Go here for music to support scenes of forensic investigations, information analysis and investigations / detective work. This music often has a sense of mystery and 'puzzles' combined perhaps with feelings of technology and cutting-edge investigation techniques and tools. Shows like CSI, Silent Witness, real-life crime documentaries, criminal investigation programs and films often use music in this genre. In some of these tracks, you can almost hear the ticking of the machinery, the thought processes that solve the conondrums and find that vital part of information that solves the puzzle.
A disturbing, constantly moving soundscape of scraping strings and odd sounds, as if sensing the presence of a malignant power, lurking monster or perhaps alien being. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A hypnotic and highly energetic alternative rock song that is dark, dynamic and powerful. This track has an ominous, uneasy and dystopian feel to it. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A warm and sensual, downtempo chill-out electronic groove track. Understated, slightly mysterious, stays back and doesn't demand attention. Easy on the ear, with a slick, modern pulse, suitable for media use. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Jazzy, fresh funk groove. Lively slap bass and jazzy melody licks with muted trumpet. Upbeat, excited. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
A lonely wash drifts across a desert landscape. Sweltering, torrid & extra dry. Mysterious, haunting, uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A passive but slightly sinister mood that could be used as background source music. It's mixture of emotion makes it ideally suited to black comedies. [Tempo: Slow / 61 BPM]
Orchestral, underscore, ambient. Dreamy, Calm, Hypnotic. Strings, piano, drums, bass, electronics. [Tempo: Slow / 144 BPM]
A blast of electronics and acoustic percussion. Great to use in a chase scene, particularly if it's a chase on foot. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Chilled, atmospherical, slightly edgy electronic background track with spacious synths and subtle arpeggios. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
A slightly searching and contemplative electronic instrumental. Contemporary and laid back with a subtle sense of purpose. Will work well in fashion, design, drama, entertainment. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Deep, dark and eery soundtrack piece, with delayed piano, intricate beats and unsettling synths. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Eerie, tense, percussive soundscape with a relentless spooky melody, dark metalic FX and flute sweeps. Atmospheric with a sense of suspense and imminent danger. Menacing and sinister. 48 hours, The Mentalist, Castle, Alien Invasion, crime drama, horror, Sci-Fi. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Uplifting and euphoric melodic progressive house track, Balearic feel, tight and cyclic beats, subtle bell sounds and synthesizer, grinding synth bass amidst spacious atmospheres. Culture programming, travel and clubbing, advertising and marketing. Have a little patience with this one - it takes almost 3 minutes before the main beat sets in. [Tempo: Medium / 113 BPM]
A dark, determined and forceful techno / mech / hard core / industrial rock track. Gutsy, gritty guitar riffs with Big Beat drums and squelching, acidic synths. Show of force, dirty and gritty racing and power cars, film/movie car chase scene, extreme sports and motor sports etc. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Dramatic trailer music that mixes electronic instruments and strings. It is split into two sections: tension/build up and then a full onslaught. This makes it work well in trailers that have exposition in the first half, then fast cuts and action in the second. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 145 BPM]
A stirring and uneasy, urgent feeling, underscore for film/drama. Tension / Unease / Urgency / Foreboding. Great for things like a courtroom drama or perhaps police, detective work, crime in progress, etc. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
This track creates the atmosphere of mystical darkness while acknowledging interest and curiosity. Nine Inch Nails sounding drums loop slowly with picked bass while a Phil Collins like synth pad plays "In The Air Tonight" style chords. Great for modern fantasy, horror and sci-fi. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
This cue is a dark tension builder that is designed to set a suspenseful mood. It is reminiscent of eerie soundtracks such as Saw, Dexter, Silent Hill etc. It has paranormal overtones and peaks with a massive, intensely cinematic stinger. It would be well suited to horror, psychological thrillers and scenes requiring an unsettling suspense. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Technology / future inspired electro grooves. Useful as background music for many things, from sports and 'rough' footage to science and technology, innovation and future, to futuristic / cyberspace / gaming - and more. Edgy / Determined / Mysterious. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 118 BPM]
A sneaky and subtly pensive background / underscore track, suitable for mystery, discovery, exploration and for history / documentary etc. This is music that you don't really 'notice' as it doesn't stand out or grab the attention. It just stays in the background and provides a creepy, uneasy, mysterious atmosphere. Has a sense of dangers lurking nearby. The track is over 6 minutes long with no repetition at all, so it can be played in a loop for a long time without getting too repetitive. Can also be used for crime / criminal police / forensic investigation, puzzle solving etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Frightening dark ambient horror music bed featuring the sounds of sinister spirits knocking, broken piano, and scary choir. TV static and plenty of door smashes for that extra eerieness well suited for horror, thriller, suspense and fantasy footage, as welll as video games. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Smoky lounge chill-out / jazz-lounge. Chic retro feel, with mellow percussion and drums, dusty keyboards, acoustic bass and various jazzy licks and breaks. Occasional jazz flute improvisations. Good for holiday / vacation, relaxing, mellow and chilled urban lifestyles. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Emotional and a bit mysterious cinematic track with piano, electronic drum beat and synthesizer/pad sounds with a slightly dramatic and adventurous feel. Great for movies, documentaries, trailers and more. [Tempo: Slow / 83 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]
