Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This lovely piano instrumental--Somewhere Deep in the Sea by Jessica Yip--is the 38th song in the our Free Background Music series. Like other songs in this Royalty-free YouTube music series, this song can be used for free in non-commercial projects and in YouTube monetized videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as it is credited as follows:
Somewhere Deep in the Sea
Composed and performed by Jessica Yip
Produced by longzijun
Free Download
The free audio files (MP3 and WAV) of the different versions of the song are available on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/free-background-music-38
Free Background Music Series:
This is a collection of songs you can use for free for presentations, YouTube videos, and other multimedia projects. You can refer to the the detailed terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
About the Song
Jessica is one of our channels’ guest artists. This is a gentle piano song that is suitable for use as a soundtrack for touching, tranquil or nostalgic scenes.
The song was recorded using a Yamaha Clavinova. Jessica has a very light touch when playing the piano, so even during the climactic moments the song keeps its tender mood. Two versions are available. The one in this video has been slightly compressed to reduce the dynamic contrast (basically this means that the softer parts become a little louder). There is also version with the full dynamic range version available (This version has greater contrast between the quieter and louder sections).
Jessica has also contributed the song The Mercury Tale. a fifty-second piano instrumental: youtube.com/watch?v=eTCO6OehrrQ
About the Video:
The video is comprised of:
a) A music visualizer effect I created in Adobe After Effects using the Music Spectrum effect. I attached that to a circular mask and then animated it further using the Griddle effect. I quite like the final visualizer. It is almost like the graphics are producing the music rather than simply responding to it. The title text was also also animated in After Effects using one of the text animation presets.
b) Water footage published under a CC0 (“no rights reserved”) licenses
c) A background texture by myfreetextures (myfreetextures.com/) published under a CC attribution license.
This lovely piano instrumental--Somewhere Deep in the Sea by Jessica Yip--is the 38th song in the our Free Background Music series. Like other songs in this Royalty-free YouTube music series, this song can be used for free in non-commercial projects and in YouTube monetized videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as it is credited as follows:
Somewhere Deep in the Sea
Composed and performed by Jessica Yip
Produced by longzijun
Free Download
The free audio files (MP3 and WAV) of the different versions of the song are available on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/free-background-music-38
Free Background Music Series:
This is a collection of songs you can use for free for presentations, YouTube videos, and other multimedia projects. You can refer to the the detailed terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
About the Song
Jessica is one of our channels’ guest artists. This is a gentle piano song that is suitable for use as a soundtrack for touching, tranquil or nostalgic scenes.
The song was recorded using a Yamaha Clavinova. Jessica has a very light touch when playing the piano, so even during the climactic moments the song keeps its tender mood. Two versions are available. The one in this video has been slightly compressed to reduce the dynamic contrast (basically this means that the softer parts become a little louder). There is also version with the full dynamic range version available (This version has greater contrast between the quieter and louder sections).
Jessica has also contributed the song The Mercury Tale. a fifty-second piano instrumental: youtube.com/watch?v=eTCO6OehrrQ
About the Video:
The video is comprised of:
a) A music visualizer effect I created in Adobe After Effects using the Music Spectrum effect. I attached that to a circular mask and then animated it further using the Griddle effect. I quite like the final visualizer. It is almost like the graphics are producing the music rather than simply responding to it. The title text was also also animated in After Effects using one of the text animation presets.
b) Water footage published under a CC0 (“no rights reserved”) licenses
c) A background texture by myfreetextures (myfreetextures.com/) published under a CC attribution license.
