s tv theme bouncy rhythm bright lead

/ 03:29

2,744 Plays 120 Downloads

Relaxed, comforting closing-theme music with warm electric piano, melodic bass, clean guitar, soft live drums and subtle musical echoes of the opener. Ideal for final scenes, end credits, gentle resolutions, late-night apartment moments and the calm after another chaotic day. The mood feels reassuring rather than final, suggesting that today’s problems are mostly solved while tomorrow will inevitably bring new ones. Its subtle connection to the opening theme gives the album a satisfying sense of closure while preserving the familiar, recurring rhythm of sitcom life.

Sitcom Music - That Got Real for a Second

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Folk Acoustic bittersweet theme chamber strings dialogue friendly

/ 02:59

1,683 Plays 85 Downloads

Intimate modern dramedy underscore with felt piano, soft acoustic guitar, subtle strings, restrained percussion and plenty of breathing room. Designed for honest conversations, quiet disappointments, unexpected vulnerability, small personal failures and those rare moments when a comedy temporarily drops the jokes. The sparse arrangement leaves space for dialogue and emotional performances while avoiding melodrama. Perfect for scenes where a normally funny character suddenly says something sincere, two friends finally talk honestly, or a difficult moment reveals the real person underneath the comedy.

Sitcom Music - Parents Kids and Other Emergencies

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Jazz Acoustic bouncy rhythm bright stinger brush snare

/ 02:28

1,357 Plays 46 Downloads

Warm family-sitcom music combining acoustic guitar, upright piano, light drums, melodic bass and playful pizzicato strings. Suited to breakfast chaos, sibling arguments, parenting disasters, school-related emergencies, generational misunderstandings and all the small conflicts that come with living under one roof. The music balances lively everyday comedy with genuine affection, allowing it to move naturally between comic confusion and softer family moments. Ideal for scenes where everyone argues, overreacts and gets on each other’s nerves before remembering that they actually care about one another.

Documentary Music - Where We Go From Here

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Cinematic Acoustic brand storytelling emotional build fingerpicked guitar

/ 02:55

2,113 Plays 154 Downloads

A calm and cautiously hopeful closing cue designed for conclusions, possible solutions and forward-looking narration. Felt piano, cello, soft pads, gentle arpeggios and restrained percussion create a sense of direction without implying that every problem has been solved. It is particularly effective in final chapters that discuss next steps, policy options, future scenarios, recovery, innovation or open questions that remain after the main story. The music supports closing statements, final montages, end-of-documentary reflections and transitions into credits. Its restrained optimism leaves the audience with perspective and possibility, offering emotional closure while still respecting uncertainty and complexity.

Documentary Music - The Bigger Picture

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Folk Ambient Acoustic delicate piano emotional build environmental film

/ 03:15

1,575 Plays 106 Downloads

A warm and gradually expansive documentary cue for moments of understanding, scientific context and broader perspective. Piano, subtle arpeggios, cello, restrained strings and soft electronic textures slowly open into a wider harmonic space, creating the feeling that individual details are finally forming one coherent picture. It is especially useful after a long explanatory section, when the documentary steps back to reveal the larger system, pattern or consequence behind the facts. The track works well for scientific conclusions, social analysis, environmental context, historical synthesis or visual sequences that zoom out from a local detail to a global view. Its emotional lift remains thoughtful rather than triumphant.

Documentary Music - A System Under Strain

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Electronic World acoustic guitar b roll background crisp mix

/ 03:28

1,376 Plays 72 Downloads

A controlled documentary tension cue for political pressure, infrastructure failure, economic instability, technical problems and complex systems approaching their limits. Deep synth pulses, processed cello, low strings and dry mechanical percussion gradually become more unstable through rhythmic friction, missing beats and increasing density. It works well beneath explanations of failing networks, institutional crises, supply chains, energy systems, public services, cybersecurity, financial pressure or political structures under stress. The track builds urgency without turning into action music, making it suitable for analytical narration where the audience needs to understand how a system is deteriorating rather than simply feel threatened by it.

Sitcom Music - Dinner for Six Disaster for All

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Jazz Vintage/Silent Score Acoustic bouncy rhythm brushed drums chaotic montage

/ 02:14

1,112 Plays 37 Downloads

Fast, escalating farce with rapid piano, bright xylophone, nimble bass, live drums and short brass accents. Built for disastrous dinner parties, overlapping lies, unexpected guests, kitchen emergencies, mistaken identities, door-slamming confusion and situations spiraling beautifully out of control. The arrangement starts organized and gradually becomes busier, mirroring a scene where several problems collide at once. Perfect for tightly edited comic sequences, frantic attempts to keep up appearances and elaborate misunderstandings that somehow grow worse every time someone enters the room.

Documentary Music - Echoes in the Archive

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Piano Classical Acoustic analog warmth archival footage biopic cue

/ 02:54

1,687 Plays 143 Downloads

A faded and textural historical documentary cue built for archival footage, old photographs, letters, forgotten recordings and stories from the past. Slightly detuned upright piano, harmonium, muted strings, cello, tape hiss and subtle analog imperfections create the impression that the music itself has been recovered from another time. It is ideal for historical chapters, archival montages, biographies, war records, family archives, old newspaper material or sequences where incomplete evidence from the past is being reconstructed. The tone balances memory, distance and quiet melancholy without becoming sentimental, helping historical material feel tangible while preserving the ambiguity and incompleteness of the archive.

