This is where you'll find our royalty free music for horror films. Horror is a pretty wide ranging term that stretches from old classics like Dracula, via mainstream "slasher" films like the "Saw" and "The Hills Have Eyes" series, via famous Survival style video games such as "Resident Evil" and "Alone in the Dark". The genre is also closely related to science fiction and there have been many great Horror / Sci-Fi crossover films ("The Thing", "Alien", "The Chronicles of Riddick") and games ("Fallout", "F3ar", "Metroid Prime"). The music is will generally be dark and suspenseful, creepy and eerie.
Sparse, dark ambient track, like a derelict factory or underground parking house where danger lurks. Sneaky, slightly metallic feel. Useful for horror or thriller material. [Tempo: Very slow / 92 BPM]
A track of uneasy discord and mysterious twists and turns. A disturbed mind, a fragile sanity? [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Distorted ambient screeches, deep booming drone, reverberant pipe hits. Scattered congas. Dark, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Menacing, dark ambient sound collage. Ice cold sound texture suggesting a terrible realization or horrible sight. Suitable for horror, sci-fi, thriller or experimental material. [Tempo: Very slow / 125 BPM]
Stalkers, serial killers, crime scenes, murder, twisted plots and Investigation Discovery shows. The chaotic and evil sounding prepared piano and sound design creates evil thoughts of Halloween, ghosts, cults and the supernatural. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 120 BPM]
Epic, war mongering track of power and majesty. Awe inspiring / Massive / Dramatic. Also available in a 'Rock version' which adds rock guitars and drums to the mix for even more punch and power. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
A song mainly composed of drums and effects applied to various sounds. It's wood percussions and break beat line mixes an urban and ethnic feeling. Slightly dark, slow and experimental, somehow a street at night jungle kind of soundtrack. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
Dark, eerie, mystical soundscapes, with a tribal, ethnic, jungle feel. Mystery / Suspense / Tension. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
There’s a difference between terror and horror. This track is a sonic tale of the inner workings of a demonic serial killer as he/she confesses their brutal crime. It’s a slow buildup of organic string lines and atmospheric tension stretched across two minutes of anxiety and creepiness until the explosive ending. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Cinematic / Industrial track that starts off with a solemn piano theme, before the main drop comes in after about a 01:25 with a more apocalyptic / destructive feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Tense, horrific survival music, blending hard percussion with orchestral elements. Changes between pensive, nervous parts and more action filled parts for chase, action scenes. Nervous, slightly chaotic, disoriented. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
Intense and urgent track combining pulsing bass, massive drums and stabbing brass. Good for action, conflict, chase, urgent situation / rescue operation, undercover operation, spy thriller, horror etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Nervous action adventure underscore. Ticking rhythm, uncertain pulses, mysterious notes. A sense of urgency and impending danger. Suitable for crime drama, thriller, spy mystery, criminal investigation, reality TV, sci-fi drama and more. [Tempo: Medium / 75 BPM]
Slightly dark, eerie & sinister electronic rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 119 BPM]
A serious and edgy track that builds in tension. Instruments include electric & acoustic guitars, strings, harp and percussion. Great for full length trailers. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 111 BPM]
Determined, fast paced chase or battle scene music, using a combination of orchestral sounds with a hard hitting techno backdrop. Hard electronic synths and beats meet up with dramatic orchestral sweeps. Danger, drama, conflict, or extreme situations. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Ethereal, abstract, moody, mysterious & thought-provoking track using ambient synth atmospheres. Dark, unnerving, tense, scary, contemplative & edgy. Would suit space / dramatic / sci-fi / cinematic type projects. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Powerful & epic, bouncy metal groover in the style of Black Sabbath's 'children of the grave'... but with added strings for even more drama. Sheer monster guitar intensity is the name of the game, backed with a massive drum groove. [Tempo: Fast / 138 BPM]
Tinkling, synthetics and filtered, pulsating drum beats. An eerie atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
One in a series of 10 eerie and mystical short cues, where Sci Fi meets Horror meets Dark Fantasy. Deep, disturbing, nightmarish sounds that curl, twist and attack the unsuspecting listener with razor-like precision. These short music cues are modern and visceral, eerie and cold, in the style of modern TV series and films. To find the other 9 pieces in this series, search 'Dream Valley 10 Horror Cues'. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A suspenseful and tense track, mixing synthesizers, heavy guitars and acoustic drums, in the likes of Industrail Metal bands like Nine Inch Nails, Gravity Kills and Rob Zombie. Mysterious, dark and evil, with a futuristic urban undertone. Will suit very well for dangerous situations, thriller, sci-fi, crime investigation and horror. [Tempo: Slow / 71 BPM]
A tense, ominous, brooding underscore for action, thriller, sci-fi and more. Pounding percussion, dark pads and sweeps. Urgency / Danger. Also available in a version without the drums, which represents a more sneaky / dark ambient feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
An evil soundscape evoking the image of psychos, stalkers, serial killers, crime scenes, murder, twisted plots and Investigation Discovery shows. Images of occult events, crime scene flashbacks, ghosts and monsters on Halloween and supernatural freak show circuses. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 114 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]
Massive, sweeping orchestral track with a huge, thunderous percussion section. Heroic, epic, pounding and cinematic. Builds towards a climax at the end. Highly suitable for movie trailer, film trailer, game trailer, film intro sequence or opening sequence, war and battle scenes, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 70 BPM]
