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.
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]
This is a pretty long fantasy rock track that goes through various stages. The track has a mystical, mysterious feel, as if touched by something magical. Very melodic, featuring layers of acoustic guitars, live orchestral flute and cello, this track has a sense of magic, wizardry, strange lands, fantasy worlds. Rich and lush with both light/beauty and dark/sinister elements. Good for adventure, fantasy, amazement/discovery, magical worlds, mystery and mythology. [Tempo: Medium / 90 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]
Slow tempo, ambient guitar instrumental. Features an echoing finger picked electric guitar riff, echoing ethereal guitar melodies, bass guitar and a laid back drum rhythm. Moody, atmospheric and cranky. Dark, with a slight element of Blues. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Exotic, futuristic and atmospheric track made with various synths, percussion and erhu. Mystical and Eerie, with a sense of ancient history meets distant future. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
Like the awakening of an idea or the start of a great adventure, this bold orchestral piece grows from small beginnings to a huge striving precession that reaches a frantic conclusion at 1:00 returning to its original idea and finally to rest. Suitable for rites of passage sequences or the birth of ideas and on-going initiative. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
Hip Hop track with a dark edge. Deep drums, sparse instrumentation and dramatic orchestral hits. Very suitable for urban/inner city productions and teen/pop culture. Skate, snowboarding, BMX, and other extreme sports. Life in the streets. Also suitable for night clubs scenes & afro-american culture. [Tempo: Slow / 95 BPM]
Downtempo hip hop, slightly dramatic, sparse, with a dark edge, like all is not well. Orchestral stabs, synth licks, funky bass line. Inner city stories. Hip-hop in the style of 50 Cent, Eminem and more. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A very tender filmscore style lyllaby track featuring a child's voice singing "la la" in an imperfect, frail, vulnerable voice, with acoustic guitar and lush string section. Emotional, soft and caring, perhaps wondering what the future may bring. Hopeful, tender, warm and caring. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
A brooding theme for a dystopian world. Unsettling, yet strangely evocative. Would suit a TV thriller style title sequence, Sci-Fi game or futuristic commercial. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Dark, edgy and dramatic electronic underscore, with big drums, orchestral horns, mechanical chimes and big drops. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 135 BPM]
Horror Mystery Soundtrack. Eerie / Cold / Malevolent / Uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, twisted, ethereal & mechanical electro-rock track with an industrial Nine Inch Nails flavour to it. Like the theme to the cold conscience of a serial killing robot. [Tempo: Medium / 133 BPM]
Suspenseful track with nervous strings and solemn, dignified brass. Like a hero in waiting, or awaiting onset of a battle. Foreboding, forewarning. Honor and valor. Also good for war documentary, etc. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Downtempo, rough hip-hop track with a sense of mystery, danger, maybe undercover mission, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Spacey, moody, hypnotic, ambient & atmospheric track full of mystery & intrigue. Soft, floaty, emotional piano lines mix with sparse, stealthy beats to make music suitable for spy / mystery / dramatic / fantasy type projects. Thoughtful, reflective, careful, cautious & ethereal. [Tempo: Slow / 80 BPM]
Ominous and powerful theme music featuring distant trumpet, orchestral trumpet and strings creating an enticing atmosphere. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Orchestral tension, movie soundtrack underscore. Tension, disturbing, anxious. [Tempo: Medium, Slow / 115 BPM]
Spacious, trancey, edgy, unnerving yet melodic track with a hypnotic air of mystery, intrigue & foreboding. Simple plucked string harmonics mix with piano, synth & sparse beats to produce thoughtful, eerie, ethereal music that would suit halloween / mystery / horror / dramatic projects. [Tempo: Medium / 83 BPM]
Dark fantasy music piece featuring piano, cello, harpsichord and french horns. Ancient mystery, dark magic, deep adventure, tragedy, history. Highly suitable for drama, documentary, dark fantasy game, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 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]
A short horror / scifi track, somewhere between sound design / sound atmosphere and music. Scraping metals, swirling vortex, strung out pads... Suitable for company splash screen, intro, logo, and more. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
An underscore track for use in film, games, and media. Varying intensities of fantasy / adventure background music, good for in-game, in-film, drama, cultural, historical and discovery. Has a sense of dark mystery, exotic mysticism, perhaps ancient dark secrets or undiscovered lands. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
