Royalty-Free Music for crime mysteries and crime thillers; in particular, the tracks we've put in this area represent the music that we felt would go well with Gangsters, Drug dealers, Tough guys and general Bad-Asses. The music will tend to have a slow, mean beat, sometimes Hip-Hop or Urban based music but also sometimes more Orchestral / Classic style music that can be used to illustrate the Bad Guy in your production. This music will tend to have a cold, ruthless edge to it.
A moody, echoing march. Heave synth sounds, and sparse melodies. Sets a mood that is ominous and mysterious. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 53 BPM]
Battle drums. Epic, huge percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 73 BPM]
Gritty and funky hip-hop. Fat, slamming beats. Mangled sound, a little bit on the edge. Scratching and synth bass. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Dark, spacey, moody, sinister, edgy music with a sense of suspense and foreboding. Dynamic, mysterious, hypnotically rhythmic, ethereal yet crazy, hectic & climactic music that would detective / crime / action / thriller / cop type projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Huge, dramatic guitar-based shuffled beat heavy rock track with many guitar colours and textures in every section. Music to knock down walls by. Would suit thriller, action, extreme sports projects. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Twangy, psychedelic guitars and robotic, industrial synths combine to create a feeling of journeying over dry desert, heat ripples distorting the horizon, scorching sun. Similar in style to the Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Junkie XL this works well with travel scenes, holiday adventures and desert montages as well as high-tech industrial and corporate advertising. Also for action scenes, crime and progress and more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Suspicious / Foreboding cinematic soundtrack. Perhaps a crime in progress, or dangerous situation. Tense, with Tom-Tom drums adding to the nerve. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
A slow Hip Hop / Urban beat. Very dramatic, the piece brings a sense of triumph and heroism. A strongly catchy melody, authentic drums. Good for urban and street scenes, perhaps fighting between rival gangs. Also good for corporate and commercial uses, tv shows with an urban appeal. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Urban beats mix with orchestral breaks for this wicked pastiche of modern culture which is both outrageous and witty. FX and scratches suggest visual cues and the various edits work together to make up an entire themed package for a modern parody. Seriously good fun! [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Cool to evil-sounding reggae groove with playful drums, deep e-bass and distorted bass synth that propels this explosive track towards drum'n'bass. Perfect for film, sports and lifestyle. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Pumping and bouncing Hip-Hop / Rap Music track full of energy featuring synthesizers, percussion and claps in the powerful beat. Night clubs, fast cars, large rims, rappers and urban scenery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Moderate tempo urban funk / RnB groove track. Staccato string sections, hip-hop style drum machine. Somewhat dramatic. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Fresh, downtempo hip-hop. Brass licks join in after about a minute. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Determined, gritty and funky, hard biting guitar riffs with rock drums and more industrial / mechanical synth & guitar elements, Heavily processed, chunky and mangled guitar chops with nasty synths. Good for action, bad-asses, hardcore / fight / combat, muscle cars, mean machines and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Hard hitting guitar chops. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
Somewhat avant-garde rock track, pushing the boundaries between techno, industrial and guitar-blazing rock'n roll. Not for the faint hearted. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
Exciting, tense, edgy, suspense-filled track with a great sense of momentum and forward drive. Dramatic strings combine with motivated, frenetic drums to make music that would suit spy / thriller / mystery / escape / crime caper. [Tempo: Fast / 156 BPM]
Funk, Retro, Sound-Alike. Typical seventies / early eighties Blaxploitation music or Cop Show music theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Medium paced, determined, dark, heavy and groovy rock track. Gigantic riffs and soaring lead over a monumental groove. Dramatic rock that would suit extreme sports/action type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 77 BPM]
A rather intense mix of orchestral and electronic music. It's progressive construction makes it a pretty good fit to any story based energetic montage. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A suspenseful introduction with synths, percussion, and piano lends way to a faster paced, exciting, tension building track with the addition of strings, pads, melodic motifs, and driving rhythms. [Tempo: Medium / 91 BPM]
Police take downs, shake downs and street smarts are conveyed vividly in this 1970's inspired track. Instruments include organ, jazz flute, wah wah guitar, bass , congas and grooving drums. Superb for crime dramas, comedy, big city documentaries, and urban drama themes. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Medium slow, intensely powerfully epic, spacey, grinder rock track. Has a dark & menacing atmosphere built by heavy guitars mixing with massive drum grooves & spacious synth textures. Would suit extreme sports / horror / action / thriller projects. Potent stuff. [Tempo: Slow / 106 BPM]
Very intense, high energy, adrenaline-fueled rock music with great, tom-tom driven, motivating forward momentum. Big guitars mix with pounding drums, synths & strings to make music for action / extreme sports or thriller type projects. White knuckle ride. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 158 BPM]
Dark and mysterious Hip Hop track, with a great sense of danger and foreboding. Imminent confront, conflict, gang members preparing to a battle. Good for use in any type of media. Very suitable for action films, dramatic scenes with urban theme, espionage, action thriller. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