A dark and pounding, percussion-driven track. Pensive and nervous, good for horror, thriller, reality-TV, filmscore / movie. Drama and dangerous situation, extreme risk, being chased by evil or other extreme/terror state. Deep orchestral and ethnic percussion with breath-like underlying textures. Stressful and claustrophobic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 97 BPM]
Modern horror material. After a surreal opening part with high piano notes and scattered noise, the track brings in a staccato, stabbing distorted guitar riff. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 75 BPM]
A very strange, odd, weirdly mechanical sounding piano and percussion tune, like mechanical toys or strange machines. Suitable for strange sci-fi material, film noir or dark future visions. It has a certain retro quirky horror feel, like "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Dark City" or Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride". The alternative version that we have titled 'Lost 40's recording' (see below) has deliberately been made to sound like a very old lo-fi recording. [Tempo: Slow / 60 BPM]
Mystical, eerie, cold and pulsating soundtrack for Scifi or Mystery. Brooding, pensive music and awe inducing. Creates a feeling of unknown tension, and a vast space. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Dark, ominous and pounding orchestral theme. Heavy gear, big machines or beasts of war, marching forward, unrelenting. Dramatic, pompous, determined and powerful. Highly suitable for movie trailer, film trailer, intro sequence, battle scenes or gearing up for war, battle or a great contest of strength and bravery. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
A tense, melodic soundtrack piece with a monolithic, dramatic melody and a feeling of dark urban future. Great for sci-fi, drama, etc. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Slightly dark & sinister electronic / progressive rock track with great atmosphere, forward drive & spacey textures. A mixture of synths, drum machines, acoustic drums, strings and guitar. Disturbed. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 126 BPM]
An intensely suspenseful mystery cue underscoring anything from a deceitful murder to a mass epidemic, with a riveting climax. Orchestral with piano, in the vein of James Newton Howard's scores for M. Night Shyamalan films (The Village, Signs, The Happening). [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Dark ambient synth pulse, made for tension, mystery and suspense. Besides the main track, this piece comes in many different seamless loops which can be used in combination with each other to 'build' the soundtrack needed for a scene, in a modular way. Simply place the different loops on the timeline, in a way that matches your on-screen action, or blend, combine, crop and join the loop pieces to create your own 'version' of the track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Dark atmospheric film soundtrack style. Sparse, foreboding, sneaky. Slight ethnic slant. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 119 BPM]
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]
Semi-orchestral, mystical, mysterious and haunting. Filmscore, fantasy-adventure style with strings, bells, voices. Magic and wizardry. Atmospheric and eerie. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Deep, pounding percussion. Nervous strings and dark, twitchy pads. Scary, grotesque, dark ambient music. Good for horror, chase, sci-fi, science fiction, dark crime thriller. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Dark, grand, glorious, glorifying soundtrack piece. Rising up, epic, dominant, malevolent. Low choir voices. Pounding rhythm. Staccato brass stabs. Powerful, determined. Perhaps a dark temple, evil wizard, sorcerer or religious cult, sect, religion, ritual. [Tempo: Medium / 70 BPM]
Percussion only track / Battle drums. Tracks with Drums only are useful for action sequences, fight scenes, war and battles, macho sports and exertion, powerful imagery, dramatic trailers and more. Also available as seamlessly looping Drum loops / Percussion loops. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 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]
A hell-raising, spine-tingling, bombastic orchestral track recorded with real strings and a real choir, on a big recording budget. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Dark and pulsating, mystery or thriller underscore. Ominous, suspicious, with pulse bass alternating with bass guitar, and echoey percussion. Great tension track for use with police investigation, spy thriller, criminals / crime in progress, break-in, stake-out, clandestine mission, etc. (Stem files available.) [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
A powerful dramatic action style track, great for big blockbuster adventure films, or for a modern sci fi trailer. Great for infomercials and epic trailers. Blending digital glitchy synths with traditional scoring elements and dirty rock guitars. [Tempo: Medium / 84 BPM]
A dark and ominous fantasy / adventure soundtrack, dominated by dark and moody pad textures and a muted trumpet. This track starts out sneaky and foreboding, and grows over time, gradually building up the intensity towards a climax at the end. A combination of orchestral and modern sounds, the track is gloomy, eerie and majestic. [Tempo: Slow / 97 BPM]
Warm and ambient music, featuring pulsing bass patterns and smooth textures that create a mood of intrigue. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A swing jazz band playing on top of a bed of scary string tremolos and SFX. A pause at 1:42. Afterwards, brass instruments return with some crazy noodling. Unsettling, a bit psychedelic, perhaps losing grip on reality. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Soft, slow, moody, hypnotic, atmospheric track using spacious piano and gated synth pulses. Mysterious, mesmeric, intriguing, dark & brooding. Would suit thriller / dramatic / mystery / spy / crime type projects. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Dark and gloomy, powerful and pensive action thriller underscore. Nervous and understated rhythmic pulse, dark, twitchy strings. A deep sense of danger and dark forces. Great as a soundtrack for film, tv or game, mystery thriller, undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Drums, synths and orchestra join together for this action cue with a choir finish. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 120 BPM]