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]
Staccato and nervous, semi-orchestral tension underscore. Undercover, dangerous mission. Few guitar notes mixed with symphonic elements and a pulsating rhytmic backdrop. Movement, getting into position, primed and ready for action. Great for spy, mystery, thriller, crime, secret mission, military or swat team etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Slow pads with saxophone. Classic 'private detective' or late night jazz bar sound. City night, soft jazz. Surly, erotic, sensual. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 47 BPM]
Pulsing and tense music with rhythmic, electronic beats and synths. Mysterious / Progressive / Inventive. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Steady and determined beats with expansive, electronic elements. Sci-Fi / Science / Future / Technology Music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
"Constructing the Machine". A pulsing and building orchestral thriller montage cue underscoring anything from working mathematical formulas to constructing a time machine. Rhythmic percussion, brass, strings, ambient fx, electronic instruments. [Tempo: Medium / 128 BPM]
An orchestral film cue of mystery and intrigue. Sneaky, pondering, suspicious. Good for adventure, comedy, fantasy, family film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Ethnic flutes and duduk, orchestra and percussion. Someone is on a long journey and is in a cold and foreign land. Great for travel documentaries or suspenseful scenes in TV and film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
Piano, docu-style atmosphere. Eerie, tension, futuristic. [Tempo: Slow / 50 BPM]
Cool, lazy, groovy track with piano, wah wah guitars, syncopated horns and strings and synth sequences. Has a mysterious, suspense filled vibe to it. Would suit spy/gangster/cop project. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
An uneasy, unsettlilng and somewhat mystical film score / soundtrack with an edgy sound combining synthesizers and piano. Mystery / Intrigue / Crime / Regret / Forensics / Analytics / Criminal Investigation. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
An ominous, murky and slightly intimidating theme, played on the marimba giving it an almost tribal sound, along with various other percussive instruments to add a little more urgency. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
An electronic track with influences from ambient music, but with a somehow dark or sad undertone. Sparse drums, deep bass and a melancholic melody create a futuristic atmosphere. Good for sci-fi movies, crime investigation, thriller and mystery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 76 BPM]
Cool mid tempo minimal techno. Tight kick drum, delayed loops, bubbly pulsey synths with delay effects and squelching filtered synth bass. Dark and atmospheric. Great for sci-fi, technology, videogames, science, space, cyberspace and much more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 112 BPM]
A frantic, percussion driven music track for a chase, battle or fight scene. Highly suitable for trailer, game, thriller or action film. Horn stabs and staccato, dissonant string stabs with busy percussion. In addition to the regular version, there is also an alternative mix with only the percussion. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Melodic electro-rock track with elements of Science Fiction soundtrack work, progressive rock and ambient electronica. Guitar leads, epic pads, analogue synth sequences. Among many other features are a long, floating and building intro, and an guitar solo reminescent of Alan Holdsworth or Alex Lifeson (Rush) midway through. A unique track, hard to describe, but perhaps as a more rock-influenced Tangerine Dream or a more powerful Vangelis? We recommend you listen to the entire full length preview. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Funky jazz grooves. Slight retro feel. Lounge / jazzy / street-funk. With slap-bass solo. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A contemporary, cinematic music track with an intriguing and captivating vibe. Featuring piano, strings, glockenspiel, atmospheric pads and orchestral percussion. Great for dynamic action scenes in films, TV and documentaries. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Sneaky, slow, somewhat dark "spy funk" track with electro / dub influences and occasional lead guitar lines. Good for Crime in Progress, Spy / Agent, Secret Mission, undercover police operation, forensic investigations etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 130 BPM]
Dramatic, nervous piano arpeggios and melody lines give this track a slightly unsettled feeling to it's intro ...but then a wall of guitars, bass and drums bursts in and brings you to energized life. The cycle begins again only this time with searing lead guitar solos playing over the top. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Short but poignant piece with an ambient piano backed up by strings and synths, creating a sense of regret and sorrow. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Spacious, ethereal, airy, cinematic, thoughtful & dreamy “ambient rock” style. Plucked strings combine with a steady, hypnotic beat to make mesmerising music that would suit dramatic / mystery / detective / documentary type projects. Emotive, introspective, reflective, serious & repetitive. Float off into the sky. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 113 BPM]
Driving string ostinatos begin this tension filled track, featuring cool synth lines, ambient pads, piano, and grooving drum beats. Good for an adventurous reality game show or an action packed thriller. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
Dark, twisted electronic track full of foreboding. Sinister synth pads and bass combine with simple spacey piano lines and lush strings. The chorus blooms into a soft peaceful section, a release from the foreboding mood of the verse. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
Mid-tempo background track with a science feel. Trickling and ticking, pulses and impulses, movement and interplay between technology and organics. Great as an underscore to science lab, information flow, education, research, data presentation, movement and constant change, development. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Light, hi-tech patterns. Futuristic, confident, warm. [Tempo: Medium / 152 BPM]
