Worldbeat

Fast Balkan-style romp at 135bpm in D minor, with fiddle and violin trading lines over brash trumpet and horn stabs, accordion filling the middle and a modern programmed beat underneath. Comic and breathless throughout, it stays playful rather than dramatic and wraps up inside two and a quarter minutes.

Klezmer-tinged mid-slow groove at 85bpm in A minor, built on expressive clarinet and accordion over a hip hop beat, bass and tambourine with bouzouki colour. Heartfelt and a little wistful rather than festive, it suits reflective narration and holds a steady loop-like pulse for most of its two and a half minutes.

Parisian accordion over a contemporary beat at 100bpm in F, with guitar, piano and bass giving it a light romantic swing. Sunny and flirtatious from the top, an obvious cue for cafe terraces, cobbled streets and lovers on bicycles.

Italian folk instruments meet a 120bpm hip hop pulse in A minor: mandolin and accordion lead over guitar, bass and horn punctuation. Cheeky and festive, it plays comedy as easily as romance and is best used for scooters, piazzas and family dinner chaos.

The album's fastest cue at 140bpm in C minor, pairing erhu with synth pads, bass and a driving modern beat. East-meets-electronic energy with a romantic streak, useful where Asian setting needs contemporary momentum rather than tradition.

Middle Eastern belly-dance flavour crossed with a 100bpm beat in A major, electric guitar riffing over doumbek and hand percussion with a solid bass line. Fun and slightly comic in tone, bright rather than mysterious, with a groove that sits well under dialogue-free action.

Romanian brass-band comedy at a laid-back 85bpm in G minor, with trumpet and trombone hooks and accordion riding a hip hop backbeat. Struttingly funny and mid-paced, ideal for characters who are up to no good.

The moodiest track here: bouzouki and clarinet over a slow 90bpm beat and bass in D minor, romantic and shaded with melancholy. Its restrained arrangement and short two-minute run make it a good bed for reflective voiceover or a nighttime scene.

Slow, hip-swinging 70bpm groove in D built on doumbek and hand percussion with zorna, clarinet and santur carrying the melody over bass. The longest cue on the album at nearly three minutes, festive but unhurried, with plenty of percussive space between melodic phrases.

Bright mariachi-flavoured trumpets and horns over acoustic guitar, bass and a 130bpm modern beat in C major. Relentlessly cheerful and quirky, a straightforward fiesta cue for anything set south of the border.