Royalty-Free Music for crime mysteries and crime thillers; in particular, the tracks we've put in this area represent the music that we felt would go well with Gangsters, Drug dealers, Tough guys and general Bad-Asses. The music will tend to have a slow, mean beat, sometimes Hip-Hop or Urban based music but also sometimes more Orchestral / Classic style music that can be used to illustrate the Bad Guy in your production. This music will tend to have a cold, ruthless edge to it.
A cue consisting mainly of electronic sounds along with solo violin which creates a melancholy mood. Great for a dark and brooding scene to create tension. A good mix of heroic themes, fight themes and booming sounds. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 110 BPM]
A pure drum track. Syncopated drum beats, performed live in a studio by professional drummer Silvio Centamore. Cool and swanky, this drums only music track has a sense of sophistication, with some suspense and expectancy. A great track for when you need something different, cool and hip - maybe a little daring, audacious, and provocative. The drumming goes through changes throughout the track and can easily be edited to fit various events on the timeline of your project. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
Hip-hop beatz with rap. Fast scat rap style. Downtempo electronic hiphop swing beat with male rapping vocals. Also available as an alternate version without the vocals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 150 BPM]
Industrial strength, slamming beats, distorted synth lines. A gritty, dirty, and downright nasty industrial electro-rock track. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Twangy, psychedelic guitars and robotic, industrial synths combine to create a feeling of journeying over dry desert, heat ripples distorting the horizon, scorching sun. Similar in style to the Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim, Junkie XL this works well with travel scenes, holiday adventures and desert montages as well as high-tech industrial and corporate advertising. Also for action scenes, crime and progress and more. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
Suspicious / Foreboding cinematic soundtrack. Perhaps a crime in progress, or dangerous situation. Tense, with Tom-Tom drums adding to the nerve. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 104 BPM]
Typical seventies Blaxploitation music or Cop Show theme. Think Starsky and Hutch, Shaft or Superfly. Funky wah guitars, lots of percussion and an epic soul brass finale. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Imagine sitting at the window of a trans-world train watching many different cultures, flavours and atmospheres go past you. A real journey of a piece. You never know quite what will happen next. Contains synth bass and pads, drum machines, ethnic percussion such as tabla and bongos and african voices. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
A slow, suave, cool and slick Funk / Soul groove combining the sounds and feel of the 1970's with today's production and sound. Deeply funky bass line with attitude. This track never 'takes off'; it just cruises along, nice and cool, with a downtempo funk beat throughout. Retro chic. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
A dramatic, serious epic cinematic track. Blend of symphonic instruments, expressive choirs, synths and electro/dubstep rhythm. Massive sound. A feel of a danger or inevitable dramatic events. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 77 BPM]
A solid and determined rock track with a certain amount of grit but without straying into heavy metal. Mid-tempo rock with a rough edge, great for use with sports, high-tech, exciting footage and technology web sites, maybe powerful machinery or vehicles etc. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Hard hitting guitar chops. [Tempo: Fast / 115 BPM]
Mysterious electronic underscore, for moments of uncertainty and problem solving. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 85 BPM]
This track starts off with a melancholic nylon guitar pattern before erupting into a hard edged, post-modern / post-apocalyptic, gritty electro-rock track. The two contrasting elements continue to combine throughout. Dark and doom'ish. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A slightly jazzy, retro, funk / filmscore type track. Could easily be the main theme soundtrack for a 1970's or 1980's cop drama or action happy private investigator type show. Mysterious vibes, sense of danger and excitement. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Mystical, pensive underscore music track for use with crime, forensic investigation, mysterious connections, intrigue and suspicion. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
This tracks blends vintage rock / classic rock sounds with modern styles of playing, similar to the way ‘The Black Keys’ do. The massive drum sounds and screaming lead guitars bring energy to the piece making it perfect for men's shows, masculine type presentations. Big boys with big toys. Lots of attitude. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 108 BPM]
Authentic & fresh, up to date Hip Hop / Urban track. A steady piano harmony is the basis for the piece, joined by synths melody and rather soft electronic drums. For gangsters, crime fighting, life in the streets, cop show, thrillers. Films and video game scores, action, dangerous situation. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 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 / 150 BPM]
A great track to add excitement and movement to a scene. Big percussion and full orchestra dominate, a huge-sounding trak. Works perfectly with movie trailers, chase scenes, escape scenes. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 120 BPM]
Raw hip-hop space adventure. Hypnotic synths laid over rough drums with rhythmic organ lines. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 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]
Rocktronica-breaks track that builds like a lit fuse and explodes into mayhem. Chaotic, frantic, edgy, gives a feeling of releasing pet-up aggression and anger, or pulling off a massive heist! Ideal for use in high-octane action games, chase scenes & extreme sports. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 150 BPM]
Upbeat and uplifting hip hop track. Confident, motivational, successful. An epic synth line creates a strong positive and optimistic feel. Energetic, celebratory, uplifting. Great for presentations, tv commercials, achievement and confidence. Also nice as a background track for sports & commercials. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 153 BPM]
Slowly evolving, gradually growing in tension hybrid industrial trailer royalty free music track. Atmospheric intro with piano, synths and tribal drums builds to full theme at 1'32''. Second ending starts at 2'03''. Dramatic, Powerful, Edgy. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 0 BPM]
