Music plays important role in modern documentary films. Documentary music spans many genres and can play either background role or deliver strong emotional impact. Often documentary music is rather subtle and aim to create a sense of mystery or suspense. Depending on the genre of your documentary film, it’s important to choose music that leaves enough room for narration and does not overpower the dialogue.

In this playlist you will find our best royalty free music for documentary. From peaceful background music for nature documentary to cinematic music for history documentary, to world music for travel documentary, to sad, upbeat, and much more. Choose the music you need to create the desired emotion in your film.

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