Sitcom Music - Almost a Date

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Jazz Lounge/Relax Acoustic acoustic trio awkward date b roll background

/ 02:42

1,174 Plays 45 Downloads

Warm romantic-sitcom underscore with vibraphone, acoustic guitar, soft bass, electric piano and brushed drums. Perfect for awkward flirting, almost-confessions, mixed signals, accidental intimacy, nervous dinners and those classic “will they, won’t they?” moments where two characters are clearly interested but refuse to admit it. The mood is affectionate and hopeful without becoming overly sentimental, allowing the track to support both genuine romantic chemistry and comic uncertainty. Ideal for scenes where a small glance or unfinished sentence says more than a dramatic declaration ever could.

Documentary Music - One Voice in the Room

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Cinematic Piano Acoustic biography score bittersweet melody cello swell

/ 03:34

1,643 Plays 69 Downloads

An intimate, human-centered documentary cue designed for personal testimony, interviews and emotionally sensitive storytelling. Sparse felt piano, gentle cello, breathy clarinet and natural room ambience create warmth and vulnerability while leaving large areas of silence around the speaker. It is particularly suitable for first-person accounts, memories, grief, resilience, family stories, trauma, recovery or quiet reflections on major events. The music is deliberately restrained so that it supports the person speaking rather than telling the audience how to feel. It can also work beneath close-up portrait shots, slow observational footage or moments where a documentary temporarily shifts from broad analysis to one individual experience.

Sitcom Music - A Brilliantly Bad Plan

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Jazz Lounge/Relax brushed drums cheeky clever plan

/ 02:00

1,103 Plays 47 Downloads

Playful, mischievous comedy music featuring pizzicato strings, sly clarinet, walking bass, light piano and subtle percussion. Ideal for improvised schemes, questionable excuses, secret arrangements, misunderstandings and overconfident plans that become more complicated with every step. Its recurring rhythmic motifs suggest cleverness while small interruptions and musical missteps reveal that things are already going wrong. Perfect for characters sneaking around, coordinating ridiculous ideas, inventing lies on the spot or confidently explaining a plan that clearly should never have been attempted.

Documentary Music - The Paper Trail

Documentary Music Vol. 1 Electronic Acoustic analytical atmosphere courtroom drama data analysis

/ 03:25

1,530 Plays 113 Downloads

A restrained investigative underscore for research-driven storytelling, documents, financial trails, hidden connections and gradual revelations. Prepared piano, processed cello, muted bass pulses, ticking percussion and reverse textures create a methodical tension that feels analytical rather than sensational. It is ideal for scenes involving leaked files, contracts, emails, bank records, corporate structures, timelines or evidence being assembled step by step. The track can sit beneath interview excerpts, archival documents or on-screen text without becoming intrusive. Its tension grows through repetition and detail, making it especially effective when a documentary slowly reveals that seemingly unrelated pieces of evidence form a larger pattern.

Sitcom Music - Well This Is Awkward

Sitcom Music Vol. 1 Cinematic Acoustic awkward moments bouncy arrangement clever edit

/ 01:35

1,341 Plays 48 Downloads

Sparse mockumentary and cringe-comedy underscore with isolated guitar plucks, dry bassoon phrases, minimal percussion and deliberate stretches of silence. Made for uncomfortable pauses, camera looks, badly chosen comments, failed attempts to recover and conversations that become increasingly painful with every sentence. The music stays intentionally hesitant and fragmented, leaving plenty of room for dialogue and facial reactions. Ideal for moments where the joke comes from tension, social discomfort and the unbearable realization that nobody knows what to say next.

Lost Place Atmospheres Vol. 9

Lost Place Atmospheres Ambient abandoned places bleak bowed metal

/ 06:59

1,460 Plays 64 Downloads

Cavernous sub-bass drones and eerie bowed metal textures create an unsettling, desolate industrial atmosphere. Ominous and deeply immersive, this dark soundscape provides the ideal tension-filled backdrop for psychological horror films, post-apocalyptic video games, investigative true crime podcasts, and abandoned location explorations.

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New 9/11 - Aftermath

New 9/11 - Empty Skyline

New 9/11 - September Morning

New 250 Free Explainer Video Sound Effects [Clicks, Pops, Whooshes & More]

New Nomadic Camp

New Battle Game - Menu Music Vol. 1

New Documentary Music - Fragile Balance

New Sex On The Beach [Balearic House meets Tango]

New Documentary Music - Beneath the Surface

New We Can Hardly Wait for GTA 6

Sitcom Music - Same Time Tomorrow

Sitcom Music - That Got Real for a Second

Sitcom Music - Parents Kids and Other Emergencies

Documentary Music - Where We Go From Here

Documentary Music - The Bigger Picture

Documentary Music - A System Under Strain

Sitcom Music - Dinner for Six Disaster for All

Documentary Music - Echoes in the Archive

Sitcom Music - Almost a Date

Documentary Music - One Voice in the Room

Sitcom Music - A Brilliantly Bad Plan

Documentary Music - The Paper Trail

Sitcom Music - Well This Is Awkward

Lost Place Atmospheres Vol. 9