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Royalty Free Documentary Music to Download Now

On this page you can purchase Documentary Music collections / albums designed for media producers and content creators. All the tracks are royalty free, non-MCPS and once purchased can be dubbed on to your productions in perpetuity.


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Documentary Soundscapes: Light Serious Composed by Jonathan Slatter

Immerse your documentary storytelling in a rich, evocative soundscape with “Documentary Soundscapes: Light Serious”—a collection of 19 carefully crafted tracks designed to enhance and underscore compelling narratives.

From thought-provoking investigations to deeply atmospheric human stories, this album delivers subtle yet powerful underscore music that supports tension, emotion, and intrigue without overwhelming the story. Each composition is layered, cinematic, and expressive, offering documentary producers and editors an ideal sonic backdrop for factual programming, current affairs, history, science, and human-interest films.

Perfect for broadcast documentaries, these tracks set the tone for serious storytelling, ensuring your production maintains a sense of depth, clarity, and atmosphere.

Discover the sound of powerful storytelling with “Documentary Soundscapes: Light Serious.”

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Ukraine National Anthem

Ukraine National Anthem
Šče ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
The Glory and Will of Ukraine Have Not Yet Perished
Royalty Free version by YoPo Music.

You can download here for free – but if you choose to add in a little donation, it will be passed on to Red Cross Ukraine in Crisis Appeal and we will send you the receipt. Thank you.

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https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal

Recorded and produced by YoPo Music.
Violin solo performed by Jonathan Slatter

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Links not active in Facebook post

If you are finding that your links in a Facebook post are not displaying in blue as active ‘clickable’ links I have found these two things can sometimes help:

  • Keep the link on its own separate line in the post
  • Use the full URL including https:// etc
  • Avoid using bold text (I have sometimes found that copying plain text in from a notepad helps if you are pasting text in case the text has any bold formatting in it)

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Transport and MotorSports Royalty Free Sound Effects

British Motorsports Sound Effects £13.99. Instant Download.

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Rev your engines and feel the adrenaline with this ultimate collection of professional, royalty-free British motorsports sound effects! From the deafening roar of Formula 1 to the raw power of rally cars tearing through the Welsh mountains, this album captures the pulse-pounding excitement of the track.

What’s Inside? (SEE BELOW FOR TRACK LISTING)

F 1 – High-speed straights, cornering, pit lane atmosphere
Rallying – Forest track flybys, backfiring engines, intense slides
Track Racing – Saloon cars, Super Coupes, Formula 3, and Classic Minis
Speedway & Motocross – Dirt-flying action, roaring engines
Go-Karting – Fast-paced indoor racing energy
Tractor Pulling & Model Aircraft – Unique motorsport thrills

See Timestamps below to find every sound easily

Perfect for:

Filmmakers & Content Creators

Game Developers & Podcasters

Motorsport Enthusiasts

Advertisers & Broadcasters

With crystal-clear, professionally recorded sound, this album puts you right in the driver’s seat. Check the timestamps to instantly preview your favorite moments!

Turn up the volume – this is motorsport like you’ve never heard before! This album includes professional royalty-free sound effect recordings of British Motorsports.

Formula 1, Rallying in Welsh Mountains, Track Racing, Saloon car racing, Souper Coupes, Formula 3, Classic Minis, Inside a sports car, Speedway, Motorcross, Go Karting, Tractor Pulling and Model Aircraft.

TRACKLIST

1. Formula 1 cars off bend into straight
2. Formula 1 cars down hill and past close
3. Formula 1 cars into corner
4. Formula 1 cars accelerating out of corner
5. Formula 1 cars pit lane atmos
6. Formula 1 cars coming into pit lane
7. Rallying with whistle then car past backfiring
8. Rallying car roars past on forest track
9. Rallying another car roars past on forest track
10. Rallying car past fast straight on forest track
11. Rallying car past fast into bend on forest track
12. Rallying car screams past on forest track
13. Rallying car goes past sliding on forest track
14. Rallying car approach uphill and past on forest track
15. Rallying car past uphill backfires on forest track
16. Saloon cars race start hooter rev and off on warm up lap
17. Saloon cars race start rev and go go go
18. Saloon cars scream past start into lap 2
19. Saloon cars race past start into lap 3
20. Formula 3 cars race past on straight
21. Group of classic minis race past
22. Super coupes racing into corner with screeching breaks
23. Super coupes breaking into corner
24. Racing cars on circuit breaking into corner
25. Racing cars on circuit slowing into fast corner
26. Racing cars on circuit past fast on straight
27. Racing cars on circuit scream past on straight
28. Inside sports car rallying on country track skidding at end
29. Speedway from first corner 4 laps
30. Speedway from back straight 4 laps
31. Speedway from finish line with crowd cheering
32. Motocross
33. Indoor Go Karting racing
34. Tractor pulling
35. Model aircraft petrol engine
36. Personal water craft on lake

You’ll receive a zip file with 36 pro audio files in WAV and MP3 format.

