These dark background music tracks are suitable for mysteries, horror, sci-fi, or perhaps if you need good quality royalty-free horror music for dark thrillers. These mysterious stock music tracks can also work great for drama and introspection, contemplation and perhaps regret or sorrow. These curated, hand-picked tracks are Royalty free music without a beat, or with a more floating or ethereal quality, while leaning towards dark and ominous.
Solnatt is a Norwegian word that means 'Night Sun' (roughly). Inspired by the northern midnight sun, this is a fragile and reflective piano piece, with hope and light mixed with melancholy. Highly suitable for use in film or other media or art, this track is somewhat inspired by the tender film music style of Thomas Newman. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Subtle minimalist synth melodies. Great for investigations and data mining. mysterious, melodic and insightful. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Atmospheric and meditative ambient music, good for space travel, documentary, sci-fi, videogames. Scenes of wonder and discovery, science and technology. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Very spacious and atmospheric, distant piano and synth elements, meditative and enlightening, works well with dreamscapes and existentialism. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Spacious and hypnotic reversed guitars, minimalist and existential. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Subtle, delicate, with bells and underlying rhythms. A sense of melancholy and intrigue. A drum beat joins in at about 1:30 for a more pulsating, slightly darker edge. The "Extended" version goes on to develop into a more intensely textured, more urgent track. [Tempo: Medium / 79 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal ambient music with soft, resonating melody rings above lush carpets of strings, pads and gentle bells. Dreamy, floating, ethereal, soft ambient relaxation music. Angelic and soothing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 67 BPM]
Insightful textures and layers, existential overtones and atmospheres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Progressive ambient, slowly evolving atmospheres, warm pads and textures, arpeggiated synth layers, good for space and time, existence, perception, discovery. [Tempo: Very slow / 118 BPM]
Lush pads, distorted effects, organic and digital, contrasting elements, Film, TV, Videogames, space travel, science and technology, discovery, sci-fi. [Tempo: Slow / 119 BPM]
Soft existential layers, floating elements, lush atmospheric pads, good for introspection or cosmic awareness. [Tempo: Very slow / 88 BPM]
Expanding ambient, cosmic textures, futuristic layers, good for sci-fi, contact and discovery. [Tempo: Very slow / 119 BPM]
Subtle minimalist piano and warm drones, film noir, good for drama, mystery and anticipation. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slowly revolving synths and bubbling atmospheres, atmospheric and insightful, good for space travel and science and technology. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sparkling elements and textures, atmospheric synth layers, good for space, universe, multi-dimensions. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Hypnotic, groovy, trance-inducing electronic chill track that you might hear in a night club on pluto, if you're ever passing by that way.Just sit back, get your groove on & enjoy the spectacle of the interstellar superfreaks. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Haunting, dreamy and sinister soundscape. Very ethereal , thoughtful and also peaceful. Contains synth pad, effected piano and string. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Imagine being able to levitate high above the earth. Imagine the exhilaration and power it would bring. Spacey synth bells introduce this tune. All on a soft bed of fluffy white cloud-like-pads. The chorus ups the intensity with a huge bouncey groove. Think Nine Inch Nails meets the Cure meets U2. Contains synth of many kinds, drums and piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 69 BPM]
Very peaceful and relaxing track using soft piano, lush strings & spacey synth sounds. Has a gentle air of mystery & suspense to it & also slight melancholy but with hope. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Ambient piece with live electric guitar, synth pads and vocal. Its very warm, welcoming, positive, dreamy... heaven. Of course, it can fit any internet project, TV/Film/Movie/Video game, intro, promo, trailer. Anything where u need such a beautiful, calm background music or even soundtrack. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This is a focused and engaging, piano led ambient / rhythmic track. While being somewhat melancholic it retains a sense of purpose and success without being overpowering. Great for advertising, films and more. Has a slight sense of mystery, uncovering new grounds, which makes it also good for things like forensics, science, data analysis and investigations. A sense of an unfolding story. Also good for Corporate use. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
An ambient, pensive, and slightly mysterious track with a sense of melancholy and perhaps sadness, or of a developing, unfolding story. The start of a personal journey or self discovery? This piece may also work with projects dealing with loss, grief, love and sadness as well as simply being a strong and reflective piece of music to go well with any drama scene. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
A darkly sparkling ambient-electro track. Moody and atmospheric synthesizers swirl and are joined by ice cold, downtempo, urban minimalist electro bass and drums. Great for visual imagery, technology, sci-fi, investigation / forensics, DNA / clues etc. [Tempo: Medium / 105 BPM]
This track is at 60 BPM (Beats Per Minute) and is designed for visual and multimedia projects that require a clock tick track. The track features a nervous, pensive ticking clock rhythm with ambient swells and hits. Good for countdown, timed projects, time limits, or simply to illustrate the passing of time. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
