Emo originated from Hardcore Punk and later adopted Pop Punk influences when it came into the US mainstream. It has since come to describe several variations of music with common roots and associated fashion and stereotypes. In the mid-1980s, the term Emo described a subgenre of Hardcore Punk which stemmed from the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene. In later years, the term Emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the emotional performances of bands in the Washington, D.C. "Revolution Summer" movement and some of the offshoot regional scenes. In the mid-90s, Emo began to refer to the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi, while other bands had a more indi ...
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A ambient pop song about being abandon, sentimental depressed song about heart broken love. Male vocal A soft piano, guitar, pads song in Coldplay spirit. Suitable for drama. Music by Jens Larsson of pop folk indie character. Guitar piano bass drums. This is the 2019 mix, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Vibrato guitars and a sulky, breathy female voice urge you not to mess with her! Feel her anger, her jealousy burn a musical hole into the soul! The chords are dark, the mood is discontentment! Sultry models sporting high-end designer clothes, strutting on the ramp, pouting, looks can kill! Female Vocals, Pop, French Pop
Thoughtful song dedicated to your father, to understand and forgive for your own insight. Piano and acoustic guitar surrounded by simple bass drum rhythm and strings and pads song takes you into the sentimental feelings. Could work well as a sound alike coldplay. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Inside Out is a haunting and dark pop track with a pulsating driving rhythm backdrop featuring sultry and sexy female vocals. This track would be an excellent theme track and background music for TV, film and emotional scenes, rocky relationships. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
An inspiring dramatic tune of low self-esteem and personal triumph through hope, loyalty and friendship. A lovely rhodes piano introduces a person with self-loathing, but finds someone that believes in him. emotive, emotional scene promise happy ending, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Early EMO, moody Indie rock track about saying goodbye, this time for good. Male vocal, 80's rock. Super live concert for retro film or TV story about breaking up. Lost, nostalgic, emotional, driving and aggressive, regretful... Betrayal, busted, she's onto you and your ways, Dude! Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
A haunting solo acoustic guitar and organ featuring an emotional male vocal with backing vocals round out this dark and contemporary modern acoustic rock track. Would work well for scary, eerie, crime, horror or dramatic productions. Lyrics recount a troubled, lost drive through the cold night... Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
An obvious, but not over-the-top, build-up of bendy strings, choir vox, clean guitar, synth bass and electronic/acoustic drums. Atmospheric qualities and a slow-paced, swing tempo set this track nicely in the "new age atmospheric" genre. Love, affection, devotion. A new and strong romance. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
This lush indie pop/rock song flirts with emo and art rock, with soaring female vocals, echo-laden guitars, sparse instrumentation, and dark undercurrents. Reverb guitars give way to a lonely vocal melody, followed by a driving chorus. Lyrics explore suicide and grief but are open to interpretation. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Mellow, moody trip-hop track in vein of Portishead, Massive Attack, Dido, Zero 7. About loneliness, alienation, not fitting in & feeling 'different". Acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, choir like backing vocals, and atmosphere is perfect for introspective moments, breakups, relationship problems. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Song from Henrik Skanfors' album "Carcass and the Flies". A slow, melancholic song about alienation, solitude & lost love. Suitable as sad ending with credits. Sounds like Coldplay & Damien Rice. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
dark, moody, beautiful, dramatic, trippy, haunting, sinister, ethereal, wondrous, atmospheric & spacey electro-rock track with a great feeling of excitement, good forward momentum & great sonic colours. Music to cruise & discover the cosmos by. would suit space/history/science/fantasy projects, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
An emo rock ballad. Sentimental and uplifting, with a build up that tells a story. Suitable for triumph against adversity, achievements, romance, etc, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
A woman has control over you and you ask yourself is what she is doing is worth it Sounds like Radiohead, Portishead, INXS, U2. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt Rock
Not caring about your surrounding, and living life as if you were naked and weightless Sounds like Radiohead, Portishead, INXS, U2. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Alt RockCaution: Mature Lyrics
Colorful, soothing song with deep tonality focusing on electronic flute and female spoken word. This track was featured in the movie "SPY". Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Chill organic abstract electronica music with a texture based ambient vibe. Digitally evolving mellow lush mood induced sounds for the senses. Soothing sensual vocals over a smooth electro bed of ambience with an edgy crunchy electronic chorus. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
A lonely, plaintive, piano-led ballad with a touching female vocal, supported by some subtle bass and mellow harmonies and anthemic chorus. A song about leaving things too late, trying to grasp the last seconds left. Works great in love scenes, romantic dramas, breakup scenes, heartfelt moments. Mixed Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Indie rock ballad with male lead and backing vocals. The song is about having a spiritual connection with a lost loved one, guiding you through troubled times. Piano, violin, synths and minimal drums. This track would work well in dramatic scenes. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Mysterious, trippy and moody. Perfect for travelling, exploring, dreamy or psychedelic scenes and mood setting scenes. Starts with little girl voiceover and then the hypnotic groove takes over. Reminiscent of Portishead. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
