Indian travel vlog music by region — Ladakh, Kerala, Himachal, Assam, Rajasthan
Music for a travel vlog should sound like where you are. This page is organised by region: each album on it was written about one part of India — its landscape, its instruments, its rivers and festivals — so the soundtrack belongs to the footage. Everything is original and licensed by the album, and one track is free to download with a free account.
Ladakh: high passes and monasteries
LADAKH — Volume I is Himalayan ambient for towering mountains, ancient monasteries and endless roads: Echoes Of The High Pass, Monastery Above The Clouds, Stars Above Nubra Valley, Streets Of Leh. Every track is epic in mood, made for drone shots over a pass and night skies above camp.
Kerala: the backwaters
BACKWATERS — Volume 1 is drawn from Kerala’s canals: bamboo flute at first light, a lo-fi drift through the palms, and the thunder of a snake boat race. First Light On Vembanad is the morning on the lake, Kettuvallam the relaxed houseboat drift, Vanchipattu — the boat song — the race itself, and Theyyam Dusk the darker one for ritual and nightfall.
Himachal: the hills
For Himachal — mountain roads, deodar forests, Nati at a village fair — PAHAD and SHIMLA are covered track by track on their own page, so they are only listed here.
The full guide: Pahadi and Himachali folk music →
Assam: rivers and tea gardens
Assam: A Day in the Hills & Valleys is six traditional Assamese instrumentals, completely acoustic: Brahmaputra At Dawn, Tea Gardens Of Assam, Monsoon In Kaziranga, Morning In Majuli, and Bihu On The Village Road for festival footage. Three of them run under two minutes, cut for the quick scenes of a daily travel vlog.
Rajasthan: the Thar
Rajasthan — Echoes of the Desert is Rajasthani folk — sarangi, kamayacha, ravanhatha, algoza, morchang, khartal, dholak and nagara — in film-score production. Colours Of Jaisalmer and Desert Dawn are the happy ones, for forts and markets; Moon Over The Thar for the dunes at night, Thar for the wide emotional shots; The Last Maharaja, the dark one, for palaces.
A trip that crosses regions
A road trip rarely stays in one state. Change the music when the landscape changes — folk for the villages, ambient once you are above the tree line — and the edit tells the viewer they have travelled before the caption does.
Road-trip, surf and drone music not tied to India: cinematic travel music →
Everyday vlogs rather than trips: Indian music for vlogs →
The albums
LADAKH — Volume I: The Road Less Travelled
Ambient · 6 tracks · Lite — Personal Use · $9.99
Ladakh — Himalayan ambient for high passes, monasteries and endless roads.
- Echoes Of The High Pass3:19
- Monastery Above The Clouds3:30
- Stars Above Nubra Valley3:10
- Streets Of Leh2:52
BACKWATERS — Volume 1
World · 7 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Kerala — bamboo flute, a lo-fi drift through the palms and a snake boat race on the canals.
- First Light On Vembanad4:02
- Kettuvallam2:07
- Vanchipattu2:46
- Theyyam Dusk2:13
PAHAD
Indian Folk · 5 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Himachal — traditional Himachali folk textures with cinematic production, for valleys and mountain roads.
- Ghar Se Door2:37Free download
SHIMLA — Where the Mountains Remember
Indian Folk · 5 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Himachal — Pahari folk instruments and the rhythm of Nati, for Shimla’s forests and fairs.
Assam: A Day in the Hills & Valleys
Indian Folk · 6 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Assam — acoustic Assamese folk for rivers, villages and tea gardens.
- Brahmaputra At Dawn3:12
- Tea Gardens Of Assam1:17
- Monsoon In Kaziranga2:54
- Morning In Majuli1:48
- Bihu On The Village Road0:50
Rajasthan — Echoes of the Desert
World · 7 tracks · Creator Pro — Commercial · $19.99
Rajasthan — Rajasthani folk instruments in film-score production, from the Thar to Jaisalmer.
- Colours Of Jaisalmer3:15
- Desert Dawn3:13
- Moon Over The Thar3:34
- Thar2:37
- The Last Maharaja3:24
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.
Lite — Personal Use
- Allowed: Personal, non-commercial projects on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
- Allowed: Unlimited personal projects with every track on the album.
- Allowed: Credit "Music by iReelz" in the video description (required).
- Not allowed: Monetized content, client work, broadcast, and remix.
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
Is the desert music here Rajasthani or Arabic?+
Rajasthani. Rajasthan — Echoes of the Desert is built on Rajasthani folk instruments. DESERT SOULS, elsewhere in the catalogue, is music of the Arab world — oud, qanun, ney and darbuka — and is not on this page.
How is this different from the vlog music page?+
The Indian music for vlogs page is for daily vlogs — talking to camera, markets, food, everyday life. This one is for trips, sorted by where you went.
Is any of this music free to download?+
Yes — Ghar Se Door is free with a free iReelz account: the full track without the preview watermark, and a licence certificate in your name. The free licence covers one personal, non-monetized project per download on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, with “Music by iReelz” in the description. For monetized videos, client work or using a track again and again, buy the album — its licence covers every track on it in unlimited projects.
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?+
Some of them. BACKWATERS, PAHAD, SHIMLA, Assam and Rajasthan are sold with Creator Pro, which covers monetized content and client work. LADAKH is sold with Lite: personal, non-commercial use on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok with a “Music by iReelz” credit — not monetized videos, client work, broadcast or remix. If your channel is in the YouTube Partner Program and ads run on the video, count it as monetized.
Do I have to credit iReelz?+
Only for LADAKH, which is sold with Lite: put “Music by iReelz” in the video description. BACKWATERS, PAHAD, SHIMLA, Assam and Rajasthan need 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.