Very dark, scraping and menacing flesh pads and aural movements, slightly sickening soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Edgy, cool, rhythmic, energised, dynamic & gutsy electro-rock track with great drive & forward momentum. Spacious, ethereal verse & an intense, powerful chorus section that explodes into life. Would suit action / thriller / extreme sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 132 BPM]
Smooth, cool hip-hop style beats groove as echoey synth pads and talkbox leads float above. Very laid back... until the chorus comes where blunt distorted guitars enter and steal the show. Has a funky yet mysterious, intriguing feel to it, and always seems to promise and deliver big changes in the future. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Powerful and dynamic modern rock instrumental. Edgy electric guitars with delay, driving drums, determined bass with dreamy pads and synths. Action Adventure, Dramatic Soundtrack, Thirtysomething, Drama / Mature, Drama / Youth, Entertainment, TV / Instrumental, Film / Instrumental. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Fast, heavy, high adrenaline, straight for the jugular, metal bruiser. Great energy, motivation and relentless momentum. Would suit extreme sports / action / thriller projects. [Tempo: Fast / 150 BPM]
Loud and proud powerful rock song in style of LCD Soundsystem and Foo Fighters. Modern rock guitar and drum style. Mean / Gritty / Bad. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 146 BPM]
The feeling you get when you're riding through town after a great day, that's "On Flexxx", and what this song is all about. Guitar-like riffs, metallic synths and a steady bass drum fuel this track with everything you need to stay hype. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 93 BPM]
Futuristic Hip Hop track with a sense of movement, achievement, success and triumph. New inventions and discoveries. Synthesizers arpeggios and paterns over pulsing hiphop drums. Good for corporate presentations, TV shows related to science, high technology and the future. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Heavy alternative rock. Powerful female vocals tell a tale of metaphorical revenge. Alternative rock band with atmospheric synths and drum machines. Keywords: Nightmares, dreams, scary. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
An electronic hip hop track, with a solid, grooving drum beat and gliding synthesizers. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Hard hitting guitar chops. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
Hard core, extreme hard rock / grindcore. Very violent / brutal. Forceful, determined, aggressive. Fast guitar riffing, doubling up on the kick drum for a machine-gun like rhythmic feel. Use with scenes of violence, destruction, war, extreme aggression, hardcore motor sports, extreme sports and dramatic trailers with an extreme / fiery / violence overload kind of feel. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 190 BPM]
A hard biting, industrial rock/metal track with chunky, aggressive guitar riffs, slamming drums and alarming synth arrangements. The track changes from half-time to double-time, giving it both a 'very slow' and 'fast' feel. Very heavy, aggressive, dominant. [Tempo: Slow, Very fast / 140 BPM]
Mysterious electronic underscore, for moments of uncertainty and problem solving. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
A moving, epic hip hop track, with a great heroic and dramatic vibe. Synths, goodly programmed drum beats and occasional guitar lead. A sense of achievement, aspiration, glory, hopes. Inspirational, inspiring, motivational. Great for scenes of achievement in sports, career, personal life, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 87 BPM]
Imagine walking through the ruins of a haunted castle at night, never knowing what night be round the next cobweb covered corner. A very black and sinister piece. Slow with a building tension. Contains synths, drum kit, guitars and bass. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
Southern metal styled intense groove monster. Distorted guitars riff over rumbling bass and drums to create a groove that won't quit. Contains an abundance of guitars of all kinds, bass, drums and strings. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Dusty, retro, psychedelic, jazzy soul served over a trip hop beat. Trumpet, piano, congas and bass create a tense yet laidback mood. Note: Deliberate lo-fi sound and retro "vinyl crackle" throughout the track. This is on purpose, and is not an error or weakness with the file. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Determined, mechanical, groovy, funky Hip Hop beat. Deep drums, bass, and dramatic synth licks, very bright, gritty, energetic. Staccato, steaming hot pumping rhythms, electronic hip-hop style arrangement with a dark edge. Will fit goodly for urban/inner city productions, investigation, action. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Gutsy, groovy & powerful rock track with a hip-hop flavour to the drum feel. Monster guitars combine with staccato strings & a determined beat to make music suitable for action/thriller/sports/dramatic projects. Hints of rage against the machine [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Motivating , Eeastern flavoured groover. Ethereal mellotrons play arabian scales over a suspenseful rhythm backing that is constantly moving forward and never stops. Would suit thriller/action or dramatic/sports project a even belly dance troupe! [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
This Hip Hop track with middle eastern influences is a good match for depicting the recent demonstrations and protests of the "Arab Spring". A strong hip hop, urban pulse with eastern melodies and percussion. A great sense of danger, foreboding, conflict. Also great for action scenes, travel, desert. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 95 BPM]
Cool and laid back music track with hip hop elements and hypnotizing synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 94 BPM]
An obstinate piano riff and synthesizer line, joined by electronic drums, create am atmosphere of fear, darkness, mystery and foreboding in this hip hop track. Good for use in moderate action scenes, thrillers, game shows, chase scenes and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
A moderate hip hop beat with energy and tension, without being too overpowering. Several variations and breaks make of this a very dynamic piece. It will work very well for several different productions, like science and technology, suspense, thriller, and even sexy scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 92 BPM]