This North Africa inspired track takes the sounds of Morocco with it's african and arab elements, and mixes that with modern breakbeat and retro rock'n roll influences. We know it sounds crazy, but it works. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 106 BPM]
This hip hop track begins with a very catchy hook on the synth, that permeates all the piece. Deep drum beats strike in later. Groovy, funky, sexy. Good for productions depicting urban gangs, crime, action and chase scenes, night clubs. Cool, crispy, exotic. Also good for sexy scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 145 BPM]
A spine-tingling, dramatic action cue with orchestral and techno elements in equal portions. Big strings and horns (live orchestra) are broken up by a synth riff and powerful rock drums. As if that wasn't enough, a choir enters towards the end with staccato chants. Hard hitting mayhem, great for film trailer, powerful action or battle scenes, combative sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 80 BPM]
A mean, forceful, unforgiving Big Beat track that blends elements of techno, industrial, rock and funk to create a groovy and funky style of gritty music, recently made famous by groups such as The Crystal Method. A slamming funk beat is joined by distorted synths and hard biting guitar riffs. Entirely groove based, there isn't much melody to speak of, but the music carries a sense of relentless motion and power. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Bizarre, weird and unusual. This chaotic and evil sounding prepared piano and sound design track creates evil thoughts of Halloween, cults, ghosts and the supernatural. Stalkers, serial killers, crime scenes, murder, twisted plots and Investigation Discovery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Bold, edgy, atmospheric, adventurous, confident, dramatic, rhythmic, sinister, driven, tension-filled cinematic rock royalty free music track with great forward momentum & suspense. exciting, dynamic, groovy, animated & powerful. would suit filmic / action / thriller / sports / combat type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A rather strange mix of battle percussion and old, twangy, tremolo guitars with a slight Mexican "danger" feel. Suitable perhaps as a chase or battle scene in a cult film or film noir. A unique track with a somewhat weird edge. [Tempo: Fast / 124 BPM]
Chilled, funky, old school Hip Hop groove with Russian balalaika, electric piano, synth bass and strings. Great for urban and exotic themed projects. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An urgent, mechanical sounding tune. Driven by strong percussion, forward drive, Good as a theme or background music for TV show, game show, etc. Pensive, with a sence of urgency and nerve. [Tempo: Fast / 145 BPM]
A dark and melancholic electro-ambient track with swirling synths and a powerful, pounding beat. This track has a dark side but also a hint of hope, while remaining edgy and strong. [Tempo: Slow / 79 BPM]
Dramatic hip-hop instrumental. Slightly dark and gloomy with R&B feel. Slow tempo, lush string section and deep piano give the track a certain sense of doom or seriousness. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Electro-Ambient / Downtempo / Electro chill. Dreamy / floating / slow pulsating rhythm. Quirky. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Driven and determined electronic track featuring hard and edgy synth sounds. Constantly moving with a tense and dramatic feel, perhaps for spy, undercover mission, action, chase etc. 130 BPM. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Beaty, bouncey, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively and driven. [Tempo: Medium / 117 BPM]
A orchestral hybrid royalty free music cue, the use of 70's / 80's synths in combination with the common orchestra, this piece has a modern Sci-Fi feel with an A-list Hollywood production. The use of orchestral hits throughout this cue gives momentum and pace to any scene, as the piece concludes it ranges in dynamics to give the most dramatic end. Dramatic / Tension / Apocalypse Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Intense, powerful, driven, hectic, heavy, frantic & edgy modern metal track. Enormous forward energy & weight makes sure this beast hammers it home. No messing. Monster chugged guitar riffs combine with syncopated shard-like drums. Would suit extreme sports / horror / thriller / action / military projects. [Tempo: Fast / 160 BPM]
Film soundtrack / underscore suitable for drama and adventure, city streets, urban living, mystery and personal stories. Lush strings and acoustic guitars. A jazzy saxophone joins in after about 1 minute. Reflection and storytelling. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
A tense and nervous underscore with ominous strings, occasional deep booming drums and a few spy-like guitar notes. Highly suitable for thriller, spy material, tense film underscore etc. [Tempo: Medium / 69 BPM]
Uplifting driving energised beat with fat guitar riffs. Foo Fighters meets Satriani with a hint of AC/DC or ZZ Top. All you need is a Mustang and some Arizona plains to cruise across. [Tempo: Fast / 75 BPM]
An energetic hard rock track with a slightly retro 1970's bad-ass feel. Determined and cocky, funky and groovy, with high impact drums and guitar riffs. Guitar solos towards end. Good for surfing, sports and extreme sports, racing, action trailer or any other high impact/energy footage. [Tempo: Fast / 148 BPM]
A industrial style percussive track with large bigger than life cinematic production which invites the audience into a story. As the drums become more and more intense towards the end and throughout the cue the use of rhythm and metal industrial percussion brings the music to a climatic, epic and dramatic conclusion. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 113 BPM]
Funky jazz track a la Herbie Hancock featuring electric piano, flute, guitar, bass, drums and sound effects. Will work well as video background about arts and culture events, night city life, jazz clubs, movie, advertisement, fashion. Warm, jazzy, gentle, special mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Urban, funky hip hop beat with a high sense of action, danger and adventure. Banging drums, bright synths and deep bass. Serious and fresh. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 101 BPM]
Very dark and brooding piece. Builds with tension as it goes along. Starts with spacey synth pads and then explodes into distorted and twisted life. [Tempo: Medium / 103 BPM]
Dirty break beats, big brass and sirens make for a classic cop funk sound. Ideal for fun retro scenes, crime capers, 70's and 80's police chases, tv game shows and treasure hunts. [Tempo: Fast / 120 BPM]
