23 Cinematic Music Tracks to Inspire Your Next Video

Your choice of music can be everything when it comes to your video project. We’ve put some of our favorite pieces, loosely categorized to make it easy for you to find what you want.

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If you need a single royalty-free track for your project, or you like to buy them one at a time, browse our extensive library of royalty free cinematic trailer music from Envato Elements.  Below you’ll find our selection of the top royalty-free cinematic tracks. Note, this list is maintained by Tuts+ staff with new and notable tracks.

7 Melodic and Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music from Envato Elements

1. Inspiring Cinematic Music Royalty Free

This cinematic track is one of our best-selling and top-rated items. The inspirational music is perfect for motivational videos and presentations. 

2. Perfect Moments – Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music

Epic and emotional describe this cinematic track. The piece features soft orchestra and warm cinematic piano notes. Listen to the positive mood and vibe of this premium track and add it to your project.

3. Fairy Tales – Cinematic Background Music 

A mysterious and enchanting track. This piece evokes fairy tales and fantasy. It’s great for personal videos and presentations.

4. Inspiring Piano – Cinematic Background Music 

A and inspiring melodic piano piece. Perfect for films, presentations or YouTube videos that are ready to tug on the heartstrings.

5. Inspiring Moments – Cinematic Music Royalty Free 

This track download comes with five versions of differing lengths to suit your project. It is inspiring, enjoyable and emotional throughout.

6. Piano Trailer – Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music 

Suitable for cinematic scenes, inspiring projects slow motion videos and much more, this Piano Trailer can be used in a variety of videos.

7. Atmospheric Piano – Cinematic Background Music (MP3, WAV)

A light, magical and dramatic piece, this track is based on grand piano and an airy soundscape of electronic instruments.

6 Dramatic Cinematic Music Royalty Free from Envato Elements

1. Hybrid Trailer – Cinematic Music Royalty Free 

A modern Hollywood Marvel inspired trailer cue with an intense build up and dramatic, cinematic impacts.

2. Epic & Cinematic Background Music

Motivational, powerful and inspiring cinematic orchestral music with a bright, triumphant and adventurous .

3. The Cinematic – Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music 

This cinematic background music features a powerful and intense piece, great for use in game trailers, film openers and much more.

4. Epic Cinematic Music Royalty Free 

A motivational orchestral piece featuring strings, horns and percussion. A calm introduction builds, calms,  and finally calms again into an epic finish.

5. Chill Inspirational Cinematic Music Royalty Free (WAV)

This relaxed and epic Inspirational track is a powerful one for your video, commercial or media project.

6. Epic Cinematic Background Music (MP3, WAV)

With a straight build, to an epic climax, this track covers everything in order to cater to every need. Thanks to its powerful choir, this cinematic music royalty free works perfectly with trailers.  

8 Uplifting and Inspirational Cinematic Background Music from Envato Elements

1. Uplifting Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music 

With a longer and shorter version included in the download, the Uplifting and Inspiring Emotional Adventure Trailer piece will have you scaling the greatest of heights. Metaphorically of course.

2. Uplifting Indie Rock Cinematic Music Royalty Free 

An uplifting, , driving indie rock track. This piece carries the spirit of progress and positivity, in a very chill rock ‘n’ roll kind of way.

3. Inspiring Cinematic Background Music

Inspiring cinematic background music is a strong, moving and emotional. Create a great atmosphere for your film, trailer, presentations and much more.

4. Majestic Orchestra Cinematic Music Royalty Free

This majestic, powerful and uplifting orchestral piece is the perfect fit for movies, games, trailers and more.

5. Melodic Dubstep Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music

Melodic Dubstep is powerful, melodic dubstep track with a catchy uplifting chorus. It contains multiple and different emotional builds.

6. Chill Cinematic Music Royalty Free

Chillstep is a track that shares characteristics from different genres like downtempo, chill step, uplifting trance and chill out, all combined in a way.

7. Music Documentary – Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music

This track begins with piercing, clear sounds, full of . Sounds in this piece are varied, but the tones are rounded and polished in a way that resembles fluidity.

8. Lo-Fi Background Beat Cinematic Music Royalty Free

A usefully looping track, lo-fi, Hip-Hop Background Beat is a light hip-hop track with a deliberately young, urban sound. 

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Expressive Courage – Royalty Free Cinematic Trailer Music

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About This Page

How We Picked

We looked at projects and considered all kinds of variables, including organization, complexity, experience required and overall difficulty, minimum hardware specifications, included versions and options, formats, resolution, file size, dependencies and required plug-ins (if any), language options, software versions supported, style, design, and cost. You can read more about how we select items at How We Pick Items to Feature on Envato Tuts+.

About the Authors

Gonzalo Angulo updated the selection of the entry for our featured items on August 30, 2022. Jackson Couse edited and published this.