Cinematic travel music for drone shots, road trips and coastlines
A travel edit is cut to its music: the drone clears the ridge on the build, the road opens on the drop. These four albums were written for that kind of footage — open-country indie for drones and highways, warm electronic for surf trips and coast roads, world music for markets and mountain mornings, and oud and ney for the desert. Everything is original and licensed by the album.
Drone shots and open roads
ALTITUDE is six cinematic tracks built for drone shots, road trips and open country — from sunrise takeoffs to canyon orbits and coastal highways. Each is cut to match the shot, with clean downbeats for editing and space to breathe under voiceover. Tailwind is the energetic one for the takeoff, Canyon the epic one for the big orbit, Switchbacks the adventurous climb, Highway 1 the nostalgic coast road, and First Light and Last Light open and close the day.
Surf trips and coast roads
SWELL is warm cinematic electronic with forward motion, built for surf trips, coastal drives and travel edits: analogue pads, plucked hooks and early bass drops, with a clean midrange so voiceover sits on top. Coast Road and Paddle Out are the adventurous ones, Salt Air the uplifting one, Offshore the serene one for glassy water, and Last Light the nostalgic one for the sunset session. Set Wave runs 31 seconds — the length of a short Reel.
Markets and mountain mornings
Travel is uplifting world-inspired music for journeys and scenic escapes. Souk Stroll is the playful one for a market, Tangier Nights the mysterious one for the evening, and Himalayan Sunrise — over five minutes long — the inspiring one for a slow morning reveal.
Deserts
DESERT SOULS is music of the Arab world — oud, qanun, ney and darbuka in modern atmospheric production — made for travel, desert landscapes and storytelling. Whispers Of The Dunes, Caravan At Dusk and Sands Of Time are the epic ones for wide dune shots, Spirits Of Essaouira the mysterious one, and Desert Pulse the energetic one for the drive in.
A desert in India rather than the Arab world: Rajasthani folk on the Indian travel page →
Cutting a travel edit to the music
Lay the track first and cut the footage to it. Put the reveal — the drone clearing the ridge, the first look at the sea — on a downbeat or a drop, and change track when the landscape changes. Under a voiceover, use the albums that leave room for it: ALTITUDE and SWELL.
Travelling in India: Indian travel music by region →
Every album made for travel videos: royalty-free music for travel videos →
The albums
ALTITUDE
Indie · 6 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Open-country indie for drone shots, road trips and highways, cut with clean downbeats.
- Tailwind3:08
- Canyon2:39
- Switchbacks3:04
- Highway 12:56
- First Light2:54
- Last Light3:18
SWELL — Surf trips, coastlines and open road
Electronic · 6 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Warm cinematic electronic for surf trips and coast roads, with room for voiceover.
- Coast Road2:04
- Paddle Out2:20
- Salt Air3:03
- Offshore2:38
- Last Light2:44
- Set Wave0:31
Travel
World · 3 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Uplifting world music for markets, evenings out and mountain mornings.
- Souk Stroll2:26
- Tangier Nights3:21
- Himalayan Sunrise5:20
DESERT SOULS
World · 11 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Oud, qanun, ney and darbuka for dunes, caravans and desert roads.
- Whispers Of The Dunes2:09
- Caravan At Dusk2:23
- Sands Of Time2:14
- Spirits Of Essaouira5:33
- Desert Pulse3:12
What the licence lets you do
An album’s licence tier is fixed and shown against it above. These are the terms printed on the certificate you receive, for the tiers the albums on this page are sold with.
Creator Pro — Commercial
- Allowed: Commercial and monetized content on all platforms.
- Allowed: Client work, freelance projects, podcasts, and online courses.
- Allowed: Unlimited projects; no credit or attribution required.
- Allowed: Trimming and editing the track.
- Not allowed: Full remix of the track.
- Not allowed: Broadcast, TV, and film use under this tier.
Never allowed, under any tier
- Redistribution or resale of the raw audio files.
- Claiming ownership or authorship of the composition.
- Use of tracks in AI or machine-learning training datasets.
- Registering tracks with Content ID or uploading to music distribution platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).
Common questions
Will a voiceover sit on top of this music?+
ALTITUDE and SWELL were written for it: ALTITUDE leaves space to breathe under voiceover, and SWELL keeps a clean midrange so the voice sits on top. For a travel vlog you narrate, start with those two.
Is anything here short enough for a Reel?+
Set Wave, on SWELL, runs 31 seconds. The other tracks run from about two to five and a half minutes — trim from the end, or loop a section in the edit.
How is this different from the travel music shelf?+
The travel shelf lists every album tagged for travel videos, Indian albums included. This page is the cinematic part of it — drone, road, surf and desert — described track by track, so you can pick a track for a shot.
Will I get a YouTube copyright claim for using these tracks?+
iReelz does not register its music with YouTube’s Content ID, and every licence forbids the buyer from registering it too — so the automatic matching that claims borrowed film songs has nothing of ours on file to match. If a claim appears anyway, dispute it in YouTube Studio and quote the certificate number on the licence PDF that comes with the album; anyone can check a certificate at ireelz.com/verify. A claim is also not a strike: strikes come from legal takedown requests, and iReelz is the rights holder that licensed you.
Can I use these tracks in monetized videos?+
Yes. Every album on this page is sold with Creator Pro, which covers monetized and commercial content on every platform, and client work.
Do I have to credit iReelz?+
No. Every album on this page is sold with Creator Pro, which needs no credit.
Can I use them on TV, in cinema or in ads?+
Not under the licences these albums are sold with. Broadcast, TV, film and ads need a Studio licence, and none of the albums on this page is sold at Studio — contact us if a project needs broadcast rights.
Is it a subscription? What does an album cost?+
No subscription. Each album is a one-time purchase with a perpetual licence, so videos you publish with it stay covered for good. Albums are priced by licence tier — Lite $9.99, Creator Pro $19.99 and Studio $34.99 — and buyers in India pay in rupees: ₹499, ₹999 and ₹1,999. Each album below shows its own price.