This section of our catalogue features royalty-free music for spy mysteries, undercover agents / secret service, police operations and related subjects. Beyond the obvious James Bond 007 sound-alikes (of which we have several!), the music here will be mysterious / mystical and sometimes with a certain "Action" element, a sense of urgency, secrecy and danger. This music will go well with police stakeout / undercover operations, also for action video games, mission-based games and films.
Modern suspenseful music played by orchestra, synths, and ethnic instruments. Sounds like the opening credits for a spy movie based in the middle east. Driving, pulsating rhythms keep the energy up, while atmospheric sections create a moody, dramatic feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 99 BPM]
Battle drums / marching percussion. A combination of orchestral percussion and ethnic / tribal drums. Suitable for battle, fight, chase, conflict, etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
Rising and mysterious track featuring tense strings, swelling brass lines, electronic textures, piano and sparse punchy percussion. Mystical X-Files / Marvel feel. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
Laidback, streetwize, mid-tempo hip-hop groove with sub-bass, string pads and scratches. [Tempo: Medium / 102 BPM]
Dramatic and mystical film score/soundtrack made with orchestra and synths. Spy / Mystery / Crime / Action Music. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Classic mystery themes in the style of popular TV series, composed by Yuri Sazonoff. Some of these are recorded entirely with a live orchestra, others with a combination of orchestral and electronic elements, like so much of television music today. Good for drama, tv mystery, law & crime, intrigue and story telling. [Tempo: Medium / 67 BPM]
Dark, foggy pads, slow bassoon and cello. Creeping, slowly moving musical soundscapes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Guitars and synths brutally battle it out for supremacy separated only by a soft spacey b part that lulls you into a false sense of security before the frantic duel begins again. Contains guitars, synths, strings, bass, drums. [Tempo: Fast / 147 BPM]
Spacious, groovy, insistent, catchy, driven, curiously intriguing & slightly dark electronic track combining syncopated beats, fat bass & repetitive synth hooks. Would suit corporate / news / science / discovery / detective type projects. [Tempo: Medium / 112 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 dramatic, epic, dark and atmospheric music track for Hollywood blockbusters, very dramatic scenes and cinematic trailers. Made with epic orchestra, sound design, epic drums and vocal. The dramatic female vocal gives the track an exotic, Eastern feel - but the track is also available without the vocal, and the no-vocals version is more location neutral and can be the score for any international conspiracy thriller or other high drama production. Trailer / Hollywood / Epic Music. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A musical journey to the current tensions of the Middle East. Arabesque melodies, espionage and suspense music. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Nervous action / thriller underscore. Stakeout, movement, urgency, ticking bomb. This track has a strong and tense nerve, as if everthing is going to blow at any second. Good tension, helped by severely distorted synths and guitars mixed in with the semi-orchestral textures. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Bossa Nova with a James Bond-esque theme. Cool, classy and exotic great for spies, commercials, movies, retro lounge music and romantic encounters. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 140 BPM]
Spacey, ethereal, surreal and moody electro rock track which slowly builds with tribal drums into an exotic James Bond/spy type chorus part. Contains synths, drums, strings, plucked santoor/dulcimer and electric guitar. Would suit bond/spy/thriller/action projects. [Tempo: Fast / 134 BPM]
Energetic Hip Hop track, using piano and strings over typical hip hop electronic drums. Some arabic / middle eastern melodies give it an exotic feel. Low-rider, gangsta, gang culture. Good for scenes of night clubs, inner city, action and crime, but with an exotic twist. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 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]
Deep minimal dubstep, incorporating traditional/classical instrumentation. Dark and eerie. Mystery, danger lurking. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
Tough to describe in words. A hypnotic dance throb runs through this fairly avante garde track as various synth leads come in and out. Very spacey and yet relentlessly trance inducing. Brings visions of an underground pumping, sweaty nightclub scenario to mind. [Tempo: Medium / 111 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 short (30 seconds) track starts with a real 'undercover spy / detective' funky sound and then finishes off with a melodic fun theme. The alternative '20-secs' version drops the melodic theme towards the end. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Relaxing by the pool or on the beach with a bbq, beer and sunshine. This is the perfect contemporary reggae groove fused with soulful, jazzy melodies to give you a groovy, sexy summer vibe. Features live horns, organ, piano, drums, bass, mouth harp and clavinet. NOTE: This track has a deliberate “old vinyl record scratching” sound throughout. This is on purpose and is not a problem or error with the file. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Instrumental track with a mysterious, strange, dangerous feeling with quirky sound effects and sounds on the background. Very climatic and dark featuring strings, piano, bass and drums. Has a certain "film noir" or "private investigator" jazzy retro feel. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