A sparse and inviting electric piano intro leads to a thunderous toms groove, with arpeggiated dulcimer and searing guitar effects. The female vocal is very "english" sounding with a memorable hook. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Mellotron and distorted guitars drive this magic song into a very different outro. Perfect for TV spots and film themes, especially if Fantasy ones, so magic atmosphere here, Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Quirky mid tempo blues rock song about a man possessed by his demons. Features male vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass and drums. Works well in scenes involving witchcraft, spells, demonic encounters, after midnight, ghosts, voodoo, ghouls, the supernatural, things that go bump in the night, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Lush vocals that will put you in a trance, noble pianos, choirs that capture the moment, electric guitar that sizzles, dramatic build, a great way to introduce a scene, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Atmospheric groove downtempo chillout with a sultry female voice. Sexy female vocals with an easy groove create a sultry vibe. Dreamy electronica also compliments the mood with an atmospheric quality. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Psychedelic trip-hop track with influences of acid jazz, classics and rock. Shimmering, weird, mad, but melodic. Suitable for illustrating of loneliness, deep pensiveness, psychedelic trip, night scenes. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
An experimental post rock cinematic underscore cue, with a somewhat "Nordic" feel. Melancholic and mysterious, this track is based around a delayed guitar arpeggio, with big crunchy live drums, synth bass and pads, generated with iPhone “Choas” Pad synths. The vibe is a bit dark and mysterious, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Teenage princess song about coming of age and finding your prince. Young love. Indie Rock style featuring acoustic guitars. Midtempo dreamy composition. MTV Generation Catfish subject about confidence. Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Midtempo power ballad in the style of EMO from Indie Rock band Bard. Tween Teenage love story. Dramatic. Guitar power chords with driving drums and haunting vocals. Romance Drama. Breakup. Blues feel. Guitar solo. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Inspiring pop rock piece starts with hypnotic guitar arpeggios, and is propelled forward by muted guitar and drums, building slowly. At 48sec it launches into an uplifting chorus in the style of Coldplay, with a memorable piano melody. Great for about overcoming adversity, inspiring stories etc. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Alt Rock
Slow, dark, and brooding song with a vocal delivery in the vein of Tom Waits. A desperate song. A level of hopelessness to this track but with a positiveness to the ending. Great for scenes with tension and tough decisions to be made. The trials of honor and sticking with a dream no matter what. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
A dark, sad, beautiful, sensitive and spiritual acoustic song with guitars, fretless bass and choral choir like vocal backing. A passing between worlds, in the final moments a message is caught in time and left to existence, all about the impermanence of things as we know them, on this turning wheel, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Hypnotic Electro-Acoustic chill sang/spoken male vox. Existential & wise lyrics. Tense Verses bright Chorus. Theme song for TV show Re: Govt. Agents, Detectives, Spies & Supernatural anti-heroes for 1 hour Cable TV Premium Channels like HBO, Cimemax & Showtime & Car Ads. Intrigue, Mystery & suspense, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
MaleVocalPop/Rock track in the style of Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, American Idol. Heavy and acoustic guitars boy meets girl and catchy melody blockbuster, perfect for commercial use. Website, media, games, corporate, trailers, motivational scenes, background music, club cafe, extreme sports, Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
intense cinematic female vocal electronic song with classical influences and orchestral elements. calm intro and outro, climaxing, eclectic, metaphorical, powerful, poetic, ethereal, deep, enchanting, hypnotic, cool, explosive, spoken word, great for tv and film, original, high quality, undergrou, Female Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
UK Indie Rock. UK Indie Rock with Gritty, Dark & Brooding Electric Guitars, Drums, bass & Male Vocals - Gothic & Emo undertones, broken relationships etc. Think Velvet Underground, Nick Cave, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Spiritualised, Muse. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Mysterious clock-ticking hihat is joined by a hypnotic clean low-tuned electric guitar and breaks into a stinger-ish short chorus riff & returns powered by a haunting house-like beat. Built up in variations of the main theme, great trailer music, intro to a crime scene or forensics lab ambience. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Beautiful, emotional but still powerful and strong emo rock track featuring overdriven guitar riffs and catchy mindblowing guitar solo. Works good in film score, TV, radio production among other media projects. Instruments: electric guitars, bass guitar, solo tremolo guitar, drums, strings, Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Waltz Under The Bridge is an exciting, emotional and beautiful composition with metal vibe. Featuring overdriven electric guitars, bass, drums, cello and violins it reflects power of hard rock music and gracefulness of classics. Works perfect in documentary, motion graphics projects, footage etc. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Soft electro pop song with piano. Catchy and soulful melody, between "Radiohead" and "Nine Inch Nails". Perfect for ambiant soundtracks, documentary, films, TV, indie. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Indie/Pop/Dark Rock with male lead vocal. Disillusioned theme reflects the ups and downs of life in Los Angeles. Driving tempo, dark and haunting. This song takes you right in to the darker sides of LA. To get something you have to give everything. This song is gritty and will leave you breathless. Male Vocals, Indie Rock, Emo
Dark, tense and awkward cue, with a live club/band sound. Awesome drums, grating guitar riffs, insistent rhodes. Great for teen-oriented angsty tv shows, moody promotions, vampires, scenes in bars. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
A slow paced groovy space rock instrumental with flowing hammond organ, pulsating electric bass, clean rhythm guitars and mystical electric guitar melodies. Roomy but light drums. Get out your lava lamps, turn the lights down low and relax. Set in the vein of Pink Floyd and Radiohead. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
A fun, friendly, and warm indie pop rock track featuring electric guitars, bass, synthesizers, strings, bells, and drums. Simple, catchy, and inviting, this track works well with many media themes; family, comedy, romance, and drama. Also works well with product advertising. Instrumental, Pop, Pop Music