A kind of modern spiritual song. Spacey synth pads float in the atmosphere as bluesy lamenting vocal samples ascend into the ether. Calm, mellow, emotive, and relaxing. Contains synths, organ, vocal samples, violin and drums. [Tempo: Very slow / 110 BPM]
Spacey, beautiful and peaceful track using synths, strings and ethnic flutes. Soft and fluffy tones help you float off into the atmosphere. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
Ambient sci-fi soundscape. Floating synth pads and eerie scifi sound textures, inspired by the work of David Lynch. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Eerie, floating, bizarre ambient soundscape, strangely light and dark at the same time, like a mysterious, surreal fairy or banshee presence. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Space or technology inspired, light rhythmic ambient piece built on a repetitive synth arpeggio and swirling pads, reminescent of Tangerine Dream. [Tempo: Medium / 78 BPM]
Introspective, cold & haunting Piano led aria. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A deep electronic music journey across the universe which plays for more than eight and a half minutes during which you will be taken through space and beyond in a groovy downtempo synth adventure. Also available is an "ambient mix" which leaves out the drums, melodies and bass lines, leaving a strangely mysterious, both light and dark, ambient float with images of wide open space vistas. Best with all the lights out. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Solar wind, mysterious drone, spacey echoes accompany a sparse and understated but yet majestic synthesizer melody, like echoes of a distant time or place. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Understated electronic ambient track. Weird spacey sounds surrounding a soothing electronic pulse. Warm arpeggios. Otherworldly / Eerie. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Deep drones, dark synth pulse, glass pads. Horror, scary, science fiction. Airy, ethereal strings over deep piano wire clanks. [Tempo: Slow, Very slow / 96 BPM]
Eerie pads and scattered piano. Detaching from the real world and falling into nothing. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Ambient, downtempo, minimalistic electronica with a 'strange' feel. Original and indefinable, odd and quirky. It's ambient, but it also has a sort of ticking rhytmic feel. Sweeping and swirling, grainy textures and voice fragments. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
A moody and atmospheric ambient piece with ethereal pads and ambient slide guitar. Soft, yet deep and evocative music, like an unfolding story or a magnificent sunrise. The track has a slight sense of ethnic mystery or the ancient world music, maybe India. Very dreamy, reflective and rich on atmosphere, perhaps something spiritual. [Tempo: Very slow / 125 BPM]
Like music from deep space or a molecular structure, this ambient music track features scattered sounds, signals and rhythms in interwoven textures. Good for science, technology, documentary, history, space, science fiction, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
An ambient background track with an investigative science feel. Study of technology, future, science, forensic investigation, lab work, DNA, scientific clues etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Eerie, dreamy bell and electro soundscapes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A strange electro soundscape with deep floating string pads and stuttering electro impulses. Spacey, different, unique and atmospheric. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Light, digital soundscape. Hi-tech, futuristic, mechanical. Ambient industrial corporate use, or science/research. [Tempo: Medium / 121 BPM]
Clean electric guitar textures. Ambient, dreamy, easy. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
Mystery, information dissection, ideas, data flow, crime laboratory, science or forensic examinations. Looking for clues. A slow heartbeat-like bass drum sets the pace for this quiet, intense track while delicate, urgent melodies dance on top surrounded by eerie Fx. Perfect for a CSI or E.R. style Lab scene. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
Gentle but edgy abstract piece that portrays a variety of moods with variations in pitch and tone. The piece can be edited to suit the nature of the narrative. would suit a poignant, alternative or artistic documentary narrative. A number of mood variations are available in 30 second versions. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Reflective film underscore. Orchestral backing texture piano melody. Thoughtful, nostalgic, melancholic. Good for film/TV drama, poignant messages, love and eternal friendships, real human values. [Tempo: Slow / 72 BPM]
An earthy, mystical, background/underscore track for fantasy, exploration, adventure and travel. General background use, peaceful and slightly mysterious, but without really being particularly sad, happy, dark, light or emotional. Nice for exploring new worlds, discovery, fantasy games, adventure games, travel programmes, or background use for visual imagery, mystery and mythology, etc. Varied track, hardly any repetition, and the whole track loops perfectly from the end back to the beginning -- good for playing in a loop. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Insightful and atmospheric ambient. Pulsey synth arpeggiations, cyclic percussion and filters. Technology, espionage, space, sci-fi, mathematics, number crunching and the like. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Soft, warm washes of ambient pads, with a few lost notes of a very organic sounding electric piano. Ethereal / Ambient / Floating / Otherworldly. Comes to a sort of climax/close at 02:12. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Slowly pulsating ambient grooves. Good for technology, future, underwater and science projects. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
