Look here for royalty-free underscores for Mystery and Suspense. Whether you're working on the scene where a mutilated body is found, or you're designing a video game where the hero sneaks around a deserted space ship, this area will provide sneaky, creepy and suspenseful music tracks. Much of this is orchestral music, but not all. Also electronic and more experimental musical sounds are used to create these tracks; most of which are subtle, ambient underscores, rather than up-front, brash compositions.
Distant beat on a big drum. Threatening, dark, dramatic, eerie. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
Punchy, energetic Drum & Bass. Intense, disturbing, hypnotic, industrial. [Tempo: Very fast / 144 BPM]
Heavily influenced by the "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" music, this is a package of tense, anxious music suitable for game shows, quiz shows as well as other media. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A darkly ambient, threatening and unnerving underscore. Suitable for tense and pensive drama scenes, reality show, documentary, dangerious situations, nervous undertow. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 103 BPM]
A pensive and mysterious underscore, suitable for crime investigation, dark drama or documentary. Nervous and with a sense of movement, ticking time, hidden clues waiting to be discovered. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A very dark film soundtrack underscore cue featuring bowed metals, drones and a subdued percussion section with a tribal feel. A few well placed spanish guitar tones adds a sense of drama and emotion. Great for thriller, crime mystery, documentary, urgent situation. [Tempo: Slow / 108 BPM]
A foreboding and ominous film soundtrack underscore. Deep drums, atmospheric swirls and drones create a ticking, pensive, rhythmic background highly suitable for crime thriller, dark drama, investigative mystery. Hidden clues, a dangerous situation, or perhaps unveiling a dark secret? [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Underlying tension. A dark and creepy underscore track for horror or dark drama, criminal documentary or crime scene investigation. What gruesome discovery lies behind the next turn? A nervous, pensive background track. Clanky percussion, deep drones and a serious, tense undertow. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 115 BPM]
A strange and unsettling semi-orchestral film underscore. Nervous and uncertain, swirling and clangy. Suitable for a very tense and pensive moment in a dark drama, horror, crime thriller or documentary. Carries a sense of hidden evil or a disturbing truth. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Weird underscore soundscape for thriller, dark drama, crime scene investigation or documentary. Hints of screeching metals, deep thuds and strange twisted melodies from a dark place. A disturbing sound montage like a hidden evil or searching for clues to a gruesome discovery. Great for film, TV or in-game use. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Sneaky and darkly pensive underscore for drama or dark mystery. Perhaps crime scene investigation, criminal activity, lurking danger. Suitable for documentary, film score, TV drama or nervous tense moments of reality show etc. Sneaking pads, dark bass undertow, unnerving and twitchy strings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A medium intensity underscore track for film or TV drama. A sense of mystery and passing time. Perhaps crime investigation, mysterious discoveries or waiting anxiously for the next development. Pensive, with a understated, slow rhythm. [Tempo: Slow / 78 BPM]
A transparent film or movie underscore, ambient but with a hint of emotion or personal intrigue. Good for a dark drama, mysterious or understated scene of discovery or reflection. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
A short film or television drama cue, suitable for crime thriller, mystery or an intense. Ticking rhythm, pensive movement, building to a crescendo. Perhaps a terrible realization or a gruesome discovery. [Tempo: Medium / 112 BPM]
A subtle and transparent movie soundtrack, suitable for film or television. Somewhere between light and darkness, this track provides a slightly pensive background for personal reflection, waiting, forensic investigation, crime scene surveillance, or a time for interpersonal drama, thoughtful moments etc. Also great for reality show, emotional scenes, or piecing together clues in a mystery. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A pensive, rhythmic underscore for a dark thriller, drama, crime mystery or documentary. The percussion carries a slightly ethnic or tribal feel, while the wailing, screeching metallic pads give the track a sense of fear, anxious waiting or nervous movement. Great for film, television drama, crime scene investigation, reality show and much more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
An ambient film soundtrack cue with a very mysterious edge. Pensive, slowly moving soundscape, like hiding, sneaking, or breaking and entering. A subtle rhythmic element enters about half way through along with a deep drone, giving the track a darker, more ominous edge. Great for crime thriller, investigative documentary, a tense moment during reality show or forensic investigation, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 109 BPM]
An unsettling and nervous film or television underscore cue. A repetitive rhythm gives the piece a pensive feel and the uneasy drones and pads brings a sense of terrible realization or an unfolding mystery. Great for crime investigation, horror, dark drama, documentary and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A mysterious and intriguing mood is what best describes this magnificent track. Featuring Fender Rhodes, percussion and electric guitars. [Tempo: Slow / 153 BPM]
An intense action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
An intense action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast / 80 BPM]
A driving and emotional dramatic cue with a thematic interlude underscoring anything from a kidnapping search to an innocent fugitive on the run. Orchestral with rhythmic percussion, piano, strings, and brass. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An intense epic action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A driving and emotional dramatic cue with a thematic interlude underscoring anything from a kidnapping search to an innocent fugitive on the run. Orchestral with rhythmic percussion, piano, strings, and brass. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
