Mood Setting Music

June 8, 2009 6:54 AM

Where can I find free music that can generate a certain mood?

I'm looking for tracks, preferably ten minutes or longer, which can evoke certain feelings. Like, if I'm feeling stressed out, I can play a track that would calm me down. Or something inspiring if I need to start work or something.
Does such music exist?

posted by spacefire to media & arts (3 comments total)

APM MUSIC, which is a great source for royalty-free music for video editing, lets you browse their collection by mood.

I got an account through Current.TV.
posted by nitsuj at 6:59 AM on June 8 [1 favorite]

Does it have to be a single track? If not, get a (free) Pandora account and set up stations programmed to get the mood that you want to achieve. For instance, for calming music set up a station with the band Stars of the Lid as the root.
posted by Bookhouse at 7:44 AM on June 8

Bookhouse is right. By tweaking each playlist, you'd have them offering stuff you're sure to like within a few days.

There are also tag-based playlists in last.fm, but you have to pay a membership fee for those.
posted by roll truck roll at 7:58 AM on June 8