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.
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Pulsing, metronomic underscore – intertwined arpeggios, piano, kick drum. A sense of science, technology, development or innovation. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Ambient electronic track with ethereal voices and analogue synthesizers. Deeply emotional and full of space, wonderment and mystery. Great for sci fi, future or dark drama / adventure. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Slow / 111 BPM]
Ambient tech track with pulsing arpeggios and piano. Kick drum comes in at 0'38'', full arrangement at 1'16''. Sparse and atmospheric. Minimal music bed for science, technology, news and factual documentary content. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Ambient, fragile, reflective Piano & Pads. Melancholy / Introspective / Searching Music. More hopeful second half. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A thoughtful, sparse, insightful and slowly building production music track with a hint of mystery, wonderment and anticipation. Piano, mallets, subtle drums (1'03''). The Underscore version omits synth arpeggio, high marimba notes and sound effects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, and revived today by TV serious about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Mystery / Retro / Dark Music. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A haunting melodic royalty free music track with an otherworldly feel evoking a shivery, nightmarish fantasy laced with mythical spirits, spooky happenings and a very wicked sense of humour. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
Modern and precise hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic, mystical soundscapes. Glitches and sound design elements. A sense of technology, science and innovation. [Tempo: Medium / 140 BPM]
An eerie or slightly dark suspenseful track made with chamber orchestra. Simple structure, evolving. Suspense / Cinematic / Classical. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Tension / Excitement / Mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A beautifully wistful female voice blends with soaring cellos and distant washes in this ethereal and atmospheric aria based on traditional folk music, yet with a dark, contemporary nursery rhyme quality. A companion to the popular Celtic Requiem track and with a similar spiritual feel. Cello & voice adapted and performed by Shena Power. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
World inspired new age music, with some galactic outer space aura. Suitable as music for space oriented documentaries, as well as for ambient / atmosphere / hypnosis etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A pulsating, tension building music track, featuring piano chord progression, ambience synths, and epic orchestra sound. Powerfully rising into a big, epic music track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films revived today by things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive tense motif. Cinematic / Thriller / Retro Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Dark, edgy, doom-laden mystery underscore. Foreboding. Tension. Pulse. Danger. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Ambient background music for science, research, technology, development. This track is rather subtle, neither "major" nor "minor" but neutral in mood and slightly mystical. Neutral / Imaginative / Spatial / Insightful. The 'Alternative Mix' version uses a different, brighter and clearer sound for its main melodic pattern, which gives it more 'presence'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Mid-tempo, current sounding electronic bed with precise and technical beats. Glitches, sound design elements. A strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Hi-tech / classy / modern music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Deep ambient and spacey electronica. Downtempo drums enter later, over lush ambient washes of swirly synth pads. Hypnotic, dreamy, deep grooves. Chilled, Electonic Space Music. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 60 BPM]
Moody ambient track with deep repeating bass notes and soft spacey string clusters. Low bass synth brings a dark undertone, yet a sense of hope is established with light vocals and bright ambient synths. Angelic, yet dark and mystical. This track is part of 3 'Element' series tracks that have interchangeable stems. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 111 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Pulsing synth patterns, piano and sound design create a neutral, minimal documentary bed. Sparse and atmospheric with a sense of science, technology or factual documentary programs. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A ghoulish groove shrouded in mystery, atmospheric and forward moving. Ideal music for scenes in the sci-fi, horror or mystery genres. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Preparedness / quest / investigation. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A slow and relaxing meditation music track featuring some deep male chanting, similar to those of Tibetan Monks. Other instruments such as bells and gentle synths are used underneath the vocals to add some ambience and texture. Concentration / Work / Focus Music. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 73 BPM]
Dark electronica / synth wave with an ethereal, dreamy-retro, hypnotic feel. Works great with technology, sci-fi and menacing, ominous scenes. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Steady and thoughtful music. This sparse, synth-centric track conveys equal parts curiosity, seriousness and a yearning for a good outcome. Its main synth motif is accompanied by moving pads and an arpeggiator giving the track motivation and momentum to sustain emotion but leaving plenty of sonic space for narration. Great for docs, narration, medical music and tech talkovers and dramas. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 128 BPM]
Cinematic retro synth wave; this track was created using only two vintage hardware synthesizers; a Moog Minimoog model D and a Prophet 5. Strangely futuristic and vintage at the same time. Ambient / Eerie / Synthetic / Retro / Mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
A soaring cinematic music track merging trailer elements with current styles like future bass, trap and dubstep. Piano, strings, glitched sounds and modern electronics. Awe / Mystery / Tension Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
An introspective, mystical and eerie music piece, suitable for mystery, drama and intrigue. A somewhat unsettling feel, like suppressed memories or an underlying, unresolved issue. Pondering / Searching music. [Tempo: Slow / 126 BPM]
Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology music, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Underscore music for drama, poignant stories, insights, movies or nature. Contemplation / Remembrance / Mysterious. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
Electronica infused orchestral music. Synth low pulse drives the music with anticipation, joined by low drones and epic percussion. Good music for war preparation, rendezvous scenes, crime investigation, video games and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Ambient background music for science, research, technology, development. This track is rather subtle, neither "major" nor "minor" but neutral in mood and slightly mystical. Neutral / Imaginative / Spatial / Insightful. The 'Alternative Mix' version uses a different, brighter and clearer sound for its main melodic pattern, which gives it more 'presence'. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Inspired by 1980's sci-fi and horror films, revived today by TV series about things that are strange. An ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral tones, with a repetitive, tense motif. Tension / Suspense / Dark Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 BPM]
A mystical tension, suspense / action track with orchestral and hybrid elements. Simmering tension, with a dark atmospheres. Ominous, foreboding. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Sneaky, suspicious underscore track for film, tv, media. Spy / Secret Agent / Crime. Sneaking, hiding, stalking, searching. Perhaps investigating or finding clues, or possible track and follow mission. Dark and mysterious. [Tempo: Slow / 92 BPM]
Deep, dramatic, mysterious and emotional cinematic music great for sci-fi and space-themed films, drama/intrigue, perhaps crime or personal themes, family secrets. Thoughtful / Introspective / Serious / Wonderment. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
15 minutes continuous, uninterrupted background music track for video productions and other media. Modern hi-tech beats and pulses, evolving electronic soundscapes. A strong sense of technology, science and innovation. Precise and technical beats, glitches, sound design elements. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
A suspenseful and ominous music with elements of mystery, conspiracy, intrigue with intensity throughout. Guitar and electronic elements. Good music for trailers, too. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Dramatic and emotive cinematic music track featuring piano, atmospheric pads, strings, electronic drum loops and ethnic percussion. Timeless, elegant, reflective. Mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
Emotional and dreamy cinematic music track. Beautiful melodies performed on piano, atmospheric pads, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, and ethnic percussion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 63 BPM]
A music track with future bass elements. Deep bass and percussive-driven, sequenced synths. Lifestyle / Technology / Industry / Future Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Chilled, sparse, spatial, cinematic ambient music with a hint of mystery, wonderment and anticipation. Piano, synths, electric guitar, light percussion. Aerial / Floating / Positive tension music. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