An intense action cue with driving percussion rhythms, orchestral energy, and big drums, underscoring anything from a fast car chase to a battle between man and machine. Very much in the vein of John Powell's "Bourne" movies and the scores of Hanz Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky ("Batman Begins" and "Transformers"). [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 142 BPM]
A steady comedy/drama cue underscoring a delicate scheme and a secret plan. Great for several mildly suspenseful scenes with an element of fun and mystery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
A comedic and funny cue underscoring a multitude of hilarious predicaments from a bad date to a bad first impression to bad practical joke. Also, sneaking and scheming. Pizzicato strings, piano, humor, vibraphone, clarinet, and percussion. [Tempo: Slow / 105 BPM]
A fun and mysterious comedy cue underscoring anything from sneaking around, scheming, hiding, tip-toeing, to investigating a haunting. Light orchestral with pizzicato strings, piano, flute, clarinet. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A subtle comedy cue underscoring anything from a sneaky plan to a silly hideout. Sneaking around, scheming, hiding, playing spy. Pizzicato strings, clarinet, flute, and piano. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 98 BPM]
A very dramatic and grippingly emotional epic composition with orchestral, choral, and world instruments with middle-eastern colors. This piece starts with a very mysterious and vast introduction before a rise to a driving and almost tragic emotional climax. Perfect for trailers. [Tempo: Very fast / 120 BPM]
Romantic, slow and relaxed piano piece. Reflective, peaceful, dreamy, easy, romantic. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Tense underscore for thriller, crime, stakeout, sneaking, breaking and entering, etc. Dark, scary, tension. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Orchestral tension, movie soundtrack underscore. Tension, disturbing, anxious. [Tempo: Medium, Slow / 115 BPM]
Thumb-piano and percussion ensemble. Middle east, north Africa, Arabic. Mystical and hypnotic. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
African drums, vast landscape. Eerie, mystical and lively. Also available in an ambient version, without the percussion. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
African drums & singing. World acoustic, mystical, lively. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Ethereal ambient background. Haunting and dreamy. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Unsettling, dark & digital. Broken future, hi-tech, scary, tension. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A warm and cosy New Age track. Harps, soft pads, friendly melodies. Fairy-tales, wind in the willows, bedtime stories etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Mellow, warm musical soundscape. Soft pads, acoustic guitar. Slightly wistful music, melancholic. Relaxing, quaint and pretty, like discovering new and beautiful, peaceful places. A little bit dreamy, dreamlike. Good music for background use in games, films, drama etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
A mysterious, dark and damp, slowly sizzling Urban underscore music track. Suspenseful, moody and sultry. Suitable as music for crime thriller, urban drama, etc. This track is also available in various versions, including an Electric Guitar version and an Quiet version. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 68 BPM]
Foreboding, menacing and malevolent. Threatening, dark with pounding percussion. Epic fantasy, fight or conflict, marching off to war, horde of beasts or warriors. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
A brash and up-front theme tune for commercials, TV shows, youth culture, games and more. Similar to the style of TV shows such as X-Factor, Pop Idol / American Idol, various MTV shows, etc. Stirring and exciting, combining elements of pop, rock and dance music. Good for branding, TV, pop culture, theme tune, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Pulsating and pensive, film/TV-score. Combination of orchestral and electronic elements. A sense of danger, urgency, dire situations. Good for dramatic Reality-TV, film score, movie soundtrack, film trailer or game trailer. Dangerous situations, emergency, build-up to a confrontation or hostile encounter, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 76 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]
Tires squealing, sirens blaring, adrenalin flowing... The Chase begins. Dramatic, suspenseful, powerful track mixing electronic and orchestral elements: after a softer bridge the main theme is repeated with a fuller arrangement. Suitable for a CSI style tv show or as an opening title score for a thriller or action movie. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Urgent, stressed, conflict/fight track. Battle, fighting, fantasy, action-adventure. The track builds to a crescendo twice - once at about 30 seconds, before starting from scratch again. Good for fighting scenes, chase scenes, real life / reality TV, movie- and game trailers and more. A Percussion-Only version is also available, as are several loops and stingers. [Tempo: Very fast / 135 BPM]
Pensive, slowly brooding, orchestral adventure style track. Hints of an epic theme, with a tense, dangerous undertow. Good for fantasy, grand adventures, travel, imminent danger, daring missions, brave explorers, etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
A percussion driven cinematic track with an epic feel and a dark edge. Suitable for war, conflict, rise of soldiers or warriors. Also good for movie trailers, product trailers, adventure and fantasy etc. This track can be said to consist of three movements; the first and the third parts are rhythmic, dramatic, epic, where as the middle part is more creepy and suspenseful, with twisted soundscapes and murmurings with heavy percussion slams. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Earthly, acoustic folk/americana with a very natural & organic feel. Multiple stringed instruments, all made from wood. Nature, travel, ethnic or historical etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
