{"id":117277,"date":"2019-07-24T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?post_type=music_roundup&p=117277"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:42:40","slug":"sad-royalty-free-music-for-video","status":"publish","type":"music_roundup","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/mr\/sad-royalty-free-music-for-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace the Undeniable Power of Sad Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activate audience empathy and make your moments matter more with sad royalty-free music<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

Sad music is one of the most dependable tools available to film and video creators. Songs rich with mournful minor keys and deliberate downtempo stillness (like those found in the curated playlist at the bottom of this post) convey raw emotions <\/strong>and bleak existential experiences <\/strong>in ways that language and images alone can’t.<\/p>\n

If your characters are hurting, if despair has settled over your scene, if defeat, death, divorce, and\/or destruction have taken their toll, then a sad soundtrack<\/strong> is a surefire way to turn on-screen pain into something visceral for viewers. The right sad song can slingshot your audience’s hearts directly into the goose-fleshed empathy sweet spot where the most memorable moviegoing moments occur, a place where they can truly share your character’s dark situation.<\/p>\n

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Effective Use of Sad Music in Film and Video<\/h3>\n
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Image via Warpboyz<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

A sad soundtrack is weaponized poignancy<\/strong> at the moment your audience is most vulnerable. Take the following scene from Platoon<\/em><\/a> for example . . .<\/p>\n

We’ve joined Charlie Sheen’s<\/a> young Chris Taylor as witnesses to the horrors of war, seeing firsthand the ravaging effects of death, desperation, and duty on those fighting. We’ve seen the brutality of Tom Berenger’s<\/a> Staff Sergeant Barnes and encountered what passes as hope in Willam Dafoe’s<\/a> sage Sergeant Elias.<\/p>\n

Now, confusion has settled over the burning battlefield. The violence escalates. Taylor barely escapes, his chopper lifting off as Viet Cong bullets shred the jungle \u2014 and Elias \u2014 below.<\/p>\n

As Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings<\/a>” begins to soar, Elias falls \u2014 but the mournful music is not for him. It’s Taylor’s song. It’s ours too, as we share the young soldier’s recognition of betrayal and feelings of helplessness. (Note: The following clip contains coarse language and realistic combat violence.)<\/p>\n