mood music

noun

: music that is meant to create a relaxed or romantic feeling

He lit some candles and put on some mood music.

Examples of mood music in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For many years, critics frequently downplayed the soothing texture of Sade’s songs as mere aural wallpaper, mood music for lovemaking. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026

Gloomy mood music Starmer, and the four leaders before him, all correctly diagnosed the UK’s perennial low growth problem and made fixing it their top priority. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

Decades later — with an original song score by Norah Jones now providing the mellower midlife mood music — both are still unsure what went wrong between them. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 June 2026

For a decade, Lil Pete has been holding down the Bay Area with sensitive, post-Jacka mood music. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 June 2026