An uneasy, bleak and cold underscore track for dark drama, mystery, horror or thriller. Tormented strings, with a sense of loneliness and sorrow, combined with a creepy, eerie mystery feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Driving, tense, dramatic active underscore bed, minimal melody, very cool sound design sounds. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Medium paced blues groover with plenty of cool guitar lines, organ, brass stabs and cheesey 60's style organ. Grows in intensity to an almost Big Band sound, as it goes and gets yer foot tappin' instantly. [Tempo: Medium / 113 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]
Dark, edgy, ethereal, spacey, menacing, cinematic suspense music with an air of foreboding & fear of the unknown. Magical, sinister & full of tension. Are you being followed? Or is your mind just playing tricks on you? Would suit horror / mystery / halloween / murder / serial killer / crime type projects. [Tempo: Very slow / 62 BPM]
A threatening and dramatic score for horror / thriller / chiller, with a retro sound and feel. Reminiscent of classic horror movies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Amusing and a little mischievous track that has hints of Thomas Newman a la American Beauty. The track contains an unusual combination of instruments such as marimbas, mandolin, harp, strings which all play with a staccato rhythm to create a boyish theme for a high school teacher who falls for a school pupil. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 55 BPM]
A very slow moving ambient track, like oozing, sticky, floating, slowly sinking into the deep or softly falling snow. Sorrowful, mournful, almost standing still. A sense of time itself slowed down. Inspired by the ambient works of The Dead Texan and others. Acoustic piano, mellotron, slowly swirling synth pad, electric guitar. [Tempo: Slow / 88 BPM]
A mysterious suspense music track, with piano and strings and a more rhythmical second part. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Mysterious, mystical and foreboding Arabian or Persian textures. Nervous underscore with a Middle Eastern flavor. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
This track has an eerie mood, yet still suggesting hints of something whmsical, and perhaps mischievous. It would be well suited for footage and video games about horror, fantasy and paranormal subject matter. [Tempo: Slow / 134 BPM]
Majestically dark and ominous, Ambient Guitar music. Like the soundtrack to a drone flying over an alien landscape. Epic, dreamy, grandiose and slightly unnerving. Tense / Foreboding. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Inspired by film maker and composer John Carpenter, this is a homage to his masterpiece The Thing, starring Kurt Russell. Ominous blend of synthesizers and orchestral horns, with a repetitive tense motif. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Christmas-like bells. Performed and recorded on 100 year old English hand bells. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
Sparse and beautiful, with meditation bell and resonant pads. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Soft, romantic piano melody, partly melancholic. Emotion. Change in tempo. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Sometimes words are not enough to describe the depth of emotions. This solo piano piece will let you connect with those profound feelings. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 80 BPM]
A warm and relaxing new age piece, with a clear and gentle female vocalist. A steady percussion beat combines with slight chordal tension and release to provide a sense of calmness and wellbeing. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Ambient, dark, slightly tense with low piano notes, light percussion, synth choir and fx. Good for eliminations on reality shows, tv and film dramas, crime, horrors, mysteries, thrillers and documentaries. [Tempo: Slow / 64 BPM]
You enter a mysterious and slightly odd shop fill of curiosities and ancient art. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
Melancholic, simple melody with an ambient arrangement, inspired by the music of Twin Peaks etc. [Tempo: Slow / 65 BPM]
This track features a catchy action-drama theme that will keep your production on the edge. An intense yet subtle track with driving orchestral percussions and strings, a dark orchestral attitude, and an uncertain yet heroic purpose. [Tempo: Very fast / 120 BPM]
Authentic African percussion builds to a stimulating climax. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Creepy orchestration suggests an approaching evil menace or a supernatural event. Steeped in suspense, this dark, sinister piece builds towards a horrific & sudden conclusion. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Pure suspense with lots of tension and a thumping heartbeat. Think a horrific crime scene, or a deadly chase through a dark forest. Repetitive motifs but constantly building and evolving to enhance the drama and suspense. Synth swells are presented separately to allow for dramatic placement anywhere in the track. Good for crime, suspense, drama, TV, film. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
Dark and mysterious Hip Hop track, with a great sense of danger and foreboding. Imminent confront, conflict, gang members preparing to a battle. Good for use in any type of media. Very suitable for action films, dramatic scenes with urban theme, espionage, action thriller. [Tempo: Slow / 74 BPM]
A grand, epic track that is not very aggressive or dark, but rather more illuminating, sacred, expectant. Rousing and regal, with a victorious / triumphant 'resolve' at the end. Good for fantasy, sci-fi, historical/cultural, grand entry, rising force, etc. Amazement / Heroism / Illumination / Uprising. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 150 BPM]
