This beautiful and lyrical original piano instrumental is composed and performed by Kate Kwok. It is the 40th song in the Free Background Music series.
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As with other songs in the Featured Guest series, this music can be used for can be used for free in non-commercial projects and in YouTube monetized videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (‘Tale of the Forgotten Forest Kingdom: Music composed and performed by Kate Kwok’). For more information about the terms and conditions for using the music, you can refer to the detailed Terms of Use.
Duration: 3:00
Crediting Information
Tale of the Forgotten Forest Kingdom: Music composed and performed by Kate Kwok
Music Download Links
Two versions are available. The one in the above video has been slightly compressed to reduce the dynamic contrast (the softer parts become a little louder). There is also a full dynamic range version available; this one has greater contrast between the quieter and louder sections. The song was performed on a Yamaha Clavinova and recorded using Sonar Home Studio.
Tale of the Forgotten Forest Kingdom (Main Version)
- MP3 file 320 kbps, 48 khz (Box)
- MP3 file 320 kbps, 48 khz (Google Drive)
- WAV file (Google Drive)
- WAV file (OneDrive)
Tale of the Forgotten Forest Kingdom (Full Dynamic Range Version)
- MP3 file 320 kbps, 48 khz (Box)
- MP3 file 320 kbps, 48 khz (Google Drive)
- WAV file (Google Drive)
- WAV file (OneDrive)
About the Song
Kate has described her inspiration for the song:
“I had this picture in mind when creating the piece: a wayward traveler stumbles upon a forest fairy and follows her into the ruins of the forgotten forest kingdom; the former glory of the kingdom can still be seen among the statues and columns (the middle loud part of the music), but eventually even the magical beings (the fairies) abandon the castle and the legend of the forest kingdom fades away into nothing but folklore and memory (as represented by the pianissimo ending).”
Related Songs in the Series
More Songs by Kate
This song is also part of a series of music recordings I have done with students at the school where I teach: Student Music: Original Songs and Covers. I have worked with Kate on several other music videos—a cover version of Taylor Swift’s Breathe, a piano arrangement of Howard Shore’s Feast of Starlight from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, a piano arrangement of Misty Road from the Korean television series Moonlight Drawn by Clouds, a piano version of Gustav Holst’s I Vow to Thee, My Country as well as two of my compositions (Broken and Holly’s Theme). You can see the music videos for these pieces on our CMe Creative Media Studio website:
- Her piano arrangements and original compositions: cmestudio.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/misty-road-from-moonlight-drawn-by-clouds-piano-cover-kate-kwok/
- Kate’s cover of Breathe: cmestudio.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/breathe-by-taylor-swift-cover-version-by-kate/
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Longzijun 
This is a very beautiful music. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Thank you so much