Dangerous, nervous, dark thriller underscore. Twitchy synth just underneath the surface of a dark string- and piano texture. Sneaking, hiding, stakeout, mystery, secret mission and grave danger. [Tempo: Slow / 93 BPM]
Epic suspense filled orchestral rocker. big guitars mix with big strings and fat grooves. Would suit sports, action or dramatic project. [Tempo: Medium / 71 BPM]
Big, bold, exciting and funky. For movies, TV, commercials or any project with a retro action packed theme. Bank jobs, crimes in progress, chase scenes, sports, racing against the clock. Features brass, strings, wah-wah guitar, bass and an old school breakbeat. [Tempo: Medium / 110 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]
Heavily inspired by The Crystal Method's song "Name of the game", this Big Beat track is great if you need a Crystal Method sound-alike. Works beautifully with fight and action scenes, and with training and military as well. Edgy / Powerful / Gritty Music. [Tempo: Medium / 93 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]
Beaty, driven, electronic track mixing synths, drum machines and acoustic drums. Sometimes darkly atmospheric & moody, always lively with great momentum. [Tempo: Medium / 88 BPM]
A slow, serious, pensive underscore for mystery drama, fiction, storytelling. Perhaps crime or criminal investigation, dark subjects. Cold. Various mixes are available. This track shares its sound / production style with two other tracks, 'Inner Struggle' and 'Inner Thoughts'. They can work well together, if you wish to keep a uniform sound / feel in your production. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 57 BPM]
Creepy, sinister, beautiful, haunting, heavy, spacious, determined, powerful & intense orchestral metal track with an exotic, slightly Eastern flavour and a hypnotic, slow groove. Atmospheric, exotic and calculated. Would suit cinematic / mystery / foreign / drama type projects. Note: Deliberately 'gritty' sound on the piano. [Tempo: Slow / 66 BPM]
Cinematic track with a mysterious and dark atmosphere full of anticipation. Great for crime films, documentaries, investigation news and videos. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
Mysterious piano notes over high strings fade out to reveal an oddball, not quite right rhythm. Perhaps a detective is either stupid (think Pink Panther) or is taunting his suspect. The comedy and action ratchets up, with the pace quickening and intensity building. Something big happens at the end, with a punchline! Nice for a dark comedy involving a detective or someone out to solve a case. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 60 BPM]
A pure percussion only action thriller track. Big cymbals and big orchestral percussion combine with conga drums, for a tense action feel. Great for battle, chase, fight, sports, extreme sports, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 80 BPM]
Underscore track with a low level spy-thriller bass groove. Funky, laidback drums, electric piano, slightly retro feel. Undercover cop, investigation, searching for clues etc. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 BPM]
Intense piano and strings are soon joined by heavy urban drums. For setting an ominous, serious mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 84 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]
With a firm nod to Spy classics such as James Bond 007 and Mission Impossible, this is an action filled, gritty and streetwise blend of cinematic soundtrack music, funk and showtime. There is also an 'Action Mix' which is a different version of the track with even more of an action feel and without the spy horns -- making it suitable also for sports, racing, extreme sports, chase, battle or any high impact material. [Tempo: Fast / 124 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]
Smooth and Dramatic Music. Features synth keyboard along with modern hip-hop drums to give a mysterious, slightly edgy feeling. [Tempo: Slow / 68 BPM]
A slow building, pulsating futuristic track in the style of Batman, Tron, Watchmen and Star Trek. Deep percussion and flowing strings make this track dramatic and dark yet inspiring and uplifting. In the style of Steve Jablonsky, Hans Zimmer, John Williams and James Horner. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 152 BPM]
A hauntingly cinematic theme with lingering ambient sounds such as reverberated Guitars, Pianos, Stomps, Claps, Piano String Gliss’s, Brass Swells, Breathing, Pads and Sound Effects. [Tempo: Slow / 122 BPM]
A cinematic music track with a classic mystery sound. Live performed string section. A certain darkness, a twisted undertow. What trickery is afoot? Spy / Dramatic / Horror Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 140 BPM]
For Thriller, Suspense, Horror, Police, Criminal investigation. Ominous repetitive piano and harp motif builds up into a full orchestral climax. Good for opening credits and crime and investigation series. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Down- to mid-tempo rock grooves. Steady, excited, riffing and plenty of variation throughout. Great for sports, action, extreme sports, men & motors, outdoors, fun & daring footage etc. [Tempo: Fast / 123 BPM]
Dark synth pulse, gritty pads and a slow but powerful breakbeat style rhythm creates a gloomy, urban soundtrack. Great for crime, thriller and urban drama. [Tempo: Medium / 100 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 / 130 BPM]
Combining elements of Chilled-out Funk, Urban pop / Hip-Hop and Lounge music, this is an easy-going, cool and confident track with a retro chic, stylish urban feel. Live performed instruments. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