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Fluffy Audio Scoring Piano – is this the nicest piano I have recorded…?

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Scoring Piano from Fluffy Audio

For years and years I mostly recorded with Apple’s Logic stock Steinway sampled piano VI – not so much for the sound but for the feel. It’s just always been very playable. All of the piano albums I have done including tracks like Eternity were done on that piano.

But there are now better options and one of those is Fluffy Audio’s ‘Scoring Piano’. It delivers a beautiful rounded rich sound without any harshness and it’s super nice to play. Often you listen to demos of VIs and think they sound amazing but when you come to play them, you eventually feel disappointed. The real test for me is – after a couple of months am I still using it…. and with the Scoring Piano… yes I am. It features in the track below called ‘Sweet Moments’.

Find out more about the Scoring Piano from Fluffy Audio here

Sweet Moment
Composer Jonathan Slatter
Piano, bass and viola played by Jonathan Slatter
Published by Sounds Visual Music Ltd

Sweet Moments

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Music for beautiful horses filmed at dusk

Came across these stunning racehorses in a field near Wick (Bristol) whilst on a walk back to Bath on Grandmother’s Rock Lane towards the Retreat Woodland. Very inquisitive and beautiful to be around and film – but left me worried as to how cold it was for them to be in a field with no coats….

Filmed at sundown in January 2025 on Fujifilm X-T4 and Canon FD 50mm f1.4

Music is titled: Across the Plains – by Jonathan Slatter

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Sandbanks Poole, the most expensive coastal area in the UK – calm waves at dusk in January 2025 – X-T4 & BP4025 stereo microphone

Sandbanks waves recorded on Fuji X-T4/ Canon FD50mm f1.4 and Audio Technica BP4025 stereo mic

These beautiful waves were recorded at Sandbanks beach, Poole, UK at dusk in January 2025 using a Fuji X-T4 with a Canon FD 50mm f1.4 and the sound recorded on a Sound Devices MixPre-3 & Audio-Technica BP4025.

Fuji X-T4 & Audio Technica BP4025 in Rode Blimp

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Adding a terms and conditions checkbox to a Payhip digital download product

If you are selling a digital download product on Payhip and want to require the customer to tick a terms and conditions check box before they pay, this is how you can set that up.

This product is triggering a Terms and Conditions choice

Once signed into your Payhip account go to ‘Account’ on the right, and click ‘Settings’. Then select ‘Advanced Settings’ and scroll down to ‘Checkout Settings’. You’ll see an option to:
Display your own questions for customers to answer during checkout.

Once ticked you will be able to add a checkout question which will appear on the checkout pane if a customer buys any of your products, or you make the question only appear for specific products. Very handy if you have different terms for different products. If you choose specific products you’ll then be able to add the relevant products, but you can edit this at any time.

Then add your question. Here I am going to choose ‘Legal’ as I want to ask the customer to agree to my terms in order to purchase:

I’m going to select legal type question to add T&Cs


Then you can type your question or statement. For example: I agree to the terms and conditions.
And if you want to link that text or part of it to a webpage – somewhere where the customer can review the terms – hit the # symbol and enter the URL.
Important! Also make sure to hit the spanner icon and make this a ‘Required’ question – so the customer has to agree to the terms in order to purchase your product. As you make these changes you should see the checkout pane on the right updating with your changes. Once happy – remember to ‘SAVE CHANGES’ – and then SAVE SETTINGS – and that’s it.

If you later add more products and want to add those to your exisiting terms and conditions question – come back into advanced settings – come down to your Checkout settings, and the specific question you wish to add to and click: ‘Edit Checkout Question’. Then click:
Questions will be displayed if one of these products are in cart (edit)

Now you can add and remove products from this question.

It’s a really professional feature and easy to setup on Payhip




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How to Make Money from Voiceovers – The Funny, Alternative Guide by Jonathan Slatter

Anyone can be a voiceover. It’s easy, and if I can, anyone can. So, if you want to become a voiceover, don’t delay, don’t think about it, just remember – it’s only reading aloud for money (usually).

At last, a slightly more self-depracating & tongue in cheek book about ‘how to make money from voiceovers…’

This book will guide you through the process of becoming a successful voiceover. It covers finding your voiceover voice, setting up your voiceover studio, marketing your voice, how to nail your first session, how to breathe, dealing with difficult producers, how to say words you can’t pronounce, why you don’t need an agent, why A.I doesn’t really matter, how to keep your neighbours quiet, what to wear and why you sometimes need two duvets.

I laughed out loud – Voice artist Kate Parker

As you turn the pages, you’ll learn all the tricks of the voice trade from someone who has been a professional voice for over 30 years and who has read over 2 million characters of on-hold messages.

Published by Sounds Visual Music Ltd. Copyright 2024. All rights reserved.

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Author Jonathan Slatter Voiceover Website