This is the area for dark, ominous, foreboding, cinematic music in our royalty-free music site. The tracks presented in this genre are suitable for mystery, suspense, tension, horror and dark drama. These tracks will stay in the background and just provide an uneasy atmosphere in your media project such as films, YouTube and social media, games and more.
Moody, suspenseful, and moody track, with a sense of mystery. It brings to mind ghost stories and other horror related subjects. Suitable for creating a backdrop for suspense and horror movies and shows, and also for scenes in other productions that require a dark, mystifying feel. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Atmospheric horror track consisting of strings, big horror hits and mysterious synths. A creepy sweet piano melody at the end is sent off by a massive horror hit and swell. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Eerie, ghostly voices start off this track, and are soon joined by a slow, dark, primal drum beat. Unearthly presence. [Tempo: Slow / 81 BPM]
A low, isolated harp picks heavily at low notes, then aided by a marimba, African percussion and shivering strings which adds to the tracks menace. A dark track that has hints of Michael Giacchino (a la Lost) about it. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
Dark and mysterious soundbed, psychological terror, isolated fear, social drama, malevolent and sinister. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Very sparse underscore, almost a void. Scraping pads, unrecognizable, resonant sounds. A place of unease and disease, sneaking, hiding. Great as a sci-fi, thriller or horror backdrop. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Surreal ambient/new age track, with electronic rhythm parts and dreamy pads. Eerie. Desolate. Isolation. Space. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, ambient track with heavy, atmospheric synth pads and string textures, for horror films or suspenseful thrillers. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Very dark, eerie and foreboding. This synth-based cue is drone driven, with stabs of rhythmic color and percussion. I could be used as a sneak, a stalk, or for some really twisted character development. Good for thriller, crime drama, drama, police show, mystery. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
This dark and gloomy horror track starts out with only a few dark piano notes. Other elements such as distant voices, metal scrapes join to create a creepy and eerie horror musical soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark ominous and anticipatory sustains and sound effects, a repeated abstract and odd figure with a pensive edge. [Tempo: Very slow / 109 BPM]
A dark, ominous track of ambient synth and string soundscapes, marked by a big, unexpected hit and cacophonous swell at the end. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Ethereal tense building underscore composed of mostly unique sounds. Composed with films and video games in mind. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Warm soaring ambient with cosmic sprinkles and metaphysical undertones. [Tempo: Very slow / 132 BPM]
A disturbing, percussion-only track. Use of feedback and clanking metal reminescent of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre soundtrack or some of John Cage's work, but with the added element of dark, ethnic percussion. This fairly short track is great for a thriller, chiller, horror or dark mystery. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Dark ambient, Horror underscore. Malevolent / Evil / Sickly / Unnatural. Experimental sound design. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
String effects dominate this sinister, atmospheric horror track, creating a sense of foreboding and unease. Interspersed loud hits enhance the suspense. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 55 BPM]
Industrial, atmospheric, fearful low-tempo track, with a strong sense of suspense and anticipation. Suitable for productions that require a nervous, anxious feel, such as horror and suspense movies and shows. Also suitable for creating an intense soundscape for other productions, such as documentaries and presentations. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 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]
Tense underscore for thriller, crime, stakeout, sneaking, breaking and entering, etc. Dark, scary, tension. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
Piano, tense atmosphere. Eerie tension, dark. [Tempo: Very slow / 91 BPM]
Dramatic and suspenseful. Huge drums in a slow rhythmic pattern provides a deep atmosphere over witch an eerie choir comes in. Occasional distorted screeches and screams complete the total macabre mood. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 70 BPM]
Chaotic sound textures, a dark sci-fi disturbing soundscape. Intense. Chaos/Horror. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark underscore cue. Pensive, unnerving and unsettling, this piece is suitable for a sci-fi or horror scene. [Tempo: Very slow / 97 BPM]
Tinkly horror musical soundscapes. Uneasy, sickly, unsettling. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
Very dark, scraping and menacing flesh pads and aural movements, slightly sickening soundscape. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A long and terrifying horror riser played by a live string quartet. Disturbing, alarming. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
A gloomy, moody, atmospheric fantasy soundscape suitable as an underscore / backdrop to a mysterious and dark world. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 120 BPM]
A mysterious, atmospheric strings and low percussion based track perfect for creating a sinister feel to a brooding scene. The suspense grows gradually, never getting very big but hinting at something horrific about to take place. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
An eerie and creepy figure of a ghost subtly sneaks by with a cold and evil presence in this electronic / ambient suspense cue. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 96 BPM]
Creepy and eerie horror musical soundscape. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Deep and dark undertones with lots of edit points and textural gestures to fit easily with picture. Light button ending fades perfectly into commercial break. Primarily synth FX, with some strings and light percussion, the textures roll seamlessly in and out of focus. Good for thriller, drama, crime series, horror. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Electonica type of track that gives you feel of a conveyer or machinery at work, wheels are spinning. Easy loopable, this track is great as a background soundtrack for industrial, real “How things made” TV, perhaps some car commercial and many more. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
This cue is eerie and haunting with a cinematic tone. Ethereal choirs grace an underscore of subtle electronic percussion. It fuses influences from composers such as Hans Zimmer and John Powel and versatile enough to work in horror, suspense, espionage or something calling for a cue with a mysterious nature. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 100 BPM]
Distorted ambient screeches, deep booming drone, reverberant pipe hits. Scattered congas. Dark, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Dark synth pulse, eerie metallic pads, occasional deep drums and scattered notes. Tension. [Tempo: Fast / 121 BPM]
Barren, dry and bleak ambient soundscape. Dissonant, unnerving and uneasy. [Tempo: Slow / 0 BPM]
A dark, pulsating, repetitive drum beat lies pumping underneath distorted psych lines of electronic grit. [Tempo: Slow / 120 BPM]
Driving, tense, dramatic active underscore bed, minimal melody, very cool sound design sounds. [Tempo: Slow / 55 BPM]
Ghostly, atmospheric pads. Dark, scary, eerie. [Tempo: Slow / 65 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]
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]
Very creepy orchestral soundtrack with epic strings and sinister sound effects. Highly suitable for horror scenes. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 124 BPM]
Xylophone in a spooky place. Dark, dramatic, eerie, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 120 BPM]
Solo piano. Very minimalist. High piano stabs of tension with lots of spaces. Increasing tension and pace as the cue progresses. Highly editable. Three versions; version 2 is much slower paced, and version 2 is shorter and more dramatic, suitable for a transition or bumper. Good for drama, intrigue, mystery, TV, feature film, suspense, horror. [Tempo: Very slow / 0 BPM]
Dark, ominous, ghostly, slowly turning and twisting soundscape, later joined by gloomy strings. Great horror or sci-fi underscore. [Tempo: Very slow, Slow / 0 BPM]
Mystical / mysterious minimal underscore with just a deep drone and few scattered piano notes. Monotenous drone and atonal piano. Suspenseful, pensive, tense. Good for classic horror style, creepy, eerie backdrop. Also available with just the drone, and just the piano. [Tempo: Very slow / 130 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]
Unsettling, uneasy, foreboding, malevolent musical soundscape for horror and scifi. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 99 BPM]
